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Co-Managing Partner

Cynthia E. Tobisman

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Biography

Cindy Tobisman is a Co-Managing Partner of Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland.  During her many years specializing in appeals at GMSR, she has briefed and argued virtually every type of civil case.  The only constants are her deep knowledge of appellate practice, her rigorous research, her careful record review, her creativity and her top-notch writing skills.

Cindy’s excellence as an appellate attorney has been repeatedly recognized.  She received the President’s Award from the Beverly Hills Bar Association for her work on amicus briefs in the California Supreme Court on appellate issues of public interest.  She’s been regularly included on the Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers’ lists of top appellate attorneys.

Cindy graduated Phi Beta Kappa from U.C. Berkeley in 1992, and was also named the top graduate in her department (Rhetoric).  She subsequently attended U.C. Berkeley School of Law (J.D., 1998), serving on the prestigious Moot Court Board, focused on appellate advocacy.  She has sat on the Board of Governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and has chaired the Association’s Amicus Briefs Committee. 

In addition to practicing law, Cindy is a traditionally published novelist.  She won the 2018 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for her second novel, “Proof.”

High-Impact Wins

2024

Niedermeier v. FCA US LLC (2024) 15 Cal.5th 792

California Supreme Court: Vehicle consumers are entitled to full statutory restitution under California’s lemon law—without offset

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2019

Himelsein Mandel Fund Management, LLC v. Fortress Investment Group, LLC (Mar. 28, 2019, B281210) 2019 WL 1395963

Court of Appeal reverses denial of jury trial, refusing to apply New York law

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2014

Crosby v. HLC Properties, Ltd. (2014) 223 Cal.App.4th 597

Obtained Reversal

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2008

HLC Properties, Ltd. v. MCA Records, Inc. (May 16, 2008, B191608) 2008 WL 2068155 [nonpublished opinion]

Obtained Reversal

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2008

Robins v. Roland (Mar. 7, 2018, B191659) 2008 WL 615865 [nonpublished opinion]

Obtained Reversal

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Speaking and Involvement

2024
The Perils of Code of Civil Procedure § 2025.620 at Trial and other Advanced Trial Techniques, ASCDC Annual Seminar
2022
What's in the Supreme Court Pipeline: Institute for Corporate Counsel, USC Gould School of Law and the LACBA Business Law Section: Where Law, Business and Politics Intersect
2020
Redefining Success in the Age of COVID-19: The Bridge to the New Normal, Women in Legal & Corporate Leadership Conference Los Angeles
2019
Featured banquet speaker as the winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction for ‘Proof’ – her second published novel, SCG Legal’s Annual Meeting and 30th Anniversary Celebration,
2016
The Write Stuff: How to Win Your Case With a Compelling Style, MCLE Presentation at the Los Angeles Law Library
2016
Diversity In The Law, CLM Conference
2014
How to Use Amicus Support Effectively, Beverly Hills Bar Association
2012
What Trial Lawyers Need To Know About Appeals, Beverly Hills Bar Association

Professional Associations

Beverly Hills Bar Association, Amicus Briefs Committee Chair (2006 - 2016)
Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Board of Governors
Women Lawyers of Los Angeles: Amicus Briefs Committee, Co-Chair (2009 - 2010)
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
Association of Business Trial Lawyers