Writs and Appeals of Pre-Trial Issues - Establishing the Record and The Big Pict

Jessee Matana is a Los Angeles native. She began her career in public interest as an Attorney for the Child in child protective cases with The Legal Aid Society of New York. Thereafter, she transitioned to practicing exclusively family law, with a prominent New York City boutique firm. She relocated (back) to Los Angeles and joined Meyer, Olson, Lowy & Meyers in 2019.

Mr. McMorrow has practiced family law exclusively since he joined the bar in 2014. He is a Certified Family Law Specialist and experienced litigator who has handled a wide variety of family law matters, including dissolution of marriage and paternity actions involving complex financial matters, domestic violence restraining orders, breaches of fiduciary duty, child custody and support, spousal support, property valuation and division of property.  Mr. McMorrow has extensive experience managing all aspects of family law matters from inception through settlement or trial, as well as post-judgment proceedings.  His experience and expertise also includes drafting and negotiating premarital agreements, post-marital agreements, cohabitation agreements, transmutation agreements, and settlement agreements.

Firdaus Dordi, former Trial Chief of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California (FPD-CDCA), was appointed to the Los Angeles Superior Court bench by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. in December 2016. Firdaus was sworn in by former Federal Public Defender Maria Stratton in January 2017. Firdaus spent 14 years with the FPD-CDCA, starting as a Deputy Federal Public Defender and ending his career as the Chief of the Los Angeles office’s trial unit.