California Constitutional Lawyers

Constitutional Law

3435 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2700, Los Angeles, CA 90010

Civil Rights Do Kim is a passionate advocate for the civil rights and human rights of all people. As the founder of Law Offices of Do Kim, APLC, Do is a civil rights attorney specializing in employment discrimination, wage and hour, police misconduct, prisoner abuse, wrongful conviction, and human rights. He was selected as a Rising Star for 2007 and 2012-2014 and a Super Lawyer for 2016-2021 by Law & Politics Magazine. Do graduated from Harvard College with a joint degree in Afro-American Studies and Sociology and went on to receive his J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where he concentrated in Critical Race Studies and the Program in Public Interest Law & Policy.

Constitutional Law

7677 Oakport St suite 1120 suite 1120, Oakland, CA 94621, USA

Area of Practice: Civil Rights John L. Burris is an Oakland civil rights attorney specializing in police misconduct. He has represented over a thousand victims of such misconduct over the last 40 plus years including many death cases. His work has resulted in reforms or new policies in the area of canine use, the use of deadly force, the use of hog tying and pepper spray, proper police treatment of the mentally impaired, public strip searching and tasers. In 2003, as co-counsel with Jim Chanin, Attorney Burris settled a class action suit against the Oakland Police Department. During the case, referred to as the “Riders” they represented 119 plaintiffs. Aside from the 11 million settlement, part of the case settlement resulted in a court ordered monitor to facilitate specific reforms concerning racial profiling, use of deadly force, and disparate officer discipline within the Department.

Constitutional Law

444 South Flower Street, Suite 1500, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Lilit Vardanian joined Hurrell Cantrall LLP as an associate in 2022. She focuses her practices in civil rights defense, employment disputes, general liability, and products liability matters. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Vardanian was an associate with an AM100 law firm, where she represented individuals and private entities in a variety of employment and business related disputes in state and federal courts, arbitration, and administrative proceedings. During her professional experience, Ms. Vardanian has assisted in the successful defense of civil, arbitration, and administrative matters throughout all stages of pretrial civil litigation, including pleading disputes, discovery and depositions, law and motion practice, dispute resolution efforts, and trial preparation. MS. Vardanian earned her law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. While in law school, she also served as the Moot Court Board Chair, Literary Citations & Symposium Editor for the Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law, and earned several awards throughout her participation with the Moot Court Team. Ms. Vardanian also attended the University of California, San Diego, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Ms. Vardanian is admitted to practice in all California State Courts, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Constitutional Law

155 Filbert Street, Suite 208, Oakland, CA 94607

uelna clerked at the Law Offices of John Burris while he was still in law school. Pointer and he joined forces and began working together to secure justice on behalf of victims of police abuse. After completing law school, Buelna quickly earned a reputation for being a passionate, determined and accomplished attorney. Buelna has won a number of civil jury trials and managed to secure multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements for the clients he represents.He has also succeeded in winning and defending appeals in the Ninth Circuit. ? Buelna has dedicated his life to serving his communities inside and outside the courtroom. In particular, Buelna is a proud Native American and works pro bono as often as possible for the community.

Constitutional Law

8175 Limonite Avenue, A, Jurupa Valley, CA 92509

Area of Practice: Civil Rights - Special Education Law With more than 25 years of experience in the legal field, Phillip primarily focuses on special education law. Phillip Sparks is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California. He grew up in Southern California and obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Thereafter, he attended the University of Southern California to receive his Juris Doctorate. Following law school, he worked in various law firms with the practice areas of Criminal law, Insurance Defense, Civil Litigation, Real Estate, Entertainment, and Collections. He also had management positions in a number of telecommunications companies. In 2008, he began his journey in special education law. He has been part of the faculty of the National Business Institute, lecturing on subjects in Special Education Law. Since beginning his practice, he has helped numerous families gain the placements and services they need for their children.