Current Employment Position(s)

Sole Practitioner

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Federal Trial Practice
• Real Estate Law
• State Trial Practice
• Transportation Law

Representative Cases

• I. C. C. v. KSI Farm Lines Co-op., Inc., 407 F.Supp. 145 (E.D.Wis. 1976)
• West Coast Truck Lines, Inc. v. Arcata Community Recycling Center, Inc., 846 F.2d 1239 (C.A.9 (Cal.) 1988)
• I. C. C. v. Rio Grande Growers Co-op., 564 F.2d 848 (C.A.9 (Cal.) 1977)
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. All-Am., Inc., 505 F.2d 1360 (C.A.7 (Ill.) 1974)
• West Coast Truck Lines, Inc. v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 893 F.2d 1016 (C.A.9 (Or.) 1990)

West Practice Categories

Estate Planning, Family Law, Federal Trial Practice, Real Estate Law, State Trial Practice, Transportation Law

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1972
• California, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1993
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1977
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1988
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1989
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1977
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1991
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1988
• U.S. Tax Court, 1977

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Transportation Lawyers Association (Member)
• Association of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy, 1994 - Present (President, Los Angeles Chapter)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member)
• Phi Alpha Delta, 1970 - 1971 (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member, Section of Litigation)
• State Bar of California (Member)

Pro Bono Activities

• Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Pro Tempore

Past Employment Positions

• Interstate Commerce Commission, Los Angeles CA, Assistant Regional Counsel, 1975 - 1977
• Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, DC and Chicago IL, Trial Attorney, 1972 - 1975

Education

• University at Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, New York, 1972
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  Law Review: Member, Buffalo Law Review, 1972
• State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 1968
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: With Distinction

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta

References

• City National Bank

Published Works

• Mendel v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Case Note 19 Buffalo Law Review 673 (1969)
• Through Transportation: How to Protect Yourself in Today's Changing Environment Western Transportation Law Seminar of the Association of Transportation Practitioners (1986)
• Maislin Industries, U.S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc. Los Angeles Daily Journal, Practitioners Column, January 25, 1991
• Reiter v. Cooper: The Supreme Court Permits Challenges to Reasonableness of Filed Motor Carrier Tariff Rates Los Angeles Daily Journal, Practitioners Column, June 22, 1993
• Legislative Changes to the Filed Rate Doctrine: Are Freight Undercharge Collections by Bankruptcy Trustees, Insolvent Carriers and Their Auditing Agents at an End? Los Angeles Daily Journal, Practitioners Column, Dec. 22, 1994

Address

Encino Law Center
15915 Ventura Blvd., Penthouse One
Encino, CA 91436-2741

Phones

(818) 728-4821

Faxes

(818) 474-7180
(818) 728-4672
(818) 995-6391

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mileslkavaller.com