Chudnovsky Law

When your professional license or your business is on the line, you need an attorney who understands the system from the inside out. Chudnovsky Law LLP is California's leading professional license defense law firm. The firm’s powerhouse team includes former DOJ Deputy Attorneys General, former District Attorneys, and veteran defense attorneys with over 150 years of combined experience across more than 10,000 cases, administrative hearings, and jury trials.  

Chudnovsky Law is the only law firm in California with four former Department of Justice Deputy Attorneys General who specialized in licensing enforcement, now defending clients:  

• Gillian Friedman, served 22 years as Deputy Attorney General in licensing enforcement
• Jeffrey Phillips, served 17 years as Deputy Attorney General in licensing enforcement
• Brian Bill, served 8 years as Deputy Attorney General in licensing enforcement
• Craig Menchin, served 5 years as Deputy Attorney General in licensing enforcement

Very few defense attorneys possess the dual perspective that the attorneys at Chudnovsky Law command. Having spent decades using state board enforcement mechanisms, the firm knows how the Department of Consumer Affairs' Division of Investigation builds its cases, how evidence is leveraged at the Office of Administrative Hearings, and how to protect a licensee's career on appeal. That insider expertise is available to help defend licensees facing investigations, Accusations, disciplinary actions, or criminal charges involving any California board, bureau, or federal agency.  

The firm represents clients statewide from offices in Los Angeles, Newport Beach, and Sacramento and practices exclusively in two high-stakes areas of law:   

Professional License Defense

Chudnovsky Law provides vigorous, strategic defense for individual licensees and corporations facing the most serious threat to their careers: loss of the license they spent a lifetime earning. The firm's attorneys represent physicians, registered nurses, pharmacists, dentists, chiropractors, medical spas, senior care facilities, real estate firms, and insurance agencies before all 40 Department of Consumer Affairs boards, as well as the DEA, California Department of Public Health, Department of Social Services, Department of Insurance, and Department of Real Estate.

The firm defends professionals and corporations statewide at every stage of the licensing enforcement process:  

• Board investigations, audits, and investigative interviews
• Formal Accusations and Emergency Suspension Orders (ISO/TRO)
• Medical Executive Committee (MEC) & peer review actions
• Administrative trials at OAH, writs of mandamus, and appeals
• License denial appeals
• Criminal defense of licensees

The firm has served as trusted counsel for healthcare corporations, CEOs, medical spas, physicians, nurses, pharmacies, skilled nursing facilities, dentists, real estate firms, insurance agencies, and other prominent professionals throughout California.  

Criminal Defense  

Chudnovsky Law provides criminal defense representation for individuals and companies under investigation or facing misdemeanor or felony charges in county, state, and federal courts. The firm is frequently retained early in an investigation to protect a client's rights, mitigate exposure, and position the case for the best possible outcome before charges are ever filed.  

The firm represents clients facing a wide range of criminal allegations, including insurance fraud, DEA and FBI investigations, practicing without a license, sexual misconduct, white collar crimes, assault and battery, domestic violence, DUI offenses, drug crimes, sex crimes, and theft crimes.  

An Exceptional Track Record  

Chudnovsky Law has built a well-established record of securing dismissals, acquittals, and remarkable outcomes in even the most challenging cases.  Firm attorneys have been recognized by clients and colleagues alike for their legal excellence, holding a "10.0 Superb" rating on Avvo, 5-star peer review ratings on Martindale-Hubbell, and recognition as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers.   

Firm attorneys are admitted to practice before the State Bar of California and all state and federal courts in California.  

Act Quickly to Protect Your Future  

When facing a licensing investigation, an enforcement action, or criminal charges, the decisions made in the first 48 hours matter enormously. Early intervention is often the key to resolving a matter favorably before it becomes public.