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Brian A. Ripley
Oakland, CA Business Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
AV-rated Martindale Hubbell; 39 years as transactional attorney, specializing in business and real estate law, including entity selection & formation, corporate governance, contract drafting and review, succession planning, buy-sell agreements, and risk evaluation and management; admitted to practice in all California state courts, Northern and Central California District Courts, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Selected as Best Lawyer by Oakland Magazine in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
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Thomas Theodore McCormick
Orinda, CA Business Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Business
University of San Francisco School of Law and U of San Francisco School of Law
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Fulvio Francisco Cajina
Oakland, CA Business Law Attorney
Business, Employment and Products Liability
Cornell University
I was born in Latin America and grew up in San Francisco. A product of the Bay Area, I studied economics at UC Berkeley before moving to Washington, DC, where I worked at both the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve. In 2003, I embarked on my legal studies at Cornell Law School in Ithaca, NY. Upon graduation, I worked as a corporate associate in Manhattan at a boutique international law firm. There I had the opportunity to work on a wide array of corporate transactions, from financing the construction of a hotel in NYC, structuring investments...
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Peter Mitchell Stanwyck
Oakland, CA Business Law Attorney with 52 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Jeremy Joseph Sugerman
Oakland, CA Business Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation, IP and Insurance Claims
George Washington Univ LS
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Anthony Albert Ferrigno
Lafayette, CA Business Law Attorney with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Antitrust and IP
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Trial Lawyer Business Litigation Both Defense & Plaintiff Extensive Experience And With Multi-Million Dollar Verdicts; Lawyer Malpractice Cases; Real Estate Law; Wills & Trusts Contests; Class Actions.
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Julia A. Clayton
Emeryville, CA Business Law Attorney
Business and Administrative
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
During my nearly two-decade career with the California Attorney General's Office, I conducted numerous corporate fraud investigations under the California False Claims Act. I also have extensive experience representing health and welfare agencies – including the California Department of Health Care Services, Department of Public Health, and Department of State Hospitals – in state and federal court.
I want to help small and medium-sized business navigate the challenges of government investigations and regulatory compliance.
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Eugene Illovsky
Oakland, CA Business Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Business, Antitrust, Appeals and Securities
Yale Law School
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Eric Francis Pierson
Oakland, CA Business Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Employment and IP
Stanford University
Eric Pierson is a practical and results-oriented attorney with over twenty-five years of in-house and law firm experience and a proven track record of success as a strategic partner and trusted advisor serving for-profit and nonprofit entities.
Eric has deep expertise in general corporate matters, nonprofits, employment law, commercial transactions and crisis management, with a special focus on managing union organizing drives and contract negotiations for nonprofits that respect labor rights. He offers strong experience in litigation, intellectual property, antitrust, environmental, compliance, product liability, artificial intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity and ediscovery as well. He is fluent in cross-border issues and...
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Robert Joseph Beles
Oakland, CA Business Law Attorney with 55 years of experience
Business, Environmental and Tax
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and UC Hastings COL
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Mr. Chris Covington
Lafayette, CA Business Law Attorney with 43 years of experience
Business
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Throughout his thirty year career Chris has been focused on assisting key executives in building their businesses, and often on preparing for and subsequently executing their liquidity event, the sale of their company, raising capital, or an IPO. As a consequence, he has developed particular expertise in Corporate and Transactional matters, Mergers and Acquisitions and with providing General Counsel Services to a wide range of business clients.
Chris has represented individual executives, sole proprietorships and Fortune 500 companies. His clients have been both public and privately held, and have included LLCs and limited and general partnerships. Most clients...
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Randy Wilson
Oakland, CA Business Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
I'm an experienced internet marketing professional who understands lawyers, the legal profession and the appropriate tools for the right attorney or law firm to connect to likely prospects and strengthen existing client relationships.
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Sanford Hilton Margolin
Oakland, CA Business Law Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Robert Ian Levy
Walnut Creek, CA Business Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Tulane Univ Law School
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Stephen Fredrick Henry
Berkeley, CA Business Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Business, Appeals and Employment
Georgetown Univ Law Ctr
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William Conrad Vencill
Lafayette, CA Business Law Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
UC Hastings COL
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Katharina Nina Reynolds
Lafayette, CA Business Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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Bonnie Chen
Oakland, CA Business Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Business, Administrative and Employment
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Dana Sack
Oakland, CA Business Law Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Business, Insurance Defense and Real Estate
UC Hastings COL
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Ellen Frances McDonald
Berkeley, CA Business Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
2843 Prince St
Berkeley, CA 94705
Business
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Kim Fineman
Oakland, CA Business Law Attorney
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John Thomas Hightower
Oakland, CA Business Law Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Business
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Paul Wilson Berning
Alameda, CA Business Law Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Business and Appeals
U of San Francisco School of Law
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Alexander Kugelman
San Francisco, CA Business Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Business and Tax
Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Alexander Kugelman is an attorney concentrating on tax controversies, domestic and international tax compliance, and tax collection defense. Mr. Kugelman counsels and represents individuals, small businesses, and estates.
His experience includes four years of federal government court experience at the U.S. Tax Court and a U.S. District Court. That background blends substantive tax law knowledge with administrative and litigation experience. This unique combination differs from that of an accountant or a general practitioner attorney.
Kugelman Law was created as an alternative to overpriced law firms and disreputable tax resolution companies.
Alexander was motivated to start his firm while working at the U.S. Tax...
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Christopher A. Kerosky
San Francisco, CA Business Law Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Business and Immigration
University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
CHRISTOPHER A. KEROSKY has practiced law for over 35 years and has been recognized as one of the top immigration lawyers in Northern California for 14 years by “Super Lawyers”, most recently in 2024.
He graduated from University of California, Berkeley Law School and was a former counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C.
Since 2013, Christopher serves as a Member of the Human Rights Commission for Sonoma County, appointed by the County Board of Supervisors to represent the 5th District. As part of his work with the Commission, Christopher helped found My American Dreams, a...
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Jason M. Horst
Walnut Creek, CA Business Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Arbitration & Mediation, Insurance Claims and Trademarks
University of San Francisco School of Law
Jason Horst is the Managing Partner of Horst Legal Counsel. Jason served for more than a decade as an attorney in large regional and international law firms before founding Horst Legal Counsel, serving the legal needs of businesses and individuals in California.
Jason is an accomplished litigator, having successfully resolved countless disputes for his clients in a wide range of complex litigation matters, including those involving commercial contracts, partnership disputes, trademark infringement, real estate, antitrust, and more. Jason prides himself on the ability to develop and execute creative strategies to efficiently accomplish his clients’ goals.
Jason is also among the...
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Lindsay Gunn Spiller
San Francisco, CA Business Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
(415) 991-7298
595 Pacific Avenue
Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94133
Free ConsultationBusiness, Entertainment & Sports and IP
Georgetown University Law Center
Spiller Law is a business, estate planning and entertainment law firm located in San Francisco, California.
Business:
We serve small to medium-sized businesses in the areas of contracts, business planning, mergers and acquisitions, partnership agreements, corporate formation and dispute resolution. We have advised businesses in involved in aviation, finance, health care, insurance, manufacturing, real estate, music, film, and television.
Estate Planning:
We work with individuals and couples to create simple to sophisticated estate plans, depending on their needs.
Entertainment Law:
We advise film/TV, new media, and music clients as to business planning, business formation, contract negotiation, and licensing
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Christie Dudley
San Francisco, CA Business Law Attorney
Business, Communications and IP
Santa Clara University School of Law
Christie is an accomplished and resourceful attorney with more than three decades of successful experience in legal practice and business.
As a former engineer, Christie understands what it’s like to have big ideas and struggle to realize them. She can talk you through the fundamentals of what you need to start up and grow in a language you can understand.
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Brandon Shelton
San Francisco, CA Business Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Entertainment & Sports
University of California, Davis, School of Law
Brandon is a business and startup attorney, focusing on assisting new and emerging businesses in all of their transactional matters. He has represented clients from a wide array of industries, including tech and app developers, filmmakers, breweries, wineries and restaurants, real estate companies, and even chocolate makers. He has counseled clients on corporate formation, late stage preferred financing rounds, mergers & acquisitions, and everything in between. He also serves as outside-inside counsel, providing general counseling on all day-to-day matters, including licensing, brand management, and employee stock incentive plans. Brandon was formerly a computer programmer in the U.S. Air Force, and...
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Ali Shahrestani,
Oakland, CA Business Law Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
With a progressive law practice since 2007, Mr. Ali Shahrestani is a bi-coastal litigation attorney representing international and domestic clients in state and federal legal matters in CA, NY, and MA. He has been featured in print and TV news for his legal expertise, is a recipient of multiple awards and a graduate of top rated universities with honors, and has donated much effort and time to public education, legal journalism, and social justice activism.
1) Education Law - K-12, College, Graduate, Students, Teachers, Schools
2) Divorce & Child Custody - High Conflict, LGBTQ, Father's Rights
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Doug Bend
San Francisco, CA Business Law Attorney
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP, Real Estate and Trademarks
Georgetown University Law Center
Doug is the founder of Bend Law Group, PC, a boutique law firm focused on advising small businesses and startups.
Prior to opening Bend Law Group, PC, Doug was a corporate attorney for a law firm in New York City. He also served as a Judicial Clerk for the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Superior Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Before law school, Doug was a Legislative Assistant for U.S. Representative David Price, where he managed a portfolio of issues including tax and small business.
Raised in Omaha, Doug is a graduate of Drake University where he graduated summa cum laude...
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Kerry Shapiro
San Francisco, CA Business Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Business, Administrative and Environmental
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
I am an accomplished California attorney, representing clients with Government, Environmental, Natural Resources and Land Use matters.
I have over 30 years of experience with a broad array of federal, state and local issues. I bring knowledgeable and skilled advocacy to effectively and efficiently meet your legal needs.
A recipient of CalCIMA's Spirit of the Industry Award, I am also listed among The Best Lawyers in America and Northern California Super Lawyers.
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Anne Marie Janine de Bartolomeo
San Francisco, CA Business Law Lawyer with 35 years of experience
(415) 226-0260
P.O. Box 475847
3749 Buchanan Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Business and Employment
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Anne-Marie Janine “A.J.” de Bartolomeo is a shareholder and partner at Tadler Law LLP with over thirty years of experience, prosecuting class actions, and complex collective matters in courts throughout the country. She has been named among the highest class of attorneys for professional ethics and legal skills with an AV-Preeminent™ rating by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by her peers for inclusion in the Northern California Super Lawyers list every year since 2013.
A.J. graduated from Fairfield University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Economics where she was a National Merit Scholar. She then received her Juris...
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Sonya Tien
San Francisco, CA Business Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
(888) 988-6613
580 California Street
12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Free ConsultationBusiness, Arbitration & Mediation, IP and Securities
Columbia Law School
Sonya Tien leads her law firm's litigation, corporate, personal injury, and intellectual property practices.
She received her law degree from Columbia University and was recognized as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Sonya received her business degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan Flagler Business School, where she earned 17 scholarships.
Sonya was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers since 2020, Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiffs' Lawyers, and Top 100 Civil Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers. Her articles have been published by the Wall Street Lawyer and Practising Law Institute. She has presented on the...
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Meghan Pratschler
San Francisco, CA Business Law Attorney
Free ConsultationBusiness and Securities
University of Dayton
Attorney licensed in California but traveling the world. Business law, contracts, and emerging technology nerd. I'm a specialist in startups and technology, so we're a perfect match if you:
- need a contract or agreement written or reviewed, even if it's not tech-related
- are a DAO, startup, or established business looking for legal help (even funding related!)
- are a software developer or working with software devs and programmers
- are interested in or planning on issuing a crypto token
- have a legal question unique to technology
Currently, I run my own law firm, teach Transactional Drafting at UC Boulder Law as an...
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Bennett G. Young
San Francisco, CA Business Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Business and Bankruptcy
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
I am an accomplished California Bankruptcy and Business law attorney. My areas of expertise include a broad range of insolvency matters for creditors.
I provide extensive experience and knowledge, focused on maximizing benefits and minimizing losses. With a long history of successful results, I am dedicated to innovative and practical solutions for your bankruptcy and insolvency problems.
I have been honored with recognition as a Northern California Super Lawyer, Best Lawyers of America, and an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Visit my website for more information and to see representative cases.
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Pierre Zado
San Francisco, CA Business Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Communications and IP
Valparaiso University
Astute business professional with a track record of influencing, negotiating, supporting and interacting with senior management. Excels at resolving complex issues, developing critical business solutions, and delivering robust analysis and guidance. For the last 10 years, I've counseled clients on various technology and intellectual property matters. Participated in six acquisitions (4 for buyer and two as target) with an aggregate deal value over $10 billion.
As a business professional, I've been involved and/or responsible for managing deal flow and partnership agreements spanning across IOT, Fintech, Logistics, Medical and Enterprise 3.0 industries totaling approximately $100 million over the last 7 years....
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Feras Mousilli
San Francisco, CA Business Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Business, IP, Patents and Trademarks
Feras Mousilli is a founding partner of Lloyd & Mousilli and regularly advises business clients on a range of technology law issues. He specializes in counseling technology companies from start-ups in their early formation and development, through support of multi-billion dollar business operations of the largest companies in the world.
Mr. Mousilli has served as Senior Corporate Counsel for both Apple Inc. and Dell Inc., where he counseled clients on product development and intellectual property matters, including advertising & marketing, copyright, and trademark strategies and risks. Prior to serving as corporate counsel, Mr. Mousilli practiced with DLA Piper in the intellectual...
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Patricia Ann Rowe
Concord, CA Business Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Business and Tax
Golden Gate University School of Law
I am also a Certified Public Accountant and have been doing tax work in the Bay Area for 30 years. I specialize in helping people and businesses pay as few taxes as possible without getting audited.
In the estate planning area I help people preserve their property for their families and pay as few estate taxes as possible. I also am the Probate Doctor who can help fix impossible situations when estates are stuck in the quagmire of California Probate.
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George W. Wolff
San Francisco, CA Business Law Attorney with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Administrative, Arbitration & Mediation and Consumer
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and Northwestern University School of Law
At the Wolf Law Office, we offer over 25 years of experience handling a wide range of construction contracts and claims for clients throughout the Bay Area and Northern California.
Our principal attorney, George W. Wolff, worked in the construction industry before attending law school, acted as an arbitrator, advocate, and trial attorney on private and public construction jobs and brings a comprehensive understanding of the practical and legal issues related to construction contracts and disputes to our clients, helping you avoid or resolve disputes as quickly and efficiently as possible.
In our years of experience, we have built a comprehensive network...