Paris and Paris, LLP
Attorneys At Law

Attorney Profiles

Karen Paris
Jeffrey A. Paris
Murray A. Zefren
Jonathan M Kashani

Karen Paris

Karen M. Paris, (Partner) born Battle Creek, Michigan.

Admitted to bar, 1985, California and U.S. District Court, Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California.

Education: California State University at Chico (B.A., 1973); University of San Diego (M.S.W., 1980); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1984). Internship, U.S. Attorney's Office, Appellate Division. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles County, 1992.

Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Property; Creditors Rights.

Jeffrey A Paris

Jeffrey A. Paris, (Partner) born Los Angeles, California.

Admitted to bar, 1984, California and U.S. District Court, Central, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of California.

Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., 1977); San Diego State University (M.S.W., 1979); University of San Diego (J.D., 1983).

Recipient of General George Hickman Scholarship. Lecturer, Author and Director of "The Rutter Group Debt Collection Program," 1993, 1997. Faculty and Author for National Business Institute, Inc. "How to Get Results in Collection of Delinquent Debts in California," 1997, 1998 and 2000; "The Art of Recovery," 1997; "Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure in California," 1999; "Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Issues in California," 2001. Faculty and Author: for Ulrich, Nash & Gump Inc. Continuing Education "Collections: How to Get Your Money," 1999; for Lorimar Education Services, "Collection Law for the Health Care Industry in California," 1999. Listed in National Register, Who's Who in Executive and Professionals.

Honored Member, Millenium Edition of Strahmore's Who's Who. Judge Pro-Tem, Los Angeles Superior Court. Member, appointed to California State Bar Committee, Business Law Section, 2000-2002. Arbitrator and Settlement Officer, Los Angeles Superior Court. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles; National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys (Vice-President, 1993); American Bankruptcy Institute; Commercial Law League of America; California Credit Union Collector's Council. Reported Cases: In RE: Sunrise R.V., Inc. 107 Bankruptcy Reports (E.D. Cal 1989).

Practice Areas: Extensive transactional, real estate and civil litigation experience including preparation of pleadings, motions and appeals. Trial attorney in excess of 500 cases, including state court and Bankruptcy and mediator for Los Angeles Superior Court. Judge Pro Temp for Los Angeles Superior Court.

Murray A. Zefren

Murray A. Zefren, born St. Louis, Missouri.

Admitted to bar, 1980, California; 1981, U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California.

Education: University of Missouri (B.S., 1977); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Real Property; Creditors Rights; Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation.

Jonathan M. Kashani

Jonathan M. Kashani. Born in Los Angeles, California.

Admitted to Bar, 2009, California and U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., 2005); University of West Los Angeles (J.D., 2009).

Mr. Kashani is a member of the American Bar Association Trial Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Beverly Hills Bar Association; and Iranian-American Bar Association.
Mr. Kashani is fluent in Spanish, Farsi and Hebrew.

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, Mass-Tort Litigation, Business Litigation, and Debtor-Creditor Law.