Janet Gusdorff

Janet Gusdorff

Bio as of December 2013:

Janet R. Gusdorff is an associate with the AV-rated firm, Pine & Pine, in Sherman Oaks, CA. She focuses her practice exclusively on civil appeals in both state and federal courts. She has been selected to Super Lawyers’ 2012 and 2013 Southern California Rising Stars list. She is also licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey. She graduated from Loyola Law School, where she served as Note and Comment Editor on the Loyola Law Review. Her professional affiliations include CAALA, CAOC, CELA, LACBA and WLALA. 

Updated as of April 2016: Gusdorff Law; http://www.gusdorfflaw.com/

Articles written by this author:

Responding or replying to defendant’s post-trial motions

Practical ideas and techniques for responding to opposing counsel’s briefs

Norman Pine
Janet Gusdorff

2013 December


Inferences explained

Using and rebutting inferences

Janet Gusdorff

2019 December


Demystifying California civil writs

Writ relief is extraordinary and completely discretionary; most petitions are denied. Here are the basics for trial lawyers

Janet Gusdorff

2020 December


Valuing your appeal

A formulaic way of deciding when outsourcing the appeal to appellate counsel makes sense

Janet Gusdorff

2021 December


Now what?

Now what?

Unusual conundrums during pendency of an appeal

Janet Gusdorff

2023 December