Norman Pine

As the founder of Pine Tillett Pine LLP's predecessor firm, Norman Pine provides dedicated legal services to people in Los Angeles, California, and throughout the state. Mr. Pine's practice is dedicated exclusively to civil appeals, with a focus on employment law, personal injury, entertainment law, business litigation, and land use.After graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, Mr. Pine earned a Juris Doctor degree in 1975 from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall). During law school, Mr. Pine participated in the moot court advisory program, and he served as the Note and Comments editor for the California Law Review.With 33 years of experience handling civil appeals, Mr. Pine has achieved positive resolutions in a wide range of legal areas. His notable successes include protecting a $58 million judgment on behalf of a victim of sexual harassment; obtaining, through an appeal, a combined fee award of approximately $34.7 million for the trial lawyers who prosecuted a civil rights case against a major financial institution; defending a $30 million personal injury judgment, a $12 million fraud judgment, a $10 million age discrimination judgment, an $8 million police battery judgment; an $8 million attorneys' fees judgment; and multiple other seven-figure judgments.Mr. Pine is a certified appellate law specialist through The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. His commitment to maintaining high legal standards has earned him the highest possible rating of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell, and he has been repeatedly named to The Best Lawyers in America**.Active in the legal community, Mr. Pine serves on the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys of California and is a member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, the California Employment Lawyers Association, and the Appellate Courts Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. An author of many legal articles, he also gives presentations on topics relating to appellate issues for several legal organizations, including The Rutter Group/California Judge's Association Annual Employment Law Seminar; Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB); the Los Angeles County Employment Law Section, and many others.*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.** The Best Lawyers in America® 2013. Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC