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The National Trial Lawyers professional organization has named Whitney Bernstein as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Defense Trial Lawyers in California for her demonstrated excellence in litigation and track record of achieving...
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Senior associate Olivia Weber recognized for Pro Bono success for an Eaton fire evacuee
We are proud to share that senior associate Olivia Weber has been selected to receive Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County’s (NLSLA) Wildfire Recovery/Disaster Pro Bono Award for her work on behalf of an elderly, disabled client who was displaced by the Eaton Fire. The client was evacuated from […]
BKLW secures non-custodial sentence, $200 fine for client charged with nationwide rental fraud scheme
Last fall, a BKLW team led by partners Ryan Fraser and Reuben Camper Cahn replaced the second of two prior distinguished firms in the ongoing representation of a man who was charged in a January 2024 indictment with wire fraud. In public statements, the government described the allegations as an […]
Thomas H. Bienert, Jr., and Reuben C. Cahn named to Daily Journal’s 2026 Top 100 Lawyers list
Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP (BKLW) is proud to announce that Founding Partner Thomas H. Bienert, Jr., and Partner Reuben Camper Cahn have been selected by the Daily Journal to its 2026 Top 100 Lawyers list. The honor recognizes both attorneys for their work on some of the most complex […]
Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP is proud to announce the addition of attorney Ryan V. Fraser to the firm’s practice. Ryan is an accomplished trial attorney and appellate specialist who has successfully defended his...
Updated January 25, 2021. Originally posted August 28, 2019. Bills that sought to extend the reach of the California False Claims Act to tax-related matters stalled in the California State Senate in 2020. The...
Founding partner Thomas H. Bienert, Jr. has been named one of California’s leading white collar defense attorneys by the Daily Journal. Tom is one of the nation’s prominent trial attorneys and has spent years defending...
Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP is proud to announce the elevation of Whitney Z. Bernstein to the firm’s partnership. Whitney is an accomplished attorney particularly well known for her expertise in complex white...
Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP is proud to announce that six of its attorneys – Thomas H. Bienert, Jr., Steven J. Katzman, James D. Riddet, John L. Littrell, Tony Bisconti, and Whitney Z. Bernstein – have been...
On June 29, 2020, the Supreme Court adopted Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams’s arguments and held in Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
In July 2019, Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams’s client obtained a judgment and attorney’s fee award under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 of more than $3 million against a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detective after a...
A little over a year after issuing a 69-page sealed Order Finding Government Misconduct in a tax evasion prosecution, the Court unsealed an Order calling out prosecutors and IRS employees for willfully withholding evidence...