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Jason G. Pink
Modesto, CA Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Estate Planning
Concord Law School
Jay Pink is an attorney who works with businesses and families on estate planning, and business law matters. Having his CPA license, and working in multiple family businesses over his career has positioned him to provide valuable insight on successful business operations. He has formed many entities - LLC's, Corps Partnerships and non-profit organizations.
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Carter Zinn
Mill Valley, CA Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Since its opening, The Zinn Law Firm has resolved by settlement, trial or arbitration over 200 cases in their clients’ favor, and has obtained tens of millions of dollars on behalf of its injured clients. Mr. Zinn has developed into one of the most well-regarded and sought after trial lawyers representing injured persons in the Bay Area.
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Paul DeAngelis
San Francisco, CA Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
Boston University
Paul DeAngelis practices in the San Francisco Bay Area. He concentrates on real estate matters, including litigating buyer and seller disputes arising from transactions, neighbor and HOA disputes, and broker defense issues. He also provides transaction and counseling services to buyers and sellers, to property owners to resolve neighbor and HOA disputes, and to brokers and agents regarding risk management and BRE compliance issues. The information in this profile and any reviews or endorsements do not constitute a guarantee, warranty or prediction regarding the outcome of any legal representation. It is a communication within Rules of Professional Conduct of...
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Maya K. Grey
Martinez, CA Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Divorce and Family
University of San Francisco School of Law
I am a Certified Family Law Specialist, accredited by the California State Bar. With a deep commitment to helping individuals navigate some of life’s most challenging and emotional moments, I excel in providing personalized, compassionate, and practical solutions.
My expertise lies in one-on-one consultations, where I support clients in a variety of situations, from mediation and second opinions to those looking to handle family law matters independently. I also assist clients with pre-marital and post-marital agreements and handle all aspects of divorce, legal separation, and parentage actions—including child custody, child support, spousal support, and complex property division. I firmly believe that...
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John T. Kontrabecki
San Francisco, CA Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Construction, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
Cornell University
As an attorney and financier with over three decades of experience, I have been advising companies on various aspects of real estate transactions. My work includes forming legal entities, establishing joint ventures, handling property acquisitions and sales, conducting due diligence, managing land use planning and entitlements, ensuring environmental compliance, and dealing with both secured and unsecured financing. Additionally, I am well-versed in construction contracts, litigation, and arbitration.
I am transaction-oriented and have significant experience in handling a broad spectrum of commercial contracts. My skills include reviewing, drafting, and negotiating joint venture agreements, development agreements, construction contracts, public utility agreements, vendor agreements,...
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Alan Adelman
San Francisco, CA Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
For over twenty years I have focused my entire legal practice on exclusively representing employees in a wide variety of employment matters, including wrongful terminations, unpaid wages, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, defamation and severance negotiations. I handle all lawsuits on a contingency fee basis, meaning that I do not charge a fee in a litigation if I do not secure a recovery on behalf of my client. I have advocated on behalf of several hundred employees in State and Federal Court and have completed nearly twenty trials.
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Robin D. Gross
San Francisco, CA Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports, Family, IP and Trademarks
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Steven Aaron Kronenberg
San Francisco, CA Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Consumer, Employment, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Temple Univ School of Law
Mr. Kronenberg's practice focuses on: - Catastrophic Injury: including representing people who consumed food allergens or pathogens, as well as workers who used defectively designed or manufactured food processing equipment, victims of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord trauma, nerve damage, and severe orthopedic injuries arising from construction accidents, industrial accidents, dangerous premises, auto accidents, wrongful death, governmental or public entity liability, and professional negligence. Mr. Kronenberg has more than a decade of experience litigating personal injury and product liability cases from their inception through trial and appeal. - Consumer Protection: litigating class action claims arising from...
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Michael Douglas Goforth
Concord, CA Attorney with 45 years of experience
Free ConsultationConstruction, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Western State University College of Law and University of California, Berkeley School of Law
For the past 45 years, I have dedicated my legal career to representing individuals in Northern California who have suffered catastrophic injuries. My practice areas include workers' compensation, industrial accidents, death claims, orthopedic injuries, amputations, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Ryan Michael Hafey
Concord, CA Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Immigration
UCLA School of Law
Ryan Hafey is a dedicated attorney whose career reflects a strong foundation in both academic achievement and practical legal experience, guided by a deep commitment to social justice.
He began his legal career at The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, where he supported the Department of Airports’ legal team. Ryan later turned his attention to immigration law, working on complex asylum and deportation matters at a large firm in downtown San Francisco. He served clients from India, Nepal, and Central America, developing a reputation for skillful advocacy.
In 2021, Ryan joined a San Leandro law firm where he continued his work on...
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Jeffrey Nadrich
Hayward, CA Attorney with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationAsbestos, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Jeffrey Nadrich is a successful and nationally-recognized personal injury lawyer specializing in all aspects of personal injury, mostly: Auto accidents, Motorcycle accidents, Bicycle accidents, Truck accidents, Dog bite injuries, and Wrongful Death cases.
Mr. Nadrich is a 1972 graduate of the University of California Berkeley. He is also a 1975 graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Mr. Nadrich was admitted to the California State Bar in 1976.
Mr. Nadrich is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Forum, STLA, AAJ, CAALA, LACBA, ABA, and many other prestigious legal organizations. Nadrich Accident Injury...
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Stephen R. Jaffe
San Francisco, CA Attorney with 54 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation and Employment
Wayne State University Law School
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Emily M De Falla
Danville, CA Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Divorce and Family
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Divorce doesn’t have to be a costly and painful battle. Mediator and Collaborative Divorce attorney Emily M. De Falla guides couples toward a cooperative, respectful divorce. By honoring both parties’ priorities, she can help you get around roadblocks and craft sensible solutions. The results are lower costs, equitable results, and healthier, happier kids.
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Eleanor K. Southers
Santa Cruz, CA Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationUniversity of La Verne College of Law
I am the owner of Professional Legal Coaching. I coach attorneys at all stages of their careers to be more successful and contented. As an Associate and then a Solo for 24 years. I moved into Legal Coaching 9 years ago and now I coach attorneys all over the United States. My book, BE A BETTER LAWYER: A Short Guide to a Long Career has recently been published by the American Bar Association and is available also on Amazon.
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Erica Bansmer
Tracy, CA Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Divorce and Family
University of the Pacific
For over 8 years Mrs. Bansmer has been practicing law and providing legal services in the areas of Divorce and Family Law. She has a degree in economics and psychology from the University of California-Davis. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. She founded Bansmer Law with the strong conviction that clients deserve practical advice with sound legal counsel. At Bansmer Law, compassionate and aggressive legal representation is implemented to produce winning results.
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Brian C. Mathias
Aptos, CA Attorney with 13 years of experience
Brian exclusively represents employees in a wide variety of California employment law matters, including terminations based on illegal discrimination or in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (including disability or health discrimination, failures to accommodate a disability, and pregnancy discrimination), unpaid wages (including unpaid overtime, unpaid rest and meal breaks, or cases of independent contractor misclassification), protected leave law violations (including Pregnancy Disability, California Family Rights Act, baby bonding/ maternity/ paternity leave, and FMLA violations), unlawful harassment (hostile work environment and sexual harassment) and unlawful employment retaliation claims (including whistle-blowing retaliation and workplace safety complaint retaliation)....
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Leslie C. Leone
Burlingame, CA Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Personal Injury
Golden Gate University School of Law
Leslie Leone, principal attorney at Leone Law Firm, is the best California personal injury attorney and employment attorney to help you deal with unreasonable insurance companies and unfair employers so that you can obtain the justice and compensation you deserve.
Leslie Leone began her legal career as a staff attorney for the Teamsters Union and also worked for the Operating Engineer's Union. As a Union attorney she negotiated contracts and grievances for hundreds of Union members. She is also a San Francisco native who attended UC Berkeley and Golden Gate University Law School.
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Elaine Ryzak Fraser
Burlingame, CA Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Divorce, Family and Personal Injury
U of San Francisco School of Law
With more than 25 years experience in family and personal injury law, I bring a seasoned expertise to both the conference room and the courtroom. As an experienced trial lawyer in all phases of litigation, I can successfully navigate diverse disputes across a range of legal areas. My expertise as a collaborative practitioner means that I am equally effective in mediating or negotiating a resolution that, when appropriate, does not involve litigation. I also assist clients as a mediator or a mediation-consulting attorney. I understand that every individual circumstance – every dispute – is unique...
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John Secrest Richards
Danville, CA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
Golden Gate University School of Law
J.R. Richards' practice focuses on developing long term client relationships representing their interests in both transactional matters and in civil litigation. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants primarily in real estate and business disputes and has successfully litigated cases through dispositive motion, trial and settlement in state and federal courts. J.R. prepares each case to achieve a favorable judgment by trial or before trial, and when in the best interest of the client leverages a favorable settlement. Community Involvement: * Coach/Manager for Pre-K/K softball team the Purple Puppies 2016. * Coach/Manager for the Danville...
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Jeffrey Loew
San Mateo, CA Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Estate Planning and Probate
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
As a litigation attorney, Mr. Loew’s primary areas of practice include trust and estate litigation (including will and trust contests), fiduciary litigation, and financial elder abuse actions.
Mr. Loew is certified as a Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law by the State Bar of California’s Board of Legal Specialization, a title held by less than half of one percent of practicing attorneys in California, and by only about three percent of estate planning attorneys.
In addition to the areas described above, Mr. Loew is the founding President of the San Mateo County Law Library Foundation, helping provide access to...
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Alex Megeredchian
San Francisco, CA Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, Divorce and Personal Injury
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Alex Megeredchian is the founder and president of Megeredchian Law, a rapidly growing California law firm. At the age of 18, Alex litigated his own disputed liability auto accident case and won. His passion for the American judicial system drove him to earn his law degree from Loyola Law School and gain admittance to the state bar. Shortly thereafter, Alex founded Megeredchian Law, where he helps injured California accident victims earn just compensation.
Megeredchian Law strives to offer exceptional client service. You can call and speak to your personal injury attorney 24/7, 365 days of the year. You'll be provided...
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Stanley Dale Radtke
San Leandro, CA Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Appeals, Criminal Defense, Immigration and Social Security Disability
University of San Francisco School of Law
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Ivette Santaella
San Ramon, CA Attorney with 35 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning, IP and Probate
American University
You’ve spent your life building your wealth. And no matter how large or how modest – protecting your assets matters.
Ivette Santaella understands that estate planning may seem daunting. You might feel uncomfortable talking about what happens after death. Or maybe you’re worried that you don’t understand the laws well enough. Santaella Law Group, APC is here to guide you through your concerns and make estate planning easy.
Ivette has more than 30 years of experience talking her clients through their goals, translating and helping them navigate the law, and working with them to come up with a solid plan for...
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Stephen W. Penn
Morgan Hill, CA Attorney with 38 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Glendale College of Law
Stephen W. Penn is a Certified Family Law Specialist who has been in private practice since 1991. He received a Bachelor of Science from California State University, Los Angeles and his law degree from Glendale College of Law. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University, Master of Science in Taxation from Golden Gate University and Master of Arts from John F. Kennedy University in Counseling Psychology.
Prior to commencing his legal career, Mr. Penn served as Vice Chancellor of the West Valley-Mission Community College District and Director of Finance and Chief Business Officer of California State University...
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Laura M Mazza
San Mateo, CA Attorney with 16 years of experience
(650) 378-1472
Bain Mazza & Debski LLP
951 Mariner's Island Blvd. Ste. 300
San Mateo, CA 94404
Free ConsultationEmployment and Personal Injury
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Laura received her undergraduate degree in 2003 from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, graduating Summa Cum Laude and with distinction in her major (English). After graduation, Laura went on to work as a paralegal at Latham & Watkins, LLP, in their Silicon Valley offices and later attended U.C. Hastings College of the Law, graduating with her J.D. in 2008. While at Hastings, Laura was the Executive Articles Editor of the Hastings Women's Law Journal and recipient of the Roger J. Traynor Student Writing Competition Award for her Note "On the Steps of the Mosque: the Legal Rights of Non-Marital Children...
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Mahal Rufina Montoya Billingsley
San Leandro, CA Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
University of Iowa
Mahal is a family law attorney based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She began her practice in 2014, having spent the previous fourteen years as a law clerk, educator, and paralegal specialist for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Her law practice integrates her passion for civil rights and her love for community.
Mahal was born in Vallejo, and after a series of family tragedies enrolled herself in the tenth grade at Oakland Technical High School. She was legally emancipated as a minor the following spring. These childhood experiences inspired her to become an attorney and...
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Thomas Edward McKeever
San Francisco, CA Attorney with 30 years of experience
(415) 797-7250
1 Sansome Street, 35th Floor
PMB #2450,
San Francisco, CA 94104
Business
Stanford Law School
Solving business problems from a legal perspective for technology companies.
I have served as a trusted advisor to boards and C-suites in private and public companies for more than 15 years including more than 9 years at Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ:BIRT) as its SVP, GC, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Development until the sale of Actuate to OpenText, Inc in 2015.
I have particular expertise with M&A, governance, managing litigation and operational process and policy improvement. A consistent strong performer, I was a securities litigator at Wilson Sonsini and Heller Ehrman and a law clerk at the Federal District Court for the...
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Claribel Palacios Maduena
Alameda, CA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Immigration
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Ms. Madueña is an expert immigration lawyer in the Bay Area handling a wide range of immigration matters, including complex cases with criminal issues. The bulk of her practice focuses on family-based immigration and removal defense. She has successfully argued for the release of clients in immigration detention, and has obtained Adjustment of Status, Asylum, and Cancellation of Removal for her clients against the government in Immigration Court. Ms. Madueña has also obtained Lawful Permanent Residency, Asylum, Naturalization, NACARA, and Waivers before the immigration office. Notably, when she was a first-year associate, Ms. Madueña presented a complex criminal and...
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Ian M. Cooper
Oakland, CA Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
University of San Francisco School of Law
Representing injured workers exclusively since 1995.
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Myron Moskovitz
Piedmont, CA Lawyer with 60 years of experience
Appeals
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
California Civil Appeals, State & Federal
Myron Moskovitz served as law clerk to Justice Raymond E. Peters of the California Supreme Court. He is the author of Winning An Appeal (Carolina Academic Press, 4th ed.) and Moskovitz On Appeal (LexisNexis, 2015). He has handled and consulted on many appeals, both in state and federal courts. Although appellate courts reverse in civil cases only about 20% of the time, he has won reversals in more than 70% of his civil cases in which he represented appellants.
He is Professor of Law Emeritus...
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Gene Takagi
San Francisco, CA Attorney with 23 years of experience
Gene Takagi is the managing attorney of NEO Law Group, contributing publisher of the Nonprofit Law Blog, and a part-time lecturer at Columbia University. At NEO, Gene has represented over 800 nonprofit organizations on corporate, tax, and charitable trust law matters. Gene is a popular writer on nonprofit legal topics and has been published by The New York Times, The Nonprofit Quarterly, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Nonprofit Times, Taxation of Exempts, EO Tax Journal, and ALI-ABA. He is also a popular speaker who has presented at conferences for Independent Sector, BoardSource, NAAG/National Association of State Charity Officials, CalNonprofits, the...
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Ernest Christopher Brown
San Francisco, CA Attorney with 47 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Construction, Environmental and Real Estate
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
Ernest C. Brown, ESQ, PE is highly experienced in construction contracts, negotiation, claims preparation, construction litigation, mechanic’s liens, bid protests, public works law and insurance coverage. He has resolved more than 2,500 construction disputes, including complex mediations, arbitrations, litigation, court trials, jury trials, DRB's and other innovative ADR approaches. He is a graduate of MIT in Civil and Environmental Engineering and earned a MS Construction Management and JD from the University of California, Berkeley. He also did graduate coursework at Harvard Law School in International Law. He is a senior construction lawyer and licensed civil engineer. Mr. Brown has...
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Sally J. Elkington
Oakland, CA Lawyer with 35 years of experience
(510) 465-0404
409 13th street, 10th Floor
The Historic Tribune Tower
Oakland, CA 94612
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
New College School of Law of California
Sally is now retired and living in Palm Springs. She is keeping her license active to allow her to do Pro Bono work with local Bar Associations.
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Alan William Sparer
San Francisco, CA Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Real Estate, Securities and Stockbroker Fraud
Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For over 30 years, Mr. Sparer has successfully represented individuals and businesses in litigation involving securities, contract, insurance, real estate, probate, and trust matters. Sparer Law Group (SLG), Mr. Sparer has obtained over $200 million in settlements, judgments, and recoveries on behalf of securities investors. Mr. Sparer also leads an SLG team that has successfully defended financial professionals and investment funds under investigation by the SEC, FINRA, and the California Department of Business Oversight.
SLG regularly helps resolve sensitive and confidential family disputes involving claims of elder abuse or financial misconduct. In the process, Mr. Sparer has successfully...
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Mr. James Michael O'Neil III
San Francisco, CA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning and Probate
University of San Francisco School of Law
I am the principal of the Law Offices of James O'Neil, where I focus on delivering top-notch estate planning and estate administration services. While attending law school, I externed for the Honorable A. James Robertson II at the San Francisco Superior Court, was a member of the USF Law Review and the Intellectual Property Bulletin, won the Cali Award for the Secured Real Estate Transactions class as well as awards in trial advocacy competitions, and a was published author. After gaining valuable experience working in various law firms from 2009 to 2019, I decided to establish my own practice, the...
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Arkady Itkin
San Francisco, CA Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of the Pacific
Since 2007 our office has been dedicated to representing San Francisco and Sacramento area employees and victims of serious injuries in a wide range of employment, wrongful termination and injury cases. Individual approach to each client and each injury or employment case is what distinguishes us from other attorneys, as we recognize that each case is as different as each person who has been either injured or aggrieved by their employer.
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Erik J Christensen
San Francisco, CA Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Appeals, Business and Employment
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and University of California - Irvine
Erik Christensen litigates, and provides counsel on, corporate and employment issues in California and the District of Columbia. His experience includes working as a senior associate at top-ranked global law firms, including Littler Mendelson and Greenberg Traurig.
Before this, Erik externed at the California Supreme Court and the First District Court of Appeal, two of the most prestigious opportunities provided to law students in California. Erik also served as a law clerk for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Victim Impact Program (sometimes referred to as the “Special Victims Unit.”) His experience includes years of service with the 101st Airborne’s...
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Daniel H Rose
San Francisco, CA Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Personal Injury
UC Hastings COL
Mr. Rose is dedicated to providing the best legal representation for injured victims and their families in a compassionate, efficient and effective manner. He is a passionate advocate for his clients and resolves most cases in a matter of months, rather than years. He is most widely known as one of the leading bicycle lawyers, pedestrian lawyers, and motorcycle accident lawyers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Mr. Rose also serves as a Mediator of claims throughout California.
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Robert W. Ottinger Jr.
San Francisco, CA Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Ottinger Employment Lawyers specializes in protecting the rights of employees and fighting injustice in the workplace. For over a decade we have represented current and former employees in their pursuit of fair treatment and compensation. We challenge illegal labor practices in companies of all sizes. We help employees benefit from the rights guaranteed to them under state and federal law.
Our firm handles all aspects of employment law including:
Overtime Pay Recovery
Employment Discrimination
Retaliation
Sexual Harassment
Severance Package Negotiation
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Patricia De Fonte
San Francisco, CA Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationGolden Gate Univ School of Law
I am passionate about providing estate planning services to parents with minor children.
f you don't have an estate plan, please contact me on LinkedIn or through my website for a complimentary call about your estate planning goals. In my relationship-based approach, we will work together to create a plan based on your values and tailored to protect and provide for your loved ones. By the end of our process, I want you to feel confident and prepared.
I consistently work with trusted professionals in insurance, personal finance, mortgage, and real estate, as well as family, intellectual property and corporate formation...