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Constructive Insight

Kirk D. Yake
ADR Services, Inc.

2025-11-01

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Columns

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Verdicts & Settlements

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Alexandra Zarini v. Patrici... $115,000,000
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Premises Liability Allison Balos, a minor by a... $15,045,000
Dangerous Condition of Public Property Michael Fox v. City of San ... $4,000,000
Auto v. Motorcycle John Doe v. Roe Vehicles, L... $3,500,000
Malpractice Minor Plaintiff v. Roe Hosp... $2,500,000
Malpractice Lovell Avery v. County of R... $2,250,000
Wage and Hour Robert Estrada, individuall... $2,200,000
Malpractice Doe Plaintiffs v. Roe Hospital $1,800,000
Auto v. Truck Vincent Carlos Hamlin v. 56... $1,183,163

On the Move

Procel Levine LLP

Oct. 31, 2025


Brian Procel forms Procel Levine LLP in Santa Monica.

Procel has been a trial lawyer for more than two decades, prevailing in complex commercial disputes involving investor and consumer fraud, class actions, breach of fiduciary duty, lender liability, intellectual property, entertainment and real estate. He has received awards from the State Bar of California, Los Angeles County Bar Association and Bet Tzedek Legal Foundation for his dedication to pro bono work. Procel graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law.


Jeremiah Levine forms Procel Levine LLP in Santa Monica.

Levine previously served as a federal prosecutor, where he prevailed in numerous jury and bench trials and indicted the largest white supremacist case in the history of the Justice Department. He also prosecuted complex RICO matters and white-collar crime, including bank fraud and COVID benefits fraud. Before his work as a federal prosecutor, Levine was an award-winning civil and white-collar litigator at a top 20 global law firm. There, he ran internal investigations that he completed on time and under budget, won dismissal of government investigations before charges, and won not guilty verdicts at trial for corporate defendants. In the civil arena, Levine won injunctions in favor of Fortune 500 companies suffering from expressive activity on their property; resolved complex disputes in the areas of securities litigation, financial services, and intellectual property, and prevailed in numerous class actions. He also achieved appellate victories at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and California state courts of appeal. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School.




Details

Procel Levine LLP has 2 attorneys in Santa Monica. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are Commercial Litigation, Government Investigations Defense, Financial Services Disputes, Real Estate, White-Collar Criminal Defense. The firm’s website is www.procellevine.com

Address

401 Wilshire Blvd, Fl 12 , Santa Monica CA 90401 USA
T: (424) 788-4538

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Daily Appellate Report

Criminal Law and Procedure

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Trial court abused its discretion in granting pretrial mental health diversion when no evidence established defendant's probable compliance with treatment or nonrisk to public safety.


Juveniles

In re H.T.

Juvenile court had discretion to order Sacramento County to pay for youth's housing at transitional housing facility after probation department struggled to secure housing that complied w...


Family Law

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When substantial evidence supported creation of a $3 million spousal support trust under Family Code section 4360 as "just and reasonable," trial court did not abuse its discretion.


Criminal Law and Procedure

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Trial court's order denying defendant's request for recall and resentencing was appealable despite no explicit statutory right because the trial court's actions and order affected his sub...


Criminal Law and Procedure

People v. Perez-Tinoco

Penal Code Section 1172.6 does not prevent a trial court from granting a writ of habeas corpus alleging error under *People v. Chiu*.