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Dec. 23, 2011

Business litigation on contingency

Daniel Y. Zohar launched Zohar Law Firm PC 13 years ago, devoted almost exclusively to plaintiffs' side business litigation on a contingency fee basis, a rare but growing practice area in economic hard times.

By Susan McRae

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Launching a small firm is hard enough. But doing it without a client base and without clients paying fees upfront is sure to bring some sleepless nights.

But that's how Daniel Y. Zohar began.

He was just five years out of law school when he launched Zohar Law Firm PC - devoted almost exclusively to business litigation - on a contingency fee basis.

Thirteen years later, Zohar, 43,... (continued)

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