Our Attorneys and Staff

The leading attorneys at Advocate Law Group P.C. generally work on cases with other top-rated lawyers and law firms nationwide. Whether we handle your matter alone or with other attorneys, whether we serve as co-counsel or in a consulting capacity with another law firm in the Advocate Law Group Network, our goal will be to help you obtain excellent results.

Partners

1. Gerry H. Goldsholle, Esq.

   Gerry has decades of insider’s knowledge of the insurance industry gained as an Assistant General Counsel, business executive, and CEO of an arm of MetLife^®, the nation’s largest insurance company, and as a consultant to numerous insurance companies. As an attorney he also served as a prosecutor with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, practiced law with top ranked firms in New York and San Francisco, and chaired numerous committees and subcommittees of the American Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association, and the State Bar of California. Gerry has served as an insurance expert for the US Department of Justice, the SEC and the IRS, has been a frequent speaker for legal and insurance organizations. He uses his deep and intimate knowledge of insurance company practices and insurance law to help Advocate’s clients. He graduated with honors from the College of William & Mary and from Columbia Law School and did post-graduate work in business and liberal arts at Stanford University. Gerry is licensed as an attorney in New York and California. For more information on Gerry, click here.

2. Robert K. Scott, Esq.

   Bob has practiced law in California for over 30 years and is a distinguished trial attorney with expertise in all aspects of bad faith insurance litigation, including serving as lead counsel in a major nationwide class action suit against a national insurance company. On behalf of his clients, Bob has obtained substantial arbitration awards, multi-million dollar judgments, favorable appellate decisions, and major out-of-court settlements. Bob graduated from the United States International University, and California Western School of Law, where he served on the Board of Trustees. Bob served three terms as Chair of the State Bar of California’s Group Insurance Programs Committee and is currently chair of its Disability Insurance subcommittee. A frequent speaker on insurance law, he has also chaired committees and subcommittees of the American Bar Association and the Consumer Attorneys of California. Bob has also been a special prosecutor for the California State Bar. For more information on Bob, click here.

Attorneys and Staff

1. Ashlea Scott, Esq.

   Ashlea Scott earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, magna cum laude, in 2000 and a Master’s of Business Administration in 2007 from Loyola Marymount University. She received her Juris Doctorate degree from California Western School of Law in 2004 and thereafter became an active member of the State Bar of California.

2. Myra K. Levenson, Esq.

   Myra is a graduate of Wellesley College and earned a Master’s in Education from Harvard University and her law degree from the University of California’s Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, where she served on the staff of a law journal. Her diverse experience includes service as Chair of the County Mental Health Board in Marin County, California. She was admitted to the California Bar in 1994, and practiced Social Security and disability insurance law for 15 years in her own law firm before joining Advocate’s staff.

3. Brandon Brown

4. Jim Haines

5. Woody Phillips

6. Donice Price