Attorneys

Jim Sell is the Managing Partner of Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office and leads a multi-attorney litigation team. Mr. Sell has practiced law in the Bay Area since his admission to the California Bar in 1988…

Stephanie Drenski is a Partner and Team Lead in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  Her practice focuses on general liability, personal injury defense, premises liability, product liability, and professional liability…

Molly Gilardi is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  Her practice focuses primarily on personal injury and general liability litigation.  Ms. Gilardi is an experienced litigator, having successfully defended individuals and businesses throughout the state of California.

Kevin Gray is a Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office and leads a multi-attorney team.  His practice focuses on personal injury defense, defense of trucking companies, defense of governmental entities, premises defense, and Special Investigation Unit work.

Candice Nguyen Hamant is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California and Seattle offices. Her practice focuses primarily on general liability, construction litigation, and premises liability…

Allison Lawrence is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Her practice focuses primarily on complex, high value, multi-party personal injury matters. Ms. Lawrence routinely represents Fortune 500 companies, as well as small businesses and individual policyholders…

Mitchell B. Malachowski is a Partner in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego and Northern California offices and engages in full-spectrum civil litigation defense. His trial-court and appellate practice specializes in complex litigation…

Joseph J. (“J.J.”) Minioza is a Partner at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  He brings over 20 years of experience to the firm. His practice focuses on general liability, habitability, employment, elder abuse, D&O, E&O, appellate, and wage and hour cases….

Sana Abbasi is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Her practice focuses on general litigation and personal injury.

Martin Alperen is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Mr. Alperen is an experienced litigator who has practiced law in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, and the United States Virgin Islands…

Louis R. Barella is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. He specializes in personal injury and general liability defense. Mr. Barella has successfully defended and resolved hundreds of matters for his clients.

Kevin F. Barrett is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California and Seattle offices. Mr. Barrett has extensive litigation experience representing individuals and businesses in state and federal courts, including at trials, arbitrations, mediations and federal administrative…

Randel Campbell is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Before becoming an attorney in 2000, Mr. Campbell worked in construction for 17 years, and owned and operated his own contracting business…

Christopher L. Campbell is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. His practice focuses on personal injury defense, employment practices defense, and sports-related disputes from high school to Olympic levels.  

Katrina Decker is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California Office. Her practice focuses on complex multi-party construction litigation, real estate litigation, professional liability, landlord tenant and habitability, personal injury and general liability litigation…

Kelly Hill is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Ms. Hill has extensive litigation experience in personal injury law, as well as commercial creditor’s rights law. She has represented individuals and corporations throughout California. Ms. Hill has worked as…

Ann Merrill is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  Her practice areas include negligence, premises liability, habitability, nuisance, and breach of contract claims…

Roberta Nalbandian is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. With over 30 years of litigation experience, Ms. Nalbandian’s practice focuses on diverse complex litigation including construction defect, general liability, personal injury and other related areas of practice.

Traci Owens is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Her practice focuses on wrongful death defense, catastrophic personal injury defense, traumatic brain injury defense, defense against claims of mental anguish/distress, and defense against sexual assault…

Pegah Shetabi is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Her practice focuses on personal injury and general liability litigation.  Ms. Shetabi joins Tyson & Mendes as an experienced litigator…

Maihuong Ta is Senior Counsel at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Her practice focuses on general liability and civil litigation. Ms. Ta has experience representing both individuals and institutional clients in a wide range of practice areas, on both plaintiffs’ and defense…

Matthew G. Tang is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. His practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury defense, complex commercial litigation, and other general liability matters. 

Ian Wilson is Senior Counsel in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office and is part of a multi-attorney team.  He practices general litigation, with a primary focus on construction defect, personal injury, and professional liability defense.

Adrian Alba is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego and Northern California Offices. His practice focuses on complex litigation. Mr. Alba has proven success in law and motion work, effectively utilizing discovery and civil procedure to succeed on dispositive motions. Prior…

Amanda Ashworth is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Ms. Ashworth has conducted multiple jury trials on her own. She has experience arguing motions, preparing hundreds of briefs submitted to the court, questioning witnesses during live testimony, and conducting…

Ariel Gozzip is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Before joining Tyson & Mendes, Ms. Gozzip worked with law firms and legal departments domestically and abroad. As a legal intern at an international technology company in Silicon Valley, her work focused on employment…

Jason Ketchum is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. He has experience in employment & labor law, environmental law, products liability, and professional liability. Mr. Ketchum has extensive legal research and writing experience, having worked as an extern and clerk in several state…

Rena G. Sera is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office.  Her practice includes defending premises liability and habitability matters, as well as employment discrimination, medical malpractice, construction defect, and other general liability matters…

Liam Sidebottom is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. His practice focuses on a variety of civil litigation matters. Mr. Sidebottom received his J.D. magna cum laude from The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law in 2022 and was awarded…

Maggie Wang is an Associate in Tyson & Mendes’ Northern California office. Before joining Tyson & Mendes, Ms. Wang gained valuable experience at general practice firms on both litigation cases and transactional cases. She once represented a Chinese clothing manufacturer against a US…