 | Cynthia E. Fruchtman | | | | | 2530 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 310
Santa Monica, California 90403 View Map |
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | Labor and Employment, Employment Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Business Litigation, Construction Litigation, Defect Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Unlawful Detainer, Entertainment Litigation, Assisted Reproduction, Bioethics. | | | | Year Established: 1997 | | | | Firm Profile: | | We represent management in employment-related matters, both pre-litigation and in state and federal court, administrative proceedings, arbitration and mediation. We represent commercial landlords and tenants. We represent all parties to assisted reproduction, including intended parents, gamete and embryo donors, surrogates and agencies. | | | | Firm Size: 1 | | | | Representative Clients: | | Fortune Fashions Industries, LLC; Forever Films, Inc.; Gibraltar Protection, Inc.; Samman, Inc. d/b/a New Concepts; The Outdoor Recreation Group; CinemaNow, Inc.; Total Enterprises, Inc.; IN Publications; Overseas Food Trading Ltd.; Visionaire Lighting; Ecoline Industrial Supply, Inc.; Pac Western Real Estate d/b/a Pacific Ocean Properties of California; Briles Wing & Helicopter, Inc.; Financial Asset Trading & Technology of California, LLC. | | | Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
| | | | Cynthia E. Fruchtman (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, August 16, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1979); IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1986). Received Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for Legal Ability and Ethics. Law Clerk to: The Honorable N. Fred Woods, Superior Court, County of Los Angeles, Central District, California, 1986; The Honorable Prentice H. Marshall, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1985. Co-Author: "Ethical Aspects of Genetic Testing," 20 Whittier Law Review, No. 2, p. 411 (1998); "Advising California Employers Supplement" (CEB, 2003); "Genetic Testing in Assisted Reproduction," Hastings Center Report (November-December 2003). Author: "Reducing Employer Liability to Whistleblowers", California Business Law Practitioner, Volume 20, No. 4 (CEB Fall, 2005) p. 112; "The Facts of Life: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Child Care Leave Laws for Litigators", Civil Litigation Reporter, Volume 27, No. 3, (CEB June 2005) p.88.; "Equal Employment Law Development," CEB Business Law Quarterly (Spring 2004); "Considerations in Surrogacy Contracts," 21 Whittier Law Review, No. 2, p. 429 (1999). Guest Lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles Law School, 1987-1990. Adjunct Professor: California State University, Los Angeles, 1991-1992; Whittier Law School, 1993-1997. Mediator, Los Angeles County, Superior and Municipal Courts, 2002—. Arbitrator, Los Angeles County Superior and Municipal Courts, 1991-1997. Board Member: The Center for Research & Training in Humane and Ethical Medical Care; Santa Monica/UCLA Medical Center, 2003—. Member, Joint LACBA-LACMA Bioethics Committee, 1998—. Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association (Bioethics Committee, 1987—; Co-Chair, 1998-2000); American Society of Reproductive Medicine; Academy of California Adoption Lawyers/Academy of California Family Formation Lawyers; Society of Assisted Reproduction Professionals; Chicago-Kent Alumni Association of Southern California (Founder). Reported Cases: In re Conservatorship of Wendland, 93 Cal.Rptr.2d 550 (2/4/2000), review granted; Malee Bureerong, et al., v. Tavee Uvawas, et al., 922 F.Supp. 1450 (C.D.CA 1996); Malee Bureerong, et al. v. Tavee Uvawas, et al., 167 F.R.D. 83 (C.D.CA 1996); In re NSB Film Corp., 160 Bankr.Rep. 151 (Bankr.C.D.CA 1993). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation; Employment Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Business Litigation; Construction Defect Litigation; Landlord and Tenant; Unlawful Detainer; Entertainment Litigation; Bioethics; Assisted Reproductive Technology. |
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