Attorneys

Current Employment Position

• Managing Partner

Bar Admissions:

• California, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1982
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1981
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1988

Education:

• University of La Verne College Law, Encino, California J.D.
• University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (S.O.A.S), London, England, 1976 M.A. – Major: History
• University of California, Los Angeles, CA, B.A. – Major: Chinese Language and Literature

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR)
• Estate Planning Council
• California Lawyers for the Arts
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Pasadena Bar Association
• San Gabriel Valley Bar Association
• Past President, Social Security Disability Section
• Past President, San Gabriel Valley Lawyer Referral Service

Publications:

• Helping Fibromyalgia Patients Obtain Social Security Benefits, Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine, September, 1992
• Wolfe & Potter, Fibromyalgia and Work Disability, Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, Vol. 22, May, 1996

Representative Cases:

• Key v. Heckler, 754 F.2d 1545 (C.A.9 (Cal.) 1985)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Continuing Medical Education – Navigating the Disability Programs, LA USC Hospital, 1999 – 2000
• Fibromyalgia, National Organization of Social Security Attorneys, 2000
• Fibromyalgia & Social Security Disability, FAME 2000 International
• Legal Fibromyalgia, USA Fibromyalgia Association, 1996
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives – Psycho-pathology of Some Medical Experts, 2015
• Pasadena Bar Association – 8 Doors of Social Security Disability, 2014
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives – Medical record security/ HIPAA and HITECH, 2014
• San Gabriel Valley Bar Association – Duty to Protect Medical Information, 2013
• Circuit 9 Conference – HIPAA and Medical Records Security, 2012
• California State University, Los Angeles – Social Security Disability for the VE, 2011
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives – Is Social Media Evidence? 2009
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives – Meet the Arthritis Family, 2006 and 2008
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives – Fibromyalgia Current Concepts, 2003
• FAME International Conference – Fibromyalgia and Social security Disability, 2000
• Legal Fibromyalgia – Fibromyalgia and Disability, 1996
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives – Fibromyalgia, 1995
• Lecturer, Fibromyalgia and Social Security Disability, NOSSCR
• Sept 2015 NOSSCR – Challenging Medical Expert
• April 2016 NOSSCR – Photographic Evidence

Languages:

• Mandarin Chinese

Current Employment Position

• Partner

Bar Admissions

• California, 1975
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1990
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

Education

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1975 J.D.
• University of California, Berkeley, California, 1971 B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Pasadena Lawyer Referral Service, 1992 – 1998 (Board Member)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• San Gabriel Valley Bar Association
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR)

Past Employment Positions

• Jacoby & Meyers, Attorney, 1977 – 1981
• Binder, Katz & Samulon, 1982 – 1987
• City of Los Angeles, Councilman’s Aide, 1975 – 1977

Pro Bono Activities

• Board member and former chairman, Project Heavy of Los Angeles, 1976 – 1981
• Board member, Los Feliz Jewish Community Center, 1988 – 1995
• Board member, Pasadena Lawyer Information and Referral Service, 1991 – 1998
• Board Member, Temple Israel of Hollywood, 1994 – 2000
• Board member and former chairman, Hillside Memorial Park, 2004 to present

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Public Information Talk Regarding Social Security, Pasadena Lawyer Referral, 1998

Current Employment Position

• Partner

Year Joined Potter Cohen & Samulon

• 2005

Areas of Practice

• Social Security – Disability

Bar Admissions:

• California, 2007
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2007
• U.S. District Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2014

Education:

• Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 2006 J.D.
• University of California, Davis, California, 2002 B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Past Chair, Executive Board, Los Angeles County Bar Association – Social Security Section
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• San Gabriel Valley Bar Association

Past Employment Positions:

• Public Defender Office, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Clerk, 2004
• Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Clerk, 2005

Languages:

• Spanish

wpfau@pottercohenlaw.com
(626) 795-0681 phone
(626) 795-0725 fax

Current Employment Position

• Senior Associate Attorney

Areas of Practice

• Social Security – Disability
• Employment Law

Bar Admissions

• California, 2008
• U.S. District Court Central District of California – 2018
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California – 2020

Education

• The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio 2007 J.D.
• The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 2004 B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Los Angeles County Bar Association

Past Employment Positions

• Leibovic Law Group, LLP, Attorney, 2010 – 2018
• Disability Group, Inc., Attorney, 2008 – 2010
• Pfau, Pfau & Marando, Law Clerk, 2005 – 2008