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David Edward May
Pleasant Hill, CA Attorney with 46 years of experience
(415) 399-3900
2300 Contra Costa Blvd. Suite 320
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Free ConsultationSan Francisco Law School
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Russell Kieth Marne
San Rafael, CA Attorney with 32 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Estate Planning and Probate
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
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Thomas Theodore McCormick
Orinda, CA Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Business
University of San Francisco School of Law and U of San Francisco School of Law
see: www.McCormickBusiness.com
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Peter Jay Bassing
San Rafael, CA Attorney with 51 years of experience
Business, Construction, Elder and Estate Planning
University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall)
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Edward David Barron
Pleasant Hill, CA Lawyer with 27 years of experience
3478 Buskirk Avenue
Suite 150
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Free ConsultationBusiness, Construction and Landlord Tenant
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
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Edward Lewis Blum
Berkley, CA Attorney with 53 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
University of California, Davis, School of Law
45 years experience as litigation and business counsel; 20 years experience as court appointed and private mediator of business and real estate disputes; Martindale AV-rated; SuperLawyers
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Gary Grimm
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 59 years of experience
Environmental
University of California - Los Angeles
Gary Grimm provides affordable and effective legal advice and representation on environmental regulatory matters, with a focus on water quality issues. Prior to establishing his law firm in 1996, Gary spent over 20 years in public service advising and representing multiple government environmental regulatory agencies.
Gary Grimm's extensive public and private sector experience enables him to address complex water quality issues and achieve client goals in a practical and cost-effective manner. He is currently advising and representing businesses, public agencies and individuals on all aspects of water quality regulatory matters before state, local and federal agencies. This advice and representation includes...
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Dennis Anthony Yniguez
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 42 years of experience
Environmental
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
Dennis A. Yniguez is a Registered Consulting Arborist, an International Society of Arboriculture Board Certified Master Arborist, and the principal of Tree Decisions, an arboricultural consulting firm in Berkeley, California. He received B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Mr. Yniguez is a past president of the American Society of Consulting Arborists and has served on their national faculty since 2000. His consulting practice includes tree health and risk assessment, forensic examination and case analysis, insurance claim evaluation, expert trial assistance, and alternative...
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Larry Edward Cook
Walnut Creek, CA Attorney with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Products Liability
John F Kennedy Univ School of Law
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Edward T. Perry
Walnut Creek, CA Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Tax
New York University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Chris Schaefer
San Rafael, CA Lawyer with 53 years of experience
Business, Employment and Real Estate
Lincoln Univ
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Charlotte Hideko Huggins
San Rafael, CA Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Divorce and Family
U of San Francisco School of Law
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Christine Hoburg
San Rafael, CA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Estate Planning and Tax
UC Hastings COL and University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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Maeve Katherine Bergman
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 19 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Real Estate and Tax
Golden Gate University School of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law and University of San Francisco School of Law
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Jonathan Black
Lafayette, CA Attorney with 15 years of experience
3182 Old Tunnel Road
Ste. C
Lafayette, CA 94549
Free ConsultationLandlord Tenant and Real Estate
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Daphne DeMorris Yeldell
Oakland, CA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
San Francisco Law Sch
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Dotty E. LeMieux
San Rafael, CA Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationEnvironmental and Real Estate
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Lisa Mendes
Walnut Creek, CA Attorney with 13 years of experience
(925) 979-5568
1990 N. California Blvd.
Suite 1020
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
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Margaret T. Lehrkind
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 12 years of experience
2625 Alcatraz Ave, #208
Berkeley, CA 94705
Social Security Disability
Willamette University College of Law
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Laurence Oliver Masson
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 45 years of experience
Business and IP
Georgetown University Law Center and Georgetown University Law Center
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Jennifer Jeanne Wiegley
Corte Madera, CA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Employment
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
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Larry Julian Rothstein
Tiburon, CA Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
U of San Francisco School of Law
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Karly Roberson
Tiburon, CA Attorney with 7 years of experience
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Joan Marie Grimes
Walnut Creek, CA Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Bankruptcy and Real Estate
California Western School of Law
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Jim Yu
Walnut Creek, CA Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Personal Injury
Georgetown University Law Center
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Brian Leigh DeWitt
Napa, CA Attorney with 35 years of experience
Real Estate
Stanford Law School
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Robert Michael Harkins Jr
Berkeley, CA Lawyer with 30 years of experience
IP and Patents
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
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Eugene Richard Oreck
Berkeley, CA Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Workers' Comp
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
I graduated from Golden Gate Law school in 1975 and have practiced as a sole practitioner, primarily in the fields of workers' compensation and personal injury since then
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Gerard D Launay
Berkeley, CA Attorney with 47 years of experience
Bankruptcy
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Lance Aaron Hafenstein
Napa, CA Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
UC Hastings COL
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Gregory David Rueb
Concord, CA Attorney with 34 years of experience
Personal Injury
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
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Barry Kent Newman
Fairfield, CA Attorney with 42 years of experience
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence and Juvenile
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Michele Poteracke
Fairfield, CA Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Bankruptcy and Family
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
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Holly Johnson Mattice
Fairfield, CA Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
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Miranda Lathrop Barber
Fairfield, CA Attorney with 23 years of experience
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
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Charles Lewis Gravett III
Napa, CA Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Tax
University of Virginia School of Law, Univ of Virginia School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Melanie Lea Proctor
El Cerrito, CA Attorney with 21 years of experience
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
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Yolita Nowak Lecellier
San Rafael, CA Attorney with 39 years of experience
Business, Employment, Estate Planning and Family
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
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Karen Matcke Crosby
Concord, CA Attorney
Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
Karen Matcke Crosby Attorney / Mediator P.C. 35+ years of legal practice and 15+ years as a mediator.
WHY MEDIATION CAN BE SUPERIOR TO COURT
By Karen Matcke Crosby (2021)
Court litigation exposes parties to great public exposure, expense and long delays in court proceedings. Litigants have little or no control over the procedural process. How a dispute arose in the first place, is given short shrift, failing to consider the parties’ intentions, experience in negotiations (or lack thereof), personality, ego, culture, norms, morals, bullying, customs, or values. What is heard in court is the representing attorney’s version of his client’s legal...