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title: Michelle Fonseca-Kamana
url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-fonseca-kamana
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![Michelle Fonseca-Kamana](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Fonseca-Kamana-web_5c9a45a812a143af8c8da5324406e3a5.jpg)

# Michelle Fonseca-Kamana

Michelle Fonseca-Kamana is the founder and principal attorney at *West Coast Lemons APC*, a law firm focused on the California lemon law.

### Articles written by this author:

[![When life gives you lemon…law reform](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Fonseca-Kamana-istock-175848378_ac13b24c13309f72007dbb45323d4ea0.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-february/when-life-gives-you-lemon-law-reform "When life gives you lemon…law reform")

## [When life gives you lemon…law reform](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-february/when-life-gives-you-lemon-law-reform "When life gives you lemon…law reform")

The practitioner and vehicle owner’s guide to the 2025 changes in the lemon law

[Michelle Fonseca-Kamana](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-fonseca-kamana "Michelle Fonseca-Kamana")

[2025 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-february)

## [Car buying 101](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-may/car-buying-101 "Car buying 101")

What lemon-law attorneys wish you knew before you buy a car

[Iraida Gonzalez](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/iraida-gonzalez "Iraida Gonzalez")
[Michelle Fonseca-Kamana](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-fonseca-kamana "Michelle Fonseca-Kamana")

[2025 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-may)

## [Mastering lemon-law mediation and the binding arbitration of attorney fees under AB 1755](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-september/mastering-lemon-law-mediation-and-the-binding-arbitration-of-attorney-fees-under-ab-1755 "Mastering lemon-law mediation and the binding arbitration of attorney fees under AB 1755")

The law has changed the way lemon-law claims are handled in California

[Michelle Fonseca-Kamana](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-fonseca-kamana "Michelle Fonseca-Kamana")

[2026 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-september)