SKSR Lawyers
A Los Angeles Litigation & Transaction Firm
For the past 30 years, Stearns & Ryan Lawyers have earned a reputation in the South Bay area and greater Los Angeles as a premier law firm in the areas of litigation and transactions. The firm is renowned for its litigation and transactional work in real estate, business, family law, and estate matters.
Selected to Southern California Super Lawyers.
Ryan E. Stearns
Ryan E. Stearns Partner
Real Estate, Corporate/Business Affairs, Family Law, Trusts & Estates
View Profile rstearns@sksrlawyers.com(310) 793-9570
Harry J. Kim
(1936-2021)
Harry J. Kim
(1936-2021) Partner
Real Estate, Corporate/Business Affairs, Trust & Estates
View Profile hkim@sksrlawyers.com(310) 793-9570
Michael J. Ryan
Michael J. Ryan Partner
Civil Litigation, Construction Defect, Real Estate, Personal Injury
View Profile mryan@sksrlawyers.com(310) 424-1424
Kathleen R. Choe
Kathleen R. Choe Associate
Family Law, Civil Litigation
View Profile kchoe@sksrlawyers.com(310) 793-9570
Davina Dawson
Davina Dawson Associate
Civil Litigation, Family Law
View Profile ddawson@sksrlawyers.com(310) 793-9570
Flore Farrace
Anna M. Schneider
Anna M. Schneider Of Counsel
Trusts, Estates, and Probate
View Profile aschneider@sksrlawyers.com(310) 793-9570
Our lawyers
Our lawyers have diverse backgrounds and extensive experience in their practice areas, resulting in clients throughout Los Angeles and other parts of the United States requesting their service and representation.
Real Estate
Stearns & Ryan Lawyers represent South Bay and greater Los Angeles businesses and individuals in the purchase, sale, leasing and financing of residential and commercial real estate.
Learn MoreFamily Law
Stearns & Ryan Lawyers experience in Family Law extends into all areas--spousal and child support, child custody and visitation, property division, and attorney's fees.
Learn MoreCivil Litigation – Personal Injury
Stearns & Ryan Lawyers represent clients in multiple areas of civil litigation, litigating conflicts between opposing parties, whether they be individuals, groups, businesses or government entities.
Learn MoreTrusts, Estates, and Probate
Stearns & Ryan Lawyers help you establish wills, trusts, healthcare directives, durable powers of attorney and other estate planning components that can ensure your legacy plays out as you intend. The firm also litigates disputes in those areas.
Learn MoreCorporate/Business Affairs
Stearns & Ryan Lawyers help small- to mid-sized businesses take root and grow in the Los Angeles area, and brings the added benefits of knowing when and how to litigate when push comes to shove.
Learn MoreEmployment
Stearns & Ryan Lawyers advises and litigates for employers and employees in areas of class action, wage and hour claims, discrimination, and compliances in addition to other areas.
Learn MoreMedical Malpractice
With the assistance of a team of medical professionals, Stearns & Ryan Lawyers thoroughly evaluate medical malpractice claims, and pursues its cases to obtain the maximum compensation possible for its clients who are the victims of doctor/medical negligence.
Learn MoreConstruction Defect
When a contractor or developer provides construction services, they are required to render the services in accordance with the terms of the agreement and in a workmanlike manner. Stearns & Ryan Lawyers have a team that evaluates and litigates all claims regarding such services which rendered at the standard the law requires.
Learn MoreOur Recent & Past Accomplishments
Civil & Real Estate Litigation
- Defense judgment for client developer on $23 million personal injury claim.
- Defense counsel on Federal class action dismissed at pleadings stage on $10 million to $30 million fraud claim.
- Publicly traded company to pay high six figures in confidential settlement to former employees for past due wages and attorney’s fees and costs incurred.
- Seller of commercial property ordered to specifically perform and sell commercial property to buyer valued in excess of $3 million.
- Successfully defend individuals accused of aiding and abetting securities Ponzi scheme–$3.5 million in damages sought.
- Verdict for children of mother wrongfully killed by step father. Clients awarded marital estate, and punitive damages.
Estates & Trust Litigation
- Child of deceased parent to receive additional $1 million in dispute with charity over interpretation of will. Charity contended client entitled to zero.
- Establish that child of deceased parent unduly influenced that parent prior to death to leave entire estate to that child, resulting in estate going to other sibling.
Family Law
- Succeed in terminating spousal support from a long-term marriage–$26,000 per month to zero.
- Successfully defend claim of parental alienation, with court ordering accuser to pay client’s attorney’s fees and costs.
- Establish that business claimed to be separate property by spouse was community property, resulting in $2 million award to client.
- Successfully defend judgment from being set aside on claim of fraud and duress following 8 day trial with client retaining approximately $60 million in assets awarded under judgment.
Medical Malpractice
- Prominent high hospital to pay family for wrongful death of child in confidential settlement.