Millbrae Lawyers

Former prosecutor for 20 years. Experienced defense attorney in serious felony offenses, state and federal. Substantial experience with trials and other evidentiary hearings. Also familiar with civil procedure and civil trials.

Business and Real Estate Law - currently assisting both businesses and individuals with Covid related matters.

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.

Michael Wiesner practices in the firm's tax and M&A groups. His work includes a focus on corporate transactions and cross-border entity structuring. He regularly advises on the tax aspects of multi-step mergers and acquisitions, including Internal Revenue Code section 351 investments in conjunction with mergers, section 355 spin-offs in conjunction with acquisitions, and complex sale/redemption structures. His other interests include the US tax consequences of foreign employers' Incentive Stock Option (ISO) plans, the tax aspects of stock grants under section 83, and private equity fund tax structuring. Mr. Wiesner's clients include individuals and businesses located in the US, India, Switzerland,...

Karen Landau is a specialist in civil and criminal appeals who practices in all federal circuit courts and in the California appellate courts. Ms. Landau is very experienced in federal sentencing matters and provides consulting services and representation at sentencing.

Certified Appellate Specialist, Board of Legal Specialization of State Bar of California

Practice Summary: Complex federal and state litigation in contracts, land use, government, administrative, constitutional property and speech, trusts and estates, product liability, land use and insurance law.

Specialties: Appeals, injunctions, writs of mandate, land use administrative proceedings, challenging local, state and federal action and enforcing local, statutory and constitutional law in federal and state courts.

Represents both plaintiffs and defendants; insurance defense; owners and contractors in construction disputes; beneficiaries and administrators

Rebecca is an immigration attorney specializing in both employment-based and family-based immigration matters. She represents companies in a variety of industries in obtaining specialty occupation and extraordinary ability non-immigrant visas for foreign nationals. Her practice also includes employment-based and family-based permanent residence (green cards), naturalization, and humanitarian relief. She has successfully represented clients before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Immigration Court. Rebecca also handles work-site immigration compliance issues (I-9 compliance). Rebecca received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia, School of Law where she was a member of the J.B. Moore Society for International Law as well...

Michael Papuc is an attorney licensed in California for 25 years. He specializes in insurance bad faith litigation, business disputes, employment discrimination, and representation of tenants for wrongful eviction under San Francisco Rent Control Ordinance. He has a long track record of successful settlements and judgments, including judgments after trial, and favorable results on appeal.

Before I pursued a career in law, I gained significant experience in the tech industry. I graduated cum laude with a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and earned my Juris Doctorate from the University of California Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings). During my time in tech, I developed policies centered on California Employment Law Compliance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), which helped large companies save millions by enhancing processes and reducing liability. This background ignited my passion for justice, particularly for immigrants and marginalized workers. I established Espinosa-Ramos Law with the mission to empower immigrants to live...

Alex Feerst is a prominent technology lawyer and a leading researcher on technology ethics in areas including artificial intelligence and neurotechnology, and Chief Legal Officer of Science Corporation.