Miller Barondess Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® 2023

We are proud to announce that Miller Barondess partners Sasha Frid and James Goldman, and associates Ellie Ruth and Jamil Aslam, have been selected for recognition in the 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Sasha, James and Ellie are recognized as Best Lawyers® and Jamil is recognized as Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch™Lawyers are selected for this significant honor through an exhaustive peer review process in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Sasha Frid:  Sasha is an accomplished, award-winning trial lawyer and a founding partner of Miller Barondess. He has represented international conglomerates, public companies, banks, manufacturers, real estate developers, music labels, entertainers, artists, managers and fashion icons. He has successfully litigated cases in a broad range of business and commercial disputes, real estate, entertainment and music law, copyright and trademark, right of publicity, trade secret, idea theft, and insurance bad faith. He is well known in the entertainment community for representing top musicians, iconic rock bands, current best-selling rock bands, and rap artists. [Recognized in Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2019-2023]

James Goldman:  James has represented clients in trials and appeals in state and federal courts, regulatory proceedings (involving the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, California and Arizona State Boards of Accountancy, Federal Trade Commission, California Department of Corporations, NYSE, NASD, and FINRA), arbitrations and mediations. He has an extensive real estate practice, including litigation concerning foreclosures, work-outs, environmental and conservation issues, purchase/sale agreements, title issues, easements, eminent domain issues, construction contracts for public and private projects, construction defect litigation, leases/landlord-tenant issues, financing transactions, joint ventures/partnerships, and professional liability claims. [Recognized in Real Estate Law, 2013-2023]

Ellie Ruth:  Ellie’s practice focuses on appeals, writs, and dispositive pre- and post-trial motions on a broad range of legal issues, including premises liability, attorneys’ fees, contracts, family law/complex divorces, evidence, insurance (bad faith, Cumis counsel), products liability, employment and civil procedure. [Recognized in Appellate Law, 2023]

Jamil Aslam:  Jamil has extensive experience in all aspects of federal and state court litigation, including matters involving entertainment, intellectual property, defamation, and contractual disputes. He has achieved significant victories on behalf of his clients. [Recognized in Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2023]