Haney & Shah LLP is a litigation and business firm that occupies a unique niche in the Los Angeles legal community; a small firm with a large firm practice and experience. We are small enough to give each matter personal attention, but we take pride in our ability to handle the most complex, sophisticated litigation and transactions. Simply put, we do exceptional work and achieve excellent results for our clients. We do so by developing cost-effective, creative solutions for complex issues and disputes.
Our attorneys possess top academic credentials and maintain the highest level of professional ethics and have often been recognized for our excellence by our peers and the media. Whether clients are referred to us by other attorneys or contact us directly, they tell us they are consistently pleased with our performance. We invite you to browse our website to learn more about our practice, our team and our results.
Recent News
Haney & Shah keeps on winning jury trials. Founder Steve Haney obtained a 10-2 verdict in favor of his clients, the owners of the San Fernando favorite restaurant “Prohibition Burgers N Beer,” who received the “Best Burger in Los Angeles County” in 2013. In their lawsuit they sought to recover damages caused by reckless driver Roy Armin, and his neglectful father, Amir, after Roy crashed the family’s Cadillac into Prohibition at 12:50 a.m. on a Saturday night. Despite vigorous opposition from three attorneys, including two insurance defense lawyers from the Ford Walker firm, Steve obtained a jury verdict in the amount of $1,019,000 plus interest and costs to be determined by the Court. Clients Alex and Damon Chernavsky are pleased with the result and glad they selected Steve to take down the defendants and their insurance company. This jury award gives the firm a string of THREE STRAIGHT SEVEN FIGURE VERDICTS in a row!
The firm won a motion for attorneys fees on February 10th in the amount of $612,030 against Michele Goldsmith, attorney for the County of Los Angeles. The fee award follows the victory by the firm for a former probationary firefighter who was found by the jury to be harassed by the Los Angeles County Fire Department based on his age, along with a finding that the Department failed to act to prevent the harassment. This fee award is one of the larger fee awards the firm has obtained, and in the top five all time highest fee awards won by the firm’s founder, trial lawyer Steve Haney. With this huge award, the client will end up with a gross damages, fee and cost award in the amount of $834,653.87. When asked about the award, Haney expressed regret that the award did not break the $1,000,000 mark, but vowed to get a seven figure award in his next trial.
