Meet The Team

Professional Disposition: Jon is an experienced, energetic, thoughtful, careful, and creative litigator, with extensive experience litigating at all stages. He balances the needs of his clients, the bold realities and practicalities of litigation, and the law and facts of each case in a unique way to give his clients effective advice and get optimal results. Jon games out his cases, looking at the facts and law to try to see the many paths forward, constantly reevaluating as the case progresses and the landscape shifts, advising his clients of the same to make the best decisions possible. Most importantly, Jon executes those strategies by leveraging his energy, enthusiasm, and most importantly his team of talented attorneys and staff.

Jon also closely monitors his cases, taking the lead in outlining arguments and editorial control on court submissions, most arguments in court, and depositions. However, Jon is also careful to let attorneys with lower billing rates take the laboring oar on matters that can be handled by them, including even hearings and depositions where there is a high likelihood of success, preferring not to charge partner rates just to take a victory lap.

Practice Areas: Jon is experienced in a diverse range of practice areas, from general business-related litigation, to real estate litigation, personal injury litigation, and disability rights litigation, having at least some experience in each and every practice area listed on this firm’s website. Jon has taken a multi-disciplinary approach to his practice that permits him to often think outside of the box and find solutions that more niche litigators might miss. However, Jon is careful to collaborate with subject matter experts whenever his own experience is light, or where such niche experience and knowledge may benefit his clients. Jon has particularly niche experience in litigating commercial contracts and obtaining prejudgment writs of attachment thereon—a “rubber meets the road” area of litigation many litigators are not familiar with. 

Trials and Arbitrations: Unlike many litigators, Jon’s experience includes numerous high-stakes trials and arbitrations. Those include three jury trials involving eight-figure disputes, and an arbitration involving a nine-figure commercial dispute regarding a telecommunications infrastructure developer against a telecommunications infrastructure equipment manufacturer.

Leadership at Atabek & Co: Jon also serves as the CEO and Litigation Chair of Atabek & Co. In these roles, Jon oversees the entirety of Atabek & Co’s firm business and sets standards and expectations applicable to litigation, and to firm operations generally, relying extensively on his team to help him execute on his vision. 

Personal: Jon is a California native, through and through, having grown up between Manhattan Beach and Irvine, California, attended undergraduate studies in Claremont, California, at Claremont McKenna College, and earned his law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California. He is also a devoted father, an avid cyclist (often riding his bike ten miles each way from his home to the office), and a hiker, surfer, and musician when time permits.

Professional Disposition: Tiffany Chukiat is a Shareholder at Atabek & Co, who has practiced law in Orange County, California, since December 2009. She is an energetic and effective litigator, who has worked on and resolved a wide range of business and other civil litigation matters, varying in size, scope, and stakes, from simpler six figure collection matters to eight figure business tort matters. She has handled all phases of litigation, pre-litigation negotiation through judgment at trial. She is entrusted to handle complex litigation in an efficient and effective manner. Tiffany is a uniquely talented, even-keeled, and responsive communicator, adept at developing productive relationships with both her clients and opposing counsel to facilitate swift and cost-effective resolutions. Tiffany represents both plaintiffs and defendants on breaches of contract, fraud, conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, and unfair business practices disputes that have included trade secret, probate, trust, corporate formalities, and real estate issues. Tiffany also has experience defending corporate and individual clients against personal injury claims, and now helps with Atabek & Co’s high-stakes personal injury practice, in addition to her business litigation responsibilities.

Practice Areas: Some of Tiffany’s successes include, but are not limited to, obtaining pre-judgment writs of attachment for her international retail clients and for her fin-tech clients, as well as litigating these matters to judgment in her clients’ favor. She has also obtained stays and/or dismissals of lawsuits filed against her clients in improper forums for improper purposes. Further, Tiffany’s involvement in the late stages of contentious litigation (a residential real estate dispute alleging seller and broker misrepresentations) was instrumental in securing a favorable settlement for her client after she was able to identify the pertinent strengths and weaknesses of the client’s case and utilize the strengths to her client’s advantage in a contentious, multiphase series of mediations. Tiffany takes great pride in helping her clients to strategically resolve disputes without the need for expensive trials or arbitrations when the circumstances are appropriate.

Leadership at Atabek & Co: In addition to her work as a senior attorney at Atabek & Co, Tiffany is the marketing chair for the firm, in charge of developing and supervising means of promoting the firm’s brand image.

Personal: Tiffany obtained her Juris Doctorate from the Chapman University School of Law in May 2009, where she obtained the CALI Award for Legal Research and Writing. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2006. Prior to joining with her Atabek & Co teammates in 2022, Tiffany practiced business litigation at two boutique litigation firms for over eleven years, and she practiced general civil litigation at a large insurance defense firm for two more. Tiffany is a native of Orange County, where she lives with her husband, two young sons, and two large dogs. She enjoys cooking and eating all types of food, listening to music, traveling, the outdoors, and balances a happy, healthy lifestyle with the demands of her career.

One of the few trial lawyers in the country to obtain both a first-in-the-nation verdict and a first-in-state precedent-setting verdict, Larry Jackson brings more than 30 years of courtroom experience to every case he handles.

Larry represents individuals, families, businesses, and insurers in complex civil litigation involving catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, fraud, insurance disputes, trust and probate litigation, real estate conflicts, and commercial business disputes. Having successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants throughout his career, he offers clients a unique strategic perspective and a deep understanding of how high-stakes cases are evaluated, advanced, defended, negotiated, and tried.

Over the course of his career, Larry has tried more than 40 jury and bench trials in state and federal courts. He is known for thorough preparation, practical judgment, and the ability to simplify complex issues for judges and juries. Clients value his direct communication, strategic thinking, and unwavering commitment to achieving the best possible outcome.

Larry has been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2025 and 2026, an honor reserved for attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

He earned his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Indiana University McKinney School of Law, where he served as an editor of the Indiana Law Review and competed in international moot court competition. He also holds a Master of Divinity, magna cum laude, from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management, summa cum laude, from Ball State University, where he graduated as the top student in Business Management.

Larry is admitted to practice in the state courts of California and Indiana, as well as in the United States District Courts in California and Indiana and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Notable Results

First-in-the-Nation Verdict
Obtained the first jury verdict in the nation on behalf of HIV-infected hemophiliacs against blood-product manufacturers, helping pave the way for a nationwide settlement benefiting hundreds of victims and families.

First-in-State Medical Malpractice Punitive Damages Verdict
Secured the first punitive damages verdict in a medical malpractice case in Indiana history, establishing a landmark precedent.

Nationwide Healthcare Settlement
Helped achieve a nationwide settlement involving the Tenet Hospital System that created significant discount programs for uninsured patients.

Multi-Million-Dollar Recoveries
Obtained substantial recoveries in catastrophic injury, aviation disaster, trust and estate, and complex commercial litigation matters.

Jessica is the Finance Manager at Atabek & Co. She grew up in Northern California and moved to Southern California in order attend the University of California, Irvine. She graduated with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and was on the Dean’s Honor List throughout her four years at the university. After graduation, she worked in a variety of administrative roles, accumulating a range of experience in financial and client services. Outside of work, she has a passion for volunteer work. In college, Jessica served on the board of The Community Service Leadership Program—a community service organization run by the School of Social Sciences on campus. She now volunteers for a wildlife rescue organization.

Berna Besir is a global HR and operations professional with international experience across Europe and the United States, supporting organizations ranging from boutique firms to Fortune 100 companies. She holds a master’s degree in human resources from Middlesex University, UK, and began her career as a Recruitment and Retention Consultant. She further strengthened her expertise in talent development through coursework at Harvard University Extension School during her time in Boston.

She brings a strategic and data-informed approach to human resources, with experience spanning talent acquisition, performance management, employee relations, and core HR processes. Her background also includes office and administrative management, where she has developed streamlined processes to support efficient, well-organized operations. At Atabek & Co., she leads human resources, office management, and operational functions, driving efficiency, structure, and seamless day-to-day business operations.

Mariya is a Law Clerk at Atabek & Co., where she supports the firm’s attorneys in civil and business litigation matters. She assists with legal research, drafting pleadings and motions, discovery, case analysis, and preparation for hearings and other stages of litigation.

Before relocating to the United States, Mariya practiced law in Ukraine for more than 15 years, focusing on real estate, corporate, commercial, and inheritance matters. Her extensive international legal experience brings a practical and well-rounded perspective to her work at the firm.

Mariya earned her LL.M. with honors from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and holds a master’s degree in law with honors from Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University in Ukraine.

Originally from Ukraine, Mariya now lives in Orange County with her husband and daughter. Outside of work, she enjoys tennis, traveling, spending time with her family, and being by the ocean.