About
Neva Cirkveni.
Managing Partner, Cirkveni 2.0 Law Offices. Trial lawyer. Century City, Los Angeles.
I · In brief
A trial lawyer who takes it personally.
Neva Cirkveni is a trial lawyer and the Managing Partner of Cirkveni 2.0 Law Offices in Century City. She trained on the plaintiffs' trial team at a top Los Angeles litigation firm and in New York, and is admitted to practice in three countries. Her work runs from high-stakes international arbitration to the kind of contract, fraud, employment and business disputes that land on ordinary people and ordinary companies — on either side of the case.
Clients get the same thing whatever the size of the matter: Neva's own attention, a straight answer about where they stand, and a case prepared as if it will be tried. She is known for strong advocacy at the table and in the courtroom, and for strategies built around what the client actually needs rather than what is easiest to file.
Outside her own cases she serves as outside general counsel to an investment fund, is active in the International Bar Association, Global Arbitration Review and the American Chamber of Commerce, gives time to non-profit work, and speaks four languages — useful when a dispute crosses a border, which hers often do.
II · Notable work
Some of the rooms she's been in.
A few of the matters that shaped how she works. Results depend on the facts of each case.
Vanessa Bryant v. County of Los Angeles
Part of the plaintiffs' trial team in one of the most closely watched civil trials in recent Los Angeles history.
Government of Croatia, ICSID
On the team representing a sovereign state in a multi-billion-dollar investment arbitration before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Fortune 500 media companies
Advising and representing household-name media businesses in disputes and transactions.
European Union agencies
Advising EU bodies on legal and commercial questions across jurisdictions.
Buyers and sellers
Running complex transactions from both sides of the table, from term sheet to closing.
III · How she works
Personal. On purpose.
A dispute is one of the worst weeks of most people's lives, and for a business it can be existential. The firm is built so that nobody goes through it with a stranger.
There's always someone there
Neva leads your case — and she isn't the only person who knows it. Our attorneys and paralegals work it with her, so when you call, someone who knows your file answers. You'll never be stuck waiting on one person's diary.
We go out of our way
If the answer needs a late call, a document turned around overnight or a meeting that fits your life rather than our diary, that is what happens.
Plain English, honest odds
You'll know what is happening and why at every step, and if a case isn't worth fighting you'll hear it before you spend a thing.
Prepared for trial
Every case is built as if it will be tried. The other side can tell, and it changes how they negotiate.
IV · The firm behind her
One name on the door. A whole office behind it.
The Cirkveni name has been on a law office since 1992, when Neven Cirkveni opened his practice in Croatia. Cirkveni 2.0 is the second generation: the same instinct to take on the bigger side, rebuilt in Century City for how people need a lawyer now.
Attorneys
Every lawyer here is trained to the highest standard and admitted in more than one jurisdiction. They prepare every matter as if it is going to trial, because the ones that settle well are the ones that could have been tried.
Paralegals and case managers
Experienced people who know California procedure cold and keep your deadlines, documents and updates moving — a team, not a voicemail.
How we all work
We make it personal. We go out of our way. We tell the truth about the case. That isn't a slogan on a wall; it's the test every person here was hired against.
V · Why the name
Why the name
It's pronounced “NEE-va” — close enough to “never” that clients started making the joke before we did. Neva alone, Neva ignored, Neva in the dark about your own case. We kept it.
What a client said
“I would recommend Neva. She is knowledgeable, detailed, patient, and did a great job of explaining the process and answering my questions. I was very pleased with the experience and settlement.”
— Cathy P., Google review
5.0 on Google
Results depend on the facts of each case.