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Mr. Schwartz has a proven track record of success successfully defending landlords and employers.  In fact, he currently represents only landlords and employers.  He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from California Western School of Law.  While in school, he earned American Jurisprudence awards in Business Planning, Workers' Compensation, Negotiation, and Advanced Mediation.. In addition, Edwin earned an Area of Concentration award, with honors, in Labor and Employment law and was recognized for excellence in his business law courses when he earned both the Andrea L. Johnson Business Law Award and Cal Western's Advanced Mediation Award.. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Schwartz developed an impressive resume where he earned national recognition in sales and sales management while working for global companies like BMW, Lexus, and the Penske Automotive Group.  An entrepreneur at heart, he also cut his teeth working for several startups, two of which were later acquired by Symantec and Google and he is co-founder and General Counsel for Clicktote, Inc. a web delivery startup based in San Diego.. Having owned his own law firm and rental properties, Mr. Schwartz understands both business and real estate from the perspective of an emplyer and as a landlord.  His dedication to his clients and his skill set as both a businessman and an attorney make him the perfect fit for your landlord/tenant, business, and employment, needs.

Mr. Reza has successfully represented clients at jury and bench trials, arbitration, and mediation. He maintains an undefeated trial record. Mr. Reza's practice focuses on catastrophic injury, and employment disputes. He also serves as outside corporate counsel for several privately held companies.. His extensive personal injury experience includes both plaintiff and defense work. He has been involved in all facets of high profile litigations involving premises liability and motor vehicle accident matters. Mr. Reza’s efforts have directly resulted in impressive settlements and judgments.. Mr. Reza has been recognized as a Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. He has also been honored as among the “10 Best” Personal Injury Attorneys in California by the American Institute of Legal Counsel, which is an award based on client satisfaction. Avvo has also awarded Mr. Reza with the Clients’ Choice Award, Top Contributor Award, and a Superb Rating.

Mr. Mullen specializes in real estate law, with a particular emphasis on property acquisition and development, commercial and industrial leasing, construction law, and real estate finance.. Mr. Mullen represents developers, investors, and property owners in purchase and sale transactions of unimproved land and development sites, residential subdivision properties and master-planned communities, and office, commercial, and industrial buildings. He has experience in preparing CC&Rs and access and easement agreements for development properties and commercial and industrial condominium projects. Mr. Mullen also advises both lenders and borrowers in secured financing matters, including negotiating and documenting acquisition and development loans, mezzanine loans, construction loans, revolving lines of credit, and permanent financing.. Mr. Mullen has broad experience representing landlords and tenants in office, retail, and industrial leasing transactions. This experience includes negotiating and documenting leases for all types of clients, from small retail tenants to office landlords and tenants and owners and users of large industrial warehouse and distribution facilities. In addition, Mr. Mullen advises landlords and tenants in connection with lease disputes and a wide array of lender financing and subordination issues.. Mr. Mullen also has substantial expertise in counseling clients on documenting and managing construction projects, from tenant improvements to the construction and rehabilitation of large industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities.. Before joining Garrett DeFrenza Stiepel Ryder LLP, Mr. Mullen was an associate with DLA Piper LLP in San Diego, California.

Mr. Morrison specializes in corporate, securities and commercial business transaction matters. He represents individuals, partnerships, small and mid-size businesses, and national companies from a variety of industries including manufacturing, real estate, agriculture, technology, medical device, professional services, retail, hospitality and food service.. Mr. Morrison has extensive experience in merger and acquisition transactions, private placements, joint ventures and strategic alliances, organizing, structuring, reorganizing and dissolving corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships, and debt financings. Mr. Morrison also has significant experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements (such as major supply, manufacturing and distribution agreements, licensing agreements, consulting and employment agreements and non-disclosure agreements).. Before joining Garrett DeFrenza Stiepel Ryder LLP, Mr. Morrison served as in-house counsel to James Hardie Building Products Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of a publicly traded multi-national building products manufacturing company. Prior to his experience with James Hardie, Mr. Morrison practiced general corporate and securities law with Bingham McCutchen LLP in Costa Mesa, California.

Mr. Molfetta has completed over 250 jury trials all over the country including Idaho, Texas, New York, Florida, Connecticut, Mass., and New Jersey. He has handled cases in Mexico, Italy, and Canada as well. He has been a legal analyst on ABC's World News Tonight as well as many other prominent shows. He is one of the main subjects in two "true crime" novels.

Mr. Keadjian founded Keadjian Law, P.C., a law firm focused on providing businesses and business professionals with legal services in the areas of corporate transaction, corporate formation and governance, commercial agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate counsel and business law services.. Michael graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1997. He received his law degree from University of California, Hastings School of Law in 2001 and conducted a judicial externship with the San Francisco Superior Court, Civil Law and Motion Department.. In 2001 Michael joined the San Francisco office of Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps where he worked as an associate attorney. Mr. Keadjian has been a member of the State Bar of California since 2001 and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of California. Michael is also a licensed California real estate Broker.Michael is an experienced merger and acquisition attorney who chaired the M&A and corporate finance department of Wilson Keadjian Browndorf, LLP prior to his departure in 2019.  Michael has represented clients in acquisition and financing transactions totaling over 600 million dollars and serves as corporate counsel to numerous private clients.Michael has negotiated and prepared a wide variety of commercial agreements including terms and conditions of purchase and sale, joint venture, distributorship and representative arrangements, consulting and other services contracts, confidentiality agreements, employment matters, noncompetition agreements, licensing arrangements and other similar matters.

Mr. Hickersberger practices in all areas of labor and employment law and has handled a wide variety of matters, including trade secret litigation, wage and hour class actions, and discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination claims. Mr. Hickersberger also has appellate experience in both state and federal court. In addition, Mr. Hickersberger partners with clients to provide counsel regarding employment law compliance and litigation avoidance strategies.  He has worked with a diverse group of industries, including medical groups, automobile dealerships, retailers and wholesalers, and interstate transportation companies.

Mr. De Frenza specializes in real property law with an emphasis on commercial leasing, purchase and sale transactions, construction law, and financing. Mr. De Frenza’s experience includes drafting and negotiating ground leases and leases for office, retail, restaurant, medical use and industrial space. He handles purchase and sale agreements for unimproved land and for office, research and development, retail, apartment, industrial, restaurant and hotel properties. Mr. De Frenza also prepares reciprocal easement agreements, property management agreements, covenants, conditions and restrictions, and various development-related agreements with public entities and between landowners. Mr. De Frenza’s representation includes major insurance companies, real estate investment companies, real estate development companies, national and regional quick service and casual dining restaurant chains, national tenant representation of a real estate financial services firm, a wireless telecommunications company, property management companies and individuals. Mr. De Frenza has provided real estate expertise in complex litigation matters involving real property. Prior to co-founding DeFrenza Lee LLP, Mr. De Frenza was a founding partner of Garrett DeFrenza Stiepel Ryder LLP and was previously the supervising partner of the Business Group of the Orange County office of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP. Mr. De Frenza has been a speaker on due diligence in real estate transactions, premises liability issues, wireless communication site leases and recent developments in real property law.

Mr. Bowerbank offers superior, creative, and efficient legal services involving real estate and commerical disputes.  Mr. Bowerbank offers big firm services without the big firm rates.

Meghan Glaspy is the Managing Attorney in the Orange County office. Having previously served as a Deputy District Attorney, Meghan brings extensive trial experience and has worked closely with clients through complex and emotionally-charged disputes. Meghan brings that experience to RMO where she focuses her practice on probate disputes, including will and trust contests, breach of fiduciary duty claims, financial elder abuse protection, and contested conservatorships, representing beneficiaries, as well as individual, professional and corporate fiduciaries (administrators, executors, trustees and conservators). Meghan grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from University of California, San Diego with a B.A. in Literature and English. She studied law at Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a published author in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy.

Matthew D. Easton is the Managing Partner of Easton & Easton, LLP, located in Costa Mesa, California. The firm was originally founded by Matt's father, Doug Easton, in 1993 after he had spent more than 20 years representing personal injury and medical malpractice plaintiffs. Matt now practices with his father and two brothers, Brian and Travis. Between them, they have more than 100 years of combined experience representing personal injury/wrongful death victims and have recovered more than $100,000,000 for their clients in the past 5 years alone.. Since joining the firm, Matt has become a central figure in some of Easton & Easton’s most prominent cases, including a 2019 mediated settlement for $20,000,000, a 2016 settlement for $3,060,000, a 2013 settlement for $2,750,000, and two 2017 settlements for $1,875,000 and $1,800,000 – all of which were selected as Top Million-Dollar Settlements in California for their respective years, and which contributed to Matt’s lifetime selection to the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum® – The Top Trial Lawyers in America® (an honor given to less than 1% of all attorneys in the United States).. Matt is a partner at Easton & Easton and has been selected each year since 2016 among Super Lawyers’ Up-and-Coming Top 100 (Southern California) and Super Lawyers’ Up-and-Coming Top 25 (Orange County), honors given to less than 0.5% of attorneys. Matt has also been chosen each year since 2018 as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Plaintiff’s Personal Injury and Product Liability Litigation. Best Lawyers selects attorneys who have earned peer recognition through exemplary legal work that attracts the notice of their colleagues. Lawyers cannot buy their way onto this list. Matt has also been featured among Southern California’s “Best Lawyers” each year since 2017 in the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times Magazine.. Additionally, he has been chosen each year since 2014 for the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 in California and Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars, honors given to less than 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California under the age of 40. Matt has also been selected each year since 2015 for the American Academy of Trial Attorneys’ Premier 100 Trial Attorneys, the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys “10 Best” Attorneys for California, the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys’ Top 10 Under 40, and for the highest AV Preeminent rating offered by Martindale-Hubbell, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious peer rating service for legal ability and ethics.. Since joining Easton & Easton, Matt has litigated hundreds of cases for meritorious plaintiffs, including important cases against the State of California, numerous cities, numerous school districts, and countless large corporate entities and other defendants. In 2019, Matt acquired $20,000,000 in a hotly disputed matter for a client injured on the Defendant’s premises. In 2016, Matt litigated the mediated settlement of a difficult lane-splitting motorcycle accident for $3,060,000 (10 times the medical bills). In 2017, Matt acquired $1,875,000 and $1,800,000 for two auto accident pre-litigation cases where the plaintiff’s medical bills were less than $200,000 in each case. In 2013, Matt was instrumental in securing a negotiated settlement of $2.75 Million for the wrongful death of an unmarried 55-year-old man whose only surviving heirs were his 80-year-old parents, such that he received a Commendation from the City of Lancaster for his work in that case. In 2014, Matt represented a breast cancer survivor whose healed breast reconstruction incision ruptured after a T-bone collision. After litigating the case for more than a year, Matt negotiated an exceptional settlement of $1,240,000 one month before trial.. Matt has been the Managing Partner at Easton & Easton since 2019, where he and his family lead a team of seasoned litigators fighting for the rights and full compensation of injury victims in all types of personal injury matters. Given the impressive pedigree of success and results exhibited by Easton & Easton's attorneys, the firm has been chosen by U.S. News & World Report as one of Southern California's Best Law Firms each year since 2014 and has also been chosen as the Official Personal Injury Attorneys of the Anaheim Ducks and Proud Partners of the Angels.

Matt represents a wide variety of clients on corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and real property matters and has over 18 years of experience practicing and teaching law.  He has represented both public and private companies in numerous securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions ranging from a few hundred thousand dollars in value to over three hundred million dollars.  He also advises clients on intellectual property matters such as registering and licensing trademarks, software development and licensing, domain name registrations and in efficiently resolving intellectual property infringement disputes.  His general corporate experience includes forming and operating corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, and advising companies on matters such as stock option plans, profit sharing plans, executive compensation, buy-sell agreements, consulting agreements, joint venture agreements, vendor agreements and selling and licensing products.. Matt received his bachelor’s degree from UCLA in 1991 and his law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law in 1994.  He also studied international law at Leiden University in The Netherlands.  For two academic years spanning 1996 through 1998, Matt was an Assistant Professor and Civic Education Project Fellow at the Law Faculty of West Bohemia University in the Czech Republic where he taught corporate law, European Union law and other legal subjects.. Matt’s prior professional experience includes having served as Senior Counsel in the corporate department of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP (a law firm of over 200 attorneys) and as an Associate in the corporate department of Arter & Hadden LLP.

Mark has extensive experience as a litigator and has worked on numerous multi-national antitrust matters. In his years of practice he has developed a reputation as a keen legal mind and an aggressive advocate of his clients. Prior to joining Do & Desouza, Mark worked at a large international law firm where he focused on commercial litigation and antitrust matters.. Mark is committed to public service and has taken several pro bono cases to help low-income clients. He has also volunteered his time with the Orange County Public Law Center to help those in need who cannot afford legal help.. Mark attended the University of California, Irvine, where he received his B.A. with honors. He then pursued his law degree at the Northwestern University School of Law, where he was an associate editor of the Northwestern University Law Review. While in law school, Mark worked in an International Human Rights Legal Clinic.

Like many immigrants I came to this country to pursue a better life for me and my family. I am originally from Brazil but an American citizen by choice.. As I understand how difficult and challenging it is to leave your country and pursue the American dream, I will put all my effort to make sure you too make that dream a reality.

Kristopher Diulio represents individuals and business who have been harmed by others.  He has extensive experience in all aspects of civil litigation, from initial strategy through trial and appeals.

Kelly Galligan is corporate attorney at Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, general corporate governance and private equity. Kelly gives back to the legal community by providing pro bono legal assistance through the Public Law Center. Kelly currently currently serve as Chair-Elect for the Young Lawyers Division of the Orange County Bar Association, Board Member of the Orange County Women Lawyers Association, and Secretary of the Orange County Bar Foundation Associate Board.

Keith Watts is a partner in the Orange County office of Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP. Keith practices exclusively labor and employment law and has handled a wide variety of matters, including sexual harassment, age discrimination, disability and wrongful termination claims. Mr. Watts' employment law practice focuses heavily on the "prevention side" of employment claims and positioning problem employment situations for the best possible defense, including complicated reductions-in-force terminations. He regularly advises employers regarding effective methods to avoid employment-related claims, including the use of effective employment contracts and severance agreements, implementation of up-to-date company policies and procedures, providing manager training on “best practices,” and giving day-to-day, practical advice on pressing employment issues, such as wage-hour compliance and the management and termination of “problem employees.”. His practice has also involved advising employers on strategies for remaining union-free, as well as successfully representing employers in union organizing campaigns, collective bargaining negotiations and state court strike injunction litigation.  Mr. Watts also represents employers in agency proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, including union representation and unfair labor practice cases.. Mr. Watts also has extensive experience defending employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and various other federal and state agencies. He is also a frequent guest lecturer on labor and employment issues for businesses, employers, and Human Resources groups around the country. Over the years, he has conducted scores of workshops and seminars and spoken to numerous national conventions as well as state and local meetings.. Mr. Watts represents or works with employers in a wide ranging, diverse group of industries, including automobile dealerships, advertising agencies, security and alarm companies, computer technology companies, equipment and food manufacturers, non-profit organizations, physicians, retailers and wholesalers, interstate transportation and wind energy companies. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Watts worked as an actor in New York and Los Angeles.. <!--ENDCONTENT-->

Katherine Meleski is a senior associate at Murphy & Evertz.  Her practice focuses on eminent domain and other real property litigation. Ms. Meleski represents private landowners, business owners, commercial landlords, tenants and public agencies in various phases of eminent domain litigation, including real property appraisal and valuation issues, inverse condemnation, pre-condemnation delay and loss of business goodwill.

Kate Santon, of Santon General Counsel, P.C., helps small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs protect and grow their businesses. Kate practices in the areas of business entity formation, contracts, founder relationships, employment advice for employers, and brand/IP protection.. Santon General Counsel is a boutique law firm that provides business, transactional, and outside general counsel services to startups, small businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofits throughout California. SGC partners with clients from the outset to manage legal risk from a business-oriented perspective on an ongoing basis.. SGC provides legal services in the areas of business and entity formation, founders’ agreements, corporate compliance, contract drafting and review, risk management, negotiation and dispute resolution, employment advice and compliance, intellectual property protection, trademark and copyright protection, and privacy and cybersecurity compliance.. SGC’s fundamental premise is built on knowing clients’ businesses and industries and serving as a problem-solver, advisor and business and legal strategist. Clients receive the benefits of an in-house counsel without incurring the costs of a full-time employee or large law firm rates.. SGC's core values are to be efficient, to cultivate an environment of creativity and innovation, and to use sophisticated technology and systems to provide high quality and effective legal services at predictable rates.. Complimentary ConsultationSGC offers a complimentary initial consultation to discuss your business law needs. Please contact us to schedule a complimentary consultation regarding your business law issues or to arrange a business audit to evaluate the major legal issues your business faces.

Judy Y. Chiang obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She majored in Economics and minored in Music. Ms. Chiang obtained her law degree from Whittier Law School. Prior to being admitted to practice law in California in the year 2000, she clerked for the Honorable James Barr of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Central District, worked for the State Bar of California, and worked for firms that specialized in civil litigation.Ms. Chiang is admitted to practice in California State Courts as well as the following Federal Courts: U.S. District Court (Central, Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of California) and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.Prior to establishing the Law Office of Judy Y. Chiang, Ms. Chiang practiced at Berger Kahn, ALC and Musick, Peeler & Garrett, LLP. Ms. Chiang has over 12 years of civil litigation experience in areas of law, including, but not limited to, business, real estate, collection, bankruptcy/creditors' rights, tenant/landlord disputes, employment law, trademark law, personal injury, insurance coverage, toxic mold litigation, construction defect, eminent domain, and lemon law. Because of her diverse background in civil litigation, in 2006, Ms. Chiang taught a C.E.B. class on the topic “Civil Litigation Before Trial” at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Irvine, California.Ms. Chiang is also a licensed real estate broker. Her familiarity of real estate documents and transactions compliments her business and real estate litigation practice.Ms. Chiang speaks four languages, which include: English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Hakkanese. Her multilingual skills have proven to be very useful in our current expanding global web.

Joseph Ursic was born and raised in Southern California. Joseph completed his undergraduate degree at the University of San Francisco. During law school, Joseph was a competing member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution team, a Judicial Law Clerk for the Long Beach Superior Court, and completed a two-year externship with a national complex litigation firm. Joseph graduated from Whittier Law with a concentration in Intellectual Property and was admitted to the California Bar in 2014. He represents clients in all aspects of Business Law and Real Estate.. Joseph enjoys traveling, cars, and live music. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Whittier Law School Alumni Association and serves on several committees for the Orange County Bar Association.

John Murphy focuses his practice on eminent domain, inverse condemnation and other complex real estate trials. He represents a wide variety of public agencies, corporations, and landowners.. Mr. Murphy and his firm have earned its clients over $275 Million in eminent domain awards over the past six years. His firm has won arguably the highest condemnation awards in the State in each of the past four years. Its 2017 judgment against the County of San Bernardino totals $48 Million.. He has been chosen repeatedly for inclusion in the definitive legal directory, Best Lawyers in America - - most recently for 2017 - - in two practice areas: eminent domain law and real estate law.  From 2006 – 2017, the Los Angeles Times has featured Mr. Murphy in its articles, “Southern California’s Best Lawyers.”  Los Angeles magazine has listed him repeatedly in Southern California Super Lawyers. Orange Coast magazine named him in its September, 2007 – 2015 features, “Top Attorneys in Orange County.”. Best Lawyers in America, the nation’s oldest and most respected legal peer-review publication, honored Mr. Murphy in 2012 as its “Orange County Litigation – Real Estate Lawyer of The Year.”  Mr. Murphy was also named one of the “Top 50 in Orange County” lawyers for 2012 by Southern California’s Super Lawyers magazine.. Mr. Murphy has served as lead trial counsel in numerous significant, successful jury trials. He speaks regularly on eminent domain issues and his cases have garnered significant press coverage. He has been the subject of three Los Angeles Daily Journal profiles and has been featured on the cover of both Verdicts and Settlements and the Daily Journal. John also won one of the largest jury verdicts ($14.6 million) ever obtained in Marin County Superior Court.. In 2006, Mr. Murphy was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Association.  He has been consistently accorded an “AV-Preeminent” rating by Martindale Hubbell.. In 2017, the State Bar of California’s Real Property Section awarded Mr. Murphy a seat on its executive committee.. Mr. Murphy has managed, or played a lead role in, several major public agency acquisition projects. These agencies include:. Mr. Murphy spoke on trial tactics in eminent domain at the American Law Institute – Continuing Legal Education (ALI-CLE) 34th Annual Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference in San Diego in 2017.  He has also spoken at the January, 2006 23rd Annual ALI-ABA National Eminent Domain Conference in San Diego; the 2009, 26th ALI-ABA National Eminent Domain Conference in Miami, Florida; the 2012, 29th ALI-ABA Eminent Domain Conference in San Diego; and the 2015, 32nd Annual National Eminent Domain Conference in San Francisco.. He serves as Co-Chairman of the annual CLE International Southern California seminar on eminent domain. He has spoken frequently at Appraisal Institute seminars, and authored an article for the Appraisal Journal.. Over the past ten years, Mr. Murphy has spoken at over 15 International Right of Way Association seminars and programs. Most recently, he spoke at the IRWA’s 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Annual International Education Conferences in Indianapolis, Calgary, Atlanta, Seattle, West Virginia, and Hartford, Connecticut.. Mr. Murphy has authored a chapter on condemnation for the California Continuing Education of the Bar; treatise, “Ground Lease Practice,” and he also authored a chapter of the American Bar Association text book on expert witnesses, “Litigators on Experts.”. Mr. Murphy is the former president of Chapter 67 of the International Right of Way Association (2000) and former member of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Bar Foundation. He is a past President of the Warren J. Ferguson Chapter of the American Inns of Court and has served on the Board of Visitors of the Chapman University Law School. He is also a member of Lambda Alpha, and an affiliate member of the Appraisal Institute.. Mr. Murphy received his J.D. from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law in 1980; and his B.A., with honors, from the University of California, Riverside in 1976.

Jennifer Wood Dienhart’s practice focuses on eminent domain, inverse condemnation and other complex business disputes. Ms. Dienhart has represented clients in disputes concerning condemnation of real property, inverse condemnation, breach of lease agreements, breach of purchase and sale agreements, and adjustment of rental rates, among others. Her eminent domain experience includes cases concerning total and partial takings, loss of business goodwill, precondemnation damages, and severance damages. She has advised clients regarding pre-condemnation activity and relocation benefits.. Ms. Dienhart recently spoke at the International Right of Way Chapter 57's Education Seminar regarding Resolutions of Necessity .  She has also co-authored articles regarding the United States Supreme Court eminent domain decision in Kelo v. City of New London and appropriate dates of value.

Jennifer McClure’s practice focuses on eminent domain, inverse condemnation matters, and other complex business disputes.  Ms. McClure has represented clients in disputes concerning condemnation of real property, inverse condemnation, breach of lease agreements, and adjustment of rental rates, among others. Her eminent domain experience includes cases concerning total and partial takings, loss of business goodwill, precondemnation damages, and severance damages. She advises clients regarding pre-condemnation activity and relocation benefits.. Ms. McClure also represents and advises clients in land use litigation matters, water rights and environmental disputes. Her litigation experience includes representation of developers in variety of construction defect litigations and national insurers in numerous environmental coverage actions.

James K. Ulwelling is the principal of Ulwelling Law, APC. His practice focuses on real estate, community association law, and business litigation. Previously, Jim was one of the founding partners of Ulwelling | Siddiqui LLP and a partner at Morris Polich & Purdy, LLP (now merged with Clark Hill). Jim has been lead trial counsel in numerous lawsuits and arbitrations over the years, where he has exhibited skills in courtroom strategy, critical analysis and sophisticated advocacy. Jim is frequently engaged by other attorneys, and has served as a testifying expert witness in legal malpractice actions.. Jim is actively engaged with professional groups serving the real estate, community association and business communities. He is a member of the Real Property Section of the State Bar of California and the Community Associations Institute, Orange County Chapter. He is a featured speaker for groups such as the Community Associations Institute, Chapman University School of Law, the Employer Advisory Council of Orange County, and the Orange County Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Orange County Bar Association, and numerous commercial and residential real estate brokerages. He has served on the Publications Committee and the Mediation Committee for the Community Associations Institute. Jim has been published in periodicals and trade journals such as California Law Business, The Law Journal and OC View.. Jim received an undergraduate degree in Political Science from UCLA, where he received recognition on the Dean's List.  In 1994, he earned his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law, where he served as Associate Editor of the Santa Clara Law Review.  He subsequently completed additional training as a mediator through the Santa Clara County Office of Human Relations and actively served as a community volunteer mediator.. Jim has resided in Orange County since 1998.  He lives in Irvine.  He enjoys camping and traveling with his family, as well as swimming, hiking, gardening, fishing and UCLA sports.