Mr. Ganchrow began his legal career at the law firm of Berger Kahn Shafton Moss Figler Simon and Gladstone defending some of California’s largest insurance companies in first-party property insurance lawsuits and providing coverage advice. In 1996, he moved to Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian, a Professional Corporation, at which he became a shareholder. He is a member of the litigation department at Parker Milliken, and also practices in the field of employment law.

Professional Experience:

Mr. Ganchrow has more than 17 years of litigation and trial experience in State and Federal courts handling a wide range of business and employment matters. A sampling of Mr. Ganchrow’s litigation experience includes:

• Successfully defending at trial bad faith lawsuit against Farmers Insurance Company arising from fraudulent theft loss
  
• Successfully representing a public entity before the trial court and Court of Appeal in complex pension litigation
  
• Successfully defending co-executors in multi-million dollar estate litigation
  
• Defending a medical group in trial and Court of Appeal in one of the seminal California decisions regarding contractual non-competition clauses in connection with the sale of a business or stock
  
• Successfully representing corporation accused of FACTA credit card violations in state-wide class action
  
• Obtaining summary judgment on behalf of a mezzanine lender in multi-million dollar breach of contract lawsuit filed by an investment banking firm
  
• Successfully negotiating “coupon” settlement in a class action consumer unfair business practices lawsuit
  
• Defending corporate officers and directors in state courts and bankruptcy court against breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriate claims
  
• Defending and prosecuting lawsuits involving trade secret misappropriation claims
  
• Defending wrongful termination and class action wage and hour lawsuits
  

Publication and Speaking Engagements:

• "Estoppel Power - Issue Preclusion in Dischargeability Proceedings," Los Angeles Daily Journal, May 30, 1996
  
• "Post-Loss Duties - Assignment of Rights Affects Insured's Standing to Sue," Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 12, 1997
  
• “Manual Transmission” – The Effect of Employment Manuals, Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 22, 2008
  
• “Take It or Leave It” – The California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”) and the Notice Requirements, Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 5, 2008
  
• “Embracing Give and Take” – The Interactive Process Under the FEHA, Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 26, 2008
  
• “At-Will Power” – How Employers Can Protect Themselves From Wrongful Termination Lawsuit, Los Angeles Daily Journal, November 7, 2008
  
• Presentation before the Employment/Labor and Family Law sections of the OCPA, “The Ins and Outs of Employee Medical Leave Under the California Family Rights Act and Family Medical Leave Act” – November 18, 2008
  

Admissions to Practice:

• All California State courts
  
• Various Federal district courts
  
• Federal courts of appeal throughout the United States
  

Pro bono:

Mr. Ganchrow also has provided pro bono work legal and employment related advice to various non-profit entities, including his revising of a non-profit corporation’s employment manual.

Academic Education:

Yeshiva University - '89 - B.S. and top honors in Psychology (Cum Laude);
Fordham University - '92 - J.D. (Cum Laude)