Ty S. Vanderford is an experienced trial and appellate attorney whose specialties include Insurance defense, employment law, insurance coverage, bad faith claims, personal injury, rail, trucking, cargo, fraud, construction defect, subrogation, and general litigation. He has litigated cases for clients in both North America and Europe. He has successfully represented plaintiffs/insurers in subrogation matters.

He received his law degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (1987), where he was on the Board of Editors at the Pacific Law Journal. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California, where he graduated with honors with a degree in English Literature (1984).

Mr. Vanderford can be reached via email at tvanderford@vrlawyers.com

     
 

Rodolfo F. Ruiz is an experienced trial attorney whose specialties include employment, public entity defense, construction defect, rail, personal injury, real property, and general litigation. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees for the Mexican American Bar Association. Mr. Ruiz served the City of Los Angeles as a Department of Transportation Commissioner under Mayor Richard Riordan. He also served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Harry Pregerson in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and for the Honorable Richard A. Paez in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

He received his law degree from Stanford University School of Law (1992) where he was an Associate Editor of the Stanford Law Review. He graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in Government (1989).

Mr. Ruiz can be reached via email at rruiz@vrlawyers.com

     
 

Mario M. Menanno is an experienced trial attorney whose specialties include construction defect, personal injury, real property, and business litigation.

He received his law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law (1999) where he was a member of the American Indian Law Review. He graduated cum laude from California State University, Northridge with a degree in Communications and minors in Political Science and Cultural Geography (1996).

Mr. Menanno can be reached via email at mmenanno@vrlawyers.com

     
 

Joseph Y. Geri is an experienced trial attorney whose specialties include insurance coverage and bad faith claims, with additional expertise in business litigation, personal injury, product liability, cargo, medical and professional iability, construction defect, and mechanics liens. Mr. Geri has written countless coverage opinions and has assisted carriers and clients in analyzing policies and drafting policy terms and provisions.

He received his law degree from Southwestern School of Law, magna cum laude (1992), where he served as Editor of the Law Review. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (1982), and a Master's Degree from the California State University at Northridge (1987).

Mr. Geri can be reached via email at jgeri@vrlawyers.com