Taylor & Ring

Attorney David M. Ring

Bar Admissions:

• California, 1991

Education:

• University of Southern California Gould School of Law
  • Honors: Order of the Coif
• University of Southern California, Undergraduate Degree
  • Honors: cum laude

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• State Bar of California
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, President
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• Super Lawyers Top 10 of all Lawyers in Southern California 2016
• Daily Journal Top 25 Plaintiffs' Lawyers in California 2015
• Selected, Southern California Super Lawyers (2006 – present)
• Recipient, Superb (10 out of 10) Rating on the web site Avvo.com
• Named in the Prestigious Woodward & White's Publication The Best Lawyers in America
• Selected as one of the "Top 100 Lawyers" in Southern California by Los Angeles Magazine's Super Lawyers Publication
• California Lawyer’s 2015 “Personal Injury Attorney of the Year”

Attorney John C. Taylor

Education:

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California
• Ohio University

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• CAALA (Board of Governors)
• CAALA (Sustaining Member)
• American Association for Justice (AAJ) (Sustaining Member)
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ) (Sustaining Member)

Attorney Natalie Weatherford

Education:

• J.D., Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
  
  • Honors: Dean’s Merit Scholar
  • Honors: Chair, Negotiation Honors Program
• B.A., California State University, Long Beach

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Emeritus Board of Governors
• Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Member
• American Association for Justice (AAJ), Member
• American Bar Association (ABA), Member

Attorney Brendan Gilbert

Education:

• Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California, 2010
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Certificate in the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
  • Honors: CALI Award for Excellence in the course Remedies
• University of California at Irvine, 2007
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: cum laude
  • Major: Criminology: Law and Society

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• State Bar of California, Member
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Member
• Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), Member
• American Association for Justice (AAJ), Member
• Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities (LATLC), Member

Attorney Sonya Ostovar

Bar Admissions:

• California

Education:

• Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Certificate in the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
  • Honors: CALI Award for Excellence in the Course Psychology of Conflict
  • Law Journal: Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, Senior Editor
• University of California, Los Angeles
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Honors: Departmental Honors in Philosophy
  • Major: Philosophy

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Law School Outreach Committee (Vice-Chair)
• Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)
• Iranian American Lawyers Association, Board of Directors
• National Crime Victim Bar Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (AAJ), Member
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Board of Governors, Chair of New Lawyers Committee, 2024 - 2025
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Board of Governors, Vice Chair of New Lawyers Committee, 2022 - 2023

Attorney Neil Gehlawat

Bar Admissions:

• California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California

Education:

• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 2012
  
  • J.D.
  • Law Review: Texas Law Review, Notes Editor
• University of California, Berkeley, 2009
  
  • B.A.
  • Honors: With Highest Honors
  • Major: Political Science
  • Major: Rhetoric

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Member)
• Kern County Bar Association (Member)
• American Association of Justice (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys of California, New Lawyers Division (Board Member)
• Consumer Attorneys of California New Lawyers Division, Education Committee (Chair)
• Consumer Attorneys of California, Board of Directors
• National Crime Victim Bar Association (Member)

Attorney Peter Reagan

Bar Admissions:

• California, 2019

Education:

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Member, St. Thomas More Law Honor Society
  • Major: Civil Litigation & Advocacy
• University of California, Berkeley
  
  • B.A.
  • Major: English

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), 2019 - Present (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), 2020 - Present (Member)
• American Association for Justice (AAJ), 2021 - Present (Member)
• State Bar of California (Member)
• National Police Accountability Project (NPAP) (Member)

Attorney Ryan Farrell

Education:

• Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, California
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Dean’s Merit Award
• Loyola Marymount University
  
  • B.A.

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• State Bar of California (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) (Member)
• Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) (Member)

Attorney Ava Hargett

Education:

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
  
  • Juris Doctorate
  • Honors: Loyola Social Justice Law Clinic Outstanding Student
• Chapman University
  
  • Honors: Honors College Academic Achievement Award
  • Honors: Provost’s Scholarship
  • Minor: Law & Justice
  • Major: Psychology