Attorneys at Westview Law
At Westview Law, our attorneys bring together deep legal expertise, sharp strategic thinking, and a genuine commitment to client success. Each member of our team is dedicated to delivering thoughtful counsel, tireless advocacy, and tailored solutions that reflect the unique needs of every case. With a reputation built on integrity, precision, and results, our attorneys stand ready to guide you through even the most complex legal challenges.
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David M. Safvati
Partner
David Safvati is the Founder and Managing Partner of Westview law. His practice centers on business, labor, and employment disputes. David is a distinguished litigator with an outstanding record of success, having prevailed in numerous bench and jury trials. He is regularly sough after to appear before both trial and appellate courts, where he is renowned for his exceptional skill in arguing complex motions.
After graduating from Loyola Law School, David was selected as an American Board of Trial Advocates Fellow, where he completed a law clerk fellowship with the Honorable Samantha P. Jessner, presiding Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court. While in law school, David was a law clerk to the Honorable Robert N. Kwan of the United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California. He was also an active member of the Jewish Law Student Association while in law school and served as its vice president.
- Obtained an $11,363,554 judgement on behalf investors in a real estate investment fraud case
- A real estate investment company in an action for specific performance of a $450,000,000 real estate transaction, which proceeded to a 30-day bench trial, resulting in a victory for his client.
- A real estate investment company in an action for partition of a Downtown Los Angeles office building valued more than $20,000,000, which proceeded to a bench trial, resulting in a victory for his client.
- A real estate developer, defending a multi-million-dollar construction defect lawsuit that settled on the first day of a scheduled 7-day trial for $1, as a result of settlement negotiations initiated by David
- A lender in an action for the recovery of $7,000,000 based on a promissory note; the matter resulted in a favorable settlement for David’s client after the Court granted a motion for a pre-judgement writ of attachment, that was drafted and argued by David.
- Secured a $3,234,727 jury verdict in a complex breach of contract and fraud trial
- A lender in an action for the recovery of $1,500,000 based on a handwritten agreement, where on its face the statute of limitations had lapsed. David defeated the defendant borrower’s statute of limitations defense in a bench trial.
- Super Lawyers – “Southern California Rising Stars” (2022 –2024)
- BEST OF THE BAR – Top 100 Verdicts in California in 2024
Paul S. Marks
Of Counsel
Mr. Marks has practiced civil and commercial litigation in California for over 30 years. Mr. Marks has served as “first chair” counsel in dozens of bench trials and over twenty jury trials that have reached verdict, and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) with the rank of associate.
Mr. Marks received his law degree in 1988 from the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law, where he served as editor of the moot court program. He received undergraduate degrees in history and economics from Brown University in 1983. He is also a diplomate of the University of Coimbra in Coimbra, Portugal, where he was awarded a Gulbenkian Fellowship in 1981.
Beginning in 2011, Mr. Marks served as a Commissioner on the California Commission on Access to Justice, a governmental agency comprised of trial court and appellate judges and practicing lawyers, among other legal professionals. Its mission is to oversee and coordinate programs dedicated to improving access to the California courts by those who are unable to afford legal counsel. Among Mr. Marks’s fellow commissioners were three current members of the California Supreme Court.
Mr. Marks has served as a member and then an advisor on the Executive Committee of the Solo and Small Firm Section of the California Bar. Previously, he served on the Executive Committee of the State Bar’s Litigation Section, the Committee on the Administration of Justice, and the Litigation Section’s Committee on Civil Jury Instructions.
Mr. Marks is a former Chair of the Editorial Board of Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine. He has also served as a Delegate to the policy-making arm of the American Bar Association, the ABA’s House of Delegates. Mr. Marks has also served as a volunteer attorney for Public Counsel, the largest pro bono institution serving the legal needs of the disadvantaged.
- SAMPLE JURY TRIAL SUCCESSES
- [Confidential Firm Client] v. J. Messer, J. Alexander Co., Inc. Marks served as first-chair trial counsel in a construction dispute between contractor and subcontractor. After being rebuffed on a low-five figure settlement demand, Mr. Marks’s client obtained a jury verdict which, with awarded legal fees added, exceeded $100,000.
- Casarez v. [Confidential Firm Client]. Marks defended a real estate developer/manager against claims of fraud over a failed property investment. The jury rendered a complete defense verdict after a six-day trial, and the court later denied all equitable claims.
- City of Riverside v. [Confidential Firm Client]. Marks defended the firm’s client in an eminent domain case involving property taken in a street-widening project. The jury’s verdict in favor of Mr. Marks’s client, of just over $300,000, was sufficiently greater than the City’s last settlement offer to justify an award of legal fees, which were added to the judgment.
- Globefill v. [Confidential Firm Client]. Marks served as first-chair defense counsel in a three week trade dress infringement case in federal court, which resulted in a complete defense verdict for the firm’s client.
- Alamo v. [Confidential Firm Client]. Marks served as first-chair defense counsel in a pregnancy discrimination case. After a modest plaintiff’s verdict ($10,000), the case was appealed all the way to the California Supreme Court, which reviewed the judgment and ordered further proceedings by the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal reversed the judgment for a retrial, in accordance with the Supreme Court’s mandate.
- City of Stockton v. [Confidential Firm Client]. Marks was lead defense counsel in a three-week jury trial in San Joaquin County Superior Court. The case was a quiet title action, with environmental law overtones, involving a disputed parcel of land on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. After prevailing against both adverse parties, Mr. Marks and his client were awarded over one million dollars in private attorney general attorneys’ fees, and the trial court’s decision and fee award were upheld on appeal.
- [Confidential Firm Client] v. Smith. Marks obtained a six-figure plaintiff’s verdict, topped by a six-figure legal fee award, in a case involving recovery of a sunken luxury yacht.
- [Confidential Firm Client] v. Songhorian. Marks obtained a plaintiff’s verdict for the firm’s client in a week-long jury trial involving issues of civil assault and stalking.
- [Confidential Firm Client] v. C.R. Shelton, etc. Marks served as first chair plaintiffs’ counsel in a complex residential construction defect lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court. The matter settled on confidential terms on the sixth day of trial.
- Epicor Software Corp. v. [Confidential Firm Client]. Marks served as trial and appellate counsel in a commercial contract case relating to the purchase and sale of manufacturing software. As lead defense counsel, Mr. Marks obtained a defense verdict for the firm’s client, and the trial court awarded the client 100% of its attorneys’ fees, to be paid by the losing plaintiff. Although the plaintiff appealed these decisions, the California Court of Appeal upheld the jury verdict and the attorneys’ fees award in their entirety.
- HBLA, Inc. v. [Confidential Firm Client]. Marks acted as “first chair” defense counsel in a contract and fraud case in Orange County Superior Court, in which the plaintiff accused Mr. Marks’s client of misappropriating a six-figure federal income tax payment. After a seven-day trial, the jury exonerated Mr. Marks’s client in full, while finding another defendant liable. The court later awarded attorneys’ fees to Mr. Marks’s client.
- Palos Verdes Unified School Dist. v. [Confidential Firm Client]. Marks served as “first chair” defense counsel in a lease case in Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which the parties disputed the date on which a private elementary school’s lease ended. After a five-day trial, the jury awarded a verdict in favor of Mr. Marks’s client, and the plaintiff later agreed to reimburse the client’s attorneys’ fees. The opposing attorney now sits as a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- [Confidential Firm Client] v. Mitsui Construction et al. Marks was one of plaintiff’s lead counsel in the largest civil litigation in the history of Micronesia. In a ten-month jury trial in Guam Superior Court, Mr. Marks conducted jury selection and examined over twenty-five trial witnesses. Mr. Marks’s client won a verdict of $73,000,000, and, in a second phase of the trial, with Mr. Marks cross-examining the Board Chairman of one of South Korea’s largest conglomerates, the firm’s client won a punitive damages award for another $73,000,000.
- [Confidential Firm Client] v. Credilogical. Marks won a plaintiff’s verdict, with an award of attorneys’ fees, in a Fair Debt Collections Practice Act jury trial.
- Baines Pickwick, Ltd. v. [Confidential Firm Client]. Marks defended one of Belgium’s largest manufacturers in a three-week jury trial in Orange County Superior Court. The jury awarded his client a complete defense verdict, while finding its co-defendant, represented by separate counsel, liable for close to one million dollars and punitive damages.
- Advocate of the Year 2008 - Public Counsel
Taylor Markey
Of Counsel
Taylor Markey represents employees in class actions, PAGA representative actions, and individual cases involving wage and hour violations, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
Taylor previously served as an Assistant Regional Attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), where she led complex systemic discrimination litigation and supervised a team of attorneys on class actions and high-stakes investigations. She served as
Taylor previously clerked for the California Court of Appeal and externed for Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She began her legal career representing employees under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and continues to be a passionate advocate for low-wage and marginalized workers.
Taylor previously clerked for the California Court of Appeal and externed for Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She began her legal career representing employees under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and continues to be a passionate advocate for low-wage and marginalized workers.
Taylor earned her J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where she graduated Order of the Coif and served as an editor of the UCLA Law Review.
- Lead counsel in EEOC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc., securing an $18 million consent decree in a landmark case involving sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and retaliation in the video game industry.
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