REIF LAW GROUP, P.C. - Key Persons
Beverly Bickel is a senior associate at Reif Law Group P.C., focusing on complex business disputes, partnership disputes, elder financial abuse, fraud, false promise, scams including Ponzi schemes, conversion of assets and trust litigation.
She began practicing law after a 20-year career as a financial analyst and contract negotiator for both government and private firms.
She holds a degree in Economics from University of California, Irvine, did additional study at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and has a law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. At Loyola Law School, she was Chief Articles Editor of the International and Comparative Law Journal, and published an article (co-authored with a Loyola Marymount professor) on business regulatory policy and its roots in ancient religious law; the article was later included in the syllabus of "Humanizing Contracts", a University of Colorado seminar, and it is cited in the Research Handbook on International Financial Crime. In her senior year at Loyola Law School, Ms. Bickel served as a judicial intern in federal court for Justice Samuel Bufford.
Before joining Reif Law Group P.C., Ms. Bickel worked at a plaintiff-side trial law firm and later at a plaintiff-side employment law firm. She has handled matters in state and federal court, as well as U.S. Tax Court.
Ms. Bickel taught deposition workshops for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA). She is certified as a commercial arbitrator by the Better Business Bureau. She arbitrated business-related disputes for the Better Business Bureau from 1997 to 2004.
She has been a member of the California State Bar since 1996, and also holds membership in the Los Angeles Bar Association.
Ms. Bickel's interests, besides practicing law, include 16th and 17th Century literature, poetry, and music.
Brandon S. Reif founded Reif Law Group, P.C., a law firm comprised of seven talented attorneys. Mr. Reif is a trial attorney with a track record of delivering successful trial verdicts and arbitration awards. He handles cases from inception to conclusion, and he steps into cases for others at trial/arbitration. Many of Mr. Reif's most effective results happen before trial or arbitration through persuasive writings and arguments, preventive pretrial strategies, and creative settlement negotiations.
Mr. Reif is Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent™ peer-rated, AV Preeminent™ - Judicial Edition-rated, and a Client Champion Platinum™ client-rated attorney. He has been voted one of Los Angeles Magazine's "Top Attorneys in Southern California" from 2011 to 2023 and Southern California's Super Lawyer® from 2011 to 2023 (elevated from Rising Stars® in 2015). He is among "America's Most Honored Professionals - Top 1%" from 2016 to 2023.
Mr. Reif has obtained multi-million verdicts representing plaintiffs/claimants and complete defense verdicts representing defendants/respondents. He received Top Verdict Magazine's Top 10 Court Verdicts in California for a commercial loan trial against a real estate broker. He earned Los Angeles Daily Journal's Top Verdict Award for a municipal bond fund jury trial. He is a frequent author, lecturer, and public commentator for newsworthy topics involving securities/financial, professional liability, and real estate.
Mr. Reif is a 1997 graduate of the State University of New York at Albany, where he earned his B.A. in English and Criminal Justice. He attended the University of Miami School of Law, receiving his J.D., cum laude, in 2000. Mr. Reif is admitted to practice law in California and New York and various other courts throughout the country. Mr. Reif can be reached at 310.494.6500, BReif@reiflawgroup.com, and https://reiflawgroup.com/.
Marc S. Ehrlich is a principal of Reif Law Group, P.C., a boutique firm comprised of seasoned and accomplished professionals specializing in litigation and trial practice. Mr. Ehrlich has extensive courtroom and appellate experience, and he has achieved favorable results for his clients in all phases of litigation, and on appeal. Mr. Ehrlich has a special focus on writs, post-trial motions and appeals.
Rachel Dardashti represents firms and individuals in complex litigation and business disputes. She regularly represents and advises broker dealers, investment advisors, financial advisors and other securities personnel in securities litigation, arbitrations and regulatory actions before state and federal courts, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") and Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). In addition, she has extensive experience representing investors and investment sponsors in arbitrations and court. Ms. Dardashti has specialized knowledge regarding private placement investments including, tenant in common investments, non-traded real estate investment trusts, promissory notes and Delaware statutory trusts.