Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP is pleased to announce that James Gilbert and Christopher Muno have joined the firm as partners.

James Gilbert is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group in the Los Angeles office. He represents clients in litigation matters involving real estate, banking, and complex commercial disputes. Mr. Gilbert has extensive experience in state and federal courts and has represented clients at both the trial and appellate levels. With more than thirty years of legal experience, he has taken hundreds of cases to a successful conclusion at trial, arbitration, or by way of pretrial motions or settlement. Mr. Gilbert obtained his JD from Southwestern School of Law and his BS from UCLA.

“After meeting the attorneys at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP, and learning about their skill and collegiality, I decided to join the firm.  It is an exciting opportunity for me to build my practice and work with a first-class group of attorneys and support staff,” said Mr. Gilbert.

Christopher Muno is a partner in the Real Estate practice group in the Los Angeles office. He has broad real estate transactional experience representing institutional and non-institutional investors, developers, operators, and financial institutions in connection with the acquisition, financing, development, construction, operation, leasing, and disposition of various commercial real estate asset classes, including retail, hospitality, industrial, multi‐family, office, and vacant land. Mr. Muno obtained his JD from The University of Chicago Law School and his BA, Cum Laude, from Boston College.

“I am pleased to be joining Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. The firm is full of smart, talented attorneys who are counselors in the true sense and who serve a highly entrepreneurial and dynamic clientele.  I am very excited to have the opportunity to contribute my own talents to the firm,” said Mr. Muno.

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