LASKIN - Key Persons
Ms. Artunduaga-Mendez is a personal injury attorney dedicated to providing the highest standards of legal services to her clients. Excellent customer service and advocacy are her main focuses. She works hard to ensure that her clients are well informed. Moreover, She always tries to make her clients feel accompanied and understood throughout the legal process.
Adriana is fluent in Spanish and is delighted to provide her legal services to the Latino & Hispanic community.
Adriana started her legal career as a clerk for a well known attorney in Colombia whom posteriorly was appointed as an associate Justice of the Supreme Court. She then moved to the corporate sector where she was handling transaction and contracts for a few years.
Adriana obtained her Juris Doctor degree from The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota- Colombia where she was through her five years of legal education in the Dean's list and graduated with honors. She obtained her Masters of Laws from the University of California, Berkeley. She also holds a certificate of specialization in intellectual property from the University of California, Berkeley.
Adriana is licensed to practice law by the State of California, the State of New York and in Colombia.
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- Member of the American Trial Lawyers Association
Alan M. Laskin is an accomplished and experienced personal injury trial lawyer practicing in the areas of personal injury, insurance bad faith, and elder abuse in Sacramento & Elk Grove CA. Mr. Laskin has practiced law in California since 1990, trying more than 55 cases to jury verdict. Unlike most personal injury lawyers / attorneys who routinely settle their cases, Mr. Laskin is a fighter who recommends settlement only when he is sure that the insurance company offers his client fair treatment.
Mr. Laskin's personal injury cases have been tried in Sacramento County, San Francisco County, Stanislaus County, Alameda County, Placer County, Solano County, and Portland, Oregon.
His other areas of professional accomplishment include sitting as a Judge Pro Tem in the Settlement Department of the Sacramento County Superior Court where he acts as a Settlement Conference Judge. He has had great success in assisting parties in resolving their cases without having to go to trial.
Mr. Laskin is an Arbitator for Yolo County, Sacramento County, Placer County, Monterey County, and San Joaquin County.
As a Private Mediator, Mr. Laskin is often retained by private parties to mediate cases which cannot be resolved without the assistance of a neutral third party.
Mr. Laskin is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, the Sacramento County Bar Association, and American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
Mr. Laskin is licensed to practice law by the State of California and is authorized to practice before the Eastern and Southern Districts of the United States Federal Court in California.
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Mr. Laskin earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of the Pacific in 1986 and received his Juris Doctorate (law degree) from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 1989. In 2008, Mr. Laskin was invited by his peers to become a member of the prestigious organization of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
Christopher O. Holleran is a personal injury attorney who is committed to providing the highest level of representation to his clients.
Born in Australia and raised in California, Mr. Holleran graduated from the University of California, Davis and then attended Lincoln Law School in Sacramento, where he earned his Juris Doctorate and faculty award for environmental law. Mr. Holleran began his legal career in 2010, first as an unpaid intern before becoming a legal assistant and law clerk, working in multiple multi-million dollar lawsuits ranging from international civil rights law to Bankruptcy proceedings. It was also during this time that Mr. Holleran gained his first experience with the many obstacles created by insurance companies to prevent full and fair compensation of their insured who had been injured.
Shortly after becoming an attorney, Mr. Holleran became a Senior Associate Attorney with United Law Center, where he worked closely with clients on personal injury actions against insurance companies, including but not limited to actions involving auto accidents, real estate claims against realtors, workplace cases, and dog bite cases. Mr. Holleran also worked tirelessly with California homeowners being victimized by lenders and mortgage servicers, including several cases that resulted in favorable published case law on the subject of wrongful foreclosure.
With Laskin Balma, Christopher is excited to continue his passion for advocating for his clients and to continue to provide his clients with the quality representation they need.
Christopher is licensed to practice law by the State of California.
Diane graduated from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, CA in 1991. She began her career practicing insurance defense litigation in the Bay Area when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the young age of 30. Diane harnessed her skills as a litigator and her experience as a cancer survivor to become one of the nation's leading public policy advocates--first representing plaintiffs in insurance bad faith matters, followed by her tenure as the first vice president of public policy and in-house legal counsel for Susan G.Komen for the Cure; and, subsequently, as the first executive director for Stand Up To Cancer.
In these capacities, Diane worked closely with Congress, the White House, state and local leaders and other members of the public and private sectors on landmark legislative and public policy initiatives to improve the lives of others. She frequently spoke on Capitol Hill, was featured in multiple media outlets and was highly regarded for herrelatability and impactful storytelling. After a decorated career in public policy advocacy and executive leadership, Diane had a desire to "finish what she started" as a litigator but to channel her passion and breadth of experience to represent injured plaintiffs against insurance companies who will not take responsibility on behalf of its insureds. Several years ago, Diane returned to northern California, where she was born and raised, to resume her practice. She is thrilled to now return to Sacramento, where her legal career began and to form the firm of Laskin Balma Attorneys at Law and protect injured plaintiffs from being taken advantage of by insurance companies.