Steven M. Sokoloff graduated with honors from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, with an emphasis in African American History. In 1996, he received his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School and was admitted to the California State Bar. He received American Jurisprudence Awards in both Trial Advocacy and Property. Additionally, he was a member of the International Law Journal and participated in preliminary hearings and trials as a law clerk at the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office.

Currently, Mr. Sokoloff is a full-time litigator who takes responsibility for all aspects of civil litigation: the initial client interview; filing and answering complaints; propounding and responding to discovery; taking and defending depositions; legal research; drafting, opposing, and arguing motions; negotiating and settling cases; first-chairing trials; enforcing judgments; and drafting appeals.

Mr. Sokoloff’s areas of practice include wage claims, discrimination (racial, gender, age, disability, pregnancy, family leave), retaliation, sexual harassment, breach of employment contract, breach of partnership agreement, premises liability, elder abuse, lemon law, defamation, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, insurance bad faith, real estate fraud, construction defect, auto accidents, dog bites, assault, battery, false imprisonment, negligent security, products liability, forgery, misappropriation of trade secrets/likeness, etc…