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Michael Alan Brodsky
Capitola, CA Attorney with 22 years of experience
201 Esplanade Uppr
Capitola, CA 95010
Environmental
Yale Law School
Mr. Brodsky earned his Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of California at Berkeley, with highest honors in English and highest distinction in general scholarship, graduating first in his class and earning the University Medal as the most distinguished graduate of 1994. He earned his Juris Doctor Degree from Yale Law School in 2001 and clerked for the Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson at the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit in 2001–2002.
Prior to completing his undergraduate and law degrees, Mr. Brodsky was a construction sub-contractor in the San Francisco Bay Area for fourteen years, installing ceramic...
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Pamela Mathiesen
Santa Cruz, CA Attorney with 26 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Monterey College of Law
Pamela is a litigator specializing in real estate and business law in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties. Agriculture and the land where she has been raised are important to Pamela. As a fifth generation resident of the Pajaro Valley, she has spent a lot of her spare time volunteering on numerous non-profit boards in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.
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David Russell Beck
Santa Cruz, CA Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
University of San Francisco
David is a litigator specializing in Real Estate Law and Business Law, in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties. Born and raised in the midwest, David is a family man married over 38 years with two grown children and two grandchildren. David has been living in Santa Cruz since 1980. When he’s not practicing law, you can find David in the garden, traveling or watching his favorite football team, the Minnesota Vikings.
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Roxanne Sher Olson
Santa Cruz, CA Attorney with 20 years of experience
Business
American University Washington College of Law and American University Washington College of Law
Roxanne is the founding attorney of Fine Point Law, Inc., a firm bet in downtown Santa Cruz. Roxanne’s background in estate planning, business law, family law, and real property law gives her clients unique access to cross-disciplinary insight. Law is divided into disciplines, but life is not. If you are married, you need your estate plan to be drafted in a way that takes community property law into consideration. If you are selling your home or your business, you need an attorney who will alert you when decisions you make affect your family agreements or your living trust. Roxanne is...
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Bruce Julian Kitchin
Salinas, CA Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Business, Insurance Claims and Real Estate
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
I obtained my law degree in 1975 from Santa Clara University. I also have a Master's degree in Philosophy.
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Steven Michael Gordon
Salinas, CA Attorney with 44 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Monterey COL
Steven M. Gordon is a 1975 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, receiveing a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Accounting. In 1980 Mr. Gordon graduated from Monterey College of Law, was admitted to the the State Bar of California, and began the practice of law in Salinas.
Mr. Gordon has practiced law in Salinas since 1980. The firm aggressively represents its clients in the fields of civil litigation, real estate law, business law, estate planning, and trust administration.
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Philip John Crawford
Santa Cruz, CA Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Employment and Real Estate
Santa Clara University School of Law
Philip Crawford graduated Magna Cum Laude from Santa Clara University School of law. Philip has practiced in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties for the past 33 years. His practice includes Family law, Juvenile law, Education Law, and Labor law.
Philip is a former Police Officer, Police Sergeant at San Jose Police Department. He is the founding attorney and former chief counsel for the Santa Clara County Correctional Officers Union. He has served as Chief Negotiator for public employee unions in negotiations and has handled hundreds of internal affairs investigations...
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Syda Kosofsky
Santa Cruz, CA Attorney with 30 years of experience
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Gilbert Ellis Stein
Santa Cruz, CA Attorney with 38 years of experience
Workers' Comp
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
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Robert Edward Bosso
Santa Cruz, CA Attorney with 59 years of experience
Administrative, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
Robert Bosso has been an attorney in Santa Cruz for over 55 years, after graduating from the University of California Law School in 1964 (top 10% of his class--Law Review Note & Comment Editor) which he followed with two years in U.S. Army Intelligence Corps rising to the rank of Captain in charge of a regional field office. He has experience in trial work (although he no longer does trial work), real estate, water law, business law, and general estate planning areas. He also serves as an Arbitrator and Mediator for other attorneys cases He has served...
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Kelly Sue Wachs
Santa Cruz, CA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Employment and Immigration
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
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Creighton Mendivil
Capitola, CA Lawyer
Arbitration & Mediation
Monterey College of Law
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Christopher J. Jackson
Gilroy, CA Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Christopher J. Jackson is a bankruptcy attorney with offices in Monterey, Salinas & Hollister California. He prides himself on providing compassionate, efficient and cost-effective bankruptcy services for his clients. He helps his clients obtain a "Fresh Start" through the elimination of debts/creditors, the preservation of assets, and the reduction of stress!
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John William Amos II
Salinas, CA Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Monterey COL
With offices in Salinas and San Jose, the law firm Amos, Dittrich & Ushana represents injury victims throughout Central and Northern California in workers' compensation and personal injury claims arising from on-the-job injuries, auto accidents, slips and falls, and other injury-causing incidents.
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Michelle Elaine Noble McCain
Salinas, CA Attorney with 37 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Michael G. Miranda
Salinas, CA Lawyer
Bankruptcy
Santa Clara University School of Law
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George J Kovacevich
Santa Cruz, CA Attorney with 53 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation
University of San Francisco School of Law and U of San Francisco School of Law
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Anne Catherine Leach
Salinas, CA Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Angela Lipanovich
Santa Cruz, CA Lawyer
Business, Employment, IP and Trademarks
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Deborah Ann Malkin
Soquel, CA Attorney with 36 years of experience
Environmental
City Univ/N Y Queens Coll
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Susan Blitch
Salinas, CA Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Robert Miles Haight
Santa Cruz, CA Lawyer with 60 years of experience
Bankruptcy
University of San Francisco School of Law
Burl Stanley Polon
Soquel, CA Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Bankruptcy
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
David Scott Spini
Santa Cruz, CA Attorney with 32 years of experience
340 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Business
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Christopher McElwain
Monterey, CA Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP and Trademarks
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Chris is experienced in a range of practice areas affecting business owners and creative professionals, including trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, plant variety protection, domain names, licensing and other contracts, sweepstakes and contest regulation, online speech and civil litigation. ? Prior to founding Knowmad Law, Chris was head of the trademark and transactional practice at LaRiviere, Grubman P.C. and head of the litigation practice at Saper Law Offices in Chicago. He attended law school at USC, where he was a member of the Southern California Law Review. Before entering the legal profession, he also taught English at Northwestern Polytechnical University in...
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Richard Alexander
San Jose, CA Attorney with 53 years of experience
Free ConsultationConsumer, Insurance Claims and Products Liability
The University of Chicago Law School
Richard Alexander is the very definition of an experienced personal injury lawyer. With over 40 years of experience helping accident victims receive just settlements throughout California, rest assure that you are getting the best representation possible with Richard on your side.
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Sweta Khandelwal
San Jose CA, CA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Immigration
UCLA School of Law and Faculty of Law, Delhi University
Sweta has been practicing law for more than 10 years and has represented clients across multiple nationalities. Sweta has been recognized as amongst the "Top 40 under 40" immigration attorneys in CA by the American Society of Legal Advocates. An immigrant herself, Sweta came to the US as a dependent on a H-4 Visa, transferred to a student (F-1) visa, interned under the Optional Practical Training (OPT) Program, worked on a H-1B Visa, and is finally self-employed while obtaining her Permanent Residency. Sweta has navigated her way through the complex web of US immigration laws and...
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Ali Makoui
San Jose, CA Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationPatents and Trademarks
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
I am very responsive to clients' inquiries and easy to get along with. I am used to doing heavy lifting for tough tasks.
My practice concentration is in writing Patent and Trademark applications. We write patent specifications and prepare trademark applications with the possibility of future litigation in mind. Examples of my patent technology fields include software, electronic, telecommunications, semiconductors, Internet-of-Things, medical devices, smart phones application, data encryption, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, virtualization, medical devices, eCommerce, and mechanical devices.
I have also prepared numerous office action responses and appeal briefs in the U.S. and other jurisdictions, including European Patent Office (EPO), Japan,...
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Mr. Nafiz M. Ahmed
San Jose, CA Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationSanta Clara Univ School of Law
Nafiz M. Ahmed is an award-winning criminal defense attorney. He is an owner and managing partner at Ahmed & Sukaram, Attorneys at Law, a leading criminal law firm with offices in Redwood City and San Jose, CA.
Nafiz attended college at UC Davis, where he served as a justice on the UC Davis Supreme Court. He wrote the court’s majority opinions for two years and knew he wanted to practice law.
He earned his Bachelor’s degree in three years, graduating early to attend law school.
Nafiz enrolled at Santa Clara University School of Law. He participated in Honors Moot Court competitions...
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Samira Amato
San Jose, CA Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Business and Employment
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
Experienced Principal with a demonstrated history of working in the law practice industry. Skilled in trial advocacy, representing clients with business disputes, labor and employment law and family Law. Samira received her undergraduate degree with honors from University of California at Berkeley and obtained a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from Santa Clara University School of Law, with a specialization in intellectual property. Samira practices in Federal Court, State Court and the Appellate Court.
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Traci Pickering
San Jose, CA Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation
Santa Clara University
Traci is certified as a Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She graduated from Santa Clara University in 2000 and was admitted to the bar in December of that year. During her tenure at Santa Clara, she was the Sr. Technical Editor of the Computer Technology Law Journal and received a Certificate of Excellence in Legal Research and Writing. After graduation, Traci was recruited by a top corporate law firm. She worked at Gray Cary (now DLA Piper) from 2000 - 2002 as a securities and corporate transactional attorney. She was involved in...
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Lorna M. Jaynes
San Jose, CA Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation
Santa Clara University School of Law
Because divorce is a problem to be solved, not a battle to be won, I focus on alternatives to the court system, through Collaborative Law and Mediation. I believe that most families and children are best served by being supported to work together in resolving their family matters. The fundamental goal in both Collaborative Divorce and Mediation is client empowerment.
With either mediation or the Collaborative process you will have control of the decisions that are made and will be firmly supported, legally and emotionally, in achieving a successful dissolution of your relationship. This not only allows but also encourages you...
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Scott Wilsdon
Carmel, CA Attorney with 36 years of experience
P.O. Box 5515
Carmel, CA 93921
Business, Entertainment & Sports, IP and Trademarks
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Scott has represented clients in copyright, trademark, technology and related legal matters throughout the United States and Canada. Scott worked for nearly 30 years in Seattle, and is a founding member of Yarmuth Wilsdon PLLC, where he continues to practice today. Scott’s clients include multinational corporations, incumbent technology companies and startups, and authors, artists and musicians. More about his legal practice can be found at www.yarmuth.com/wilsdon.
Scott and his wife, Michelle, grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and returned in 2017. Since his return, Scott has helped local businesses, entrepreneurs and artists in business and litigation matters. Scott brings to his...
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Wilson Purves
San Jose, CA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Business and Immigration
University of Buenos Aires School of Law
Wilson Purves practice focuses on Family, Deportation Defense and Business (Investment & employment) based Immigration to the United States.
Mr. Purves works with individuals and clients of various sizes, from start-ups and small businesses to large corporations, in a broad range of industries, such as wineries, restaurants, manufacturing, academia, medical, technology, athletics, arts, fashion and entertainment fields.
Mr. Purves is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and currently serves as legal counsel for the Mexican Consulate of San Francisco, CA.
He is regular contributor to several media outlets in Northern California including AM1010 and...
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Sonya Lee Sigler
San Jose, CA Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
Sonya L. Sigler is the founder of PractiGal LLC and is the creator of the WELCOME to the Next Level Process. She created this WELCOME Process to effectively sell herself when she needed to figure out a clear path forward professionally and personally. Having learned to do this work the hard way, Sonya now builds powerful storytellers who can then refine and polish their personal brand. This work empowers others to align their work and life visions and to approach both with a renewed vigor.
For the last twenty years, Sonya has worked with founders, team leaders, and their employees...