English-Speaking Attorneys

Analicia Avila

Los Angeles, CA

Analicia Avila is a fierce and dedicated Trial Attorney at The Dominguez Firm, advocating for accident injury victims in cases including catastrophic car accidents, traumatic brain injuries, and wrongful death. She is known for her pursuit of excellence and passion for helping others.

Kristin Pittman

Bonita Springs, FL

Kristin Pittman is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. Kristin has been working alongside David since Pittman Law Firm, P.L. originally opened in 1996. Kristin has 30 years of experience in the field of personal injury. Kristin Pittman brings the perspective of a deep understanding of insurance company procedures used to evaluate and formulate the value of cases. Kristin Pittman is a licensed and certified Florida All Lines 6-20 Insurance Adjuster. This provides a unique ability to understand how insurance companies value claims. Moreover, Kristin has extensive experience and understanding of the techniques, terminology, and systems that insurance companies utilize to determine the value of a claim from the insurance companies’ perspective. Her extensive training and experience proves to be invaluable when helping to assess, prove, and maximize the value of our client’s cases.

Gene Halavanau

San Francisco, CA

Gene Halavanau successfully represents clients in personal injury, tenant rights, and insurance law matters. Before starting his practice, he worked with various firms gaining a unique combination of experience navigating stormy waters of the insurance industry with a focus on maximizing recovery for his clients. Outside of the legal arena, Gene is an avid traveler and cultural enthusiast. Exploring diverse cultures and embracing new experiences has not only broadened Gene's horizons but also instilled a deep appreciation for the richness of human diversity. This passion of exploration and connection with people from all walks of life informs Gene's approach to law, where empathy and understanding are key to effective advocacy.

Ben F. Windham is the managing partner of Ben F. Windham, P.C. He focuses his practice on representing individuals against insurance companies and corporations, and has tried over twenty jury trials to verdict in Georgia Courts. He was born and raised in South Metro Atlanta.

Adam Kielich

Lakewood, CO

Adam Kielich has practiced personal injury law for 11 years, representing individuals on the plaintiff side. Throughout his career, he has worked on thousands of personal injury claims, ranging from minor accidents to catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases.

Amro Shamaileh

Elmwood Park, IL

Amro Shamaileh is an experienced corporate, estate planning and real estate lawyer who helps individuals and business clients across a broad array of industries. A description of Amro’s experiences in each practice area is set forth below. Corporate Experience: Amro serves as outside corporate counsel for a variety of businesses, including medical practices, real estate investors, software companies, supply chain companies, construction contractors, mosques and other nonprofits. From the initial decision to incorporate, to day-to-day governance, through an eventual sale or merger, Amro has been the “first call” for these clients. More specifically, Amro’s corporate experience includes the following: Corporate counsel for several medical practices throughout the Chicagoland area; Represent a mosque with over 1500 members with respect to its organizational paperwork and corporate governance; Negotiated the sale of a high revenue-generating medical practice in the Chicagoland area; and Represented a travel agency in restructuring its contracts with its vendors to more efficiently connect the agency’s customers with the vendors and limit the agency’s potential liability. Where the most efficient and effective path to resolution lies outside Amro’s experience, Amro will engage additional counsel and quarterback the division of work to ensure the clients’ goals are achieved efficiently and effectively. Clients trust Amro’s experience and judgment to do what is best for their business. Estate Planning Experience: Amro has helped countless families and individuals protect their wealth, minimize taxes and plan for the transfer of wealth. Amro has also counseled fiduciaries and beneficiaries on the administration of trusts, their decedents’ estates, and through the probate process. Amro’s estate planning experience includes the following: Assisted a high net-worth family in reducing its potential estate tax liability by hundreds of thousands through the use of a credit shelter trust; Assisted a family in protecting its family home from potential creditors and preserving the home for their children; Administered a decedent’s estate ensuring that the spouse retained her spousal right to inheritance to the exclusion of creditors; and Protected a decedent’s estate from a nearly $50,000 income tax liability by administering the estate pursuant to a plan that minimizes the aggregate tax liability of the estate and beneficiaries. Real Estate Experience: Amro helps clients invest in, own, lease, develop and dispose of commercial and residential real estate. Amro has helped close the deal for sophisticated businesses, experienced real estate investors, and first-time home buyers. Amro’s recent experience includes the following: Represented a buyer who was purchasing a four-unit residential investment property in Addison, Illinois; Represented a seller in the short sale of his commercial property, which required obtaining permission from the lender, and negotiating a dissolution or transfer of existing contracts on the property; Counseled clients in the purchases and sales of residential real estate totaling over $10 million in the aggregate. Pro Bono Experience: Amro also serves as pro bono counsel to various nonprofits, including the Hayat Clinic (a free medical clinic on Chicago’s north side) and the Palestinian Student Scholarship Fund (PSSF), which partners with Israel’s University of Haifa to award scholarships to deserving students in Palestine.

Bradley L. Booke serves as co-counsel, specializing in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, and complex business disputes, including intellectual property and trade secret cases. With over 35 years of experience, he is licensed in Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. He holds a degree in advertising and a JD with honors from the University of Arizona.

Charles E. Hostetter

Brownsburg, IN

Charles E. Hostetter, also known as Gene, has been in private practice since 1976 in Brownsburg, Indiana. He specializes in probate and estate planning, family law, school law, and business matters, and currently serves as the Brownsburg Town Court Judge. He is a Vietnam veteran.

Manuel Gonzales

Houston, TX

Manuel Gonzales has been representing injured individuals and families for 20 years, focusing on providing tough representation against insurance companies. He served as an E4 Specialist in the United States Army from 1991 to 1995. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Houston in 1998 and his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati School of Law in 2001. Manuel established his own firm in 2005. He is fluent in English and Spanish and is actively involved in various community organizations.

Richard E. Clark

Portsmouth, NH

Richard E. Clark is an attorney practicing in Portsmouth, Dover, NH, and Newburyport, MA, at CLARK & ASSOC, LLP. He has a Japanese-American heritage and lived abroad, experiencing diverse cultures. Prior to law, he owned several contracting companies for over two decades. He completed his law degree and passed the New Hampshire and Massachusetts bar exams, practicing law for 15 years. He served as a private criminal defense contract attorney for the Newburyport District Court from 2007-2011 and completed the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Criminal Defense Certification in 2008. He has extensive experience in New Hampshire Family, District, Probate, and Superior Courts, and has recovered millions for personal injury clients. He is involved in legislative reform efforts concerning the New Hampshire court system.

Crystal Del Toro

McAllen, TX

Crystal Del Toro is an accomplished and experienced personal injury attorney practicing throughout Texas. She is a Spanish-speaking Latina, born and raised in McAllen, Texas. Over the past ten years, she has recovered millions of dollars for clients in various personal injury cases. She passed the Bar Exam in 2013 and previously worked at Buzbee Law Firm before establishing her own practice. She was recognized with a 2022 Rising Star award.

Craig R. Welch

Rochester, NY

Craig Welch is Chair of our Corporate, Business and Banking Law Practice Group. He has been practicing law for more than 38 years, representing clients with diverse legal needs across various practice areas. He is also the resident attorney at our Canandaigua office. Craig is experienced in all aspects of real estate, real estate development, and related transactions, as well as wills, trusts, and personal planning. His services also include corporate and business law, civil litigation, debt collection, municipal law, general legal counsel, bankruptcy, and criminal law.

Jeremy Muth

Seattle, WA

Jeremy L. Muth joined Davis Law Group in 2024 after seven years representing various insurance companies and their insureds in litigation cases. Licensed in Washington state since 2017, his experience representing both plaintiffs and insurers has given him the necessary expertise to fight for his clients. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Phoenix and his law degree from Willamette University’s College of Law in 2015. He began his legal career as a Law Clerk with the Western District of Washington’s Federal Public Defender office.

Ari L. Emurian

Woodland Hills, CA

Ari L. Emurian is an Associate Attorney specializing in workers' compensation, personal injury, and disability pensions for public employees. He earned his J.D. from Southwestern Law School and has experience representing both injured workers and insurance carriers, using this knowledge to strategically litigate for his clients. He is fluent in Armenian.

Brian D. Blind

Knoxville, TN

Mr. Blind represents businesses and their owners in a variety of commercial and corporate transactions. Much of Mr. Blind’s practice involves the acquisition or finance of multifamily residential or commercial real estate. Mr. Blind graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee College of Law with a Business Transactions Concentration in 1999. While in law school, Mr. Blind was a staff writer for Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law and was a member of the Business and Tax Law Association. Mr. Blind has previously served on the Board of Directors of Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee.

Joseph A. Conoscienti

Decatur, GA

Joseph A. Conoscienti is a founding partner at Conoscienti & Ledbetter, LLC, specializing in criminal law with additional experience in general civil trial practice. He has over 37 years of experience and is licensed to practice in Georgia State and Superior Courts, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court, and federal courts. He also serves as a part-time Associate Judge for the Municipality of Avondale Estates, Georgia.

Derrick Reese

Homewood, IL

Derrick Reese, Sr. Managing Attorney at The Reese Law Center, LLC, was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Robbins, IL. He joined the US Army at 17, earning his high school diploma. He later attended Kennedy-King College and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Paralegal Studies. After an injury, he pursued law, taking the LSAT and attending Thurgood Marshall School of Law, graduating in the top 5% of his class. He was a member of The Who’s Who of Law School Students and a recipient of the George Foreman Scholarship Fund. He also received an American Bar Association scholarship for his Masters of Law, graduating at the top of his class from Loyola University in Chicago with an LLM in 1999. With over 26 years of experience, Derrick Reese is known for his zealous advocacy and ability to relate to his clients' backgrounds, fighting for their rights within the criminal justice system.

Simon Mann

Needham, MA

Attorney Simon B. Mann is the managing partner at Mann Law Firm, P.C. He specializes in Injury Law, Employment Law, Criminal Defense, and Civil Litigation, representing clients in Massachusetts Trial Courts, the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He has successfully negotiated numerous settlements and compensation packages. With over 18 years of experience, he has a deep understanding of Massachusetts laws and court systems. He received the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award in 2015 and was selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2018.

Jonathan Gutierrez

Huntington Station, NY

Joined Cannon & Acosta in 2019. He specializes in personal injury cases involving car accidents and slip and falls. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.

Frank A. Hauenschild

New Lenox, IL

Frank A. Hauenschild is the sole practitioner at The Law Office of Frank A. Hauenschild. Since 1988, he has been assisting individuals and families in the New Lenox area and surrounding Chicago suburbs with elder law, estate planning, and personal injury matters. A former firefighter, Mr. Hauenschild brings a responsible, caring, and personalized approach to his legal practice.

Omar M. Bississo

Falls Church, VA

Omar Bississo is the principal and founder of Bississo Law, P.C. While in law school, he clerked at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in Rockville, Maryland, where he drafted a successful motion to suppress based on an illegal stop under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. After the motion was granted, all the charges against the defendant were dropped. That event was a turning point. Witnessing firsthand the effects of a defense attorney’s work and its profound impact on clients’ lives cemented his desire to practice criminal defense and become a courtroom practitioner. Since then, Omar has been regularly representing clients on charges ranging from DWI and reckless driving to petit larceny and possession of marijuana. An effective and dedicated advocate, Omar is committed to protecting his client’s constitutional rights and providing them with the best representation possible in both civil and criminal cases.

Roberto Helguera

Houston, TX

Roberto T. Helguera graduated from Thomas Aquinas College with a double major in philosophy and theology and a minor in sciences. Due to the unique teaching Socratic method used at Thomas Aquinas, Roberto acquired excellent thinking, argumentative and logical skills that led him naturally to pursue a career in law. Roberto began his studies of law at Loyola University School of Law in Chicago, IL and finished them at Suffolk University School of Law in Boston, MA, studying at night while working a full day for BankBoston. In between he pursued a unique opportunity to experience the practice of international law in his native country, Argentina, under the country’s largest firm, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal. He returned to the U.S. with BankBoston (now part of HSBC) as part of an investment banking team. At Suffolk, he joined the Hispanic Law Student Association and practiced mediation under attorneys with over 30 years of legal practice experience. Roberto practiced law at some of the U.S.’ major firms, such as Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York, NY, Brobeck, Phlegher & Harrison in Austin, TX, Bracewell LLP in Houston, TX, and DLA Piper Rudnick LLP in Austin, TX. He acquired extensive banking, finance, high technology, and corporate law knowledge. Roberto is a State Bar of Texas and New York State Bar Association member. He is admitted to practice law in Texas and New York. He is bilingual in Spanish and English, and fluent in French. Having lived in Argentina and the U.S., Roberto brings an understanding of cross-cultural issues particular to the Hispanic world, relevant to the Firm’s representation of Hispanic and Spanish-speaking clients.

Albert J. Tiseo, Jr.

Port Charlotte, FL

Mr. Tiseo, a Shareholder in the firm, specializes in Civil Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, and Commercial Litigation. Raised in Charlotte County, Florida, he obtained his Juris Doctorate from Florida State University in 2000.