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Our Attorneys
Meet Our Attorneys
Sean Kneafsey
Mr. Kneafsey is an intellectual property, real estate, and general commercial litigator. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants on a wide variety of complex matters. Mr. Kneafsey has obtained favorable judgments both in arbitration and at trial and has successfully prosecuted and defended temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions in intellectual property matters... read more
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Michele Friend
Michele Friend is a partner of Kneafsey & Friend LLP. She represents clients ranging from large corporations to small business owners to individuals. She regularly handles litigation and appeals in state and federal courts in business litigation, defamation, free speech, rights of privacy and publicity, intellectual property, misappropriation of trade secrets, Communications Decency Act, and Digital Millennium Copyright Act actions... read more
Andy Byrne
Andrew Byrne is a partner of Kneafsey & Friend LLP and is a transactional real estate attorney with experience in litigation. He has represented clients in real estate transactions involving the purchase, management, and sale of multi-million dollar commercial properties throughout the country. He has negotiated all types of commercial leases, purchase and sale agreements, Disposition and Development Agreements, complex loan agreements, and performed time-sensitive due diligence involving complex title issues... read more
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Shaun Swiger
Mr. Swiger is a general commercial and intellectual property litigator. His intellectual property experience includes litigating patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters both for plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Swiger’s general commercial litigation experience includes litigating business contract disputes, corporate fraud and alter ego actions, as well as commercial unlawful detainer actions for both commercial landlord and tenants. In addition to commercial landlord tenant disputes Mr. Swiger has successfully defended tenants whom were facing wrongful eviction in violation of the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance... read more