Alyssa Kim Schabloski

Alyssa Kim Schabloski

Alyssa Kim Schabloski is Of Counsel with Nelson & Fraenkel LLP. A plaintiff’s lawyer for her entire legal career, she practices in catastrophic personal injury and employment law, Alyssa graduated from Barnard College and obtained her JD and MPH from the UCLA Schools of Law and Public Health. She is President of the Korean Community Lawyers Association and served as 2020 President of the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities (LATLC) and President of the Cowboy Lawyers Association from 2019-2021. She is an Emeritus member of the CAALA Board of Governors. Alyssa is admitted to practice in California, Arizona, and New York.

Articles written by this author:

Labor law: How quickly the post-[[case]]MacDonald[[/case]] world turns

A look at the doctrine of exhaustion of administrative remedies after [[case]]MacDonald[[/case]], as clarified by the legislature in Senate Bill 666


Discovery and police officers: The Pitchess process

Discovery relating to a peace officer’s job performance or disciplinary actions must follow a unique, statutory process


Using video-recorded expert depositions at trial

Best practices and authorities for the use of video-recorded expert deposition testimony, especially the importance of identifying all non-retained “expert” witnesses


Mastering the separate statement

This is the keystone in your memorandum opposing summary judgment


Independent medical providers: To lien, or not to lien?

Avoiding the ethical and legal pitfalls of independent medical-provider liens


Making good choices

Understanding the consequences your litigation strategy has on an appeal; the doctrines of waiver, forfeiture, estoppel or invited error


Keeping the “material” in material facts

Keeping the “material” in material facts

Understanding how to dispute, and draft, material facts is a critical tool in your summary judgment arsenal


Showing what you’re worth

Showing what you’re worth

Prevailing party attorney-fee motions — your investment in yourself


Stomping on the iron feet of oppression

Stomping on the iron feet of oppression

Defeating the Federal Railway Labor Act and Labor Management Relations Act § 301 preemption defense in state-law employment cases


Applying theories of (jury) psychology to promote trial-lawyer wellness

Musings on how voir dire concepts of story telling, confirmation bias and belief persistence can fit into our own wellness