We will regularly introduce our newest members to the club. If you are a new member and want to be featured, please submit your photo and bio to Justin Hall.
Laura Stein
Laura Stein is Of Counsel to the law firm of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP and since 1995 has practiced in the areas of securities class action litigation, complex litigation and legislative law. Laura has developed a national practice serving as an asset recovery expert, with a focus on minimizing losses suffered by shareholders due to corporate fraud and breaches of fiduciary duty working with hundreds of institutional investors worldwide.
Laura currently serves as Chair of the Los Angeles Women's Division of Israel Bonds, on the The Los Angeles Advisory Council for Israel Bonds, on the National Campaign Council of Israel Bonds, on the the Board of Governors of Cedars Sinai Medical Center, and on the Western Region Board of Directors of the American Friends of Sheba Medical Center. Laura and her husband, Sam Goldfeder, serve on the Board of Directors of Beat the Streets Los Angeles and on the Advisory Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica. As a parent to a UNC Chapel Hill student, Laura serves on the Executive Committee of the UNC Parents Council as Class of 2022 co-chair and on the North Carolina Hillel Board of Directors. As a parent to a USC student, Laura serves on the USC Hillel Board of Directors and Chairs its Antisemitism Task Force.
Laura has also been a supporter and activist in many community organizations including Stand With Us, AIPAC, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles (having served for several years on the PK-12 committee), WIZO, The Zimmer Children's Museum, and The Simon Wiesenthal Center, to name a few. Laura and Sam, a sports agent, reside in Beverly Hills.
Howard Fisher
Howard S. Fisher is a member of the California Bar (Board Certified
Taxation Specialist), and the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn ([London,
England - Student Bencher]). Mr. Fisher studied at the American College In
Paris, and received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern
California in 1973. He studied law at Southwestern University (J.D. 1976), the
University of Cambridge, in England (LL.B. with honours 1977, Corpus Christi
College), and completed post-graduate studies in international business and
taxation at Harvard University Law School (PIL).
Mr. Fisher specializes in representing wealthy entrepreneurs and their families - his practice includes tax planning, business and commercial transactions, real estate transactions, trust/estate litigation and tax controversy. Mr. Fisher has published more than thirty articles, and has spoken at over 140 conferences around the world. He has lectured for the American Bar Association, American Academy of Hospital Attorneys, American Medical Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Cancer Society, California Society of Public Accountants, California State Bar
Association, Florida State Bar Association, International Fiscal Association, International Fiscal Executives, Los Angeles County Bar Association, National Association of Health Care Attorneys, Offshore Investment (Jesus College, Oxford University), University of Notre Dame’s Tax Institute, and
the University of Southern California's Federal Tax Institute, and the World Trade Institute. He has lectured for the Graduate School of Accounting at the University of Southern California on taxation, and for the University of California at Los Angeles on tax and international business.
Mr. Fisher is a past chair of the California State Bar's Taxation Section, past President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, is a past and chair of the Beverly Hills Bar's Taxation Section (twice), a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and is a former secretary of the Western Division of the United States branch of the International Fiscal Association. Additionally, Mr. Fisher is the co-author of It Wasn’t Raining When Noah Built The Ark, a treatise on asset protection, and assisted with revisions for the first two volumes of the five volume treatise on international tax published by Matthew Bender & Co., authored by Rufus v. Rhoades, originally entitled Income Taxation Of Foreign Related Transactions. Mr. Fisher co-founded the U.C.L.A. Tax Disputes Institute.
Mr. Fisher is 69 years old, has been married to Francine Fisher for 43 years, and they have two children, Alexander (38), and Merrick (34). Mr. Fisher is active in civic and community matters. He is currently the elected Treasurer of the City of Beverly Hills, and has previously been the Chair of the City’s Planning Commission and Public Works Commission, and served on the Beverly Hills Traffic & Parking Commission. He has been rated in The Top 100 lawyers in Southern California.
Amie Sherry
My name is Amie Sherry and I was born and raised in Beverly Hills. I was fortunate to marry my husband Dean who also grew up here and together we are raising our two boys Jack, 12 and Beau, 7 in this wonderful city. I own and operate my own interior design firm Amie Sherry Designs and absolutely love what I do. For me doing anything creative makes me happy, from cooking, arranging florals and gardening, fashion styling or art projects.
I feel lucky to live in this community, send our children to such incredible public schools and a temple that we’ve grown with and feel supported by, so whatever free time I have I spend volunteering. Being able to teach our boys that it is not enough to live a fortunate life but paying it forward is the reward in all of it. Currently I’m Vice Chair of the Recreation and Park Commission for the City of Beverly Hills as well as a committee member for the Don Reynolds Scholarship Fund which helps the children of our BHFD live out their dreams and passions.
I’m grateful to my parents Bernie and Nancy Nebenzahl for modeling philanthropy and service to others as second nature to being a global citizen.
Justin Hall
Justin Hall is Chief Operating Officer of Zooz Group including Head of Operations for the North American arm of the business. ZOOZ Group is a leading global social media and influencer management agency, the largest of its kind in Australia. ZOOZ Group forms close partnerships with client brands in order to understand and engage powerful influencers that hold extensive global audience reach.
Prior to joining Zooz, Justin held the role of General Manager of Zanity USA digital marketing agency which is an industry leader in online business, eCommerce web systems, search engine optimization, online marketing and web development & design. In this role, Justin developed partnerships for Zanity USA including the digital partner for the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Beverly Hills.
Prior to joining Zanity, Justin was in the professional services industry with KPMG's Sydney office for six years as a senior accountant.
Since 2016, Justin has also held the role of President of the Los Angeles Dragons Australian Football Club. Justin holds a Bachelor of Business, with a major in Accounting & International Business, from the University of Technology, Sydney.
Jeannie Marks
Jeanne Schnitzer Marks holds a BA degree from Lewis & Clark College, (1970) and a MS, Special Education, from Portland State University, (1972). She worked at a private reading clinic in Portland, Oregon for ten years and was the President for five of those years; she then migrated to Los Angeles in 1982. In Los Angeles, Jeanne served as an organizational consultant for over twelve years. She then
worked for FTA, in Beverly Hills, (1994-1999), in all aspects of organization, fundraising, consensus building and consulting. Jeanne is a Board member and Development Chair of Tower Cancer Research Foundation. She is a member of CSI of The Jewish Federation. She is also on the Beverly Hills Police Chief’s
Advisory Panel and active with the Beverly Hills Fire Department.
From 2008-2010 she was Co-Chair of Today's and Tomorrow's Children's Fund at Mattel UCLA Children's Hospital where she is still a member. She was a founding member , and a current member, of the Circle of Giving for the Women's Health Center at OHSU/Oregon Heath Sciences University. Jeanne was a Director of Schnitzer Investment Company from 1993-2005 and now sits on the
Board of MMGL as a non-voting Board member.
Noah Etessami
Noah Etessami is the son of Dr. Hiri Etessami and Dr. Jacqueline Etessami. He was born on August 23rd, 1997 and has lived in Beverly Hills his entire life. He attended Crossroads School from Kindergarten through 12th grade, graduating in 2015. From Crossroads, Noah attended USC’s Marshall School of Business, graduating in 2019. During his four years at Marshall, Noah was involved in many clubs/organizations, served on the school’s Interfraternity Council, and was an analyst for the school’s Venture Capital Fund. Currently, Noah works for Israel Investment Fund Group, an LA based Venture Capital and Private Equity firm that invests solely in Israeli companies. Prior to IIFG, Noah worked at Navigate Ventures, an LA based growth fund that invests in later stage enterprise software companies.
Noah is an active citizen of the city, and in 2018 he helped establish the Beverly Hills Incubator subcommittee of the Next Beverly Hills committee. At the beginning of 2020, he was appointed as the Chair of the Incubator subcommittee, which he served as until early this year. He is now the Co-Chair of the Business and Economic Impact subcommittee.
Noah was a member of the steering committee of Dr. Gold’s recent re-election campaign. He also spends time helping Jewish causes dear to him, such as his synagogue, and the Jewish Federation, where he was involved in the JTech initiative before Coronavirus put a pause to its events.
