Administrative Law
Alcoholic Beverage Control Hearings
State, Community, and City Government
Civil Litigation and Trial
Personal Injury
Business Disputes
Employment Law - Employee and Employer
Government Relations
Land Use Planning
Constitutional Law
Indian Gaming
Appellate Law
Indian Gaming/Sovereignty and ABC Law
The firm has represented numerous tribes in California
Civil Litigation and Trial
Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson practices in state and federal trial courts. Unlike many other firms, Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson not only litigates but tries cases it takes on. Among the four partners, there is a vast amount of experience aggregating close to 100 years.
Cases accepted range from serious personal injury matters with bodily injury including paralysis, amputation or brain injury, to corporate and business litigation such as shareholder derivative actions, fraudulent real estate actions, and partnership disputes.
Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson has been successful in settlement and trial verdicts that range from several hundred thousand dollars to 35 million dollars. STEPHEN JAMIESON and STEPHEN SOLOMON have settled or tried cases for an aggregate amount of over 50 million dollars for their plaintiff clients. Where Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson defends cases, the results are similarly impressive. Whether on Plaintiff's side or Defendant's side, our hard work, strategic planning and innovative thinking make our clients successful.
Alcoholic Beverage Control Hearings
For nearly thirty years STEPHEN WARREN SOLOMON and RALPH BARAT SALTSMAN have been the recognized standard bearers in Alcoholic Beverage Control defense. The firm is devoted to defending licenses in enforcement procedures brought by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson has litigated Alcoholic Beverage Control cases at all administrative and judicial levels. Our clients include multi-national corporations as well as statewide businesses and individually held stores and restaurants.
State and Local Land Use
The firm represents permit applicants before planning commissions and city councils throughout the state of California. Our emphasis includes representation in all state and local administrative processes in both obtaining and retaining permits, licenses, and discretionary entitlements.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Our Attorney Profiles - Michael Akopyan
Current Employment Position:
Areas Of Practice:
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Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation Matters
Bar Admissions:
California, 2005
U.S. District Court Central District of California
Education:
Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 2005
J.D.
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 2001
B. S. Business Administration
Concentration: Corporate Finance
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Armenian Bar Association
Contact Information:
426 Culver Blvd.
Playa del Rey, CA 90293
Phone
(310)822-9848
(800)405-4222
Fax:
(310)822-3512
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Our Attorney Profiles - Ralph Barat Saltsman
Honors & Awards
Current Employment Position:
Areas Of Practice:
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Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation Matters
Bar Admissions:
CA, 1974
U.S. District Court, Southern District of CA
U.S. District Court, Central District of CA
U.S. District Court, Northern District of CA
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
Education:
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA 1973
Honors: Recognition of Service to Student Body, 1973
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1970
Honors: Blackstonean Honor Society, 1968
Major: English Literature
Media:
Host and Panelist for Legal Help Live™2000 to present. Legal Help Live currently broadcasts on AM Radio Saturday @10:00 a.m on KRLA AM 870; and broadcasts on television on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. on Channels 16 and 36 in Santa Monica and Los Angeles.
Published Works:
To view a list of articles authored by Ralph B. Saltsman please refer to articles in the firm portion of the website.
Annual updates, ABC Licensee Handbook
Classes/Seminars Taughts:
Seminar Leader/Instructor, ABC Law Seminars
Lecturer, ABC Law and Land Use Planning Seminars, 1993 - 2008
Lecturer, Live Adult Entertainment Seminar, 1995
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, Member
CA Bar Association, Member
CA Trial Lawyers Association, Member
LA County Bar Association, Member
The Loyola Student Rep. to the Community Legal Assistance Center Executive Board
Governing Board of Loyola University-Community Service Program. 1973, Member
Student-Faculty Clinical Education Committee, 1972-1973, Member
Loyola Law School: Judge, Moot Court Competition
Contact Information:
426 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey, CA 90293
Phone
(310)822-9848
(800)405-4222Fax:
(310)822-3512E-mail:
rsaltsman@ssjlaw.com
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Our Attorney Profile - Ryan Kroll
Current Employment Position
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
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Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation Matters
Education
University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 2004, J.D. Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Florida Law Review
Order of the Coif
University of Florida Fischer School of Accounting, Gainesville, Florida, 2004, Master of Accounting
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 2000, B.S.
Major: Accounting
Licenses
Florida Certified Public Accountant - Inactive Status
Contact Information:
426 Culver Blvd., Playa del Rey, CA 90293
Phone
(310)822-9848
(800)405-4222Fax:
(310)822-3512E-mail:
rkroll@ssjlaw.com
Friday, May 30, 2008
62-Year-Old Salesperson Fired for Having Leukemia is Awarded $582,000 by Jury
The jury found that the defendant employer acted with malice, oppression and fraud, thus entitling him to punitive damages.
This was an employment discrimination case that also raised issues involving violations of the American Disabilities Act. It was tried by Stephen Allen Jamieson before a jury in Los Angeles Superior Court. The Honorable Ernest Williams presided over this case.
A 62-year-old gentleman was hired by a beverage company to be a route salesperson in the Los Angeles area. Three months after beginning his new job the plaintiff was diagnosed with chronic lymphatic leukemia. At that point in time, he had not yet satisfied his sales quota. He was subsequently fired.
No offer to settle was made prior to the trial. After 1 and ½ days of jury deliberation and after the judge told defendant to settle, the defendants finally made their first offer of $10,000.
The terminated employee rejected the offer. The jury returned with a verdict of $582,000. Based on the unconscionable acts of the employer shown to the jury by Mr. Jamieson throughout the trial, the jury also decided that the employer acted with malice, oppression and fraud, the necessary finding for punitive damages. The case settled the following morning in the courtroom just before the defendant was required to open up its books and records for a determination on the amount of punitive damages. The verdict was paid ten days later.
Solomon Saltsman & Jamieson are attorneys practicing in the areas of ABC law, ABC Appeals Board cases, and all related Land Use Matters such as City and County Conditional Land Use Permits, Variances, Police and Fire Permits, Entertainment Law, Gaming Law, as well as Personal Injury litigation. Solomon Saltsman & Jamieson can be contacted at 800-405-4222.
Friday, May 23, 2008
2008 ABC Seminar
SSJ Law Conducts Periodic Seminars on topics of interest to Alcohol Beverage Control Licensees and Discretionary Permit Holders at the State and Local levels. Clients and the general public are always welcome. Upcoming seminar is detailed below:
San Bernardino, California - May 29, 2008
2008 ABC Seminar Details
Topics: New Sales To Minors Penalties, New Abc Application Rules And Procedures, "New Director, New Chief Counsel, New Abc?”
1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Hilton Hotel San Bernardino Map
285 E. Hospitality Lane, San Bernardino, California 92408
(510) 635-5300
(hotel information)
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Legal Help Live
NOTE: The Radio Show is no longer aired in 2008. As hosts of the very popular weekly radio show, which aired from 2000 to 2006, Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson provided call-in entertainment and advice in a non-confidential "You ask us a legal question - we'll give you a legal answer." | | |
| Solomon is a UCLA grad (UCLA Law) in law practice 40 years; Saltsman from USC (Loyola Law) was a prosecutor in the mid-70”s, Jamieson, also UCLA (Loyola Law) has been a trial lawyer for 20 years. Ralph Barat Saltsman, Stephen Warrren Solomon and Stephen Allen Jamieson field KRLA listeners’ calls on legal issues from catastrophic personal injury to complaints about the post office losing a stamp; from how to find a criminal lawyer to represent a friend in a felony prosecution to how to get to visit a child not in that parent’s custody. Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson is a boutique law firm with many areas of expertise. The partners, STEPHEN WARREN SOLOMON, RALPH BARAT SATSMAN, STEPHEN ALLEN JAMIESON and RODNEY BRUCE EVANS have been profiled many times in legal periodicals as well as popular magazines and newspapers. They have hosted Legal Help Live on KRLA for aver 4 years as well as a weekly television show and provide professional commentary and topical articles in the press. Their experiences have been the subject of numerous newspaper articles. Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson has collective experience in diverse areas of the law from Indian gaming to serious personal injury to land use to complex business litigation. | 
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Your Hosts and Panelists:
Attorneys: Stephen Solomon/Ralph Saltsman/Stephen Jamieson
Listeners have called with questions on:
- Serious Traffic Accident Injuries
- Toxic Mold
- Medical and Dental Malpractice
- I.D. Theft
- Fraudulent Real Estate Transactions
- Elder Abuse
- Architect and Contractor Building Design and Construction Defects
- Truck Drive Traffic Tickets
- Bi-Coastal Divorce
- Employment Discrimination
- Child Custody Disputes
- Landlord - Tenant Disputes
- Probate and Estate Disputes
- Product Defects causing Personal Injury
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