DOLL AMIR & ELEY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of the California State Bar
Ms. Borlund is an active member of the California State Bar. She received her J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where she completed her degree with a specialization in business law and served as an editor for the UCLA Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs. Ms. Borlund also spent a summer studying international law with William and Mary School of Law's program in Madrid, Spain. As a graduate of Pepperdine University, Ms. Borlund obtained a B.S. in Business and spent her sophomore year studying abroad in Heidelberg, Germany. Prior to joining Doll Amir & Eley LLP, Ms. Borlund practiced law at the Los Angeles office of Arent Fox LLP.
Amy Borlund is a partner in the Firm. Ms. Borlund practices in the areas of general business litigation, commercial litigation, intellectual property, entertainment and entity formation and governance. Ms. Borlund has worked for a wide variety of clients, ranging from international corporations to nonprofit corporations to individuals.
Chelsea L. Diaz has been with Doll Amir & Eley LLP since 2005. Over the years, she has assisted in litigating many of DAE's biggest cases across a wide-range of practice areas, including insurance fraud, intellectual property and employment law.
In November 2010, Chelsea joined DAE's financial services practice and has successfully defended numerous claims arising out of various consumer protection acts, such as the FDCPA, RFDCPA, FCRA, and CCRAA.
Ms. Diaz graduated cum laude and was elected Order of the Coif from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles in May 2010. While attending Loyola, Ms. Diaz served as a member of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review editorial board and competed on the Willem C. Vis International Moot arbitration team in Hong Kong. She was also a member of the St. Thomas Moore Honor Society and a Public Interest Scholarship recipient. Ms. Diaz graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California, earning her B.A. in International Relations and a minor in Psychology and Law.
Previously, Ms. Diaz worked with Bet Tzedek, a non-profit organization providing legal services to low-income populations and Cervantes, Aguilar-Alvarez & Sainz, S.C., a Mexico City law firm serving clients throughout Mexico and across the globe.
Ms. Diaz has lived in Mexico City, Mexico and Porto Alegre, Brazil, and absolutely loves experiencing new cultures - and new challenges.
Job Titles:
- Member of the California State Bar
Connie Tcheng joined Doll Amir & Eley LLP in 2009 and is a partner of the firm. Ms. Tcheng's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. Her litigation experience includes the fields of consumer financial services law, contract law, employment law and complex commercial law, including class action litigation.
Ms. Tcheng has represented clients in a wide range of business disputes, including the following representative engagements:
Represented nation's seventh largest bank and Fortune 100 company in a wide range of commercial litigation, including contract and consumer financial services matters, and consumer class actions.
Represented statewide dental services corporation in a range of individual and class actions, including a call recording class action under California Penal Code sections 632 and 632.7 that was resolved on demurrer on an issue of first impression.
Represented market-leading software company in commercial contract disputes and employment litigation matters.
Represented medical provider networks in wrongful termination and failure to promote employment litigation matters.
Represented top ten national accounting firm in misclassification wage and hour class action litigation.
Represented national manufacturing company in environmental litigation regarding alleged impact of defendant's pier on longshore littoral drift.
Represented national manufacturing company in wrongful termination employment litigation matters.
Represented technology licensing company in multi-district patent infringement litigation involving interactive call processing, computer telephony and related services.
Represented national manufacturer in counterfeiting and trademark infringement matters.
Ms. Tcheng is a member of the California State Bar. She graduated cum laude from the University of California Los Angeles in 1999, with a B.A. in English Literature, and went on to receive her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2003. She currently serves on and is the immediate past President of the Board of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, and she serves on the Board of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, the Board of ACLU California Action, and the National Board of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Prior to joining Doll Amir & Eley LLP, Ms. Tcheng practiced law in the Los Angeles offices of Heller Ehrman LLP (2003 - 2008) and Hunton & Williams LLP (2008 - 2009). For multiple years from 2007 through the present, Ms. Tcheng has been recognized as a "Rising Star" by Law & Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder of the Firm
- Legal Analyst
Dina Doll is an experienced attorney and legal analyst. She is a regular MeidasTouch contributor, an official legal analyst for the Law & Crime Network and has appeared on multiple media outlets including CNN, NewsNation, Access Hollywood, Spectrum News, CTV, HLN TYT, Court TV, Newsmax, KCRW "All Things Considered" and numerous podcasts. She has provided countless hours of live commentary on high-profile true-crime and legal-political cases over the past years, including those involving George Floyd, Kyle Rittenhouse, Trump's numerous civil and criminal cases, major Supreme Court decisions regarding abortion and immigration, Smartmatic, Dominion and Harvey Weinstein, to name a few. Dina is a frequent co-host of Indisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey on TYT, where she discusses the intersection of political and racial issues. She enjoys answering legal questions on her social media platforms @askDinaDoll and some of her viral TikTok videos were featured in the Netflix documentary Depp v. Heard.
Dina is co-founder of the firm Doll Amir & Eley LLP where she consults on numerous civil litigation matters, including high-stakes jury trials and is a certified mediator. As a panel mediator for the Los Angeles Superior Court as well as in her own private practice, she resolved over 100 cases in mediation, including some of the most complex business, employment, and consumer disputes on the Superior Court's docket.
Dina graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the USC School of Journalism in 1996, and graduated Order of the Coif from USC Law School in 1999. While at USC, she was a staff writer for the Daily Trojan as well as an editor of the Law Review. She practiced corporate law at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in the areas of securities, mergers and acquisitions and private equity. She assisted in a range of large corporate debt offerings, initial public offerings and the formation of the then largest fund ever raised by a private equity group.
Dina has published several legal articles in Bloomberg Law including, "Criminal Justice Reform Requires Bolstering the Public Defender," "The Kyle Rittenhouse Case Revealed a Gap in Gun Laws," and "Tom Girardi's Downfall Delivers Ethics Lessons for Lawyers." She has also published the articles, "Can the President Get Away with That" explaining presidential immunity, "What can Giuliani Say and Will He?" which applies the legal standard of the attorney-client privilege to the interaction of Rudy Giuliani and President Trump and "How Hamilton Played a Role in Trump's Supreme Court Loss" analyzing the Supreme Court's case Trump v. Vance regarding President Trump's taxes.
Dina is also a delegate to the California Democratic Party representing the 66th district since 2021, a Manhattan Beach City Commissioner, a MBUSD parcel tax advisory committee member and the Secretary of the Arab American Caucus of the California Democratic Party. She led a Voter Protection team of lawyers for North Carolina in 2020. She was an Activate 2022 organizer for Arizona, a team leader for Congresswoman Barbara Lee in 2024, and organized GOTV efforts for Measure MB in Manhattan Beach. She lives in California with her husband of twenty-three years and two children and is a proud first-generation Arab American.
Dina Sayegh Doll is an experienced attorney and legal analyst. She is a regular MeidasTouch contributor, an official legal analyst for the Law & Crime Network and has appeared on multiple media outlets including CNN, NewsNation, Access Hollywood, Spectrum News, CTV, HLN TYT, Court TV, Newsmax, KCRW "All Things Considered" and numerous podcasts.
Gregory L. Doll is a trial lawyer with 25 years of experience. He believes in the power and integrity of our jury system and routinely tries cases for companies of all sizes. As lead counsel, he has achieved victories in numerous high stakes jury trials, as well as arbitrations and bet-the-company injunctive relief proceedings, solidifying the firm's reputation as a premier trial boutique. His successes include:
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner of DAE
- Member of the California State Bar
Hunter R. Eley, Managing Partner of DAE, has served as lead counsel for clients in defense of class action and individual lawsuits throughout the country. Mr. Eley has successfully litigated cases at all levels, including arguing cases of first impression in the Ninth Circuit, arguing appeals in the California Court of Appeal and routinely appearing in state and federal trial courts nationwide. As the chair of the firm's financial services practice, Mr. Eley's experience extends across all lines of the consumer lending business, including issues arising out of retail and online banking, mortgage lending and servicing, credit cards, healthcare loans and auto loans.
Mr. Eley has successfully represented clients in a wide range of business disputes, including:
Obtaining judgment in favor of Fortune 100 technology company in trademark and internet domain name dispute;
Successfully defending Silicon Valley software company against claims of retaliation in two-week jury trial, which was affirmed on appeal in published decision;
Successfully defending a nationwide lender against claims of false advertising and unfair competition, resulting in a highly favorable settlement at trial;
Counseling a commercial bank on wide range of compliance issues related to a trade secret injunction;
Counseling a multi-state mortgage company in a partnership dispute and buyout;
Defending designer of fashion accessories against claims of trade secret infringement;
Was part of a trial team that successfully defended a consortium of high-net-worth investors and professional athletes in high-stakes litigation in the Central District of California;
Acted as lead counsel in two bench trials in Virginia, obtaining judgments in favor of clients in each case;
Successfully defending a university at trial against claims of racial discrimination and breach of contract in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Mr. Eley has represented clients in the entertainment industry in numerous court and arbitration proceedings in the U.S. and Canada, including arbitrations before the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, and the Independent Film and Television Alliance. In 2007, Mr. Eley represented an independent producer in the Central District of California in a groundbreaking lawsuit against an international distributor over the payment of guild residuals, resulting in a highly favorable settlement. This litigation had far-reaching implications in the entertainment industry, and was the subject of numerous articles and commentary. Mr. Eley has also represented entertainment clients in private mediations, settlement conferences and contract negotiations, including successfully representing an actress in a hit television show in highly contentious negotiations with a former manager.
Mr. Eley is an active member of the California State Bar and the Virginia State Bar. Mr. Eley served as a law clerk to the Honorable James C. Turk in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He received his J.D. from the William and Mary School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and was a member of the William and Mary Law Review. During law school, Mr. Eley served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Lawrence L. Koontz, Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Mr. Eley received a B.A. in German Language and Literature, and furthered his interest in languages while living in Munich, Germany and Florence, Italy. Prior to joining DAE, Mr. Eley practiced law in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP.
Hunter R. Eley, Managing Partner of DAE, has served as lead counsel in defense of class action and individual claims against financial institutions in state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout the country.
Jamie Kendall is a partner at the firm. Her practice focuses on business litigation and intellectual property matters (copyright and trademark), servicing a wide range of clients in the consumer product, technology, entertainment, health care, and financial services industries. Ms. Kendall has experience in all stages of litigation, from inception through settlement, arbitration, and trial (both bench and jury) in California state and federal court. Outside of litigation, she also counsels clients with regard to developments in the law and legal implications of business decisions.
Recent representative examples of Ms. Kendall's successes include:
Second chairing arbitration of multi-million dollar contract dispute between medical group and management company, resulting in award of all claims in client's favor;
Securing complete victory for consortium of entity and individual appellees before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in matter involving complex jurisdictional issues;
Successfully prosecuting contract-related claims on behalf of "Big Four" talent agency, resulting in full victory after multi-day Labor Commissioner proceedings;
Second chairing seven-day jury trial resulting in complete verdict for computer and printer manufacturer plaintiff involving a variety of contract and tort claims and cross-claims;
Successfully obtaining summary judgment on behalf of major pharmaceutical manufacturer facing putative class action consumer protection claims;
Securing arbitration award after a multi-day evidentiary hearing for private equity company and its principals sued for breach of promissory note and foreclosure on real and personal property; and
Obtaining summary judgment on behalf of online retailer defendant related to plaintiff's copyright infringement claims and achieving affirmance before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Prior to joining Doll Amir & Eley, Ms. Kendall practiced law in the Los Angeles office of Bingham McCutchen LLP (now known as Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP), litigating complex commercial and environmental matters. She has also served as a policy fellow at the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution in Washington, D.C. and a board member on the Young Associate Leadership Board of Public Counsel, the largest pro bono law firm in the United States.
Ms. Kendall graduated cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics, and went on to earn her J.D. from the University of California Los Angeles School of Law. A member of the California and New York State Bars, Ms. Kendall currently serves on the Board of Directors of Foster Your Dream, a nonprofit dedicated to providing foster youth and their caregivers with special events and opportunities.
Jamie Kendall is a partner at the firm. Her practice focuses on business litigation and intellectual property matters (copyright and trademark), servicing a wide range of clients in the technology, entertainment, health care, and financial services industries.
Jason B. Baim is a partner in the firm. Mr. Baim has broad-based commercial and general business litigation and trial experience in state and federal courts. Mr. Baim has successfully represented a wide range of clients, from individuals to small companies to large national and international corporations, in complex business disputes involving tens to hundreds of millions of dollars. While Mr. Baim's experience and practice is quite diverse, his more recent focus has been in the health care arena, where Mr. Baim represents a broad range of health care clients, including medical groups, hospitals, independent practice associations, and health care systems in a variety of high-stakes matters.
Prior to joining Doll Amir & Eley LLP in 2009, Mr. Baim was a litigator for nine years in the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, where he successfully defended corporations, boards of directors, and individual officers and directors in securities actions involving claims of fraud and/or breach of fiduciary duty. Mr. Baim is a graduate of the University of California, at Los Angeles where he graduated cum laude with a B.A. in History in 1992, and received his J.D. from the University of Southern California in 1995. Mr. Baim has a passion for music, writing, food and wine, and soccer, which he has competitively played for the past 40 years. Mr. Baim lives in Old Agoura with his wife and their four small children.
Jason B. Baim is a partner in the firm. Mr. Baim has broad-based commercial and general business litigation and trial experience in state and federal courts. Mr. Baim successfully represented a wide range of clients, from individuals to small companies to large national
JOHARI N. TOWNES has represented businesses in a wide range of complex litigation matters in state and federal court, including consumer class actions, commercial real estate litigation, breach of contract actions, fraud actions, copyright and trademark infringement actions, and defamation actions. Her clients have included banks, traditional and online retailers, high-tech companies, institutions of higher education, and media companies.
Ms. Townes graduated from Wellesley College and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. While at USC Law School, she was a merit scholar, chaired the Moot Court Honors Program, and served on the boards of the Public Interest Law Foundation and Black Law Students Association. She was awarded USC Law School's Mason C. Brown Award for talent for trial work and commitment to public interest.
Ms. Townes currently serves on the board of ACLUnext, an affiliate organization of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California.
Prior to joining Doll Amir, Ms. Townes practiced in the Los Angeles office of Sidley Austin LLP. She also has served as an adjunct professor of Legal Writing and Advocacy at USC Law. From 2008 through 2012 she was a contributing author to the "Survey of Privacy and Related Claims Against the Media," published by the Media Law Resource Center.
Lloyd Vu's practice focuses on business and complex litigation, with an emphasis on patents and intellectual property. As an attorney registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Mr. Vu has particular experience in enforcing and defending intellectual property rights, working with technology ranging from mechanical devices to complex software systems. In addition to his intellectual property expertise, Mr. Vu's litigation experience includes a wide array of business disputes ranging from employment matters to high-stakes contract disputes.
Prior to joining Doll Amir & Eley LLP, Mr. Vu practiced both patent litigation and prosecution at a patent firm in Beverly Hills, and patent litigation at a general litigation firm in Downtown Los Angeles. Mr. Vu received his law degree from the University of California Hastings at San Francisco, where he served as a managing editor of the Hastings Law Journal. During law school, Mr. Vu worked for the Honorable David O. Carter in the Central District of California, as well as the ACLU of Northern California. Prior to law school, Mr. Vu received a B.S. in Computer Science, as well as a minor in business management, at the University of California at Irvine.
Margaret C. Pruitt practices in the areas of business litigation, commercial ligitation and entertainment litigation. As a member of the firm's financial services practice
Mary Tesh Glarum is a partner with the firm and practices general business litigation. Her particular focus is on both employment and health care law. Ms. Glarum is Chairperson of the firm's employment law practice.
Michael M. Amir is the co-founder of Doll Amir & Eley LLP. He has a 20-year record of winning bet-the-company cases. He represents a variety of clients in high stakes litigation, including health organizations, banks, technology companies, educational organizations (universities and schools), large national corporations, medium-sized companies and high net-worth individuals. He has represented clients as lead counsel in complex matters in all phases of litigation, including state and federal jury and bench trials, arbitration proceedings, and Court of Appeals and California Supreme Court arguments. Los Angeles Magazine has named him a "SuperLawyer" each year for the past decade. In April 2020, the Daily Journal named Mr. Amir as one of the top health care attorneys in California.
Michael M. Amir is the co-founder of Doll Amir & Eley LLP. He represents a variety of clients in high stakes litigation, including health organizations, banks, technology companies,
Paul Torres is a partner with the firm, and has broad experience in business and commercial litigation. He has represented domestic and international companies, and individuals, in a variety of matters, including contract disputes, securities class actions, derivative complaints, and contested bankruptcy proceedings. Mr. Torres has worked on matters from initial pleading through early and late settlement, mediation, summary judgment, jury and judge trial verdicts, and appeals.
Prior to joining DAE, Mr. Torres was a litigation attorney at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, a real estate law firm located in Century City, where he obtained significant experience representing clients in the real estate industry. Immediately after law school, Mr. Torres worked for seven years as a litigation attorney in the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.
Mr. Torres graduated from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law. He received a B.A. in Psychology, and a Minor in Accounting, from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Paul Torres has broad experience in business and commercial litigation in state and federal court, and before panels. He has represented domestic and international companies, and individuals, in a variety of matters,
Ted A. Gehring represents large, national companies and local businesses in a broad range of general business, insurance coverage, and employment litigation matters in State and Federal courts.
William Choi focuses his practice on complex business and commercial litigation matters. His clients rely on him to formulate effective and creative defenses, as well as to provide sound legal advice during all stages of litigation. Mr. Choi has successfully defended numerous Fortune 500 companies in complex and high-exposure matters. He is committed to working closely with his clients in devising legal strategies that are best suited for them and their goals.
Prior to joining Doll Amir & Eley LLP, Mr. Choi practiced at a few national law firms, where he litigated a substantial number of complex civil litigation matters. During his time at The George Washington University Law School, he interned at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service.