Russian-Speaking Attorneys

Lily Aminova, Esq.

New York, NY

Lily Aminova, Esq. has been helping injured plaintiffs through the legal system for over a decade. As a fierce, effective attorney, Lily has obtained high profile results in personal injury cases during the last 10 years. As a personal injury attorney, she is dedicated to representing injured plaintiffs against negligent individuals and insurance companies to obtain the maximum compensation for her clients. Through the years, she mastered the art of all aspects of litigation all the way to jury verdicts, as well as mediations, arbitrations, and negotiations. She is well-respected throughout the New York legal community, having earned a listing in Super Lawyers and an excellent reputation among her peers.

Jamie Smith

Columbia, SC

Jamie Smith joined the Mike Kelly Law Group litigation team in September 2015. She began her legal career as an employment attorney after graduating from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2013. Her practice focuses on civil litigation in personal injury, automobile accidents, consumer law, and insurance denials. She holds bachelor's degrees in international business and marketing from the University of South Carolina, with minors in Spanish and Russian, and is licensed to practice in South Carolina, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Gail Jean Hann Mitchell

Union, NJ

Gail Jean Hann Mitchell is a Spanish-speaking attorney specializing in matrimonial and real estate law. She was admitted to practice in New Jersey and U.S. Federal Courts in 1983. She is also fluent in French, German, Russian, and Italian.

Dmitriy Panchenko

Charlotte, NC

Dmitriy Panchenko is an attorney who emphasizes open and prompt communication with clients. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in Finance from UNC Charlotte and Cum Laude from Charlotte School of Law, where he was a Certified Legal Intern. He is admitted to practice in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Michael G. Dobronos

Independence, OH

Michael started his legal career while in law school by interning for the Columbus prosecutor’s office and the Supreme Court of Ohio. As a lawyer, Michael began working as a hearing officer for the Industrial Commission of Ohio under former governor George Voinovich’s administration in 1992. Michael maintained his service to the state of Ohio for nearly 30 years until his retirement in 2021. While consistently working three days a week in Worker’s Compensation disputed hearings, Michael was also moonlighting various legal issues as a private lawyer and counselor. Today, Michael is retired from his government service and is pleased to reenter the legal workforce as a private lawyer. With 30 years of experience in medical legal issues, Michael has successfully settled and/or litigated hundreds of cases before multiple courts in Ohio.

Vincent W. Davis is the founder of the firm and has been practicing juvenile dependency law since January 1989. He is an experienced trial lawyer specializing in CPS defense, family law, and juvenile dependency cases across Southern California.

Gorkhmaz M. Asgarov is an associate at Greenblatt & Veliev, LLC, focusing on civil litigation, personal injury, contract disputes, and business law. He also provides immigration law services to clients from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia, and other former Soviet Union countries. He is licensed in Maryland and Virginia and speaks English, Russian, Azerbaijani, and Turkish.

Nadya Yarmolich

Oakdale, MN

Attorney Nadya Yarmolich handles a wide range of personal injury matters, known for her compassionate approach and strong advocacy for clients' rights. She graduated with honors from Metropolitan State University and cum laude from Mitchell-Hamline College of Law with a Business Certification. Nadya has experience in insurance law and represents injured workers, first responders, and individuals in various personal injury cases.

Roman Balaban

Denver, CO

Roman Balaban is the founder and managing attorney of Balaban Law. He immigrated to the U.S. at nine and is driven to help those treated unfairly. He graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law in 2007 after earning a Summa Cum Laude degree in Business Administration and Finance from Regis University. Fluent in Russian, he represents Russian-speaking clients and understands personal injury cases from a client's perspective due to his own past motor vehicle accidents. He is an active community member and contributor to Children’s Hospital of Colorado.

Boris G. Samovalov

Chicago, IL

Boris Samovalov concentrates his practice in general civil litigation. He started his career as a collections attorney at Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit (KSN). While working at KSN, he transitioned into the firm's litigation department and successfully handled hundreds of litigation matters and complex collection cases. His diverse litigation experience includes all kinds of personal injury cases, medical malpractice cases, commercial disputes, trucking industry law and litigation, condominium and common interest community association litigation, personal injury, landlord-tenant litigation (both, commercial and residential), collections, foreclosures, administrative law litigation, building code disputes, and appeals. Furthermore, Boris has experience at every stage of litigation and has successfully handled numerous bench and jury trials. Throughout his career as a litigation attorney Boris has also represented a diverse group of clients, including board members, individual business owners, landlords, real estate investors, and corporations/LLCs. Based on his extensive and diverse litigation experience, in both state and federal courts, Boris is able to provide practical and cost-effective advice to his clients. He understands the importance of making sure that costly litigation is avoided in the first first place. However, when litigation is unavoidable, he is able to go to bat for his clients regardless of whether it requires defense or initiation of a lawsuit. Boris is admitted to the Illinois State Bar and the Federal Trial Bar in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Boris graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), where he majored in Political Science and minored in Spanish. After graduating from UIC, Boris attended Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and graduated in the top 10% of his class. While he attended law school, he participated in law review as an editor. In addition to English, Boris is fluent in Russian and Spanish, and has worked with numerous clients who speak those languages.

Jennifer Gelman

Dallas, TX

With over sixteen years of experience in civil litigation, Jennifer began her practice of law at a non-profit legal aid organization, representing low-income clients in court and at administrative hearings. For the past ten years, she has focused on complex civil litigation at both the trial court and appellate levels. Her work spans a wide range of practice areas, including product liability, inverse condemnation, securities, consumer fraud and personal injury.

Olga Rollins

Virginia Beach, VA

Olga Rollins is a bilingual attorney (English and Russian) that specializes in personal injury cases. She is known to be a compassionate, determined, and dedicated attorney who works tirelessly to get the best results possible for her clients. She graduated from Regent University School of Law in 2018. While in law school, she served on a board of Regent Law Review and was part of the Trial Advocacy team where she developed her passion for trial work. She wanted to gain as much court experience as possible before graduating, so she spent her summer breaks interning for public defender offices and for the chief judge of the Portsmouth Circuit Court. Ms. Rollins has experience in different areas of law, including traffic, misdemeanor and felony defense, defamation and others. But she eventually decided to focus on one area of law that brings her the most fulfillment, personal injury. She represents plaintiffs in all kinds of personal injury matters, such as auto and pedestrian accidents, premise liability, dog bites, negligent supervision, wrongful death, and others. She has experience handling and successfully resolving cases at every stage: from negotiations to trials. Ms. Rollins is known to be unafraid of the most complicated cases that were rejected by other attorneys and successfully resolving them, bringing justice to her clients. She received many awards for her accomplishments, including “Top 40 under 40” by National Trial Lawyers, Top Lawyer by Coastal Virginia magazine, Super Lawyer and others. She is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Virginia and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Ms. Rollins is a native of Russia, she moved to the United States in 2007 and she always knew she wanted to use this opportunity to do something meaningful. She found her true calling in being an attorney because helping her clients who are going through the very difficult times of their lives is a very rewarding experience. Ms. Rollins is happily married and lives in Norfolk with her husband and a dog. When she is not working, she loves to travel and workout. She loves being active, enjoys hiking, skiing, obstacle races, and lifting weights at the gym. She competed in fitness competitions with WBFF, bikini division, and won her Pro card in her very first competition.

Victor Shulov

Brooklyn, NY

Victor Shulov is Senior Associate at Sharifov & Associates, PLLC, with over 14 years of experience. He has extensive experience handling criminal and family court cases in various New York Courts, including Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Bronx, Nassau and Suffolk counties. Victor also handles federal criminal and civil cases in New York and specializes in defense of New York Medicaid fraud cases. He has experience with commercial and civil litigation, drafting and reviewing prenuptial agreements, and assisting clients with business organization and real estate matters. Prior to joining the Firm, Victor interned for a civil law firm and represented indigent clients in Nassau County District Court and Queens County Criminal Court as a member of the Criminal Justice Clinic, Hofstra University.

Armen Kiramijyan

Glendale, CA

Armen Kiramijyan serves as lead counsel at KAASS Law, licensed in California, New York, Texas, Utah, and Washington, D.C. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Economics from USC and a JD from California Western School of Law. He has over a decade of experience and is admitted to practice before various courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Katie Koelsch

Philadelphia, PA

Katie has been a fighter throughout her legal career, gaining a reputation as a fierce adversary and advocate. An immigrant from Ukraine, Katie came to the United States at the age of 10 and fully immersed herself in the English language and American culture. She graduated from George Washington High School in Northeast Philadelphia, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Temple University in 2004, and obtained her Juris Doctorate from Penn State Dickinson School of Law in 2008. Katie has been practicing law since her admission to the New York Bar in January 2009. In 2015, Katie moved back to Philadelphia and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar. Before joining Kwartler Manus, Katie transitioned from criminal law to personal injury litigation and worked as a Senior Trial Attorney for a personal injury defense firm for 6 years. She handled a large caseload, specializing in motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, and dog bite cases. Katie’s extensive litigation experience gives her a unique perspective when representing her clients. Her careful attention to detail and ability to quickly adjust to any situation has enabled her to achieve numerous successful jury verdicts. She has also successfully argued before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Katie enjoys fitness and nutrition, and is training to compete in her first bodybuilding competition. She speaks fluent Russian and lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.

Olena Sharvan

New York, NY

Olena Sharvan is an internationally trained attorney. She joined Vaslas Lepowsky & Hauss LLP in March 2018. Ms. Sharvan focuses on the defense of medical practitioners and other health care providers in complex medical malpractice litigation, working on all phases of pretrial discovery. Ms. Sharvan earned an M.A. in Law cum laude from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine) in 2010 and an LLM degree from New York University School of Law in 2014. She was one of nine LLM students to receive the prestigious Hauser Scholarship. Before coming to the United States, Ms. Sharvan practiced law in Ukraine and Poland. In addition to practicing law, Ms. Sharvan is interested in legal research and human rights advocacy. She has also authored numerous publications in both international and comparative law. Ms. Sharvan co-authored two legal reports: “The Crisis in Ukraine: Its Legal Dimensions” (2014); and “Human Rights on Occupied territory: Case of Crimea” (2015), which were released under the auspices of Razom, Inc. Both reports were presented and discussed in the United Nations, European Parliament, Council of Europe and various educational institutions in the United States and Europe.

Dmitry Gorin

Encino, CA

Dmitry Gorin is Of Counsel at Injury Justice Law Firm and a seasoned trial lawyer. During his decade as the Senior Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles County, Dmitry specialized in complex trial work in high profile cases, many of which have been profiled in the media. He is frequently asked to serve as a legal analyst for various national and international media outlets. Since 2001, Mr. Gorin has served as an Adjunct Professor at both Pepperdine Law School and UCLA, in trial and pre-trial litigation, public speaking, and criminal law. He is also an active member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the California Association of Criminal Justice, and is the founder of the Eastern-European Bar Association. As a former prosecutor, Dmitry Gorin has handled everything from drunk driving accidents to murder. He has an insider's perspective on how the police investigate cases and enjoys a strong reputation in many courtrooms.

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.

Tyler J. Jensen is a co-founder and partner at LeBaron & Jensen, P.C., representing clients in Utah and Colorado. He is a prominent attorney in bankruptcy and eviction law, representing over 25,000 doors for property owners. He also handles personal injury cases and is known for his commitment and efficiency in getting results.

Andrew B. Siegel

New York, NY

Mr. Siegel is a partner in the law firm of Goidel & Siegel, LLP, which he and Jonathan Goidel co-founded in 1990. Prior to the founding of Goidel & Siegel, Mr. Siegel was employed as a trial attorney at the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn, New York, where he concentrated on defending indigent criminal defendants. While there, he handled thousands of criminal matters and tried many of those cases to verdict. Mr. Siegel then became associated with Galett, Dreyer & Berkey, a prestigious law firm concentrating on real estate and commercial litigation, until founding Goidel & Siegel with Mr. Goidel. Since founding Goidel & Siegel, Mr. Siegel has tried many civil cases to verdict in nearly every trial court in the City of New York and, on numerous occasions, has argued successfully before the Appellate Divisions of the First and Second Departments. Mr. Siegel participates in every aspect of the operations of Goidel & Siegel from client intake to case strategy to final resolution, whether by trial or otherwise. He is a tireless advocate for his clients and will explore every available and appropriate option to maximize his clients’ recovery or defense. Mr. Siegel graduated with high honors from the State University of New York at Albany in 1983. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1986. During law school, Mr. Siegel participated in the pro se litigants’ program of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and trained as a trial attorney in the offices of Jay Goldberg, Esq. And Michael G. Berger, Esq., premier criminal defense and commercial law attorneys in the City of New York.

Alex A. Binder

Owings Mills, MD

Mr. Binder’s experience in dealing with a vast majority of personal injury cases and criminal matters is extensive, as he and his team at The Killian Law Group have overseen thousands of cases in his career. Further, Mr. Binder and his team at the Killian Law Group have recouped tens of millions of dollars for his clients in settlements over the years. Many of the larger settlements included representing individuals with traumatic brain injuries, serious spinal cord injury, and life altering trauma that require aggressive and detail-oriented representation against insurance companies or major hospitals. Mr. Binder has been a recipient for the prominent award of 10 Best Attorneys in Maryland in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 as published by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys. Further, Mr. Binder has been the recipient of the prominent Super Lawyers Rising Stars award which goes to the top 2.5% of the attorneys in Maryland in 2019, 2020 and for 2021. Lastly and most recent, Attorney Binder was awarded the very selective award for America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators award as well, which only goes to those who have successfully litigated a case that is potentially worth more than $2,000,000. Mr. Binder graduated from The University of Baltimore School of Law, where he received a Juris Doctor (J.D) of the law. While attending the university, Mr. Binder served on the board of the Student Bar Association (SBA). Mr. Binder further served as a member of the Black Law Students Association, and is an active member of the Maryland Association for Justice (MAJ). Prior to attending law school, he received a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Finance, from York College of Pennsylvania, where Mr. Binder was a member of Student Senate in the Budget and Finance department for the college. Additionally, he is a member of the Baltimore City Bar Association, Baltimore County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association (ABA). In addition to these academic and personal achievements, Mr. Binder is a two-time college wrestling All-American Athlete, and a Maryland high school state wrestling champion. Mr. Binder is fluent in Russian as well, and was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, a former Soviet Republic. In his free time, Mr. Binder helps under-privileged individuals on a pro bono basis to expunge prior criminal records to help address social and systematic issues present in our society. Mr. Binder is also heavily involved as a wrestling coach for the non-profit “Champions That Wrestle” where he helps mentor and train young people in wrestling, improving their self-worth, and pursuing personal growth to prepare them for life.

Lily Korpman

San Diego, CA

Lily Korpman is a Senior Paralegal at Hoffman & Forde, with practice areas including general civil litigation, real estate litigation, transactional, and personal injury. She has worked in the legal industry since 2006.

Karina Ferri

Houston, TX

Karina is an associate attorney with the Hudgins Law Firm, P.C. Her practice focuses on construction defects and professional liability disputes. Karina was born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine. She completed her law degree in Ukraine and worked as a lawyer for several years before deciding to move to the United States in 2014. After arriving in the US, she began working as a legal assistant at a personal injury maritime law firm in Houston, Texas. While working full time at the law firm, Karina decided to further her education and enrolled in the University of Houston’s LLM in US law program. She completed the program in 2019 and earned her LLM in US law. Karina’s background and experience in both Ukrainian and US law give her a unique perspective that sets her apart from other attorneys. She is known for her attention to detail, tenacity, and strong advocacy skills, and is committed to providing the highest level of legal representation to her clients. Karina is fluent in Ukrainian and Russian.