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Mark Lain Venardi
Orinda, CA Attorney with 29 years of experience
Employment, Maritime and Personal Injury
UC Hastings COL
Mark Venardi was born in 1962 in Seattle, Washington. He was raised in Peoria, IL, a Midwest blue collar town. He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and proudly served from 1980 through 1985. He spent the first two years on a sea going tug performing search and rescue and marine law enforcement from the Grand Banks to the Windward Passage aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tamaroa, which was the Coast Guard vessel that performed the rescue in “The Perfect Storm.”
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Thomas Theodore McCormick
Orinda, CA Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Business
University of San Francisco School of Law and U of San Francisco School of Law
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Manuel Alzamora Juarez
Berkeley, CA Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationLandlord Tenant and Personal Injury
San Francisco Law School
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El Abogado Manuel A. Juarez representa a inquilinos con problemas de viviendas inhabitables o mal mantenidas. Manuel A. Juarez es el Abogado de Derechos de Inquilinos con problemas de plomería, desagüe, aguas estancadas, incendios, invasion de ratas, chinches, cucarachas y de viviendas sin calentón en el este de San Francisco.
El Abogado Manuel Juarez también litiga lesiones causadas por la caída de techos húmedos y defectuosos. Si Ud. tiene lesiones causadas por pedazos de su techo, o ha sufrido una caida en el piso de su ducha o su vivienda esta infestada con...
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Sharon Adams
BERKELEY, CA Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationTrademarks
University of California - Davis
Adams Law Office specializes in providing practical trademark advice to established and emerging companies. Specialties include: filing US trademark applications, filing foreign trademark applications, responding to USPTO office actions, and filing trademark renewals and maintenance documents.
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Vincent Tong
Oakland, CA Attorney with 12 years of experience
Business, Communications, Employment and Trademarks
Santa Clara University School of Law
Vincent Tong is an award winning, community oriented lawyer. He is the founder of TONG LAW, an employment business law firm located in beautiful downtown Oakland, California. Vincent exclusively represents employees in employment litigation and businesses in business-to-business disputes. In his business transactions practice, Vincent counsels individuals on forming and growing their social ventures. Connect with Vincent online at www.tong-law.com.
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Kelly Elizabeth Balamuth
Moraga, CA Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of California, Davis, School of Law
If you become my client, I will care about you and fight on your behalf so that you can focus on getting better. I have been fighting insurance companies since 1994 on behalf of real people, like you. My firm is not a "mill" where cases are churned through like a factory. Each client is important and receives the benefit of my attention, concern, and experience.
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Antone F. Johnson
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Communications, Entertainment & Sports and Securities
Columbia Law School
For 24 years, Antone Johnson has served as lawyer, advisor, executive and advocate for emerging growth technology/digital media ventures, founders and investors in a diverse range of business and intellectual property matters. Raised in Menlo Park and Palo Alto, California, suffused with Silicon Valley's unique culture of innovation, he came of age professionally during the Internet explosion of the late 1990s, an entrepreneurial crucible of unprecedented wealth and job creation, reinvention of countless industries, and related venture capital and Wall Street dealmaking. Antone was fortunate to have a ringside seat at major Los Angeles and Silicon Valley law firms, followed...
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Mr. James Michael O'Neil III
Berkeley, CA Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Estate Planning and Probate
University of San Francisco School of Law
As the principal of the Law Offices of James O'Neil, James O’Neil has narrowed his primary focus to estate planning and estate administration. After graduating cum laude from the University of San Francisco School of Law, he served as an intern for the Honorable A. James Roberston II in the San Francisco Superior Court. After working in law firms from 2009 through 2019, James launched the Law Offices of James O'Neil. His mission is to guide his clients through the complex estate planning and trust and estate administration. He has helped hundreds of clients plan for their futures and manage...
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Lynn Margaret Sherrell
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 39 years of experience
Business, Consumer, Estate Planning and Insurance Claims
Golden Gate University School of Law
Lynn Sherrell is in solo-practice in Berkeley California, following a dozen years in San Francisco law firms practicing personal injury, products' liability and worker's compensation law. Lynn has achieved a Specialization in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law of the State Bar of California Department of Legal Specialization. Lynn is client oriented and serves individuals, families, small businesses and small owner investors in many aspects of civil law and litigation. When you need an advocate on your side, get a woman on your case. Lynn is a graduate of Golden Gate University Law School with an emphasis in public interest...
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Whitney Eve Stein
San Francisco, CA Attorney with 26 years of experience
(408) 529-6706
50 California Street
Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94111
Free ConsultationBusiness
Texas A&M University School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center
Former Big Law complex commercial litigator turned transactional attorney supporting some of the world’s most recognized brands, with additional specialties in privacy, insurance, and risk management, I have decided to move back into private practice to offer clients a way forward in the increasingly complex business operations and financial environment. I now support clients providing goods and services of all types by guiding the build-out of privacy and compliance functions, providing targeted training, driving value in commercial transactions both directly on a transaction basis and through the development of targeted playbooks, and assisting in the management of insurance claims...
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Prerna Lal
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 8 years of experience
Immigration and Tax
The George Washington University Law School
A monumental civil rights advocate, Attorney Prerna Lal pioneered a robust network of highly-organized and diverse undocumented youth with digital engagement capacity, and fought against the deportations of immigrant community members. This model of organizing spurred immigration organizations across the country to fight against deportations, and laid the groundwork for the Obama Administration’s “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)” program. For this, Attorney Lal received awards and recognition in the community, including the Changemaker of the Year award from the South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT). ABC News has listed Lal as among the “Top 20 Immigration Experts to Follow...
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Joseph Odysseus Mastro
Berkeley, CA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and Traffic Tickets
Santa Clara University School of Law
Mr. Mastro was born in Oakland, grew up around the East Bay, and has spent his life living throughout the Bay Area, from San Francisco to San Jose. Mr. Mastro graduated from the Santa Clara University School of Law in May 2006. He then passed the California State Bar Examination in July 2006 on his first attempt. Thereafter, Mr. Mastro became a Deputy Public Defender in San Joaquin County, representing clients in all manner of criminal cases, in a high-volume capacity. In 2009, Joe decided to return home to open his own law firm. Since then...
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Myron Moskovitz
Piedmont, CA Lawyer with 58 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.
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Ronak N Ray
San Francisco, CA Lawyer with 12 years of experience
(408) 529-6706
50 California Street
Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94111
Free ConsultationBusiness
DePaul College of Law and DePaul College of Law
As an experienced General Counsel with two stints at late-stage growth companies, Ronak Ray leads all legal matters for maturing businesses. He supported TaskUs’ board as corporate secretary and 18,000 people globally while managing to close a $500 million transaction with Blackstone before joining another scaling technology company at Pantheon as their General Counsel. Most recently, Ronak was appointed as Executive Managing Director of modCounsel to support growth companies for concierge in-house legal services from early stage to publicly listed businesses.
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Valerie Kraml
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 13 years of experience
2625 Alcatraz Ave
319
Berkeley, CA 94705
Free ConsultationAppeals, Business, Estate Planning and Family
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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David L. Roth
Oakland, CA Attorney with 44 years of experience
Business, Construction, Real Estate and Stockbroker Fraud
University of California Hastings College of the Law
Real Estate Law Offices of David L. Roth. Highest rating AV by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Co-author, Chap. 10, California Easements And Boundaries: Law And Litigation (CEB). Author, Chap. 1, "Easements," Neighbor Disputes: Law & Litigation (CEB) Practice areas include: Commercial Landlord/Tenant; Boundary and Easement Disputes; Title, Partition, Quiet Title, Adverse Possession, Prescriptive Easements; Construction Defect and Mechanics Lien lawsuits; Premises Liability and Injuries; Purchase/Sale Transactions and Litigation; Deeds of Trust; Real Estate Fraud.
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Derek M. Wagley
Lafayette, CA Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning and Real Estate
John F. Kennedy University
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Stuart Milton Flashman
Oakland, CA Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationEnvironmental
New Coll of CA School of Law
I have been in solo private practice representing plaintiffs in the areas of environmental, land use, and elections law for almost thirty years. My clients are usually local environmental groups, neighborhood associations, homeowner associations, and occasionally individuals or government agencies. In addition to my law degree (New College of Calif., 1990) have undergraduate and masters of science degrees in biology from Brown University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Harvard University. I spent ten years working as a researcher in agricultural biotechnology before doing a career change and getting my law degree.
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Angela N Bryant
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 12 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
University of California - Davis
My approach to each family law case is specifically tailored to the needs of each client. Some cases require aggressive litigation, while other times, settlement is the best (and cheapest) choice for all involved. As your attorney, you can expect me to give you guidance based on the law, and to be transparent with you about your options. My role is to advise you, but not to make decisions for you. I enjoy partnering with my clients to get them their desired outcome. I am also very responsive to client communication. I pride myself on keeping you...
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Daniel Horowitz
Lafayette, CA Attorney with 42 years of experience
Criminal Defense and Health Care
Southwestern University School of Law and Boston University School of Law
Courtroom trial lawyer and television legal commentator. Daniel Horowitz is a "Top 100 Trial Lawyer" and a certified Specialist in criminal law. (See website for the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization.)
Daniel Horowitz and Charles Bond provide physician specific legal services including license defense, peer review representation and physician specifc contract law.
Daniel Horowitz has taught trial law as a law school professor and published in many legal journals on topics as broad as trial evidence, trial motions and real property law.
Horowitz is often retained as a trial lawyer in cases that were expected...
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Ariel Winger
Oakland, CA Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce and Family
New College of California
Before starting my family law practice, I worked for 5 years at a non-profit, where I successfully litigated in court on behalf of survivors of domestic violence and their children. I obtained Temporary and Permanent Restraining Orders, Child Visitation and Custody Orders, as well as Child Support.
Since 2007, I have offered amicable, uncontested divorce and separation options for those who want to stay out of court, including high conflict and complex cases involving domestic violence, substance abuse and mental illness. I provide services as a Mediator (neutral third party), Collaborative Divorce attorney (using a team approach),...
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Autumn HajMohammad
Oakland, CA Lawyer
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Autumn HajMohammad is a California native. She completed her B.A. in Public Policy at California State University, Bakersfield, while working for a State Senator. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento. She graduated with honors and was granted membership into the prestigious Traynor Honor Society.
Prior to opening her own firm, Ms. HajMohammad worked for the Kern County Public Defender's Office where she defended clients charged with misdemeanors and felonies. She also successfully represented clients convicted of homicide and sex offenses seeking habeas relief.
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Arlene Kostant
Lafayette, CA Attorney with 45 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Eric Francis Pierson
Oakland, CA Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
Stanford University
Eric Pierson is a practical and results-oriented generalist attorney with over twenty years of law firm and in-house experience and a proven track record of success as a strategic business partner and trusted advisor.
Eric has deep expertise in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors in general corporate matters, commercial transactions, labor and employment and crisis management, along with strong experience in litigation, intellectual property, antitrust, environmental, compliance, product liability, artificial intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity and ediscovery. He is fluent in cross-border issues and diverse business cultures and offers exceptional communication, presentation and training skills.
Prior to starting his own firm, Eric spent...
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Joshua J. Schroeder
Oakland, CA Attorney with 8 years of experience
Appeals, Civil Rights, IP and Immigration
Lewis & Clark Law School
Joshua J. Schroeder owns and operates SchroederLaw, a law firm located in Oakland, California that is focused on constitutional law at the intersection of intellectual property, immigration law, and social justice. We opened our doors right before the pandemic in 2020, and have been rolling with the punches ever since. Our story, like so many these days, is one of resilience and perseverance in unprecedented times.
In the pandemic, and during the transition of power after January 6, 2020, we never lost sight of our purpose. That purpose is to bring the best services to our clients...
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Stephen L. Moses
Moraga, CA Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Consumer
Syracuse University College of Law
Stephen offers experienced business and legal counseling to individuals and corporations throughout the Bay Area, including: (1) Business litigation and dispute resolution services involving misappropriation of trade secrets, non-compete/solicitation agreements, mechanics lien and payment bond claims, commercial leases, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent misrepresentation and unfair, unlawful or fraudulent business practices (Bus. & Prof. C. sec. 17200); (2) Construction contracting; (3) Intellectual Property licensing and distribution; and (4) E-commerce, website terms of use, privacy policies and data protection and security.
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Katherine Parsons Dwight
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 16 years of experience
Criminal Defense and Immigration
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
Katherine has 11 years experience practicing immigration law and vacating convictions for immigrants with criminal convictions. She is also a member of the public attorney panel for the Sixth District Court of Appeal, handling appeals for criminal defendants who cannot afford to hire attorneys for themselves. Katherine is a zeolous advocate for each and every one of her clients.
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Scott Pesetsky
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 24 years of experience
Estate Planning
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
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Michael Geller
Lafayette, CA Attorney with 2 years of experience
Administrative, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and Personal Injury
Santa Clara University School of Law and University of Southern California
Michael Geller grew up in San Francisco, CA. He attended the University of Southern California for his undergraduate studies, the City University of New York for his medical training, and Santa Clara University School of Law for his legal education.
Michael started his legal career as an intern at the Solano County District Attorney's Office. He was later trained by a nationally renowned Personal Injury attorney and mentored by a Certified Family Law Specialist. He then opened The Geller Firm to help with Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, and Family Law. He concentrates his work on car accidents, DUI defense, and domestic...
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Gopal Shah
Berkeley, CA Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Immigration
Golden Gate University School of Law
We are a boutique Immigration Law Firm based in Berkeley, CA. We provide personalized and efficient U.S. Immigration legal services to Individuals, Families, Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Small Businesses throughout the United States.
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Kevin John Stewart
Oakland, CA Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
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Laura Nicolle Cowger
Oakland, CA Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Administrative, Business and IP
UCLA School of Law
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Erich Gerard Keefe
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 20 years of experience
Immigration
New Coll of CA School of Law
Erich Keefe is a former social worker, whose immigration practice is an extension of those values and goals. His practice focuses on asylum seekers, VAWA self-petitioners, U Visa applicants, green card applicants, and others facing immigration court proceedings.
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Alexander Bonilla
Berkeley, CA Lawyer with 9 years of experience
2001 Addison St
Suite 300
Berkeley, CA 94704
Workers' Comp
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Trevor Caldwell Thorpe
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 25 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Martin Ross Sances
Lafayette, CA Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationUniv of Wisconsin Law School
Areas of Expertise
Business advice and counseling
Contract drafting and review
Corporate structure and transactions
Licensing and regulation
Employment and labor negotiation
Insurance coverage and claims handling
Education
B.A., Colgate University, 1991
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1994
Martin is an experienced business attorney who facilitates transactions while minimizing the risks and pitfalls facing his clients. Martin takes a “can-do” approach to legal problems that focuses on crafting deals through an integrative and value creating process rather than conflict.
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Alex Verbeck
Berkeley, CA Lawyer
Criminal Defense, Divorce, Family and Landlord Tenant
Lewis & Clark Law School
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Suzanne Adele Luban
Oakland, CA Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
UCLA School of Law
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Alden Jay Knisbacher
Oakland, CA Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Civil Rights, Employment and Probate
Georgetown Univ Law Ctr
Alden Knisbacher has represented clients in the Bay Area and across California since 1994. He has litigated hundreds of cases in various areas of law including employment, real estate, contract and business disputes, probate disputes, civil rights and other matters.
Mr. Knisbacher is a Georgetown Law graduate.
When not practicing law he can be found hiking, biking, running or cycling with his two children. Or, perhaps, playing with their pet bunny, Bobby.