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Doug Burnetti
Trial attorney Doug Burnetti is a board certified civil trial lawyer who tries many different types of personal injury cases, including auto accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, and products liability. He was given a Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, selected to the Florida Super Lawyers List for three consecutive years.
John W. Day
John W. Day is a Santa Fe attorney who practices in criminal defense, civil litigation and government misconduct/civil rights litigation.
John has successfully defended cases involving national security clearance matters, white-collar offenses, homicide, violent crime, and drug offenses, among others. He also has worked on several cases serving Native American communities in the Southwest.
John’s prior careers as Deputy District Attorney in northern New Mexico and as an award-winning investigative reporter covering political corruption in the Southern U.S. have served him well in the field of law.
Ilan Katz
Mexico-City-based attorney Ilan Katz’s primary focus is on complex cross-border litigation.
Ilan earned his law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana. With over 20 years of experience as a criminal litigator, he is an expert in property, banking, and public servant crimes, serving as a whistleblower and defense attorney in both local and federal courts.
Katz is adept in Money Laundering and Compliance, as well as Economic and Corporate Criminal Law. He currently serves as Coordinator of the Criminal Law Commission of the Mexican Bar Association. He is fluent in Spanish and English.
Sam Bassett
Austin-based criminal defense attorney Sam Bassett has represented defendants in both criminal and family law trials throughout Texas for more than 30 years. Bassett’s extensive jury trial experience has made him a go-to source for sharp, informed analysis, and he has joined numerous media publications throughout Texas including ABC Austin and FOX Austin many times regarding criminal cases. Bassett also regularly shares his expert insights regarding high-profile trials on Court TV, CTV News, and Georgia Public Radio.
He has been named “Lawyer of the Year” for criminal defense in Austin five times by Best Lawyers in America and specializes in forensic science and cases with cases with overlapping criminal and family law issues.
V. James DeSimone
Civil rights attorney V. James (“Jim”) DeSimone brings over 40 years of experience in employment discrimination, police misconduct, wrongful death, and excessive force cases. Notable achievements include securing a $1.6 million verdict for a disabled man subjected to police brutality, advocating in a wrongful death lawsuit against LAPD that reached the 9th Circuit, and winning a precedent-setting case recognizing same-sex harassment under California law. His recent cases include suing the LA County Sheriff’s Department for excessive force, covered by the Los Angeles Times, and a federal lawsuit against the Culver City Police for the shooting death of a mentally ill man. The case was covered by the Associated Press, Fox 11, NBC 4, and others. DeSimone has appeared on KABC, NBC 4, Telemundo, NewsNation, Scripps News multiple times, Vinnie Politan’s show for Court TV, and LiveNOW from FOX, just to name a few.
Adanté Pointer
Civil rights and trial attorney Adanté Pointer has offices in both Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Adanté has a distinguished career advocating for the underserved and fighting police brutality cases. He won a $21 million verdict for the family of a pregnant teen shot by police, covered by CBS News, The Associated Press, The San Francisco Chronicle, and others. He lead a high-profile federal lawsuit against SF police for using a rape kit DNA to arrest a woman for an unrelated crime, a case that resulted in a change in California state law and was covered in New York Times, The Associated Press, CBS News, The Guardian and more than 200 others.
In addition to his legal work, Adanté has been a regular commentator on national TV, including the Tyre Nichols case, the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, the Lori Vallow Daybell trial and others. He joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss Trump’s legal woes and Scripps News to analyze Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual assaults and death. Additionally, Pointer is a regular guest on Court TV and is often quoted in top outlets such as USA Today and The Guardian.
Holly Davis
Attorney Holly Davis has become a broadcast go-to for legal analysis on a broad range of topics, including the George Floyd case, the Jacob Blake shooting, high-profile and high-value divorce and custody cases, prenuptial agreements, and celebrity divorces including Joe Jonas, Britney Spears, Kevin Costner, and the complex Johnny Depp/Amber Heard dispute. Holly also served as counsel in the divorce case of Tiger King spouse Dillon Passage.
Holly has provided legal analysis on Entertainment Tonight for topics such as Britney Spears and Sam Asghari split, 50 Cent’s frightening mic throw at a fan’s head, and Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s divorce, to name a few. She is a regular on Court TV where she has discussed the Parkland School shooting trial, the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the Breonna Taylor police brutality case, and many more high-profile cases. Her legal practice focuses on high-asset divorce, business and professional divorce, custody matters, and complex litigation.
Neama Rahmani
Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor in Southern California turned litigator, gives a prosecutor’s perspective without bureaucratic restrictions. He can discuss both criminal prosecution and civil litigation. He also has deep expertise in the arena of fraud and ethics, having served as the Director of Enforcement of the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, an independent watchdog that oversees and investigates elected officials and high-level city employees, including the mayor and city council.
Rahmani provides frequent legal analysis for national TV and print outlets, including as a recurring guest on CNN and Court TV. He regularly comments on breaking news such as President Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter, for the Washington Post, the Menendez brothers’ case for the Guardian, embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams for Fox News, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal woes for The Associated Press and the Los Angeles Times, and Newsweek, USA Today and on Donald Trump’s various legal woes. Neama has also appeared many times on CNN, FOX News, NewsNation, ABC News, CBS News, Entertainment Tonight, and more.
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