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Meet Your Client-First Team: Empowering The Powerless

Stewart J. Guss

Founder

Managing Executive Attorney

Brantley Sasseen

Senior Executive Attorney

C. Scott Whitehouse

Executive Business Manager

Executive Manager of Marketing & Technology

Senior Litigation Attorney

Ryan Berchelmann

Senior Litigation Attorney

Senior Associate Attorney
New Orleans Office

Matthew Bonilla

Senior Associate Attorney

Associate Attorney
Los Angeles Office

Associate Attorney
Atlanta Office

Associate Attorney

Associate Attorney

Associate Attorney

Zachary Wooldridge

Associate Attorney

Nicholas Rodriguez

Associate Attorney

Human Resources Manager

Accounting Manager

Marketing Manager

Information Technology Manager

Litigation Paralegal Supervisor

Lead Paralegal

Joselyn Valladares

Post Settlement Manager

Lead Legal Assistant

Vendor Relationship Manager

Project & Facility Manager

Shauna Gill-Zimmerman

Executive Personal Assistant to Stewart J. Guss

Derek Thorworth

Chief Investigator

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