“And suddenly I heard a scream say ‘fire in the hole!’” he said. “And suddenly the big explosion. I saw the sun coming to me, my family was screaming.” Nearly 10 months ago, an accidental fireworks explosion on 27th and San Pedro streets in South LA in front of Jose Becerra’s home put him in

“And suddenly I heard a scream say ‘fire in the hole!’” he said. “And suddenly the big explosion. I saw the sun coming to me, my family was screaming.” Nearly 10 months ago, an accidental fireworks explosion on 27th and San Pedro streets in South LA in front of Jose Becerra’s home put him in

LOS ANGELES – Eight months after the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad detonated illegal fireworks in a South Los Angeles neighborhood, families remain displaced. Read More

Two assistant principals at Rialto’s Wilmer Amina Carter High School threatened to expel a student unless she dropped a complaint that she was verbally abused and sexually assaulted by another student, according to a legal claim filed Thursday, March 3, by the girl’s attorney. Read More

An attorney representing a 16-year-old Rialto high school student who claims her allegations of sexual assault by another student were ignored by school officials filed a legal claim this week against the district’s handling of the incident. Read More

The mother of a 15-year-old girl who reported being sexually assaulted by a fellow student at Carter High School in Rialto is accusing school officials of threatening to expel her daughter for reporting the abuse. Read More

RIALTO, Calif. (KABC) — With two assistant principals in Rialto facing criminal charges after allegedly failing to report several accusations of sexual assault by the same student, an attorney representing one of the victims wants to know if there might be other victims. Read More

The family of a student who says she was sexually assaulted at Carter High School in Rialto spoke out on Friday. Read More

The case has already lead to the arrest of two school administrators. Both were charged with felony child abuse for failing to report claims of sexual assault committed by the same 17-year-old suspect against three victims. Read More

Alder Law firm founders, Gina Zapanta and Mike Alder, launch a weekly virtual dance FUNraiser to donate meals to healthcare professionals. Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 2020 – Gina Zapanta and Mike Alder host a weekly virtual dance fundraiser on Facebook and Instagram, to

An office building in Valley Village has been purchased by Alder Law, a Los Angeles-based legal firm, for $5.3 million, or $266 per square foot, according to brokerage CBRE Group. Located at 12800 Riverside Drive and built in 1985, the 17,300-square-foot, two-level building features private balconies, a central courtyard and 36 covered parking

Attorneys for his family said Wednesday that they had filed a claim against the city and LAPD for injuries and property loss related to the explosion. The family of nine, who live near the intersection of 27th and San Pedro streets, lost everything in the blast and were still recovering from their injuries

Things changed in an instant for the victims of the June 30 fireworks explosion that rattled a neighborhood in South LA, injured 17 people and destroyed apartments and cars up and down the street. Jose Bacerra is one of the victims of the explosion, which occurred when the Los Angeles Police Department attempted

ABOUT ROCK FOR RESEARCH AlderLaw is proud to sponsor the 4th Annual Rock for Research Summer Concert which will support the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Innovation Center. The Innovation Center aims to develop treatment strategies through comprehensive molecular profiling of diseases using leading-edge biomedical technologies. These efforts will focus on prevention and discovery of the

Congratulations to AlderLaw attorneys Jennifer Ostertag and Lourdes De Armas, who are being honored with the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Board of Governors Award at this year’s Installation Dinner. As founding members of the Committee on Empowering Women, these two women are dedicated to supporting the professional and personal growth of women through

The abuse of nitrous oxide, commonly known as “laughing gas” in the dental field, is increasing to epidemic proportions among our youth. AlderLaw and Rialto Mayor Pro-Tem Ed Scott, whose son died in a nitrous oxide related car accident, are working to not only bring awareness to this issue affecting millions across the

ALDERLAW REPRESENTS LOW-INCOME HOUSING TENANTS AGAINST SLUMLORD IN PRO BONO CASE Mike Alder, trial attorney and managing partner of AlderLaw, PC has taken on a notable Los Angeles slumlord case pro bono. Assisted by AlderLaw attorney Alexis Domb and co-counsel Catherine Wagner Calderaro from the Inner City Law Center, Mr. Alder represents nine inner-city plaintiffs in a