Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Mr. McDonald is an associate attorney in our Agoura Hills Office. He has extensive experience in defense of employer liability matters including, without limitation, workers’ compensation defense, subrogation and general civil litigation. Mr. McDonald also worked as a Deputy District Attorney for Ventura County where he practiced as a trial lawyer in criminal matters.
• Misdemeanors

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Fabiano Castro & Clem, LLP provides comprehensive legal services for insurance carriers, employers and third party administrators with regard to all aspects of workers' compensation claims. We are a small boutique law firm that began providing legal services to our clients in 1993. With the growth of our firm, we have expanded to serve the entire State of California with 4 office locations: Agoura Hills, Santa Ana, Ontario and Los Angeles. This allows Fabiano Castro & Clem to represent our clients at every WCAB office in the State.

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  Steve Fabiano is a Workers' Compensation Certified Specialist. He graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a BA degree in Finance and obtained a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School in 1983. A member of the State Bar of California since 1983, his main practice for the past 20 years is in workers' compensation, primarily defending employers and insurance companies. He has extensive experience as a civil litigator, including 3 jury trials and well over 100 arbitrations, in matters involving automobile personal injury, uninsured motorist, premises liability and insurance bad faith. Mr. Fabiano has served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Los Angeles Municipal Court and as court-appointed arbitrator for the Los Angeles Superior Courts. He is a frequent speaker and instructor on workers' compensation matters at seminars and classes.
• Construction Litigation
  Shannon S. Nakamoto joined the firm in November 2013. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in History from Cal Poly Pomona in 2009 and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Oregon in May 2012. She was admitted to the California State Bar in August 2013. While in law school, Shannon clerked for the Oregon Department of Justice, representing the state in child advocacy and dependency proceedings. She also clerked for the Washington County District Attorney's Office, prosecuting misdemeanor crimes, in Hillsboro, Oregon. Prior to joining the firm, she worked in construction litigation at a boutique firm in Covina, California. Shannon volunteers her time with Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles, St. Lucy's Priory High School, and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Although the California Supreme Court has characterized awards for serious and willful defense as an additional “benefit”, the statute provides that this liability, like criminal fines and Cal/OSHA penalties, is uninsurable. An S&W award must be paid from the employer’s own funds. Moreover, unlike the power vested in judges and juries to decide the value of damages in personal injury negligence actions, Labor Code section 4553 denies the workers’ compensation judge any discretion to adjust the amount of the award.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy