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Spencer K. Schneider
San Diego, CA Business Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness
University of Massachusetts School of Law
I assist startups and small to medium-sized businesses in understanding legal matters through straightforward communication and easily accessible solutions. Whether you're initiating, expanding, or encountering obstacles, I provide adaptable service choices like subscriptions and fixed rates customized to your requirements.
My philosophy is centered on establishing solid client connections, delivering forward-thinking advice, and pragmatic resolutions to aid in accomplishing their objectives. Let's get in touch and explore how I can help you protect your business.
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Alexandra Eaker Perez
San Diego, CA Business Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business, Tax and White Collar Crime
University of San Diego School of Law and Texas Tech University School of Law
Tax attorney that gets results.
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Julia Burt
Palm Desert, CA Business Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Business
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
I am a dedicated Estate Planning, Probate, Trust, Tax and Charitable Planning attorney, serving clients throughout Coachella Valley. As a CPA and Certified Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Specialist, I provide comprehensive legal representation focused on estate planning, probate & trust litigation, and complex tax and charitable planning matters.
With 20 years of experience, I am dedicated to attentive service and exceptional counsel based on the unique needs of my clients. I am committed to achieving their goals and objectives in a fast and reliable manner. I have been recognized by my peers with an AV Preeminent Rating, and...
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Nasir Khan
Murrieta, CA Business Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Business, Immigration and International
American University Washington College of Law
Attorney Nasir "Nas" Khan is the founder and Lead Attorney for the Khan Law Firm, Inc. Half Hispanic and half Middle Eastern, Attorney Khan was raised all over the United States as the son of a United States Air Force officer, an upbringing which has played an influential role in his decision to practice business, international, and immigration law. Education: After receiving a bachelor's degrees in Political Science and Classical Civilizations from UC Berkeley, Attorney Khan went on to earn a law degree from American University's Washington College of Law, where his legal studies...
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Gordon A. Schaller
Irvine, CA Business Law Lawyer
Business and Tax
University of Minnesota Law School
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Richard Alan Marshack
Irvine, CA Business Law Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Business and Bankruptcy
California Western School of Law and California Western School of Law
Richard A. Marshack is one of the founding members of Marshack Hays LLP. He has been a bankruptcy attorney since 1982 (36 years). He is a frequent lecturer and presenter of seminars on topics such as Bankruptcy and Commercial Law issues. He has also authored over 20 articles and materials relating to law practice. Richard has two practices: serving as an attorney and as a professional fiduciary (trustee).
As an attorney, he focuses on commercial matters that arise in bankruptcy proceedings, such as representing debtors/businesses and creditors/creditor committees in reorganization proceedings. He also represents Bankruptcy Trustees.
As a professional fiduciary, he serves...
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Joseph J. Mellema
Irvine, CA Business Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Business, IP and Patents
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and University of Southern California
Joe Mellema's practice focuses on litigation in federal and state courts, including the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, and business and commercial disputes. He has handled patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair business practices, antitrust, and business and commercial lawsuits in all phases of litigation and arbitration.
Joe is well-versed in patent and trademark enforcement, preparation and prosecution, as well as trademark enforcement and opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent & Trademark Office. He has considerable experience litigating patents in a variety of technical fields, including optical devices and components, computer...
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Mark S. Adams
Irvine, CA Business Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Business
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Mark S. Adams focuses his practice on business litigation, including, contracts, products liability, corporate and partnership disputes, and hospitality litigation. On behalf of hotel and resort owners, Mark has successfully litigated the termination of long-term, no-cut, hotel management agreements, franchise agreements, fiduciary duty issues, investor-owner disputes, TOT assessments, and more. He also has significant litigation experience in representing real estate developers and real estate investors.
Mark has wide-ranging trial experience in commercial disputes, including complex multi-party litigation and class actions. He has tried numerous cases in state courts, federal courts, and in domestic and international arbitrations, and is a frequent author...
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Michael S. LeBoff
Newport Beach, CA Business Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Business, IP, Real Estate and Trademarks
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Michael S. LeBoff brings nearly 25 years of business trial practice to Klein & Wilson, handling and winning high-stakes trials and arbitrations.
Michael represents clients of all sizes in a wide variety of business cases, including shareholder, partnership and joint venture disputes, trade secret claims, fraud, breach of contract, business torts, real estate, attorney fee disputes and legal malpractice actions.
Michael attended Loyola Law School on a full academic scholarship, graduating second in his class of nearly 400 students. At Loyola, Michael received countless academic awards and served as an editor for the Loyola Law Review.
After graduating from law school,...
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David John Myers
Newport Beach, CA Business Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
David Myers is "AV" rated in Business Law, Corporate Law, and Litigation, and specializes in estate, business, and commercial transactions, and the effective and cost-efficient resolution of disputes.
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Theodore M. Hankin
Newport Beach, CA Business Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
Business
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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D Edward Hays
Irvine, CA Business Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
D. Edward Hays is a founding member of Marshack Hays LLP. He graduated with honors from California State University at Fullerton in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business. He then graduated from the University of Southern California Law Center in 1992, becoming a Hale Moot Court Honors program member. He was admitted to practice in 1992. He has been a Certified Bankruptcy Law Specialist with the State Bar of California since 2016.
Ed also has been selected on numerous occasions to lecture to national, state, county, and local bar associations on various legal topics. Some of these topics include...
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Milad Alipour
Irvine, CA Business Law Attorney
Free ConsultationBusiness, Consumer and Products Liability
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Milad (Matt) Alipour, Esq.
Matt Alipour is the founder and principal attorney at Alipour Law Group. He has worked on different areas of law including Personal Injury, Patent Law, Criminal Law, Contract Law, Family Law, Real Estate Law, and Business Law.
Mr. Alipour graduated from Western State College of Law and was one of the few Dean Fellows. Western State College of Law is the oldest law school in Orange County and has produced hundreds of judges and thousands of attorneys all across California since 1966. Many of these judges are currently active and serving different courthouses across California.
Mr. Alipour received multiple...
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Robert A. Davis Jr.
Hemet, CA Business Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Business, Employment and Real Estate
Brigham Young University
As a founding partner at the firm of Davis Wojcik Duarte, APLC, Riverside County attorney Robert A. Davis works on both criminal and civil cases. He has over 22 years of experience in the legal field. Mr. Davis has been involved with the boards of the Hemet Hospital Foundation, the Exchange Club, and the Education Foundation. He is a member of the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys, American Health Lawyers’ Association and Riverside County Bar Association. He received his Juris Doctor from Brigham Young University, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law and Education. Contact his firm for...
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John J. Hamilton
Irvine, CA Business Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Consumer and Employment
William Mitchell College of Law
I have a unique blend of practical business experience in addition to a legal background. Prior to earning a law degree in 1993, I had over 25 years experience in the securities, insurance and banking industries including being Senior Vice President of one of the nation's largest financial institutions in the 1980's. This prior business experience gives me not only a legal perspective but also a practical business perspective in seeking solutions to clients' legal problems.
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Lynne Paynter Bolduc
Irvine, CA Business Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Securities
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Lynne Bolduc, a Partner with Oswald & Yap, practices securities and corporate law. She represents both private and public companies, as well as investment bankers and broker/dealers. Lynne's experience includes entity selection and formation matters for businesses just getting started, contract negotiations and drafting, mergers and acquisitions, private offerings, taking private companies public, and public company reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission. She has structured and implemented over $1 billion in financings.
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Sven David Buncher
Irvine, CA Business Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Business
University of San Diego School of Law and California State University - San Diego State University
Since 1996, Attorney Sven Buncher has helped families seamlessly move through complex family matters. He is committed to helping his clients achieve happiness by providing only top-tier legal services. Whether you are faced with complex divorce issues, have questions regarding palimony, or would like to discuss grandparent custody, Attorney Buncher can supply insightful guidance. Backed by years of experience, you can rest easily knowing that when you work with Attorney Buncher, he will be sure to cover every intricacy of your case to make the process as smooth as possible. Prior to founding The Buncher Law Corporation, Attorney Buncher...
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Reid Adam Winthrop
Newport Beach, CA Business Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Business and Insurance Claims
USC Law School
Reid A. Winthrop is the founder and managing partner of Winthrop Law Group. Mr. Winthrop previously worked for Stroock, Stroock & Lavan, LLP where he handled hundreds of litigation matters involving all types of insurance disputes including: commercial general liability, specialty lines insurance, property and casualty insurance, life, health and disability insurance, uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, as well as both small and complex business disputes. He also represented insurance companies in first-party and third-party insurance lawsuits involving an array insurance issues, insurance bad faith and punitive damages. Mr. Winthrop also was integral in addressing issues involving an insurer’s...
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Robert Scott Lawrence
Irvine, CA Business Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Environmental, IP and Insurance Claims
Northwestern University School of Law
My law practice encompasses a broad variety of litigation matters, ranging from complex commercial disputes to white collar criminal defense. I have represented clients in federal and state courts in cases involving copyright and trademark infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, securities violations, bank fraud, tax fraud, toxic torts, unfair competition, and civil and criminal racketeering. I also have extensive experience in commercial mediation and arbitration.
Most recently, my work has involved class action litigation involving wage and hour claims; a partnership dispute over a multi-million dollar capital call; and a variety of intellectual property and business disputes in Los Angeles...
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J. Christian Conrad
Irvine, CA Business Law Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Arbitration & Mediation
University of San Diego, San Diego, California
Mr. Conrad is passionate about assisting clients with family law issues that matter most. Admitted to practice in the state of California in 1995, he has literally seen it all. Mr. Conrad’s expertise in family law includes divorce, child support, property division, and parental rights, which makes him a strong and accomplished player in the field of Orange County family law, and one who is fully committed to treating each party with the utmost respect and discretion.
Mr. Conrad understands time is money; therefore, he is committed to protecting both for each of his valued clients. While distinguished legal counsel always...
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Adina T. Stern
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Business Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Business, Appeals and Real Estate
Southwestern Law School
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David L. Ma
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
(310) 785-5379
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Business
Duke University School of Law
David Ma is a partner in Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP's corporate practice.
David serves as transactional advisor to a wide variety of public and private companies, institutional investors and entrepreneurs. From early stage to exit, David counsels clients on a range of business transactions including mergers, stock and asset acquisitions (buy- and sell-side), fundraising (equity and debt), investments (minority and control), joint ventures, restructuring and venture capital investments.
In addition to serving as transactional advisor, David also acts as external general counsel to middle-market companies. In this capacity, David advises and directly reports to CEOs and other senior leadership on...
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Jeremy Scott Hyndman
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
(800) 487-4660
Union Bank Plaza
445 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2700
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Free ConsultationBusiness, Real Estate and Securities
Emory University School of Law
My practice focuses on estate planning and helping investors recover losses caused by unethical or incompetent financial advisers. I am the managing attorney at Basalt Legal PLLC, a law firm nestled in Washington wine country but serving clients throughout Washington State and California.
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Susan Allison
Los Angeles, CA Business Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
(310) 785-5303
1900 Avenue of the Stars
7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Business
Hastings College of the Law University of California
Susan Allison handles diverse, complex business litigation matters, including intellectual property and entertainment litigation, defendants' professional malpractice, class action defense, anti-SLAPP motions and appeals, and healthcare litigation.
Equally at home in federal and state trial courts, and experienced in trials, arbitrations and appellate issues, Susan identifies her clients' litigation objectives early on and develops strategies designed to achieve those objectives efficiently and effectively.
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Christian P. Binder
San Jose, CA Business Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Business, Bankruptcy and Real Estate
Santa Clara University School of Law
Mr. Binder was admitted to the California Bar in December 2012 after graduating from the Santa Clara School of Law in June 2012. Mr. Binder’s practice includes debtor and creditor representation, bankruptcy and financial analysis of individuals and entities.
Mr. Binder received his Bachelor of Science in Commerce from Santa Clara University in Finance in 2009. Mr. Binder earned his law degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law in 2012. During law school, Mr. Binder was the recipient of a number of awards, including being awarded Witkin Awards in California Civil Procedure, California Evictions and Unlawful Detainer, Commercial Finance,...
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Isaac Hal Winer
Palo Alto, CA Business Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
UCLA School of Law
Isaac H. Winer is an experienced business lawyer and civil litigator who has practiced law throughout California since 1992. Mr. Winer’s practice encompasses a broad array of substantive areas, including civil litigation and ADR across a diverse set of subject matters, business formations, funding and governance, business and technology / IP transactions, real property sales and leases, as well as internet and website-related matters. Mr. Winer’s clients have included public and private companies in a variety of industries including software, hardware, life science, internet, telecom and health care. He has also represented start-ups, founders, serial entrepreneurs, joint...
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Ilya D. Frangos
San Mateo, CA Business Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment and Insurance Claims
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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Adam Stoddard
Santa Clara, CA Business Law Attorney
Free ConsultationBusiness, Administrative, Insurance Claims and Insurance Defense
Lincoln Law School
Adam Stoddard is a partner in the firm and has represented developers, general contractors and their insurance companies specializing in the representation of businesses and individuals in complex construction defect litigation, contract, and fraud-based disputes. This included representation ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to national builders and to individual board members of non-profit corporations through the initial investigation, pre-litigation process, and trial.
Adam also worked for a prominent plaintiff's law firm representing homeowner's associations in complex construction defect cases. This provided Adam with a practical approach to critically evaluate construction defect claims and implement effective resolution strategies through mediation and settlement...
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Stephen S. Wu
San Jose, CA Business Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Business, Communications and IP
Harvard Law School
Stephen Wu is a shareholder with Silicon Valley Law Group. He advises business clients on information governance matters, focusing on information security, privacy, mobile computing, ediscovery preparedness, records management, and computer-related investigations. He reviews and writes sophisticated information security policies for large enterprises, and assists in data security regulatory compliance, incident response, breach notifications, and establishing secure electronic commerce systems. He drafts privacy policies for clients, including ones for U.S. companies with European and Asian operations. He assists clients with European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance. Steve assists clients in managing enterprise mobile device programs, including writing bring...
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Bernard Vogel III
San Jose, CA Business Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Business, Securities and Tax
Santa Clara University School of Law and University of California - Los Angeles
Bernie Vogel is a shareholder and the CEO and President of Silicon Valley Law Group. His practice emphasizes complex corporate transactions, investment financings, mergers and acquisitions, as well as the formation and maintenance of partnerships and limited liability companies. He provides ongoing business counseling to a variety of entities, ranging from venture capital firms and start up high tech and biotech companies. Advices on directors & officers liability, corporate governance, stock option plans, licensing, and contracts, as well as advice on complex tax issues with respect to transaction structuring, entity formation, reorganizations, and business succession planning. Before practicing law, Bernie...
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Heinz Binder
Santa Clara, CA Business Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Business, Bankruptcy, Real Estate and Tax
Santa Clara University School of Law
Mr. Binder has over 35 years of experience representing businesses and individuals as debtors or creditors in all types of bankruptcy matters and corporate restructuring. In addition to his considerable bankruptcy experience, Mr. Binder frequently represents businesses and individuals in real estate and business matters, collection and collection defense, and commercial law disputes. Mr. Binder’s practice also includes asset protection planning, creditor negotiations and workouts, debtor-creditor rights, tax disputes, bankruptcy appeals, and representing under-insured defendants in settlement negotiations and mediations.
Mr. Binder is active in the local Silicon Valley community, frequently lecturing on bankruptcy and related topics such as asset protection...
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Julie Hope Rome-Banks
Santa Clara, CA Business Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Business and Bankruptcy
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Ms. Rome-Banks has 35 years of bankruptcy and related experience. Ms. Rome-Banks’ practice focuses on representing small to mid-size businesses in Chapter 11 and Subchapter V cases, representing landlords in all chapters of bankruptcy, and representing parties in all types of bankruptcy litigation. Ms. Rome-Banks has considerable experience representing commercial landlords in all aspects of bankruptcy, including a number of well-known bankruptcies, including Rite Aid, 24 Hour Fitness, Chuck E. Cheese, Guitar Center, Mens Warehouse, Mattress Firm, Circuit City, Chevy’s, Fresh Choice, Mervyn’s, Crown Books, Hollywood Video, Levitz, Tower Record, and Jennifer Convertibles. Ms. Rome-Banks also has substantial experience...
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Christopher Whang
San Francisco, CA Business Law Attorney
Business, Bankruptcy and Real Estate
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Christopher Whang is a Civil Litigator representing clients in a wide range of litigation matters, particularly commercial landlord-tenant issues, contract disputes, bankruptcy, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claims. Most notably, Christopher has worked with several, high-profile, Fortune 500 companies in the Bay Area in various litigation matters.
Christopher has extensive experience in the full spectrum of litigation, including pre-lawsuit investigations, drafting pleadings, conducting discovery, taking and defending depositions, performing legal research, motion practice, trial preparation, negotiations, and client interaction.
Prior to becoming a Civil Litigator, Christopher worked at various Public Defender offices all across the Bay Area and Sacramento....
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Robert G. Harris
Santa Clara, CA Business Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Business, Bankruptcy and Real Estate
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Mr. Harris’ practice focuses on representing businesses and individuals in Chapter 11, both as debtors and creditors, as well as in bankruptcy litigation, state court assignments for the benefit of creditors (ABCs), receiverships, execution sales and various other bankruptcy and collection matters. Mr. Harris has substantial experience in a number of bankruptcy areas, including real estate restructurings, sales and reorganizations of high tech and general manufacturing companies, dealing with intellectual property rights in bankruptcy, and handling alleged securities laws and Federal Trade Act violations.
Mr. Harris frequently lectures and writes on bankruptcy topics and has authored numerous articles, case analyses, and...
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Benjamin Kohn
Mountain View, CA Business Law Attorney with 4 years of experience
1913 Fordham Way
Mountain View, CA 94040
Free ConsultationBusiness, Appeals and Consumer
University of Iowa College of Law
Notice to Prospective Clients: Please don't cold call me without an appointment to inquire about your legal matter. Please first visit my website, http://www.kohnlawoffices.com and if you're interested in my services as described there for a California or Iowa legal matter, please schedule a prospective client phone consult.
I'm a California and Iowa licensed attorney with a very diverse, yet practical, skill set and range of expertise, which allows me to take a cross-functional and interdisciplinary approach to all services I render. From Data Science, Game Theory, and Statistical Risk Management Guided Decision Sciences, to Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)-enhanced communication and...
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Catherine King
Redding, CA Business Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Bankruptcy
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Catherine graduated Hastings College of Law and UC Berkeley to become one of north state's finest lawyers.
Catherine King enjoys direct contact with clients and meeting their needs to achieve a hopeful resolution to matters of concern.
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James D. Miller
Fresno, CA Business Law Attorney with 24 years of experience
Business, Bankruptcy and Employment
University of San Diego School of Law
James D. Miller focuses on bankruptcy, employment and business litigation as well as small business formations and start-ups.
Mr. Miller earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego, and his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. Mr. Miller served as a San Diego Law Review member ranking in the top 2% of his class.
Directly after graduating, Mr. Miller worked with a prominent, national law firm representing large corporations and high profile tech companies in both venture capital and IPO financing, as well as defending employment class...
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Jonathan William Romeyn
SALINAS, CA Business Law Attorney with 56 years of experience
Business, IP and Trademarks
Cornell Law School
Attorney Jonathan Romeyn is an experienced advocate for those with business law matters including contracts, business disputes, intellectual property, antitrust and unfair competition, general litigation and more. If you are looking for a responsive, determined attorney with business acumen, experience and energy, call Jonathan Romeyn!
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Jeffrey L. Tade
Salinas, CA Business Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
UCLA School of Law
Mr. Tade is an experienced civil litigator specializing in personal injury, workers' compensation, labor and employment law.
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David R. Mugridge
Fresno, CA Business Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Appeals and White Collar Crime
San Joaquin College of Law
Attorney Mugridge is a State Bar Certified Criminal Law Specialist. He is personally fluent in Spanish. He has been listed as a California SuperLawyer in Criminal Law since 2009. Mr. Mugridge was selected to the "Top 100 Criminal Lawyers" in America by the National Criminal Lawyers Association for 2014. Formerly a research attorney for Presiding Justice George Brown (dec.) of the 5th Dist Court of Appeals, Homicide (including Death Penalty defense) is his primary focus.