French-Speaking Attorneys

Zhanna Sanamyan is an experienced attorney in the area of personal injury. Ms. Sanamyan went directly to law school, never attending high school and college in the USA. She put herself through a three- and half-year night program while working full time at a law office where she started as a file clerk. Ms. Sanamyan’s unique skills of research, knowledge of three foreign languages, organization, dedication and management of her time, enables her to obtain good results for her clients. Ms. Sanamyan has extensive experience in personal injury starting from client intake up until a settlement or a jury trial. Her primary focus is obtaining justice for her injured clients with a compassionate yet firm approach at litigating cases. She is committed to consistently giving each case personal attention and making sure her clients feel at ease throughout the legal process.

Axel J. Dumas

Lutz, FL

Axel Dumas is a Partner and Managing Attorney at Dumas & Sanclemente Law. Axel was born in Paris, France and moved to Florida in his early teens. Axel's military school education set the tone for his committed and disciplined approach to all of his endeavors. A standout tennis player, Axel attended and played tennis at Florida State University before obtaining a bachelor's degree in Economics in 2009. Shortly thereafter, Axel decided to pursue his legal education at St. Thomas University undertaking their rigorous joint J.D. and MBA program. Furthermore, while at St. Thomas, Axel was a member of St. Thomas' nationally recognized law school trial team. Prior to co-founding Dumas & Sanclemente Law, Axel gained valuable experience as a defense attorney. Axel's experience as a defense attorney allowed Axel to excel at a recognized personal injury law firm virtue of his knowledge and anticipation of defense attorney strategies and tactics. In his spare time, Axel enjoys watersports, powersports, and traveling.

Patricia Cruz Fragoso

Danbury, CT

Patricia Cruz Fragoso is a trial attorney and immigrant to the United States, dedicated to seeking justice for those unjustly harmed. She navigates clients through the civil justice system, relates to them in their own language, and advocates for them in court. She has been recognized as a 'Rising Star' by Super Lawyers since 2012 and has secured significant verdicts and settlements for her clients.

Lawrence Glasner

Redding, CA

Lawrence Glasner is an AV Preeminent rated and Super Lawyer recognized mediator and employment lawyer. He has over 30 years of litigation, trial, business, and alternative dispute resolution experience, having mediated over 400 cases. He trained in mediation at Pepperdine University’s Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution and Phoenix Strategies. He previously was a senior partner at Rehwald, Rameson & Lewis in Los Angeles.

L. David Rahmanan

Bronx, NY

L. David Rahmanan is a seasoned attorney with over 30 years of experience representing plaintiffs in negligence and medical malpractice actions. He earned his Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 1992 after a career in construction and development, bringing a unique perspective to his legal practice. Mr. Rahmanan completed his undergraduate studies at SUNY Binghamton in 1986 and is admitted to practice in both New York State and Federal Courts. Fluent in English, Spanish, Hebrew, Farsi, and French, he is dedicated to serving a diverse client base and advocating for those impacted by personal injury and medical malpractice.

Madiha Madhioub

New York, NY

Madiha Madhioub, Esq., is an associate in the Personal Injury Department at Georgaklis & Mallas. Madhioub received her Juris Doctor Degree from University of Carthage in Tunisia in 2014 and her Master of Laws (LL.M.) Degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2021. While in law school, she earned the award for "Distinguished Performance in the LL.M. Program." Ms. Madhioub is admitted to the New York State Bar. Prior to her admission, Ms. Madhioub has worked as a law clerk at multiple law firms specializing in Personal Injury Litigation, as well as Family Law, Matrimonial Law, and Immigration Law. At Georgaklis & Mallas, she represents plaintiffs in general negligence matters, advocating for individuals who have suffered injuries as a result of motor vehicle accidents, trip/slip-and-fall accidents, construction accidents, and as a result of medical malpractice. Ms. Madhioub is fluent in Arabic, French, and English.

Laurent J. Demosthenidy

New Orleans, LA

Laurent Demosthenidy represents businesses, government entities, and individuals in complex litigation, through trial and appeal. He has experience in a wide variety of fields, including commercial litigation, admiralty and maritime, catastrophic personal injury and casualty, insurance coverage and bad faith, and First Amendment law. This direct experience taking complex matters to trial gives Mr. Demosthenidy the knowledge and skills to advise clients in navigating the immediate aftermath of an incident and either to represent them or assist them in monitoring and evaluating other outside counsel though the course of litigation. He also advises clients on insurance recovery and other transactional matters, including business formation, contract drafting and negotiation, and employment-related matters. He is admitted to practice before all Louisiana and Mississippi state and federal courts. Mr. Demosthenidy studied Political Science at U.C. Santa Barbara and then attended Tulane University Law School, where he received a juris doctor with certification in Admiralty law in 2006. While at Tulane, he served as a justice on the Tulane Moot Court Board and a student attorney with the Tulane Criminal Clinic. He has made homes in both the U.S. and France. He has served on the boards of local non-profits and is an adjunct professor at Tulane Law School, where he teaches insurance law and is an instructor in Tulane’s trial advocacy program. He lives in New Orleans with his wife, Mollye Demosthenidy, and their two daughters.

Summer Vicknair

Ponchatoula, LA

Summer Vicknair is a lifelong resident of Hammond, Louisiana. She earned Bachelor degrees in French and Spanish from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1996 and graduated from Southern University Law Center in 2005. She has practiced primarily in estate planning, personal injury, and criminal defense for over 15 years, handling complex cases and assisting clients in every stage of the estate planning process. She is an accomplished trial attorney and a member of the Louisiana Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, the National Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, the Louisiana Public Defender’s Association, and the National Association for Public Defense.

Peter J. Eliopoulos

New York, NY

Peter J. Eliopoulos has 20 years of experience in personal injury law, battling for clients injured by negligence. With a B.A. in Philosophy from Boston University and a J.D. from Albany Law School, along with a background in marketing and insurance defense, he possesses critical skills for effective representation, including achieving 7-figure results. He is a skilled negotiator and litigator, known for his creativity, wit, and meticulous preparation in court and out.

Ann M. Cooper

Grand Rapids, MI

Ann M. Cooper graduated from Michigan State University, Bryn Mawr College, and the University of Michigan Law School, and was a Fulbright Scholar in France. She has practiced in Michigan courts and federal courts in Michigan. Ms. Cooper served on the United States 6th Circuit Judicial Merit Selection Panel in 1998 and was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Issues in the Courts. She has received the Michigan State Bar's Champion of Justice Award (2002), the Civil Rights Award (1998) from the Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission, and the President’s Award from the Grand Rapids Bar Association (2015).

Karen L. Mergenthaler

Blue Bell, PA

Karen L. Mergenthaler is a civil litigator specializing in the defense of medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and personal injury cases. She has litigated numerous matters from inception through trial and appeal for various institutions and has served as defense counsel for large insurance carriers. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and federal courts, with over twenty years of experience.

Oana Brebenel

New York, NY

Oana Brebenel, Esq. has successfully represented individuals and major corporations in complex litigation. She has handled numerous insurance defense and tort claims, obtaining favorable results defending a myriad of claims involving catastrophic losses that potentially exposed clients to significant judgments. Ms. Brebenel has consistently demonstrated an ability to promote her clients' interests on both trial and appellate levels.

Randall Snow

Salem, OR

Randall Snow is a partner with over 15 years of legal experience. He is an AV Preeminent rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell.

Erna Milien

Naples, FL

Erna Milien is the founder and Managing attorney of the Milien Law Practice, PLLC. Her practice focuses mainly on family law issues, Immigration and Personal Injury. She earned her Juris Doctorate from WMU Cooley Law School and a Bachelor in Health Care Administration from Ashford University. She is a member of The Florida Bar, the Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, the Collier County Bar Association, the Family Law Section of the Collier County Bar, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She also serves as board director for the Shelter for Abused Women and Children of Naples, and Co-Chair of NAACP Legal Redress Committee of Naples. She is an immigrant, a survivor of domestic violence, a divorcee, and a former battered women advocate, which gives her a unique understanding of her clients' situations. She is fluent in English, Creole, and French.

Michael B. Marker

Edwardsville, IL

Michael Marker has been practicing law for nearly twenty years, primarily in Missouri and Illinois courts. Originally from Memphis Tennessee, Michael graduated from Washington University School of Law in 1989. Michael clerked on the Missouri Court of Appeals for the late Judge Harold L. Satz from 1989 to 1990. Michael has handled appeals throughout his career, including criminal, products liability, wrongful death, FELA (railroad injury), Jones Act (injuries to seamen), medical malpractice, legal malpractice, asbestos and other toxic substance exposure, workers’ compensation, intestate succession (will contests), insurance coverage, and civil rights cases. In recent years, Michael has concentrated his practice on class and other collective actions, including representing workers seeking overtime pay, consumers defrauded by deceptive practices or injured by defective products, residents exposed to toxic substances, and consumers victimized by other allegedly unfair practices in the tobacco, telecommunications, and pharmaceutical industries, among other matters. Michael, a former partner in Marker Armstrong, LLP, and a former principal member of The Rex Carr Law Firm, is pleased to maintain an Of Counsel relationship with both The Rex Carr Law Firm and Walton Telken, LLC. Michael is also proud of his relationship with two 2-year olds: Jack, Michael’s nephew, and Hobbes, Michael’s full-blooded English Bulldog. Michael also has abiding affections for poetry (where his tastes run from William Butler Yates to Langston Hughes), public policy-making, and foreign languages (a continuation of his college major in German, French, and Spanish).

Daniel Kent

Logan, UT

Daniel Kent practiced law in Anchorage, Alaska for 11 years before returning to Cache Valley in 2018. He focuses his practice on personal injury and commercial claims. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Alaska and Utah, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He speaks French.

Layla Zad

Oceanside, CA

Layla Zad is a Senior Associate Attorney at Palmer Rodak & Associates and a graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law. She focuses her practice on family law, probate, personal injury, and civil litigation. Layla is a Certified Family Law Specialist recognized as an expert in family law by the California Board of Legal Specialization. Layla Zad is determined to give every client premium-level legal services. Before joining Palmer Rodak & Associates, Layla spent three years at the San Diego City Attorney’s Office, the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office, and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office in the area of criminal law. Throughout her law school career, Layla also worked at the Northern California Innocence Project, providing valuable pro bono legal services to prisoners raising probable claims of actual innocence. Layla is fluent in French and Farsi. Before law school, she graduated Suma Cum Laude from California State University San Marcos, majoring in Political Science and French. Layla is an active member of the California Bar Association and in good standing.

Corinne Cozort

Bolingbrook, IL

Corinne Cozort has significant trial experience with over 35 jury trials and 150 bench trials/mandatory arbitration hearings. Her practice areas include personal injury (auto accidents, slip and falls, premises liability), breach of contract, property damage, mechanic’s liens, and landlord-tenant actions across various Illinois counties.

Sam Darby

Roanoke, VA

Sam Darby has over 45 years of legal experience, focusing primarily on municipal and business law, including tax-exempt revenue bond financing and infrastructure financing. He is a nationally recognized bond counsel with a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating. He represents clients in complex business and finance matters, serving as legal counsel for various local and regional business and government entities. Fluent in French and conversant in Spanish and Italian, he has experience with multinational business ventures. He has been recognized as 'Legal Elite' by Virginia Business Magazine and a 'Virginia Super Lawyer'.

Karina Barska

Brooklyn, NY

Karina Barska, ESQ | Personal Injury Lawyer Brooklyn NY. Areas of Practice: Personal Injury and Negligence Law (Auto Accidents, Slip and Fall Accidents, Construction Accidents, Medical Errors and Malpractice), Commercial Litigation, Transactional Work, No Fault Insurance Litigation, Immigration Law, Mediation and Dispute Resolution.

Bartosz A. Kmiec

Mt. Clemens, MI

Attorney Bart Kmiec graduated from Wayne State University with a double major in French and Spanish Studies and then went on to earn his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He was a law clerk at the Michigan Tax Tribunal. Bart joined Femminineo Law in 2023 after many years representing a large national insurance carrier, gaining valuable insight into the No Fault Act. He primarily handles auto negligence claims, no fault claims, general negligence, dog bites and premises claims.

Seth T. Weinstein

Royal Palm Beach, FL

Seth T. Weinstein, Esq., is Co-Director of Sokoloff & Weinstein, P.A., Attorneys at Law since 1993. Mr. Weinstein oversees the daily operations of the Vero Beach office. Mr. Weinstein is originally from New Jersey and has been a Florida resident since 1990. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University, cum laude with a double major in American Studies and History. He then went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law.

Kenneth M. Gutsch

Anchorage, AK

Kenneth Gutsch graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Russian from Knox College. He attended Leningrad State University in the Soviet Union and the University of Besancon in France during his undergraduate studies. He worked in the Peace Corps in Senegal for two years, and has a working knowledge of French, Russian and Spanish. Mr. Gutsch graduated from the University of Illinois School of Law in 1988 as a member of the Law Review; International Moot Court team, and Editor of the Recent Decisions section of the Illinois Bar Journal. Mr. Gutsch was admitted to the Alaska Bar in 1988. He is a member of the American and Alaska Bar Associations, as well as the Defense Counsel of Alaska. He is also a current Director, and past-president of Alaska Special Olympics. He has been a member of Rotary International since 2008. Mr. Gutsch practices in the areas of personal injury/premises liability, product liability, professional malpractice and insurance coverage litigation before the Alaska State and Federal Courts. He has drafted an Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of the Defense Counsel of Alaska on tort issues before the Alaska Supreme Court.

Elham Boustani Haddon

Rochester, MN

Elham Boustani Haddon joined the Sandberg Law Firm in 2017. She brings legal analysis, advocacy skills, knowledge of medicine, and empathy to her clients' cases. She is a member of The Minnesota State Bar Association, The Ohio State Bar Association, The State Bar of Texas, The Federal Bar Association, The Minnesota Association for Justice, and The American Association of Nurse Attorneys. She is also a Registered Nurse and Certified Critical Care Nurse. She is fluent in Arabic and has studied French and Spanish.