Suzanne Raina Natbony
	Los Angeles, California Tel: (310) 478-6251 e-mail: suzanne@lawyer.com website: lawtake.com
		Business Transactions Corporate		Regulatory/Compliance Dispute Resolution

Suzanne Natbony is a third generation lawyer, with a focus on transactional, regulatory/compliance and dispute resolution.  She is licensed to practice in California, with her own law practice in West Los Angeles, in addition to practicing law for Merino Yebri LLP, in Century City, serving as General Counsel for Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center and the Legal Advisor of Rotolab. 

Ms. Natbony has a well-versed and diverse background practicing law across multiple business sectors, including, healthcare, entertainment and real estate.  She has advised physicians, allied health professionals, non profit companies, entertainment talent, architects, business executives, and other professionals on a multitude of business matters.  Ms. Natbony’s legal counsel has helped her clients’ businesses succeed in numerous areas, including, but not limited to, acquisitions, intellectual property rights and a variety of corporate, business and employment contracts.  She was also able to participate in policy-based legal work through drafting language for proposed federal statutes and was a legal research assistant at the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, D.C, which is an educational institution of the federal court system.

Ms. Natbony has received the trifecta of awards in the legal industry:

1) The Avvo® Client’s Choice Award for excellent and quality service to her clients.
2) The AV® Preeminent Rating by Martindale Hubbell®, which is the highest award for ethical standards and legal ability.
3) The Southern California Rising Star Super Lawyer, by Super Lawyers® Magazine, an honor limited to only 2.5% of attorneys.

In addition to practicing law, Ms. Natbony has garnered valuable entrepreneurial and managerial experience working in-house for three startups, since 2008.  Currently, Ms. Natbony is Chief Executive Officer for LawTake, an online legal services platform that connects lawyers to people with legal issues utilizing instructional videos and legal documents.  Ms. Natbony is in charge of closely directing and managing the inception of successful business operations, by legally creating and qualifying entities to do business and structuring business operations for legal compliance, while supporting maximum revenue streams.   In addition, Ms. Natbony has a keen insight into strategic planning and business development and commitment to properly drafting, reviewing and negotiating a myriad of legal documents.  Ms. Natbony also and acquiring and maintaining intellectual property.  Previously, Ms. Natbony worked for EcoClassic Homes LLC (formerly, New World Home, LLC), a home builder of green, LEED-Certifiable homes, performing a wide range of in-house legal work, led strategic planning sessions and spearheaded implementation and Ms. Natbony worked in the corporate legal department for March Vision Care LLC, a California health plan.

Ms. Natbony graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Southern California.  She was Vice President of the Pre-Law Society, Chairperson of the Professional Development Committee of the Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity, a member of Alpha Phi sorority and she studied abroad at Cambridge University in England.  She received her J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law where she focused on Healthcare Law.  During law school, Ms. Natbony completed legal course work as a Visiting Student at Pepperdine and Georgetown, as a Special Student at Loyola, through an international study abroad program at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.  She was President of the Southwestern Law and Medicine Society, Co-Vice President of the Loyola Health Law and Bioethics Association, and Sports Chair of the Loyola Entertainment and Sports Law Society.

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