Joel G. Weinberg

Joel Weinberg is a Senior Counsel at L&F Brown, P.C. (formerly known as Liu, Brown & Firoozmand, P.C.)  He brings over a decade of hands-on litigation experience in helping clients to resolve cases and disputes.  Joel has represented both plaintiffs and defendants, has jury and bench trial experience, and has litigated a variety of claims including related to real property, business disputes, personal injury, and consumer law.

Prior to joining L&F Brown, P.C., Joel was a Vice President, Trial Counsel for Fidelity National Law Group, where he focused on real estate for insured lenders / owners and the company as in-house counsel for the Law Division of Fidelity National Title Group, Inc., where he litigated disputes as to ownership, easements / boundaries, lien priority, and other title defects.  Before Fidelity, Joel was an Of Counsel at Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP where he prosecuted cases for plaintiffs, including personal injury matters and consumer class actions.  Joel also litigated real estate and business matters at Freeman, Freeman & Smiley, LLP, including commercial landlord-tenant disputes, lending disputes, partnership disputes, and title disputes, and he also defended personal injury, premises liability, and products liability cases at Schaffer, Law, McNaughton & Chen.  In addition, Joel was named among the list of 2014 Southern California Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine.

Joel received a B.A. in History (with a Minor in Government) from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.  He received a J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law (now known as Southwestern Law School) where he graduated Cum Laude and was a Lead Articles Editor of the Southwestern University Law Review.  During law school, Joel was a judicial extern to the Honorable Earl Johnson, Jr. of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, and to the Honorable Florence-Marie Cooper of the United States District Court, Central District of California.  In addition, during law school, Joel was a law clerk at plaintiff’s personal injury law firm.

Joel is admitted to practice law in the California state courts as well as the U.S. District Court, Central District of California.