Stein & Flugge, LLP is a small, highly experienced law firm that traces its history to its immediate predecessor firm, Slaff, Mosk & Rudman, which was established over 40 years ago.

Stein & Flugge, LLP provides its clients with professional legal services in both business transactions and in business litigation. We represent clients in the California state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels. We have substantial experience in completing particularly difficult business transactions and in resolving, either by settlement or trial, challenging and often complex business litigation. We work closely with our clients (and their general counsel) to reach solutions and favorable resolutions that might not otherwise seem attainable. We combine the one-on-one close client contact unique to the small firm environment with the sophistication and expertise of a large-scale practice.

Stein & Flugge, LLP has substantial experience working with clients and their legal representatives who are resident outside of Los Angeles, including those domiciled outside of the United States. We enjoy working closely with a client’s local counsel and enlisting local counsel's expertise and experience with the client to enhance our ability to expeditiously and effectively represent the client in the Los Angeles area.

We believe strongly in placing the interests of our clients first and foremost, and in providing legal services of the highest and most ethical quality.

Mr. Stein, a partner of Stein & Flugge, LLP, is a 1976 graduate of the UCLA School of Law, having received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He has substantial experience in business transactions with a particular emphasis in motion picture and other entertainment areas. He has an expertise in copyright. He has been trial counsel in numerous business matters and has substantial experience as an appellate lawyer.

In addition to being licensed to practice in all California courts, Mr. Stein is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Stein has participated in cases in all of the foregoing courts.

Mr. Stein has published articles in legal journals, and has taught all aspects of the law pertaining to the entertainment industry as an adjunct professor of the Peter Stark Program at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television. Mr. Stein serves as an arbitrator on the panel of the Arbitration Tribunal of the American Film Marketing Association. He has served as an arbitrator for over 15 years and has adjudicated many complex business disputes.

Valerie Flugge, a partner in Stein & Flugge, graduated Order of the Coif in 1983 from the University of Southern California Law School. She received her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of South Dakota in 1980. After graduating from Law School, Ms. Flugge clerked for the Honorable Warren J. Ferguson in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Flugge specializes in business litigation in the State and Federal Courts, including trademark infringement, unfair competition, breach of contract and other business disputes, and has significant experience in both trial and appellate courts.

Ms. Flugge also has substantial experience in business transactions, including in sale and purchase transactions, representation before regulatory agencies and ongoing general legal advice to clients engaged in various business pursuits.

Mr. Esper, an associate with Stein & Flugge, LLP, is a 1995 graduate of the University of Southern California Law School, where he achieved Order of the Coif, and received his undergraduate degree from California State University, Los Angeles. He specializes in business litigation matters and has specialized experience in intellectual property and constitutional law. He is licensed to practice in all California courts, and admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Esper's publications include “Some Thoughts on the Puzzle of State Action”, 68 S.Cal.Rev. 663 (1996); “Doe v. Unocal Case Establishes Right to Sue Private Corporation as for International Human Rights Violations”, ACLU International Civil Liberties Report (1998); and “Review of Major Immigration Law Decisions Touching on International Civil Liberties”, ACLU International Civil Liberties Report (2001).