Irina J. Mazor

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Irina J. Mazor Founding Attorney
Lindborg & Mazor LLP proudly announces that Irina J. Mazor was recently selected to the Fellowship of the Construction Lawyers Society of America. Induction is by invitation only based on excellence and accomplishments in construction law and related specialties.
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Irina J. Mazor, Esq. is a founding member and the managing partner of Lindborg & Mazor LLP, a full-service law firm. Ms. Mazor represents both public and private clients on transactional matters and in litigation, with the depth and breadth of Ms. Mazor’s practice encompassing a wide array of legal subjects in California and worldwide. These include real estate; construction and construction claims; public procurement; corporate governance; mergers and acquisitions; contract negotiation, preparation, breach and enforcement; wage and hour and employment; governmental regulatory and licensing compliance; enforcement of governmental statutory duties; collections and protection of creditor rights; trade secrets, unfair practices, and commercial reputation protection, including protective orders, writs, injunctions, judgments, liens, levies and garnishments; UCC claims; negligent/intentional torts; and more. Ms. Mazor has been lead counsel in merits hearings, trials, and appeals involving multi-million-dollar disputes and has assisted our clients in successfully resolving cases through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.

Several of our firm’s most long-standing clients call upon Ms. Mazor to act as their general counsel, seeking her advice on the multifaceted areas of law which directly or indirectly affect their business interests. In that role, Ms. Mazor advises our clients on such matters as licensing compliance, risk mitigation, labor and employment issues, and contract strategies, and she manages those clients’ litigation, both prosecuting and defending against various claims.

Ms. Mazor is also a licensed real estate broker in two states and therefore leads the firm’s real estate practice, representing clients in myriad transactions, from negotiating basic commercial leases to structuring complex, nine-figure acquisitions, handling related financing and entitlement issues as well. Ms. Mazor scrutinizes the smallest of details and ably protects our clients, developing the strategies required to further their objectives and properly positioning our clients to help them attain their goals.

Ms. Mazor is active in the firm’s construction practice, having represented all participants in the construction process, including public agencies, private owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, design professionals, and sureties, skillfully guiding our clients through the entirety of the construction process, from contract negotiation and administration to project close-out and post-completion claims resolution often involving complex construction claims, mechanic’s liens, stop notices, performance and payment bonds, claims for delay, disruption, acceleration, interference, loss of productivity, extended performance, lost profits, changed conditions, liquidated damages, indirect costs, field and home office overhead, and related claims.

HIGHLIGHTS OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:

  • Aladdin Hotel and Casino; Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Children’s Museum of Los Angeles; Los Angeles, California
  • Commerce Community Center; Commerce, California
  • Diamond Head Condominiums; Los Angeles, California
  • Downey Fire Station; Downey, California
  • East Otay Mesa Port of Entry; San Diego County, California
  • Hayward Manor Hotel; Los Angeles, California
  • Highway 76; Oceanside, California
  • Inland Feeder; San Bernardino, California
  • Los Angeles International World Airports; Los Angeles, California

Ms. Mazor also heads the firm’s litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution practices, with our clients’ cases becoming her causes! Working with both public and private clients and opposing parties to resolve matters as efficiently, expeditiously and economically as possible, she has effectively represented clients in multifaceted disputes, presented complex claims to judges, arbitrators, mediators, and administrative panels, and has successfully defended the interests of both public and private clients in a multitude of cases. Indeed, she has ably led construction claims litigation, secured injunctions and protective orders to protect clients’ trade secrets and commercial reputations, skillfully challenged regulatory agencies when they failed to fulfill their statutory duties or exceeded the bounds of statutory mandates, defended private clients against wage-and-hour allegations, and successfully protected governmental entities against multi-million-dollar contract claims. Ms. Mazor skillfully leads our firm’s clients to the successful adjudication, arbitration, or amicable resolution of disputes so that our clients do not leave their matters to chance.

Ms. Mazor served as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable Kathleen P. March of the United State Bankruptcy Court.

Ms. Mazor has been invited to conduct in-house training sessions at ENR 400 Companies and public entities and has been a principal speaker at conferences and seminars, including those sponsored by the California Continuing Education of the Bar. Lecture topics have included construction claims, project administration, the negotiation of key contract provisions, and false claims.

Ms. Mazor was named a Southern California Rising Star, a distinction received by only the top 2.5% of lawyers in Southern California and listed in the September 2004 issues of the Los Angeles Magazine and the Southern California Super Lawyer Magazine.

Ms. Mazor is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in the State of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals:

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND BAR MEMBERSHIPS:

  • State Bar of California, 1996
  • California Bar Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • San Fernando Valley Bar Association
  • American Bar Association, Construction Industry Forum
  • Construction Lawyers Society of America Fellow
  • Strathmore’s Who’s Who
  • Business Advisory Counsel, Honorary Chairperson
  • Federal Court Admissions:
    • U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1996
    • U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1996
    • U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1996
    • U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1996
    • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit

LANGUAGES:

  • Fluent Russian; and
  • Conversational Spanish

EDUCATION AND HONORS:
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, Juris Doctor, 1996

Honors:

  • Phi Delta Phi Law Honor Society - Clerk

California State University at Northridge, Bachelor of Science,
Business Administration with a Double Emphasis in Real Estate and Finance, 1993

Honors:

  • Cum Laude
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Beta Gamma Sigma
  • Alpha Kappa Psi - Vice President
  • Golden Key