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Top Women Lawyers

May 12, 2011

Ellyn S. Garofalo

Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor LLP Location: Los Angeles Practice type: Litigation Practice specialty: Complex criminal defense, business



A case involving the late model Anna Nicole Smith is significant, but not because of the celebrity factor, Garofalo said.


In that case, she represented defendant Sandeep Kapoor, involving his treatment of Smith, who died in 2007 after an overdose of prescription drugs. People v. Kapoor, BA353907, (L.A. Super. Ct.).


The case raised issues relating to the prosecution of physicians who practice pain management, their liability for prescribing c...

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