Meet our winning team of defense attorneys.

The Law + Brandmeyer partners have a solid foundation in civil litigation trial experience. Collectively, we have tried more than 200 cases to jury verdict during our careers. We have worked throughout California in the Superior Courts of major counties, including Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, San Bernardino, Ventura, Riverside and Sonoma counties. Ours is a team of carefully selected professionals from a cross-section of specialties. With decades of experience, we are uniquely qualified to furnish our clients attentive, strategic and expert counsel that gets results.

All of our attorneys are licensed to practice in California. Some are also licensed to practice in New York, Nebraska, Texas and Louisiana.

Yuk K. Law

Yuk K. Law, nicknamed “Chuck,” is a founding partner of Law + Brandmeyer, which was established in 2005. Chuck’s primary areas of focus include medical malpractice, general and product liability, and employment practice liability.

Chuck began his legal career at a big New York City firm in the mid 1980s. While there, his mentors and senior partners pushed him hard to outperform his own high expectations. Their drive and passion helped him shape his own strong, innate talent for civil litigation. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1990. Over the years, Chuck developed critical insights into what it would take to be successful and, ultimately, run his own law firm. To date, Chuck has tried over 100 jury trials to verdict, earning him many prestigious awards.

Every day, he employs the lessons of his past, continuing to push himself for excellence while collaborating with, and learning from, his fellow partners. He manages each case and maintains a goal-oriented approach to protect his clients’ interests.

EDUCATION
• 1984 - Earned a Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law
• 1981 - Graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
• Rank of Diplomate with the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
• Selected by his peers as a “Southern California Super Lawyer” since 2005
• Rated AV (preeminent) by Martindale-Hubbell

ORGANIZATIONS
• NAMWOLF (National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms)
• Certified MBE (Minority Business Enterprise)
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
• Los Angeles County Bar Association

Kent T. Brandmeyer

Kent T. Brandmeyer is a founding partner of Law + Brandmeyer, LLP, specializing in medical malpractice, managed care liability and general liability.

Kent’s skills defending clients in court were cultivated long before he graduated from law school. The son of a lawyer, Kent’s talents emerged early in life. Debating issues was simply natural dinner conversation and part of the family dynamic.

From this humble beginning, Kent has cultivated a 25-year law practice, which continues to grow. Today, he stands up in court to defend the interests of physicians, nurses, HMOs, public entities and individuals. Each enjoys his dedicated services as their vigorous trial advocate.

Early in his career, Kent sought the challenge of defending medical malpractice cases. This is where he learned to love the intellectual work that is required at the intersection of medicine and law. Each of Kent’s more than 75 trials to verdict has contributed to his collective body of trial experience. That experience was hard earned and informs his counsel on a daily basis in the many matters he handles for his clients.

EDUCATION
• 1988 - Obtained a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
• 1985 - Graduated from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
• Lectures on trial practices risk management in today’s complex litigious environment; recently showcased his skills in a mock trial seminar, “Learn from the Masters”
• Selected by his peers as a “Southern California Super Lawyer”
• Rated AV (preeminent) by Martindale-Hubbell
• Featured in Pasadena Magazine as a “Top Attorney”

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Member of American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an invitation-only organization of elite trial attorneys
• Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
• Physician Insurers Association of America
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Pasadena Bar Association

Greg R. Bunch

Greg R. Bunch is a partner who started with Law + Brandmeyer in 2005. He is a seasoned litigator with more than 22 years of experience in civil litigation defense.

Greg obtained his undergraduate degree from University of California, Los Angeles, in 1978. He obtained his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from California State University, Los Angeles, in 1984. Thereafter, Greg completed law school at Whittier College School of Law, graduating in 1989.

Greg is admitted to practice in all California state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Central District. He is a member of the California Bar Association and Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Bryan C. Misshore

Bryan C. Misshore is a partner who works on the defense of medical malpractice and general liability.

Bryan is a Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. He has also been a featured speaker at continuing education and risk management seminars on such diverse topics as best practices in arbitration; legal implications of practicing telemedicine; and litigation basics for first-time litigants.

Bryan obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1985 from Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as an editor for the law review, Law and Policy in International Business. He also earned a Master of Science degree in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling from California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 1998. He is a 1982 graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, in Psychology. He is licensed to practice in California, Texas, and Louisiana.

Margaret Castaneda

As an associate with the firm, Margaret Castaneda provides support in the defense of physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers.

Margaret earned her Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Environmental Studies, with a minor in Spanish. While in law school, she was part of the International Human Rights Clinic where she was involved in the litigation of human rights violations before a wide array of international bodies. Margaret speaks fluent Spanish.

Margaret is licensed to practice law in all California state courts. She is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Elizabeth A. Evans

Elizabeth A. Evans, an associate with the firm, focuses on the defense of medical malpractice and general liability claims.

Prior to joining Law + Brandmeyer, LLP, Elizabeth specialized in the defense of medical malpractice claims at another litigation firm where , she defended a wide array of physicians and healthcare facilities, both in civil litigation and in front of the Medical Board of the State of California.

Elizabeth obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2011, where she served as Managing Editor for the Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2008 and was a member of the Order of Omega Honor Society.

She is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and Pasadena Bar Association. She is also a member of Ophthalmic Women Leaders (“OWL”), which focuses on the ophthalmic medical industry, both medical practitioners and industry professionals. Elizabeth is licensed to practice in the State courts of California, as well as the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Gregory B. Geer

Gregory B. Geer is an associate with the firm, focusing on the defense of doctors, hospitals, and other medical providers from medical malpractice-related claims.

Gregory earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where he was part of the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court, competing against international teams in Washington D.C. Gregory received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History, with honors, from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, where he was awarded an academic scholarship and the department’s outstanding academic achievement award.

While at law school, Gregory externed for a year for the Honorable Richard L. Fruin, Jr., Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court. Gregory also worked as a law clerk in a plaintiff’s personal injury firm, as well as for a major insurance carrier, giving him insight into how all sides will approach litigation.

Gregory is licensed to practice in the State courts of California, as well as the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Elwina Grigoryan

As an associate with the firm, Elwina Grigoryan provides support in the defense of physicians, hospitals and other health care providers.

Elwina earned her Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 2017. In 2014, she earned her Bachelors of Science in Mathematics from Loyola Marymount University. Prior to joining the firm, Elwina clerked at a Los Angeles civil litigation firm focusing on products liability and complex litigation. Elwina speaks fluent Armenian.

Elwina is licensed to practice law in all California state courts.

Claudia Borsutzki

Claudia Borsutzki obtained her law degree from the Westfälische Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany in 2004. Thereafter, she completed her two-year legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany.

In 2007, Claudia relocated to Los Angeles and began her legal career at a well-known defense litigation firm. She started there as a paralegal and represented German clients in her capacity as German counsel before successfully completing the California bar exam. During her time in Downtown Los Angeles, Claudia focused her practice in the areas of litigation and high exposure matters handling general liability and personal injury, premises liability, products liability, habitability and construction defect cases in all phases of litigation. In the three years preceding her joining Law + Brandmeyer, Claudia worked as in-house counsel for a third-party insurance administrator where she burnished her litigation skills in defending residential and commercial property owners in premises liability, habitability and discrimination claims.

Claudia is licensed to practice in all California state courts, the United States District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of California, the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and in all German courts.

Dona Abdo

Dona is an associate with Law + Brandmeyer. In 2018, she earned her Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School Los Angeles, and in 2014, she earned her undergraduate degree from UCLA. During law school, Dona was on the Dean’s Honor Roll and a member of the Armenian Law Students Association. She also worked for a civil litigation firm, focusing primarily on personal injury, products liability, complex litigation and immigration law.

Dona is an active member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, including the Barristers/Young Attorneys sector, the Trial Lawyer’s Charity, and the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. During her spare time, Dona is an avid philanthropist, who volunteers for Make a Wish Foundation, Food on Foot, No Kid Hungry and Hashtag Lunch-Bag, and is a board member for the Young Warriors non-profit for fatherless children. She also speaks fluently in Armenian.

Dona is licensed to practice in all California state courts and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

John M.C. Reilly

John Reilly is a native of Los Angeles. He received his undergraduate degree from UCLA with a double major in economics and political science. While at UCLA, John was active in the school’s official charity, Unicamp, and later became vice president of its board of directors.

After graduating UCLA, John attended Pepperdine University School of Law and obtained a JD in 1991. While at Pepperdine, John earned a scholarship from the Pepperdine Advocates for Public Interest Law and won the Pepperdine London Moot Court Competition. John has been practicing law since 1992 and has focused in several areas of law, including medical malpractice defense, insurance defense, products liability, premises liability, toxic torts, dental malpractice, automobile and fire accidents, and dependency law.

Prior to starting with Law + Brandmeyer in 2018, John did medical and dental defense work where he co-tried cases and participated in mediations. John was also a court appointed attorney at the Children’s Court for over five years and, while there, did dozens of bench trials and handled an extensive case load.

John’s hobbies include traveling, soccer, surfing, and playing guitar.

Zach Schwake

An associate of the firm, Zach Schwake specializes in employment litigation.

Zach graduated from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and obtained his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 2014. While in law school, Zach participated in an employment clinic where he investigated, mediated, and gave ruling recommendations on employee wage disputes filed with a state agency.

Prior to joining the firm, Zach worked at a labor and employment defense firm, defending employers in litigation as well as administrative hearings and government investigations. Zach has also been a speaker on various employment law topics and has advised human resources departments on proper employment practices.

Zach is licensed to practice in California state courts and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Jeannette Van Horst

Jeannette Van Horst is an associate with the firm. Although she is new to the firm she has practiced in the field of medical malpractice defense since 1993. During that time she has defended numerous physicians and hospitals in Southern California. She has focused on complex medical and birth injury cases.

Jeannette has a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in nursing and is a Registered Nurse. She received her juris doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law in 1993.

She is a member of the California Bar Association, the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and the Association of Southern California Hospital Risk Managers. She is also on the alumni board of directors at Southwestern University School of Law.

Jeannette is licensed to practice before all the courts in the State of California and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Jackson DeWolfe

As an associate with the firm, Jackson DeWolfe provides support in the defense of physicians, hospitals and other health care providers.

Jackson earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 2018. In 2015, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Loyola Marymount University, where he was a member of the Order of Omega Honor Society, Phi Delta Phi Pre-Law Honor Society, and club lacrosse team captain. While in law school, Jackson worked with the Loyola Center for Conflict Resolution as a volunteer mediator and conciliator.

Jackson is licensed to practice law in all California state courts.