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ROSS W. FEINBERG, ESQ.
Curriculum Vitae


Ross W. Feinberg is a member of the California, Nevada and Colorado bars. He is the senior partner of the law firm of Feinberg Grant Mayfield Kaneda & Litt, LLP and has received an AV* rating from Martindale-Hubbell on behalf of himself and the entire firm indicating very high to preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards.

Mr. Feinberg has the privilege of serving as a member of the National Board of Trustees and National Faculty for the Community Associations Institute (CAI), a faculty member for UNLV including Construction Defect Law and Nevada Homeowners Association Law and a faculty member for the California Association of Community Managers (CACM).

Additionally, he has the distinguished honor of being a member of the College of Community Association Lawyers for CAI and has been inducted into the Million Dollar Advocates forum. Mr. Feinberg received his preparatory education at the University of Southern California where he graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration Cum Laude in 1981. He received his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1984.

Mr. Feinberg is a frequent speaker at local and national seminars relative to Construction Defect litigation, Community Association law and Consumer Class Actions.


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ROGER J. GRANT, ESQ.
Curriculum Vitae

Roger J. Grant is a member of the Nevada, California, Colorado and Arizona bars. He received his law degree from the University of San Diego in 1989.

Mr. Grant graduated from Purdue University with high honors and earned degrees in Business as well as Aviation Technology.

He teaches construction law and homeowner association law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). His courses on Nevada homeowner associations are approved by the Nevada Department of Real Estate and have been attended by thousands of association board members, managers and homeowners.

Mr. Grant is the past president of Community Associations Institute Nevada Chapter. He has extensive experience in the construction industry and is a former commercial pilot.


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CHARLES M. LITT, ESQ.
Curriculum Vitae


Charles M. Litt is a member of the Nevada and California State Bars. He is the managing partner of the law firm Feinberg Grant Mayfield Kaneda & Litt, LLP.

He graduated with high honors from the University of California at Berkeley and received his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law.

Mr. Litt is a member of the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association, the Consumer Attorneys of California, and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has taught continuing legal education classes for the Nevada State Bar and the Nevada Department of Real Estate. Mr. Litt has acted as a speaker at the Mealey=s National Construction Defect Litigation Conference, and serves as an instructor for the UNLV Paralegal program.

Mr. Litt focuses his practice on construction defect and civil litigation. He has successfully litigated more than one hundred construction defect cases in Nevada and California.


 

BRUCE MAYFIELD, ESQ.
Curriculum Vitae


Bruce Mayfield is a founding partner of Feinberg Grant Mayfield Kaneda & Litt, LLP. Mr. Mayfield limits his practice to the trial of complex construction defect and toxic tort litigation and related matters against developers, general contractors and subcontractors. Mr. Mayfield has held an AAV rating from Martindale-Hubble since 1987.

Bruce Mayfield was admitted to practice law in California in 1973 after graduation from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. He began his career as a trial attorney in the office of the Ventura County District Attorneys that same year. From 1975 to the present, Mr. Mayfield's practice has been limited to civil litigation on behalf of people damaged as a result of the wrongful conduct of others. He has tried over 50 Jury Trials to verdict.

In 1995, after handling numerous construction claims, Mr. Mayfield decided to limit his work to representing associations and homeowners in construction defect cases. His reputation as a skillful trial attorney has permitted Mr. Mayfield to successfully conclude over 95 percent of his cases during mediation without trial. He is licensed to practice law in California, Nevada and Arizona and has been admitted Apro hac vice to represent clients in Oregon on construction defect matters.

Numerous attorney and community associations have invited Mr. Mayfield to lecture on courtroom skills, trial tactics and construction defect cases. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Consumer Attorneys of California and a past President of the Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association.

Mr. Mayfield has acted as a Judge Pro Tem, Mediator and Arbitrator. He is a current board member of the Channel Islands Chapter of the Community Associations Institute, a member of the Central Arizona Community Associations Institute and the California Association of Community Managers. Mr. Mayfield has twice been nominated as A Speaker of the Year by the Channel Islands Chapter of CAI and was the year 2000 recipient of that award.



JOSEPH KANEDA, ESQ.
Curriculum Vitae

Joseph Kaneda, a member of the California State Bar since 1992 and the Nevada State Bar since 1996, is a partner in the law firm of Feinberg Grant Mayfield Kaneda & Litt, LLP.

He graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Art History. Mr. Kaneda received his Juris Doctor degree from McGeorge School of Law in May, 1992.

Mr. Kaneda is a member of the California Bar and Nevada Bar, Federal Bar for the Central District of California, Orange County Bar Association, Clark County Bar Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, and Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.

Mr. Kaneda is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum devoting his practice to the representation of homeowners and consumers throughout California and Northern and Southern Nevada.




JOHNPAUL FORTIN
Curriculum Vitae

JohnPaul Fortin is an attorney in the firm's construction defect litigation practice group. His work also includes common interest community law.

Mr. Fortin received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona School of Law in 1999. Prior to his joining Feinberg Grant Mayfield Kaneda & Litt, LLP Mr. Fortin was a law clerk with Raytheon Missile Systems Corporation in Tucson, Arizona.

Mr. Fortin received his undergraduate degree in Justice Studies from Northern Arizona University in 1992.

Mr. Fortin is a member of the State Bars of Nevada and California, as well as the American Bar Association.



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