Experience. Strength. Results.
We only hire the best and brightest minds who dedicate to a lifetime of service. If your case matters to you – then call us.
James Bergener
FOUNDING PARTNER
“Sweet” James Bergener is regularly recognized as one of the country’s leading personal injury lawyers. Because of his expertise in personal injury and wrongful death cases, Mr. Bergener is a high demand legal analyst on radio and television.
Admitted CA
Bobby Taghavi
MANAGING PARTNER
Bobby has extensive litigation, negotiation and trial experience, including handling over 80 trials to verdict in civil and criminal cases. As a former prosecutor, Bobby now uses his experience protecting the rights of Sweet James clients and their families.
Admitted CA
Kurt Maahs
MANAGING PARTNER
Kurt Maahs has spent his career handling severe injury and wrongful death cases, achieving multi-million dollar recoveries for clients. Mr. Maahs routinely educates other lawyers on how to prosecute trucking accidents, spine and brain injury cases.
Admitted AZ, IA, KS, MO, NE
Frank Acosta
SUPERVISING ATTORNEY
Frank brings 20 plus years of experience working as a serious crime and homicide prosecutor. At Sweet James, Frank serves as a Senior Attorney and Investigations Supervisor. When he’s not fighting for justice for the injured, Frank can be found on the baseball field, helping coach his kids.
Admitted CA
Steve Baric
TRIAL ATTORNEY
After almost 15 years as a prosecutor and Deputy District Attorney, Steve brings extensive experience in complex criminal and civil litigation and investigations to Sweet James Accident Attorneys. Steve might operate with modesty, but he is battle-ready and possesses a fierce, rarely seen tenacity when it comes to achieving justice for his clients.
Admitted CA
Ace Lakhani
SUPERVISING ATTORNEY
Ace is an award-winning Supervising Attorney at Sweet James who exclusively works with injured clients after a serious and tragic accident. It’s how well Ace connects with his clients and his knowledge of the law that make him an effective advocate for the most seriously injured clients.
Admitted NV
Ash Mohamadi
TRIAL ATTORNEY
As an experienced trial lawyer, Ash has over a dozen jury verdicts, including one that earned recognition as one of the top 50 verdicts in California. In 2019 alone, he had over $50 million in verdicts and settlements for these injured clients.
Admitted CA
Larry Caughlan
ATTORNEY
Clients love Larry because he is a terrifyingly smart attorney and a strong advocate for them. He is a passionate problem solver who has achieved highly impressive results for clients, recovering millions of dollars. When Larry isn’t fighting for his clients, he is spending time with his family and his 3 young boys.
Admitted NM, TX, WA
Nicholas Bayona
TRIAL ATTORNEY
As a persuasive and successful trial lawyer, Nicholas is widely praised for his skills and after trials has been routinely been called “a killer”. He believes that it is a privilege to help Sweet James’ most vulnerable clients and is routinely seen around the office well past the time that most of his opponents are asleep.
Admitted CA
Roxy Shekarriz
ATTORNEY
Roxy combines passion, charisma, and dedication to deliver maximum results for seriously injured clients at Sweet James Accident Attorneys. Former prosecutor and managing attorney Bobby Tahgavi says: “Roxy is one of the very best lawyers in cases with complex medical issues and I work with her on most of my serious injury cases.”
Admitted CA
June Kim
ATTORNEY
When catastrophic events happen to our clients, June is by their side. Be it a family who lost a loved one, or a child with a serious injury, June digs into the trenches and fights tirelessly for justice. If there’s one thing she is famous for, apart from her singing skills, it is the passion she brings to everything she does.
Admitted CA
David Bembas
ATTORNEY
As an experienced and aggressive litigator, David takes his clients’ problems and makes them his own. He has been called an “incredibly bright and detail-oriented lawyer” and routinely assists the partners with some of the firm’s most complex personal injury cases – ensuring maximum compensation for Sweet James’ clients.
Admitted NV
Kianna Woods
ATTORNEY
Kianna is not only a gifted lawyer, but a passionate advocate for Sweet James’ clients. She is heavily involved with initial accident investigations, ensuring that our clients’ cases start strong – and her professional and personal philosophy focuses on giving back to the communities we serve.
Admitted CA
Brent Rawlings
ATTORNEY
Brent’s determination, quick wits, and contagious positive attitude make him a favorite with our clients. His negotiation skills are unmatched, and he’s ready day or night to go to bat against the insurance companies to protect injured victims. Giving up isn’t in his vocabulary – he’ll do whatever it takes to achieve justice.
Admitted CA
Tim Mott
OF COUNSEL
Tim’s passion for helping injured clients get their lives back is contagious. As an experienced litigator, he is obsessed with getting big results and with understanding each and every client’s current and future medical needs to ensure proper treatment and compensation.
Admitted NV, UT, WA
Kevin Crockett
Arthur Dermendjian
Rachana Tataria
Neila Pourhashem
DIRECTOR, CASE PROSECUTION
For all things personal injury, Neila is a one-woman library of legal knowledge. Smart like a fox and fierce like a tiger, she is a walking encyclopedia of case prosecution. After more than 12 years at Sweet James, Neila has the expertise, experience and wizardry to win results for clients.
Sana Mirza
CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER
As our Chief People Officer, Sana leads our talent development efforts and our 100 plus team of professionals. Routinely mistaken as a casting agent for a superhero movie, she is regarded as the mad scientist behind Sweet James by hiring some of the most talented and relentless advocates in the legal profession.
If you are the best at what you do, email Sana at careers@sweetjames.com as we continue to hire talent in California, Nevada, and Arizona.