English-Speaking Attorneys

Brian L. Williams

Emporia, KS

Brian L. Williams is a lifetime Kansan who graduated from Missouri Western State College with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a minor in Legal Studies, and from the University of Kansas School of Law with his Juris Doctorate. Admitted to practice law in Kansas and the U.S. District Court in 2004, he is a member of several legal associations and focuses his practice on adoption, criminal law, child custody, civil litigation, drug defense, DUI, divorce, forfeitures, and personal injury cases.

Geoffrey D. Pelosi

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Attorney Geoffrey D. Pelosi was born and raised in northern New Jersey. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science with a minor in Public Administration from Western New England University, graduating magna cum laude in 2005. He then moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and began his studies at Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad Law Center. After starting his career in criminal defense, he switched to personal injury. In January 2015, he opened his own law firm. He is a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and was selected for the National Trial Lawyers Association’s “Top 40 Under 40” in 2018. He ensures client satisfaction and litigates cases for the best possible results.

J. Tanner Heintz

Bradenton, FL

Tanner was born and raised in Manatee County, Florida. He graduated from the Florida State University with a degree in Marketing and went on receive his J.D. from The Florida State College of Law as well. Tanner knew he wanted to be an attorney from a very young age. By age 16, Tanner was already working at the Heintz Law Firm, scanning and organizing client files. This early immersion into the legal profession made Tanner aware of the unfair tactics used by insurance companies and sparked his dream to help clients obtain full justice. During his time at Florida State University’s College of Law, Tanner worked and interned with some of the most experienced trial attorneys and judges in Florida. He served as a clerk for The Honorable Judge Robert Farrance in the 12th Judicial Circuit in Manatee County, as well as an intern at the prestigious law firm of Hinkle & Foran in Tallahassee. At age 28, Tanner became a member of The Million Dollar Advocates Forum. This membership is exclusive to attorneys who have won million-dollar verdicts, awards, or settlements for their clients. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers have been permitted membership into The Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Tanner is also a member of The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40.

Magdalena Cuprys

Miami, FL

Magdalena Cuprys received her Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law in 2002. She was admitted to the practice of law in California in 2003 and in Florida in 2006. Before law school, she completed two bachelor’s degrees, one in Political Science and one in Latin American Studies, at the University of Chicago in 1999. Ms. Cuprys is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and was the Panhellenic President at the University of Chicago. She speaks fluent English, Spanish, and Polish, and is conversant in Russian and Italian. She is the principal attorney of Serving Immigrants (Cuprys and Associates), a full-service immigration law firm offering a complete range of immigration services to both businesses and individuals. She is a seasoned immigration lawyer based in Orlando and Coral Gables, Florida, with years of legal experience working with immigrants of all kinds.

J. Chad Parker

Tyler, TX

J. Chad Parker is a Texas Attorney, Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1998. He is the founder and owner of J. Chad Parker PLLC. He obtained his law license in 1993 and has nearly 3 decades of experience, including twenty years representing insurance companies. He has tried over 100 jury trials to verdict.

Sara Carlson

Fargo, ND

Sara Carlson focuses her practice on personal injury, medical malpractice, and general litigation. She earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science with a minor in Criminal Justice from North Dakota State University and graduated with distinction from the University of North Dakota School of Law. She served as the technical editor of the North Dakota Law Review and clerked for the firm and the East Central Judicial District.

Todd I. Shugart

Duluth, GA

Todd I. Shugart is a personal injury lawyer committed to seeking justice for the injured. He gained experience with Spence, Moriarity & Schuster and as an Assistant United States Attorney, handling complex white-collar cases. He also served as an infantryman with the Army National Guard and as an attorney with the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG), achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Jorge Muñoz

Edinburg, TX

Attorney Jorge Muñoz has over 12 years of professional legal experience, focusing on personal injury and criminal defense cases. He takes an educational approach, guiding clients through legal options and providing personal attention to each case. He has recovered millions for clients and is one of the few attorneys qualified to handle attorney signature bonds. He is directly accessible to clients and offers bilingual Spanish services.

Deborah Song

Norco, CA

My name is Deborah Song, and I am the founder of Inland Injury Law Center. I was born, raised, and grew up in the Inland Empire. Throughout my childhood years, I saw my peers, mentors, and role models growing up and moving out of the Inland Empire and into Orange County and Los Angeles County. Every time that would happen, people in my community would praise them and talk about them from afar, portraying them as images of success. Naturally, I strived to do that as well. I moved to Orange County once I started attending law school there. I got my first legal job while attending law school in Orange County helping represent injured victims and, quite frankly, fell in love with it all. That is all I did during my four to five years in law school. After I graduated, I passed the bar and practiced as an attorney at a trial firm, representing injured victims, for about a year or two. Being in the legal community in Orange County has forced me to become aggressive, offensive, and the cream of the crop. Otherwise, you simply will not be taken seriously and will be eaten alive. I could not help but think to myself, “Wow, this is what my hometown is missing.” Then, I would follow up with, “My hometown raised me and molded me into who I am today, but all I did was reap its benefits without sowing any seeds in return. Instead, I am sowing seeds in a community filled with strangers.” This is the heart and mindset behind Inland Injury Law Center. The name of the firm is not my name, because it is not my legacy. Inland Injury Law Center is about representing the unrepresented and giving back to my community the representation it has always deserved. Before starting Inland Injury Law Center, I worked at a law firm where I helped recover more than $ 50 million on behalf of my clients. Recognizing the importance of continuous growth and progress, last year I participated in the Orange County Bar Associations College of Trial Advocacy. Then in 2023, I attended the Trial Lawyers University and honed my deposition skills by attending the deposition boot camp developed by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. I am incredibly excited about returning home and serving the people of my community.

Miguel Ubiles

Winter Park, FL

Miguel Ubiles is a dedicated advocate for plaintiffs in first-party property and personal injury matters. Known for rigorous preparation and measured, effective advocacy, he brings a principled commitment to justice and a results-oriented mindset to every case he handles. Mr. Ubiles began his career as a public defender, where he tried numerous cases to verdict and sharpened the courtroom skills that continue to define his practice. He later transitioned to insurance defense, representing major carriers and corporate insureds in first-party property and personal-injury disputes. That experience on both sides of the “v.” gives him a rare, practical understanding of insurer strategies and valuation models-insight he now leverages for policyholders and injured individuals. At Payne Law, PLLC, Mr. Ubiles litigates a broad spectrum of complex property-loss and injury claims, from disputed coverage and undervalued benefits to serious bodily-injury cases. He is known for meticulous case development, clear client communication, and strategic negotiation-pursuing efficient resolutions when possible and trying cases when necessary. Outside the courtroom, he remains active in social-justice causes that align with his core belief in accountability and access to fair outcomes. A tireless worker who genuinely enjoys “fighting the good fight,” Mr. Ubiles is steadfast in pursuing the best attainable results for every client he serves.

Krystina Catarineu

Albuquerque, NM

Krystina is a bilingual attorney in Spanish and English who was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She obtained her bachelor degree in Political Sciences in the State University of New York where she was in the Dean List on multiple occasions and became a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society. She later moved to Washington D.C. to intern at the office of the attorney general of Washington DC, with the Family Service Division, Child Protection Section. During the internship, she helped government attorneys to protect the rights of children victims of parental/domestic abuse. After the legal internship, Krystina learned she was passionate about seeking justice and helping families and she decided to follow her father's steps and pursue a Juris Doctor in the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. While she was in law school she worked as a paralegal drafting insurance policies and as law clerk performing legal research for the Puerto Rico's Insurance Commissioner Auxiliary Trustee after multiple insurance companies went bankrupt due to Hurricane Maria's natural disaster. Once she graduated from law school, Krystrina sat for Puerto Rico's bar exam and passed/tested it in the 99th percentile. In search of better opportunities, Krystina then proceeded to move to Colorado (or the mainland or U.S.) where she gained legal experience in one of Colorado's largest personal injury law firm while she studied for the MultiState Bar Exam. While waiting for New Mexico's Board of Examination admission to New Mexico's bar, Krystina also accrued legal experience helping undocumented immigrants to fix their migratory status and working as a "law clerk" at Genus Law Group.

Steve Trinen

Seattle, WA

With over two decades of practice, Steve Trinen is an experienced lawyer, comfortable in the courtroom, who has successfully handled numerous cases through to a jury verdict. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, where he appeared twice on murder cases. Steve has argued before the Washington Supreme Court more than ten times and also argued before the Alaska Supreme Court. Before joining Puget Law Group, Steve worked for the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office, handling a wide range of serious criminal cases. For several years he was the county’s lead meth lab prosecutor and is very familiar with the law of search and seizure, having trained law enforcement and the DEA. In addition, he represented the county in civil tort lawsuits, including multiple actions involving claims over a million dollars. These included breach of contract, inverse condemnation, and civil rights violations. Steve also defended a judge who was sued and achieved a complete dismissal of the lawsuit. Between the Prosecutor’s office and Puget law group, Steve was a personal injury attorney in private practice zealously representing the interests of injury victims. He handled several cases involving wrongful death and over a million dollars in damages. As a Judicial Clerk to the Honorable C. Kenneth Grosse of the Washington State Court of Appeals, Steve served for two years after graduating from law school. As a law student, he represented Seattle University in the Jessup International Law competition. His team was the regional champion and the third-placed U.S. team at the international rounds. Steve enjoys tutoring students in reading and English and leading youth activities in his free time. He also studies foreign languages, including French, Spanish, ancient Greek, and Latin, although his work duties have limited his ability to maintain fluency.

Edward L. Bleynat, Jr.

Asheville, NC

Edward L. Bleynat, Jr. is a founding member of Ferikes Bleynat & Cannon, PLLC, with over 30 years of experience. He is an AV Preeminent Peer Rated Lawyer by Martindale Hubbell, continuously selected to Best Lawyers in America and North Carolina Super Lawyers, and included in the Commercial and Consumer Litigation Power List by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly. He is a Master of the Bench in the Harry C. Martin Chapter of the American Inns of Court.

Darren Dawson

Charlotte, NC

Attorney Darren Dawson is a personal injury lawyer at Riddle & Riddle from Greenville, North Carolina. Practicing law since 1992, Darren earned his undergraduate and law degrees at Campbell University. Prior to joining Riddle & Riddle, Darren operated his own personal injury and medical malpractice law firm.

Anthony J. Lochiatto

Boston, MA

Anthony J. Lochiatto graduated cum laude with a B.S. from Boston College in 1985 and received his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1989. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, its Litigation Section, the American Bar Association, its General Litigation Section, and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. Mr. Lochiatto opened his private practice in 1992 and has over two decades of experience handling personal injury and criminal cases. He also speaks Spanish.

Jaime Aird

Orlando, FL

Jaime brings to the Sekou Clarke Law Group a tenacious spirit for litigation and trained eye for detail. Having attained his Bachelor of Business Administration at the Florida International University and his Master of Business Administration at Nova Southeastern University, Jaime set his sights on the law. At the Florida International University College of Law Jaime was exposed to varies aspects of the law through opportunities to assist others in the FIU pro bono clinic, where he spent countless hours giving back to those who could not afford to pay for legal services. After graduating Jaime entered into the legal world as a prosecutor, first at the West Palm Beach State Attorney's Office, then later at the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. After learning, training, and fighting for the State of Florida, Jaime decided to enter private practice. Jaime took all of his training and experience and started the Law Offices of Jaime A. Aird, P.A., where he practices criminal defense, driving under the influence, immigration and personal injury in South Florida.

Lester J. Friedman

Beverly Hills, CA

Lester J. Friedman, a native of Los Angeles, graduated from UCLA in 1973 and Southwestern School of Law in 1976. He began his legal career representing injured applicants and was a partner at Olan & Friedman before founding the Law Offices of Lester Friedman in 1986, focusing exclusively on California workers' compensation law. He is a Certified Specialist in Workers’ Compensation law by The State Bar of California and has served on its Board of Legal Specialization. Friedman has been actively involved with the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association (CAAA) since 1990, serving on its board and as Management Chair. He was appointed a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Judge Protem in 1984 and an arbitrator in 1990. Recognized as a Super Lawyer since 2005 and a Best Lawyer since 2009, he also has a background in local politics, serving on the Beverly Hills Traffic and Parking Commission and City Council. He is the official scorer for UCLA men’s basketball and NCAA tournaments.

Henrietta N. Ezeoke

Missouri City, TX

Henrietta Ezeoke is a personal injury lawyer based in Missouri City and Houston. She earned her J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 2000 and has over 20 years of experience. She represents individuals in various personal injury cases, including car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, and pedestrian accidents, slip and falls, premises liability, and catastrophic injuries. Known for her integrity, compassion, and strong client relationships, she guides clients through legal challenges with personalized service.

Donald F. Noack, Jr.

Excelsior, MN

Donald F. Noack, Jr. is an attorney licensed in Minnesota since 1988, focusing on Workers' Compensation, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability, Wrongful Death, Dog Bites, and Premises Liability. He is a member of the Hennepin County Bar Association and the Minnesota Association for Justice.

Michael D. Christensen

Columbus, OH

Michael D. Christensen is a personal injury attorney who founded Michael D. Christensen Law Offices in Columbus, OH in 2002. He focuses his entire practice on helping individuals and families injured in personal injury and wrongful death claims, fighting against insurance companies to secure compensation. He is also 'Of Counsel' at Willis Spangler Starling in Hilliard, OH. He has over 20 years of experience and has earned a reputation for aggressive representation and achieving significant verdicts and settlements.

W. Grady Jordan

Greenville, SC

Attorney Grady Jordan has helped thousands of Upstate people with their Social Security Disability and Workers’ Compensation claims. If you’ve been injured on the job or have been denied your Social Security disability, Grady will help you get the benefits you deserve. Grady is fluent in Spanish and represents many Spanish-speaking clients. Grady served in the United States Air Force and attained the rank of Captain before deciding to resign his commission and enter law school. He is married to Kimberly Jordan and has two sons.

Andras Szantho

Albuquerque, NM

Andras Szantho is a disciplined and aggressive attorney who founded Szantho Law Firm, P.C. in 2007. Born in Hungary and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, he attended the University of New Mexico for both his undergraduate studies and law school. He gained three years of courtroom experience as a prosecutor for the First Judicial District Attorney's Office before establishing his own firm, where he focuses on car accidents and personal injury law. He is known for his competitive spirit and dedication to fighting for his clients.

Yaniv Lavy

Bronx, NY

Yaniv Lavy began practicing law in the U.S. over ten years ago after graduating with honors from the University of East London School of Law in 2001. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2003. He initially focused on immigration law, forming his own practice, Lavy Law Associates, PC, and became a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. In 2006, he merged his firm with Michael Feiner's to create Feiner & Lavy, P.C., where he now serves as Managing Partner. Bilingual in Hebrew and English, Yaniv has expanded the firm into personal injury law, known for his dedication to clients and successful outcomes in immigration and personal injury cases.

Tara L. Umbrino

Woodbridge, VA

Tara L. Umbrino, Esq. is an experienced personal injury attorney and civil litigator. She has significant litigation experience in both jury and bench trials, and her strong desire to help others led her to become an attorney who fights for the rights of aggrieved and injured individuals. At Valor Injury Law (formerly TLT Legal Services, PLLC), Tara provides every client personalized attention with the guidance and legal protection they need after an injury, allowing them to focus on rebuilding their lives.