Mitchell Brachman received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 1983. He received his Juris Doctor from Washington College of Law, The American University in 1986. Mr. Brachman was admitted to practice law in the State of California in 1987 and in the District of Columbia in 1990. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of California.

Mr. Brachman specializes in civil litigation, including real property, construction defects, mortgage broker errors and omissions. His real estate practice is particularly focused on the representation of homeowners associations and their volunteer directors and officers. This representation includes representation of community associations as general counsel and in litigation matters ranging from questions involving interpretation of Association CC&Rs and Bylaws, lender and contractor disputes and directors’ fiduciary obligations.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Brachman was an associate at Wilner, Klein & Siegel and a partner in the law firm of Soltman, Levitt & Flaherty.

Ms. Dioguardi obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1996. She proceeded to obtain her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in 2000. While at Loyola Law School, Ms. Dioguardi served as an Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review.

Ms. Dioguardi specializes in civil and business litigation. She has been involved in defending and obtaining recoveries on behalf of clients in a wide array of disputes involving common interest developments.

She is a member of the California Bar and is admitted to practice in the Central District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Prior to joining Kulik, Gottesman, Mouton & Siegel LLP, Ms. Dioguardi was an associate in the firm of Wilner, Klein & Siegel.

Alisa Edelson received her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of California, Irvine. She obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in 2001. At Loyola, Ms. Edelson was the Executive Editor and Chief Production Editor of the Entertainment Law Review. She also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Stephen M. Hillman of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Ms. Edelson is admitted to practice law before all California state courts and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

At Kulik, Gottesman, Mouton & Siegel, she specializes in entertainment, general business and insurance litigation.

Prior to joining Kulik, Gottesman, Mouton & Siegel, Ms. Edelson was associated with Veatch, Carlson, Grogan & Nelson.

Prior to joining Kulik, Gottesman, Mouton & Siegel, Mr. Perch-Ahern was an associate at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in Washington, DC, where he counseled clients on a wide spectrum of environmental matters, including business transactions, regulatory compliance, litigation and government affairs.

Noah Perch-Ahern received his law degree, magna cum laude, from Tulane University Law School in 2006, where he received Tulane's Environmental Law Certificate and was a managing editor of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal.  While in law school Mr. Perch-Ahern's comment, "Broad Programmatic Attacks: SUWA, the Lower Courts' Responses, and the Law of Agency Inaction," was published in the Tulane Environmental Law Journal and won first prize in the Louisiana State Bar Association's annual environmental law essay contest.  Mr. Perch-Ahern received his B.A. in political science, summa cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire in 2003 where he participated in the Honors Program and was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa.