Associate

Talia E. Shandling is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Klinedinst PC. Her practice focuses on professional liability defense, especially in the area of legal malpractice. In addition to professional liability, her practice encompasses a wide range of cases including business and contractual disputes, premises liability, and product liability cases.

Ms. Shandling has a wide range of experience encompassing all facets of litigation including motion work, depositions, settlement discussions, and all phases of discovery. She has also drafted and won demurrers, motions to strike, anti-SLAPP motions, summary judgment motions and an array of key discovery motions.

Ms. Shandling received her Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School. A member of the Dean's List from 2006-2008, Ms. Shandling also received First Honors in Ethical Lawyering and International Law. While in law school, Ms. Shandling served as a liaison between Loyola law students and non-profit organizations in the Los Angeles community and was a member of the International and Comparative Law Review as a Research Editor.

She graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004 with a Bachelors of Arts in Communications, and also received the honor of Phi Beta Kappa in 2004.

Professional and Community Affiliations

• State Bar of California
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Inn of Court, LACBA Litigation Section
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers - Los Angeles
• Mentor, School on Wheels

Speaking Engagements

• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Inn of Court "Conflicts of Interest: Lawyers in Trouble." Panelist (May 4, 2011)

Los Angeles, California

TShandling@
KlinedinstLaw.com

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Practice Areas

Business

Professional Liability

Product Liability

Retail and Premises Liability

Admitted to Bar

California (2008)

U.S. District Court, Central District of California (2009)

Education

Loyola Law School (J.D., 2008)

University of California Los Angeles (B.A.,2004)