SEPTEMBER 2016 Exclusively serving the residents and neighborhoods South of the Boulevard to Mulholland Drive Business Profile: Sterling Defense... pg. 4 September Calendar... pg. 9 Take a New Spin With SoloCicla ... pg. 10 MEET COVER PHOTO BY THE EPPOLITOS MAXX & ME PHOTOGRAPHY page 6 From The Publisher Welcome to the September issue of Studio City Neighbors! We’re happy and excited to announce that our page count will be growing in the next few months. This means more September • 2016 custom content and relevant material just for you, as this publication is all about your community: the families and folks in the great neighborhoods and the shops and businesses PUBLICATION TEAM in the area. This private publication could not be possible without our growing list of Publisher: Daniel Lewin sponsors and advertisers. 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Member SIPC (08/15) 15260 Ventura Blvd. Suite 940 | Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 2 SEPTEMBER 2016 STUDIO CITY NEIGHBORS 3 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K BUSINESS PROFLIE: JUSTIN E. STERLING / STERLING DEFENSE Doing His Hometown Justice By Elyse Glickman Grand Opening obody gets tired of stories about the hometown boy making good in his life and career, especially when Rugs & Furniture - Now In Sherman Oaks Nit comes to actors and athletes. However, Studio City-bred defense attorney Justin Sterling has dedicated his life to doing good work in the legal realm, the courtroom, and in raising his kids with wife Alissa Sterling. LIVING ROOM • BEDROOM • DINING ROOM “Although I left Los Angeles to attend college and to set down professional roots, Studio City is where my parents for criminal. Whether it’s arguing a case to a jury or resolving a are,” he says. “I intentionally moved back to Studio City to start a client’s case quickly and discreetly, he defines his approach to family after criminal practice through his stalwart commitment to his clients. a couple of years in the Hollywood Hills. The wonderful thing For him, it’s about being a positive force in his client’s life and about Studio City is that it is not your typical, cookie cutter helping them through a very difficult time. community. It has urban sophistication and diversity, with the “Studio City is a great home base because I am uniquely space and family friendliness of a suburb. Aesthetically, the connected with people all over town, and can easily keep a pulse neighborhoods are all-American and yet have a lot of diversity on the communities and people I serve,” says Sterling. “There with people from all parts of the world and walks of life.” is easy access to many important streets and highways that Sterling met Alissa, a connect people to fellow lawyer, during “From a business standpoint, Studio City is a great home base because other parts of town, their first jobs at the from Downtown, Los Angeles County I am uniquely connected with people all over town, and can easily to Beverly Hills Public Defender’s to the Beache Office when they keep a pulse on the communities and people I serve,” says Sterling. communities. There were fresh out of law is also its unusual school and trial attorneys for the office. They married in 2011 on advantage of having both great public and private schools. On the beach in Mexico. While she still works at the county Public the adult date night side of things, my wife and I love the fact Defender’s Office, Justin transitioned into private practice in 2011, that there are many great restaurants and the dining and nightlife and he continues to make a name for himself running his own scenes are really coming into its own.” practice. He has offices in the Valley and Beverly Hills. Inside and outside the courtroom, Justin and Alissa have built a After years of trial work within the public sector, Sterling went solid case for Studio City being the perfect place into private practice, via the Law Offices of Justin E. Sterling, to to achieve a perfect life-work balance. bring top tier legal representation to individuals and businesses facing criminal prosecution. Through his network of contacts To learn more about legal services offered by within the City curated during his years at the Public Defender’s the Law Offices of Justin E. Sterling, call 747- office, he offers his clients access to the best investigators, experts, 233-3663 or write [email protected]. and legal professionals, making him one of the go-to lawyers New Store! nwrugs.com Sherman Oaks 14564 Ventura Blvd (818) 386-7847 Agoura Hills 28610 Canwood St (818) 706-3333 3 location in Portland, OR, - (503) 682-7847 • Las Vegas, NV - (702) 737-7847 Monday - Saturday: 10AM to 7PM - Sunday: 11AM to 6PM 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 STUDIO CITY NEIGHBORS 5 The couple renovated their We met many of our friends among the parents at Campbell Hall, Studio City home into while our block is full of Campbell Hall families. Today, we have an a comfy, warm and active group that works together to make sure the trails are safe, and welcoming home fire prevention is in place, and other measures are being taken for blending elements the benefit of local families. Our neighborhood society (Studio City of Cape Cod and Homeowner’s Association) is incredible.” Tuscany. It is full of warm woods, “I’ve always appreciated the sense of community,” affirms Jim. overstuffed couches, “My kids are able to get a great education close by, and so many of big pillows and their friends and their families live close enough for us to see them touches of jewel-toned regularly. It gives us a very small town feeling in a sometimes big and accents that served as even daunting city.” the perfect home base Cindy, a former operations manager for MAC Cosmetics, has for them and their children. been a full-time mom since Nicholas’ birth and kept herself active Sophia, 19 and a Campbell Hall as a Campbell Hall parent. She is also member of the Studio City alumnus, just completed her first year Neighborhood Association. Jim, meanwhile, has also been hands-on at Boston University. Nicholas, 15, is entering 9th grade at Campbell with the community through the resources at his firm, West Coast Hall. From Sophia’s kindergarten year forward, the school has Music, which books bands for parties and events. He’s planned the evolved into an extension of their family as well as a fantastic support annual Campbell Hall fundraising concert since 2002, and it helps that system. When the teens spent winters in a ski-and-education program he knew many of his neighbors from past weddings and corporate in Mammoth, CA, taking their taking their Campbell Classes to events years before he and Cindy moved into the neighborhood.