Tobisman, Cynthia E.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 2010

Lawyer Overview

Cindy is a lawyer’s lawyer. She’s just as happy jumping into the middle of a case in the trial court, writing key motions under tight deadlines, as she is hammering out complex appellate briefs.

During her decade specializing in appeals at GMSR, Cindy has briefed and argued all types of cases—real estate, family law, entertainment, partnership dissolution, personal injury, intellectual property, government torts, arbitration, health care, constitutional law, probate, class actions, insurance and more. The only constants are her deep knowledge of appellate practice, her rigorous research, her careful record review, her creativity and her top-notch writing skills.

Cindy’s excellence has been repeatedly recognized—she has been named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers five times. She also received the President’s Award from the Beverly Hills Bar Association for her work on amicus briefs in the California Supreme Court on public interest issues.

Cindy graduated Phi Beta Kappa from U.C. Berkeley in 1992, and was also named the top graduate in her department (Rhetoric). She subsequently attended U.C. Berkeley School of Law (J.D., 1998), serving on the prestigious moot court board.

She currently sits on the Board Of Governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and co chairs the Association’s Amicus Briefs Committee.

Areas of Practice

• Appellate Law
• Anti-SLAPP Law
• Arbitration and Settlement Enforcement
• Business Litigation
• Constitutional Law
• Employment and Agency Law
• Entertainment Law
• Government Tort Liability
• Healthcare Law
• Intellectual Property
• Real Property
• Tort Litigation

Representative Cases

• Importante v. County of Los Angeles, 162 Fed. Appx. 740 (9th Cir. 2006) (2006)
• Prospect Medical Group, Inc. v. St. Jude Hospital, Inc., 2005 Cal.App. Unpub. Lexis 4661 (2005)
• Greines v. Ford, 2003 Cal.App. Unpub. Lexis 90 (2003)

West Practice Categories

Arbitration, Business & Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Employment Law -- Employer, Entertainment, Health & Health Care Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Appeals, Federal Appellate Practice, State Appellate Practice, Real Estate Law

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Beverly Hills Bar Association: Amicus Briefs Committee, 2006 - Present (Chair)
• Women Lawyers of Los Angeles: Amicus Briefs Committee, 2009 - Present (Co-Chair)

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyers Rising Star (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)., 2005 - 2008
• Beverly Hills Bar Association's President's Award, 2008

Past Employment Positions

• Riordan & McKinzie (now Bingham McCutchen LLP), Associate, 1998 - 2001

Education

• Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1998
  J.D.
  Law Journal: Berkeley Women's Law Journal, Member, Contributing Author
• University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1992
  B.A.
  Honors: High Honors
  Major: Rhetoric

Published Works

• Gimme 5: What Every Lawyer Should Know About Responding to a Writ Petition, County Bar Update, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2006

Address

5900 Wilshire Boulevard, 12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Phones

(310) 859-7811

Faxes

(310) 276-5261

Emails

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Websites

http://www.gmsr.com