News & Information

Salisian LLP would like to congratulate Natalie Rastegari, one of our outstanding associates.  She has been nominated as a candidate for the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2017 Women’s Summit Awards.  Natalie is not only an integral member of our litigation team, she is also this year’s Iranian American Bar Association’s Los Angeles Chapter (IABA) President.  In… read more

Salisian Partner  Richard Lee and Associate Jay Lichter attended the 2017 LACBA Corporate Counsel Awards Dinner this week, at the invitation of firm client LAACO.  The event welcomed special guest speaker Lloyd Blankfein, the Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, who spoke at length at the event.  Topics covered included the financial crisis and China’s… read more

Salisian LLP celebrated its anniversary as a firm last night, with it’s 8th annual  reception at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.  As with previous years, the event was an opportunity to recognize and thank clients, referral sources, friends and family for helping our firm to thrive and grow.  A good time was had by all!

On Friday evening (5/12), Salisian|Lee once again co-sponsored a dinner table at the annual Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA) banquet.  For the first time in 15 years, the banquet was held at the Westin Bonaventure hotel instead of Empress Pavilion Restaurant in Chinatown. Several firm associates and partner Richard Lee attended the event and a… read more

Salisian Associate Natalie Rastegari helped to organize last week’s successful Iranian American Bar Association Annual Gala last week (3/16) and spoke at the event, which attracted Iranian American members of the California bar from throughout Southern California.  A good time was had by all. A link to a portion of her speech can be found… read more

Salisian partner Richard Lee dedicated this past Saturday afternoon (3/18) to helping the next generation of attorneys map out their careers.  He was a featured speaker on a career services panel at Southwestern Law School and spent the time guiding the assembled group through the various considerations involved in crafting a successful legal career, including offering practical… read more

Both founding partners of our firm, Richard Lee and Neal Salisian, have once again made the Super Lawyers list for Southern California 2016. They are joined by associate Jay Lichter in his second year as a Super Lawyer Rising Star. Congratulations all around!

In an article published to the Daily Journal on Friday, Partner Richard Lee and Associate Han Pai follow up Richard’s KTLA appearance with a full article summarizing some of the most offbeat laws that will go into effect in California on January 1, 2017.  These include denim becoming the state fabric, government buildings only flying “made… read more

Partner Neal Salisian provides his thoughts on why attorneys opt to ignore pre-litigation demand letters filed against banks in a discussion with American Banker reporter Andy Peters.  He believes that some bankers are afraid of personal liability.  As quoted in the article: “It’s a scary situation for a lender or their counsel. You don’t want to fall into… read more