New personal injury attorney joins Chain | Cohn | Clark

Chain | Cohn | Clark, the Bakersfield-based accident, injury and workers’ compensation law firm, has welcomed a new lawyer to its team.

Tanya D. Alsheikh has joined the personal injury department as an associate attorney, where she is focusing on car accident, wrongful death, elder abuse and neglect, and other injury and accident cases. She joins an experienced personal injury department that includes partners David Cohn and Matt Clark. and associate attorney Chad Boyles. Other attorneys on the law firm’s team are partner James Yoro and associate attorney Beatriz Trejo in the workers’ compensation department.

“I’m excited to join a firm that holds people accountable and provides a voice for people who otherwise wouldn’t have the opportunity to defend themselves,” Tanya said. “Being a lawyer is fulfilling in and of itself, but being able to help people who genuinely need it gives a whole other meaning to the profession.”

Tanya added: “While working here, I find that the firm’s motto ‘Standing for Justice’ really rings true.”

Tanya was raised in Bakersfield, attending Stockdale Christian School and Bakersfield Christian High School. She received her bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount, and her Juris Doctorate from University of San Diego School of Law. During her time at University of San Diego School of Law, Tanya was honored as an associate board member of the school’s competitive moot court team.

Tanya says she has long dreamt of becoming an attorney and spent most of her adult life working towards that goal. clerk. Before joining the firm, she served as a legal assistant, legal intern and law clerk for firms in Los Angeles, San Diego and Bakersfield. She worked as a student attorney at the University of San Diego Education and Disability Clinic where she was responsible for meeting clients who could not afford legal counsel. Her responsibilities also included counseling clients, representing them and their interests during meetings, and if necessary, filing a complaint and preparing for formal mediation and hearings.

She was sworn-in to practice law in California in June by Kern County Superior Court Judge David Lampe, and took the oath to support the U.S. Constitution, perform her duties of an attorney to the best of her knowledge and ability, and conduct herself in her profession “at all times with dignity, courtesy, and integrity.”

Outside of the office, Tanya is involved in activities at Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, enjoys traveling, cooking and cheering for the Los Angeles Lakers. She is also fluent in Arabic.

You can find Tanya involved in various other community service activities. She recently helped local disadvantaged youth go back-to-school shopping at Kohl’s.

“I want to personally be involved in making Bakersfield a better place, whether that is through giving a voice to members of our community or attending and participating in community outreach,” said Tanya. “Kern County can only be as good as we work to make it. I am eager for the opportunity to be an active part of Bakersfield’s future.”

Tanya was featured in the “People in Business” section of The Bakersfield Californian.

Stay tuned to Chain | Cohn | Clark’s various social media profiles to keep an eye on Tanya’s work.

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*NOTICE: Making a false or fraudulent Workers’ Compensation claim is a felony subject to up to 5 years in a prison or a fine of up to $150,000 or double the values of the fraud, whichever is greater, or by both imprisonment and fine.

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