Area of Practice: Legal Malpractice

Shirley Carpenter Bridwell

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Shirley Carpenter Bridwell is Senior Counsel at Behar | Gibbs | Savage | Paulson LLP with more than 20 years of experience in business litigation. Her practice currently emphasizes law and motion and appellate work, where she applies a strategic, detail-driven approach to complex legal issues. She brings extensive experience analyzing and briefing sophisticated matters, […]

Marc Anthony Cordi

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Marc Anthony Cordi is an Associate Attorney at Behar | Gibbs | Savage | Paulson LLP in the Orange County office, where he focuses on insurance defense and civil litigation. His practice emphasizes personal injury matters involving automobile accidents and premises liability. Marc has experience resolving cases through informal settlement negotiations and mediation, and has […]

Chekwume E. Ufoegbune

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Chekwume E. Ufoegbune is an Associate at Behar | Gibbs | Savage | Paulson LLP, where he focuses on civil liability defense matters. He has experience across multiple areas of defense litigation and brings strong legal research and analytical skills to his practice. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School […]

Mary B. Pendleton

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Mary B. Pendleton is Of Counsel at Behar | Gibbs | Savage | Paulson LLP and brings more than four decades of experience as a trial lawyer defending attorneys and other licensed professionals in California. She has extensive experience managing complex professional liability matters and understands the business and time demands of her clients. In […]

Neil S. Tardiff

Neil S. Tardiff is Of Counsel at Behar | Gibbs | Savage | Paulson LLP, where he oversees the firm’s appellate department and advises on post-trial matters. With more than four decades of legal experience, he has spent the past 15 years focusing on appellate and post-trial work, representing law firms, insurers, public entities, corporations, […]

Mark F. Didak

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Mark F. Didak is Of Counsel at Behar | Gibbs | Savage | Paulson LLP and brings more than 40 years of litigation experience in insurance coverage, bad faith, and complex civil litigation. His practice spans matters from case intake through appeal and includes legal malpractice, malicious prosecution, personal injury, employment disputes, consumer class actions, […]

Tina I. Mangarpan

Tina I. Mangarpan is an Equity Partner at Behar | Gibbs | Savage | Paulson LLP and serves as General Counsel. She is a versatile litigator with experience across a wide range of complex civil matters, including professional liability cases such as medical and legal malpractice, long-term care and elder abuse litigation, aviation defense, products […]

Stacy A. Bradfield

Stacy A. Bradfield is a Partner at Behar | Gibbs | Savage | Paulson LLP and an experienced trial attorney focused on complex business litigation and high-exposure catastrophic injury matters. Her practice includes insurance bad faith litigation, general liability, product liability, premises liability, common carrier liability, and professional liability. She represents corporations, insurance companies, municipalities, […]

Mark P. LaScola

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Mark P. LaScola is a Partner at Behar | Gibbs | Savage | Paulson LLP and leads the firm’s Law and Motion Department, where he drives key procedural and dispositive victories across complex litigation matters. With more than a decade of litigation experience, he made the strategic decision in 2014 to focus exclusively on law […]

Jeffrey S. Behar

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Jeffrey S. Behar is a seasoned trial attorney and Founding Partner of Behar | Gibbs | Savage | Paulson LLP, recognized for his leadership and results in high-stakes civil defense litigation. He has earned multiple industry honors, including being named “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation Defense in Orange County by Best Lawyers […]