Jean-Paul is an associate at Makarem & Associates. He joined the firm in 2007 after being admitted to the California Bar. Since 2011, Jean-Paul’s practice has focused on protecting employee rights, including employees who have been wrongfully terminated, harassed or discriminated against. Jean-Paul has also litigated wage and hour claims on behalf of employees on an individual and class-wide basis. During his career, Jean-Paul has also litigated cases involving contract disputes, elder abuse, insurance bad faith, personal injury, and professional negligence.

Jean-Paul graduated Magna Cum Laude from Pepperdine University School of Law in May 2006 and was a Dean’s Merit Scholarship recipient for two years. Jean-Paul received the Witkin award for excellence in Torts, and was an Associate Editor on the Pepperdine Law Review journal.

Jean-Paul graduated from the University of California at San Diego in 2003 with a major in Political Science/Public Law, and a Minor in Management Science. Jean-Paul was born and raised in Malibu, CA. Prior to joining Makarem & Associates, Jean-Paul worked as a clerk for the Honorable Haley J. Fromholz at the Los Angeles Superior Court and was a summer associate at Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, LLP in San Diego. Prior to entering law school, Jean-Paul clerked at Senator Barbara Boxer’s Los Angeles office, and was a Men’s and Women’s Varsity Water-Polo coach at Malibu High School.