Top Estate Lawyers Near Me in Alameda Area

Michael Notaro is dedicated to you - the client - first and foremost. He follows the golden rule and treats each client as he himself would want to be treated if the roles were reversed.  Phone calls are promptly returned and clients receive cost conscious and results-oriented legal advice.  Michael treats each client as a person, not a case file number.  He charges fees for legal work, not photocopies or faxes, and does his best to accommodate your needs.. Michael enjoys building personal relationships with his clients and developing a deep understanding of their needs, thereby enabling him to effectively serve and advise them over time. Michael’s real estate and entrepreneurial background broadens and complements his approach to legal issues.. Michael focuses on achieving client objectives as quickly as possible. By leveraging today’s technology, he delivers sophisticated legal representation in a cost-effective manner. A serious and dedicated advocate for his clients, Michael also maintains a professional and courteous demeanor towards opposing parties and their counsel in order to achieve a successful resolution to his clients’ cases.. Michael provides counsel to a broad-based real estate clientele, ranging from the single property owner to national developers, REITS and Fortune 1000 companies. He counsels clients on all aspects of real estate ownership, including acquisition, land use, entitlement, development, leasing, operation, financing and disposition. Whatever your real estate needs, you have a partner to assist with legal matters. Michael’s goal is to make your real estate investments a success.

Kim is a native Alamedan with strong ties and a deep appreciation for the Bay Area. After graduating from high school in Alameda, she relocated to Los Angeles where she attended the University of Southern California (USC); graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. Kim continued her education at USC graduating from the USC School of Law with a Juris Doctor Degree in 2003.. Kim began her legal career in Los Angeles practicing Estate Planning, Probate and transnational Corporate law. After practicing for several years in Los Angeles, Kim returned to her Bay Area roots where she has since been practicing since 2008.. Kim has over 15 years of legal experience in the areas of estate planning and probate and is actively taking new clients.

Jillian Blanchard is the managing partner of Rudder Law Group and focuses her practice on federal, state and local environmental laws, land use, natural resource permitting and public agency management.. Jillian specializes in managing the environmental review and permitting processes for complex infrastructure, utility, development and redevelopment projects. Jillian has worked with private and public entities to guide development projects through the entitlement process, with a particular focus on federal and state resource agency permitting and the environmental review process.. Jillian has a specialized expertise in representing clients before a variety of state and federal regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the State Water Quality Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California Coastal Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission and has spent her career building strong relationships with these regulators. In addition, Jillian has represented clients at the local level to manage the environmental review process and to negotiate and draft a myriad of agreements between local municipalities and third parties, including complex settlement agreements, development agreements, option and purchase and sale agreements, memorandums of understanding/agreement, leases and other transactional documents.. When she is not assisting clients, Jillian enjoys a wide variety of outside interests, including rock climbing, SCUBA diving, hiking, running and sailing. In 2002, Jillian and her husband sailed their 35-foot steel cutter-rigged sailboat across the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand, visiting as many intriguing South Pacific islands as possible along the way.

Experienced Estate attorney serving clients in Alameda and surrounding areas.