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PINE TILLETT PINE LLP specializes in handling complex appeals involving multi-million dollar judgments, with a particular focus on appeals for plaintiffs in employment law cases. The firm also offers a range of consulting services to lawyers who wish to take the laboring oar in preparing their appeals.
NORMAN PINE, a Certified Appellate Law Specialist, State Bar of California, has been recognized with a wide variety of professional honors. He has consistently been named to the Southern California Super Lawyers listing of top appellate law attorneys (as chosen by peers and Law & Politics magazine) since that distinction was first created. Moreover, in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, he had the special honor of being recognized as one of only a few appellate lawyers in Super Lawyers “Top 100 Attorneys” in Southern California. In 2009, he was honored by The Daily Journal as one of California’s top 10 plaintiffs’ employment lawyers. Experience, and especially creativity, make him highly sought-after to handle appeals involving multi-million dollar stakes.
In 2008, BEVERLY PINE and NORMAN PINE were jointly honored with the California Employment Lawyers Association, Joe Posner Award for their “continuous dedication to the advancement of employee rights.” In 2003, NORMAN PINE was voted “Appellate Lawyer of the Year” by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. BEVERLY PINE was repeatedly nominated for Appellate Lawyer of the Year in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
With many years of combined legal experience, NORMAN PINE AND BEVERLY PINE bring to their work superb writing skills and analytical abilities. The Pines are relatively unique among appellate lawyers in that they each have many years of complex business litigation experience against the top firms in the country. Thus, they truly understand all aspects of the litigation process which makes their advice to trial lawyers invaluable even before cases actually reach the appellate stage. Such advice includes the development of creative litigation strategies, effective post-trial motions, and identification of potential issues for appeal or cross-appeal.
SCOTT TILLETT has exclusively practiced appellate law since 2014, handling a wide range of civil appeals including employment, personal injury, entertainment, business litigation, and land use, in both state and federal court. Prior to focusing on appellate law, SCOTT TILLETT’s practice included class action litigation, including wage and hour, product liability, and consumer fraud litigation, and he gained substantial experience working on individual employment, personal injury, and product liability actions at both the state and federal level.
CHAYA CITRIN joined Pine Tillett Pine LLP as an associate in 2017. After completing law school at the UCLA in 2013, CHAY CITRIN served as a staff law clerk at the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and as an attorney advisor at the United States Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review.