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Ilya Filmus
Featured Lawyer
Personal Injury Law

1020 Aileen St., Lafayette, CA 94549

 

Ilya’s experience includes representing clients in employment, personal injury, and business matters. Ilya is passionate about fighting on behalf of the underdog – whether it be an employee who is mistreated in the workplace, a person who is injured, or a small business. ? Prior to entering private practice, Ilya externed for the Honorable D. Lowell Jensen (Ret.) of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, as well as for the Honorable Ming C. Chin of the Supreme Court of California. Ilya is a cum laude graduate of University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Hastings International & Comparative Law Review. Prior to law school, Ilya graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a double major and minor. ? Ilya launched his legal career more than a decade ago at Downey Brand LLP where he represented a variety of clients, such as individuals and publicly traded companies. Ilya then joined a tech company as its General Counsel and then became General Counsel for a government agency that has an approximately 50 million dollar annual budget. As General Counsel, Ilya assisted defending his clients in actions involving employment and personal injury claims. As the founder of Infinity Law Group, Ilya grew the practice through an early establishment of trust and results. ? Ilya is fluent in Russian and knows enough Thai to get a laugh out of anyone who speaks Thai. Ilya is passionate about the outdoors, the housing industry, and travel. Ilya is very fortunate to have lived in Africa, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and Western Europe.

Kyle Findley
Charter Member
Personal Injury Law

6009 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77007, USA

 

Kyle Findley plays a lead role in achieving exceptional results on behalf of plaintiffs at Arnold & Itkin. As a licensed attorney in both Texas and Louisiana, Kyle aggressively represents plaintiffs in state and federal courts in the Gulf Coast region and throughout the United States. Kyle\'s practice primarily focuses on representing plaintiffs in maritime, land contamination, trucking, plant explosions, and catastrophic personal injury cases. He also played a key role in helping Gulf Coast residents recover from the devastating effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and BP oil spill. Currently, he is assisting home and business owners throughout Coastal Texas who are facing insurance claims after the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. It was through Kyle\'s success that he was selected by The National Trial Lawyers to be included as a \"Top 40 Under 40\" lawyer. This list represents a selection of 40 lawyers under the age of 40 who have a reputation of excellence amongst their peers and have obtained exemplary settlements and verdicts as a trial lawyer. In addition, his success has led to being awarded lifetime memberships into both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum for the numerous verdicts and settlements exceeding one and two million dollars that he has obtained for his clients. Kyle has also been selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers® Rising Stars? Edition from 2015 to 2019. Kyle is a sixth generation Texan. After graduating high school in Tyler, Kyle attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in government with business foundations, achieving university honors during his tenure. After graduation, Kyle worked for a national commercial real estate firm, representing institutions and high net worth individuals, where he specialized in investment sales. There, he gained invaluable negotiation experience, while also closing one of the largest transactions within his company. Although he enjoyed his success in real estate, he quickly discovered that he would rather use his skills in the courtroom fighting on behalf of those that were wronged by the conduct of others. Determined to make a career in the courtroom, Kyle earned his law degree at South Texas College of Law. During law school, Kyle clerked at Arnold & Itkin and continued on as a lawyer following graduation. Kyle is also an active member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, American Association for Justice, and the Houston Bar Association.

Jason Fine
Charter Member
Personal Injury Law

1628 John F Kennedy Blvd Ste 2120, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA

 

Jason Fine (aka Big Al) specializes in representing victims suffering injuries caused by motor vehicle, slip and fall, construction site accidents, and negligence of security personnel. Licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, he has litigated cases from Philadelphia County to Allegheny County. He graduated from the University of Delaware and went on to earn a Juris Doctor degree from the Widener University School of Law in 1998. Jason launched his career as an Assistant Defender with the prestigious Defender Association of Philadelphia, allowing him to develop effective courtroom skills early in his career. Jason also worked for the Defender Association of Philadelphia for five years and tried hundreds of cases to verdict including many major felony jury trials. Prior to opening the J. Fine Law Group, P.C., Jason worked at three other prominent Center City law firms specializing in personal injury. Over his years, Jason has been involved in many high-profile cases and continues, year after year, to obtain high verdicts/settlements/awards for his clients.

Cherie Fine
Distinguished Lawyer
Personal Injury Law

622 NE 1st St, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA

 

Ms. Fine was born in Orlando and raised in DeLand. She studied art at the University of Florida, she then graduated with honors from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. She practiced with the firm of Watson, Folds, Steadham, Sproull, Christmann, & Brashear, P.A. She served as the Assistant Director of Legal Research & Writing at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. She received the Recognition of Service Award from the Legal Panel of the ACLU of Florida. She is a former president of the Eighth Judicial Circuit section of the Florida Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Florida Eighth Judicial Circuit of Bar Assoc. Ms. Fine is member of the personal injury law firm of Fine, Farkash, & Parlapiano, P.A., and a partner since 2008. She is a member of both The Bennett and Adkins, Inn of Court, where she is currently the President-elect. In 2022, she received the James L. Tomlinson Professionalism Award, the Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Ass's premier honor.

Erik D. Fine
Charter Member
Criminal Defense Law

2101 1st Avenue N., Pell City, AL 35125

 

Mr. Fine, an Alabama native, is a graduate of Mountain Brook Public Schools. He received an athletic scholarship to play baseball at Kansas City Kansas Community College from which he graduated with an Associates Degree in Law Enforcement in 1989. It was in Kansas City that Erik met Annie Doolittle, whom he married in 1991. Erik and Annie returned to Birmingham where he attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Political Science. At the onset of Operation Desert Storm, Erik enlisted in the United States Navy. He completed basic training at the Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, where he received the prestigious Navy League Award, an honor given to the top individual recruit among all graduating sailors in the entire Command, consisting of almost a thousand recruits. Following completion of Basic Training he went on to attend and complete the rigorous and intensive U.S. Navy's Hospital Corpsman School, emerging as a combat medic for the naval fleet. He then received orders to report for advanced medical laboratory training at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. Upon graduation from Advanced medical laboratory technician school, Erik was assigned to serve with the Medical Division onboard the world-famous nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in Norfolk, Virginia. After completing his tour of duty onboard the finest warship in the history of the United States Navy, Erik received orders to finish his military duty at Portsmouth Naval Hospital where he was assigned to the hospital's Histopathology and Morgue Service Department. Upon being Honorably Discharged from the Navy in 1995 he and his family returned to Alabama. Erik joined the Alabaster Police Department in 1997. Because of his extensive scientific medical training and experience, then Alabaster Police Chief Larry Rollan selected him to attend the Alabama State Trooper Academy's Institute of Police Management and Technology Traffic Reconstruction School in Selma, Alabama. It was there that he earned National Certification and became the Alabaster Police Department's first Traffic Accident Reconstructionist, providing him with a rare and unique skill set essential to making accurate and precise determinations about the causes and consequences of motor vehicle crashes and other accidents resulting in property damage, injury or death. Subsequently, he was promoted to Sergeant and became the Alabaster Police Department's Traffic Division Supervisor. Soon thereafter, Erik was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant where he served as the department's Patrol Division Commander until leaving to join the Hoover Police Department as a Corrections Officer in 2005. While at Hoover PD, he returned to school, on a part-time basis, attending UAB's School of Medicine's Paramedic Program. After graduating in 2007, Erik passed the National Paramedic Registry Examination and became a Certified Paramedic. In 2009, he was accepted into the Birmingham School of Law. While working as a Supervisor at the Hoover City Jail, he attended law school classes in the evening before reporting for his “graveyard shift” duties at the jail. During his law school years, Erik was a member of the Birmingham School of Law's Honor Fraternity, Sigma Delta Kappa, for his high-grade point average and constant appearance on the Dean's List for outstanding academic performance. Upon graduating from BSL, Erik passed the Alabama State Bar Exam and began practicing law at the Birmingham firm of Simms & Associates, where he learned the art and science of Criminal Defense Law and Personal Injury and Accident Law. Erik was named and recognized by The Who's Who Directories as a Top Attorney of North America for 2019, 2020 and 2021. Patriot Law Firm, LLC was recognized by Attorney and Practice Magazine as one of Alabama's Top 10 Law Firms as well as being a selected nominee for membership in the prestigious legal organization Lawyers of Distinction for the years 2020 and 2021. In addition to working directly with his clients, Erik is one of three Alabama attorneys working as an Independent Program Attorney employed by the nationally recognized organization, U.S. LawShield. In this role, Erik travels throughout Alabama teaching gun owners about the many gun-related laws in Alabama. He is also one of U.S.LawShield's Emergency Response Lawyers who are qualified to respond to and provide immediate legal assistance for USLS members who find themselves in need of legal representation after a self-defense incident in Alabama. Erik's entire life has been dedicated to service. He served his country in the World's Greatest Navy. He served his community as a police officer, traffic accident reconstructionist, a corrections officer and paramedic. Now, Erik serves his clients as their personal lawyer. He knows what it means to serve, to sacrifice, to work tirelessly and diligently. He has a thorough understanding of all aspects of the Criminal Justice System complemented by his comprehensive knowledge of physics, mathematics and dynamics of motor vehicle crashes and injuries. Erik Fine has the training, knowledge and experience that you need in a “client-centered” attorney. Erik represents clients charged with crimes in ALL 67 COUNTIES OF ALABAMA! With offices located in Sterrett, Alabama and Pell City, Alabama, he is able to travel all over Alabama and represent clients in need of excellent criminal defense, regardless how far away. Shelby County, Jefferson County, St. Clair County, Cullman County, Blount County, Marion County, Franklin County, Morgan County and every district or circuit court throughout Alabama. He regularly represents clients in Chelsea, Alabaster, Hoover, Pelham, Vestavia, Mountain Brook, Pell City and other municipal courts. There isn't a court in the state that Erik won't travel. As an American Patriot Erik represents clients charged with all kinds of crimes including dui, theft, gun charges, assault, domestic violence, drug charges, and more.