Kaufman Legal Group Partner Joseph A. Guardarrama Named to Los Angeles Business Journal's List of "Most Influential Minority Lawyers"

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Joseph A. Guardarrama of Kaufman Legal Group APC was named Tuesday among Los Angeles Business Journal's list of "Most Influential Minority Lawyers."

Los Angeles Business Journal said the list was created to highlight "particularly stellar minority attorneys in the L.A. region who happen to be from a broad cultural spectrum." The list includes only those considered particularly impactful on the legal scene, "while serving as trusted advisors in the L.A. region, along with maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards, and for contributions to the Los Angeles business and legal community at large."

Kaufman Legal Group specializes in legal services connected to the political process, serving clients such as elected officials, PACs, business groups and labor unions. Los Angeles Business Journal noted that Guardarrama brings "a unique blend of private practice experience and service as a public official to the firm's Governmental Ethics, Campaign Finance, and Election Law practices."

In his current position, Guardarrama advises candidates, officeholders, political action committees, independent expenditure committees, major donors, lobbyists, and corporations regarding all legal aspects of their involvement with the political process at the state and local levels.

Among his recent accomplishments, Guardarrama:

• Managed the Democratic Party's on-the-ground post-election vote canvass in Orange County, ensuring that all votes were properly counted; Democrats won every congressional seat in Orange County in the 2020 election
• Provided counsel and representation to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and Attorney General Xavier Becerra in convincing victories over their opponents
• Represented Congressmembers Katie Porter and Harley Rouda in successful battles to take on incumbent Republican Congressmembers Mimi Walters and Dana Rohrabacher, respectively, in two of the most high-profile contested congressional races in the Country
• Successfully defended clients in investigations and enforcement proceedings pending before the California Fair Political Practices Commission and local ethics agencies in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
• Served as President of California Political Attorneys Association, an association of California lawyers whose practices involve the California Political Reform Act of 1974, the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, and other campaign laws

Prior to joining the firm, Guardarrama dealt with complicated land use policy matters while serving for over seven years as a West Hollywood City Planning Commissioner, presiding over meetings as both Chair and Vice Chair. He has extensive experience with land use, zoning and planning issues, as well as with the California Environmental Quality Act.

About Kaufman Legal Group

With offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento, Kaufman Legal Group offers a full spectrum of legal services connected to the political process at the federal, state and local levels.  The firm advises elected officials, candidates, ballot measure campaigns, labor unions, corporations, non-profits, major donors, political parties, PACs and government agencies on campaign finance, election and governmental ethics laws. For more information, visit KaufmanLegalGroup.com.

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