Sharen H. Ghatan

Sharen H. Ghatan is the founding and lead attorney at California Legal Counsel, APLC, situated in Los Angeles, California. As an established lawyer with over 25 years of legal experience, she proudly represents clients across the entire Los Angeles region. Her practice focuses deeply on personal injury matters and criminal defense. She works hard to protect injury victims and individuals facing criminal charges, bringing comprehensive legal knowledge to every single complex case.

In her personal injury practice, Ms. Ghatan advocates for injury victims who have been harmed due to negligence. Her personal injury practice includes auto, motorcycle, bicycle and truck accidents, pedestrian accidents, animal attacks, premises liability, slip-and-fall cases and catastrophic injuries. She also represents clients in sexual assault cases, wrongful death matters and rideshare-related accidents. For criminal defense, Ms. Ghatan represents clients charged with both felonies and misdemeanors, including cases involving the Three Strikes Law, assault, battery, domestic violence, drug crimes, theft offenses and weapons charges. She also handles also handles white collar crimes, juvenile cases, underage drinking and restraining orders. Furthermore, Ms. Ghatan is completely fluent in Spanish, Farsi, Hebrew and French. This multilingual capability enables her to provide accessible legal representation and form deep, meaningful connections with a highly diverse range of Southern California legal clients.

For criminal defense, she aggressively defends people facing various misdemeanors and felonies; with a successful record of obtaining countless dismissals and diversions for clients.

Furthermore, Ms. Ghatan is fluent in Spanish, Farsi, Hebrew and French. This multilingual capability enables her to provide accessible legal representation and form deep, meaningful connections with a highly diverse range of Southern California legal clients.

Ms. Ghatan approaches each legal case with profound compassion, attention to detail and an unwavering commitment to achieving justice. Understanding the heavy emotional and financial toll of legal battles, she provides reliable support alongside her legal knowledge. This comprehensive approach has allowed her to protect numerous clients from facing severe penalties. Ultimately, she has successfully secured multi millions in financial settlements for her personal injury clients over her career.

She is a legal influencer and a social media personality with a large following, best known as "Sharen The Law," on Instagram/TikTok. She regularly educates followers about the law. Ms. Ghatan is also a highly sought after and charismatic public speaker who has spoken in state, national and international legal conferences; ranging from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and even, Mexico.

Earning her bachelor’s degree from the esteemed University of California, Berkeley, Ms. Ghatan pursued her law degree at Whittier Law School at a very young age. Upon receiving her Juris Doctor in 1999, she subsequently earned admission to The State Bar of California. She is well known and well regarded in the California legal communities. She is the President of the Iranian American Lawyers Association, member of The Private Defenders of California, Inc., the Lawyer's Den, LA Attorney Network, WITTS, LawMamas, the TEN Network and the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce.