Trusted Advisors

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Successful cooperation with family members helps you return to your everyday life. Do not lose precious time.

Vladi Khiterer, ESQ

Vladi is an accomplished business advisor with extensive experience dealing with family business conflicts. As a trusted advisor, Vladi oversaw the resolution of hundreds of cases and established a reputation for being a patient, intelligent, fair, and collaborative advisor who relates well to parties and counsel. He is committed to exploring every available option and creative solution to help family members to work safely together.
Vladi has been a litigator representing plaintiffs and defendants since 1995 and has tried many cases to a verdict.
Vladi’s expertise includes business and commercial disputes, business torts, personal injury, employment, patent, trademark and copyright infringement, trade secrets, product liability, mass torts/class actions, and aviation law.

Jack Gershfeld, LMFT

Jack is an accomplished family therapist, university lecturer, and presenter. As a therapist, he has successfully helped to resolve family disputes. His friendly nature and ability to connect with people help all parties to feel emotionally safe and secure. He is committed to exploring every available option and creative solution for building a stress-free work environment.

Jack’s experience working with families is supplemented by his broad technical and corporate expertise. He is working on multiple private corporation boards and concluding multi-multimillion-dollar contracts. He has extensive experience with small and large business entities and understands the mindset of litigants in distress. His “people first” approach delivers results to litigants from all walks of life and diverse cultural backgrounds.

reconnecting with your family is an important tool for regaining your life back.

OUR SERVICES:

Help family members to feel engaged and connected
Develop skills to keep everyone emotionally safe
Learn how to recover from family conflict
Keep family working together
Empower each family member to deliver results
Successfully navigate family out of conflict
Learn how to protect each other in difficult times
Help every family member to succeed
Help family members to stay connected, stay strong, and become successful

EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND

Extensive mediation training

Western State University College of Law, J.D. 1994

Admitted to practice in the State of California, license No. 177007

Admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, license No. 46,168

Admitted Pro Hac Vice in a number of jurisdictions outside California

Extensive mediation training

Pepperdine University, MA Clinical Psychology 2012

California Polytechnic University, Pomona, MS Electrical Electronics Engineering 1981

Mr. Gershfeld is a licensed psychotherapist in California

Jack is an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University and is teaching master level classes in Human Behavior and Research Methods.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Mr. Gershfeld is a frequent speaker to therapists and social workers community about emotional connection and conflict resolutions. He is also involved in educating the next generation of therapists in marital, business, and family conflict resolutions.

PERSONAL

Vladi and his wife Jenny live in Newport Beach, CA. Mr. Khiterer has lived in Orange County since 1989. His hobbies include: flying airplanes, hiking and cooking.

Jack and his wife Lola have 2 children and five grandchildren. Jack has lived in Orange County since 1981. His hobbies include: skydiving, scuba diving, flying airplanes, yoga and RC model airplanes.