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Mr. Whitney has been with McCormick Barstow since 1978. During that time he has tried over 50 cases in both state and federal court, has represented attorneys before the State Bar, has been appointed an arbitrator in the Fresno County Superior Court Judicial Arbitration Program, is a former member of Mandatory Fee Advisory Committee to the State Bar, is a past participant evaluator in the Early Neutral Evaluation Program for the United States District Court, Eastern District of California and is a member of the American Arbitration Association panel of arbitrators. Mr. Whitney also has substantial appellate experience having argued several matters before both the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District of California. Mr. Whitney is certified as a specialist in Legal Malpractice Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.. Mr. Whitney is admitted to the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, United States District Court, Central District of California.

Mr. Watters is admitted to practice before all state courts in the State of California and the United States District Court, Eastern District of California. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court, Central District of California.. Mr. Watters is a member of the State Bar of California, the Fresno County Bar Association, the Kings County Bar Association, the Central California Trial Lawyers’ Association, the Federal Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the American Bar Association, the Consumer Attorneys of California, the American Society of Legal Advocates, the National Trial Lawyers, the Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Academy of Trial Attorneys.. Mr. Watters has received a AV Preeminent rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings. Mr. Watters was designated as a Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyer and a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers. Mr. Watters was also designated as one of the Top 40 Lawyers under 40 years of age in the State of California by the American Society of Legal Advocates. Mr. Watters was designated as a Premiere 100 Trial Attorney by the American Academy of Trial Attorneys. He was also designated as a 2014 Top Attorney by Northern California's Outstanding Young Lawyers. In every year since 2012, Mr. Watters has been selected for inclusion in the Northern California Rising Stars list, a distinction only bestowed upon 2.5% of the attorneys in Northern California.. Mr. Watters specializes in plaintiff's personal injury and wrongful death litigation.

Mr. Wainwright joined the Civil Litigation Practice Group of McCormick Barstow in 2003. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Wainwright had practiced at law firms in Visalia, Fresno and San Jose, with a focus on general civil litigation matters, governmental tort claims, construction litigation, personal injury and the defense of Workers’ Compensation claims.. Mr. Wainwright has a solid background in defense litigation of actions involving professional malpractice (both medical and legal), personal injury, product liability, slip and fall, premises liability, automobile accidents, trucking accidents, property damage, wrongful death, dog bite cases, uninsured and under-insured motorist cases, and public entity cases. His practice also focuses on insurance fraud (SIU) and RICO claims arising out of fraudulent and/or illegal conduct related to insurance claims. He has taken and defended hundreds of depositions of every type of witness, from plaintiffs and defendants to expert doctors, economists, engineers and accident reconstructionists. Mr. Wainwright has successfully defended clients in numerous civil Court and Jury Trials in California’s Superior Court as well as in the U.S. Eastern District Court.. Mr. Wainwright is admitted to practice before all California State Courts, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of California, and U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.

Mr. Sutton counsels clients on labor and employment law matters and aggressively represents clients in litigation of employment law and business-related cases before federal courts, state courts and administrative agencies.

Mr. Shekoyan, a Baker Manock & Jensen Senior Counsel, has been a lawyer for more than 45 years. He practices in the areas of business formation and consultation, real estate and estate planning, with an emphasis in estate and gift tax planning, trusts, wills, family limited partnerships, and advising in the administration of trusts and estates. Mr. Shekoyan also represents clients in business succession planning and commercial and agricultural real estate matters.

Mr. Refuerzo has significant expertise in the legal representation of local, regional, national and international businesses, including entity planning and formation, complex mergers and acquisitions, and financing. He is also an expert on reclamation and water law, commission merchant and Federal farm programs. In addition, Mr. Refuerzo has extensive experience in corporate governance matters. He handles all entity planning and formation issues, including choice of form of doing business (e.g. corporation, partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company). He assists business clients with on-going issues, including sales and acquisitions of assets, succession planning, leases, employment agreements, and stock options. Mr. Refuerzo regularly assists clients with the buying and selling of businesses, including acquisitions, mergers and reorganizations. He is a member of the American Agricultural Law Association, and the Fresno County, California and American Bar Associations.

Mr. Reddie specializes in handling appeals and writs in State and Federal Court, including bankruptcy appeals. He also represents clients as appellate counsel in litigation matters in the following ways: drafting critical motions, trial briefs, motions in limine, special jury instructions and special verdict forms; conducting legal research “on the fly” during trial; consulting with trial counsel regarding how best to preserve claims of error and avoid waiver issues; consulting with trial counsel concerning post-trial motions and the proper form of judgment, including drafting those pleadings; and advising the client and trial counsel regarding temporary stays of enforcement, and procedures for bonding an adverse judgment.. Mr. Reddie has handled numerous appellate oral arguments in both the State and Federal Courts of Appeal, including the first ever en banc oral argument at the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Although the statewide average reversal rate on appeal is under 20%, representing Appellants in state courts of appeal, Mr. Reddie’s reversal rate is 64% and representing Appellants at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Mr. Reddie’s reversal rate is 83% (as of 10/1/19).. As a Respondent in state court, Mr. Reddie’s affirmance rate is 92%, and as an Appellee at the Ninth Circuit, Mr. Reddie’s affirmance rate is 92% (as of 10/1/19).. Mr. Reddie is admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, all California State Courts, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Central, Northern and Southern District of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.  Mr. Reddie is also a member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

Mr. Perez represents injured workers and employees in wage and hour claims.  He takes a personal stake in each case that he handles and attempts to obtain the best possible outcome for his clients. He prides himself in providing his clients with the attention that they deserve, always keeping his clients interest at heart, giving honest opinions, and ensuring that his clients are well informed before they have to make difficult decisions.

Mr. Paloutzian has been practicing law for more than 20 years. He specializes in defense of health care providers in professional liability cases, probate litigation, business litigation and agribusiness. Prior to joining Baker Manock & Jensen in 2002, Mr. Paloutzian spent over five years as a Deputy District Attorney for the County of Fresno where he prosecuted elder abuse, sexual assault, homicide, gang, 10-20-life and Three Strikes cases. In 2000, he was selected to be the County’s first elder abuse prosecutor and he spent two years handling both physical and financial elder abuse exclusively. He was the first prosecutor in FresnoCounty to convict at trial a defendant charged with elder abuse. He has tried more than 20 jury trials and numerous bench trials.

Mr. Nicholson joined the Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Practice Group of McCormick, Barstow in 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Nicholson served as an extern to the Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller, Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Mr. Nicholson is admitted to practice law before all California State Courts and U.S. District Courts of California.

Mr. Lozada is an associate attorney with Baker Manock & Jensen and a member of the firm's business litigation and medical malpractice groups.  He provides case and trial support, primarily in motion practice and legal research.  He has represented clients in various matters in federal, state, and tribal courts.  He has experience working on a wide variety of legal issues including contract disputes, business torts, consumer law, and regulatory compliance.. Prior to joining Baker Manock & Jensen, Mr. Lozada worked for a law firm that primarily represented Native American tribes and their instrumentalities.  He also worked as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and as a judicial law clerk for the judges of the State of Connecticut Superior Court.

Mr. Lejf Knutson joined the Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation Practice Group of McCormick Barstow in 2004. Prior to that, in the summer of 2003, Mr. Knutson volunteered his services as a judicial extern in the chambers of the Hon. Ruben B. Brooks of the Federal Southern District of California. Mr. Knutson is admitted to practice before all California state and federal district courts.

Mr. Landen first joined the law firm of McCormick Barstow in 1990. He is a member of the Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Practice Group. He has represented clients in litigation matters, including bad faith litigation cases, in both state and federal courts in California. His insurance coverage work concentrates on analysis and interpretation of various types of insurance policies with regard to coverage for both first and third-party claims. Such claims involve property damage losses, environmental losses, intellectual property suits, and financial institution and international coverage cases. Mr. Landen is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in the State of California and all state courts in the State of Wisconsin.

Mr. Kapheim is a graduate of Dinuba High School (2008), California State University Sacramento (2012, B.A., English), and University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (2016, J.D., Health Law Concentration). He was a certified law clerk in the McGeorge Elder and Health Law legal clinic in 2016. Mr. Kapheim is a member of the State Bar of California and his concentrations are in estate planning, probate, and trust administration

Mr. Houghton has practiced law since 1979 in the areas of taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and general business. Mr. Houghton is the Chair of the firm's Tax Practice Group. He has significant experience in corporate, partnership, individual, and real estate tax planning and transactions, business succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, and Federal, State, and local tax litigation, including tax proceedings before the United States Tax Court, the United States District Courts, the Federal appellate courts, the California State Board of Equalization, the California Franchise Tax Board, local tax boards and agencies, and the State's courts. Mr. Houghton also assists clients with general business matters, including business formations, acquisitions, reorganizations, and joint ventures.

Mr. Hastrup joined McCormick Barstow in 2009. He is admitted to practice law before all California State Courts and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Mr. Harris represents clients throughout California and the Central Valley. He is endearingly referred to as “Mr. Miles” because of the time and attention he pays to each of his clients and their cases. Mr. Harris is dedicated to his practice, often catering to his clients by meeting clients on their time, outside of normal business hours, as well as being accessible at any time of the day or night.. While respectful of the judicial process, Mr. Harris has no qualms about raising issues and ruffling feathers in the courtroom on behalf of his clients. Not only is Mr. Harris committed to representing his clients’ best interest in the courtroom, his utmost priority is making sure his clients’ lives remain intact even through dire situations.. In addition to his criminal law practice, “Mr. Miles” is active in the community, supporting many local musical artists, MMA fighters and budding entrepreneurs of the Central Valley. Mr. Harris’ law practice is as diverse as it is rich in the positive impacts Harris makes in the lives of his clients.

Mr. Harris began his legal career in Fresno, California in 1998. For the next 16 years, Mr. Harris worked at three different firms including one of Fresno’s larger law firms, before working at a bankruptcy boutique, and finally a prominent business firm before founding Harris Law Firm, PC. He has tried multiple cases throughout California, including jury trials, before State and federal courts, as well as administrative agencies. He is well-known for his aggressive, but pragmatic approach to resolution of legal disputes. Staff will readily affirm his two guiding mantras, namely: “Less is always more” and “We can always escalate, but we cannot de-escalate.”. Mr. Harris is a self-described adrenaline junky. As an adult, he has played rugby with Fresno Rugby Football Club throughout California, competed in powerlifting, Strongman (where he was Northern Nevada’s Strongest Man), and bodybuilding (where he won his first show in Southern California). Currently, Mr. Harris is training to fight in mixed martial arts. Nearly every weekend, Mr. Harris can be found riding his Ducati to locations unknown.. Mr. Harris is the proud father of four boys and husband to his wife of 24 years.

Mr. Doerr joined McCormick Barstow as an associate in 2010. Bevore moving to the central Valley, Mr. Doerr began his practice at a large international law firm where he focused on anti-trust law. Mr. Doerr now provides counseling to individuals and businesses regarding tax planning and tax controversy includeing IRS and FTB audits and appeals.. In addition to tax matters, Mr. Doerr assists new businesses with entity formation and established businesses with restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and capital needs. Mr. Doerr also negotiates and structures real estate transactions.. Mr. Doerr is admitted to practice law before all California state courts, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California and U.S. Tax Court.

Mr. DiBuduo provides the following services: domestic and foreign patent prosecution in the electrical, electronic, and software arts; domestic, foreign, and state trademark prosecution; litigation actions involving infringement of intellectual property rights; domain name disputes and internet law, including actions under the Uniform Doman-Name Dispute Resolution Policy; federal trademark cancellation and opposition proceedings; intellectual property licensing and portfolio management; franchise purchase agreements; confidentiality / non-disclosure agreements.

Mr. DeMaria has handled the litigation of insurance defense, public entity and school defense, employment defense, university defense, personal injury defense, products liability, civil rights defense, slip and fall, premises liability, automobile accidents, property damage, chemical damages, wrongful death, brain injury, dog bite cases, uninsured and underinsured motorist cases, automobile medical payment provision disputes, first and third party insurance coverage disputes, arson cases, public entity cases, and crop damage cases, as well as contract disputes, indemnity cases, construction defect cases, environmental damage cases, mold allegations, subrogation cases, special investigation unit cases, and third party fraud cases, since arriving at McCormick Barstow in 1995.. Mr. DeMaria has successfully defended cases in California’s state and federal courts in jurisdictions and venues throughout the state. Mr. DeMaria has won many jury and bench trials in several California courts, and has also conducted binding arbitrations in venues throughout California. Several of Mr. DeMaria’s jury verdicts have been reported in jury verdict publications and internet sites.. He has taken and defended literally hundreds of depositions of every type of witness, from plaintiffs and defendants to expert doctors, economists, accident reconstructionists, construction and safety engineers, bio mechanical engineers and contractors, to name just a few. Mr. DeMaria has conducted literally hundreds of arbitrations and mediations.. Mr. DeMaria has represented clients in Colorado’s state and federal courts. In the Colorado case of Todd v. Ross, Mr. DeMaria successfully defended his client to an eventual court-ordered dismissal.

Mr. Crass came to Baker Manock & Jensen with extensive legal experience both in the public and private sector and currently represents employers in a broad range of employment litigation matters, including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, wage and hour and other fair employment practice matters. He counsels employers on day-to-day issues including discipline and termination, medical leaves and other matters. Mr. Crass represents clients in front of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing as well as state and federal courts. In addition to Mr. Crass' civil litigation experience, he honed his trial skills as a District Attorney, a Navy Judge Advocate, and an Assistant United States Attorney.

Mr. Armstrong is an associate at Baker Manock & Jensen and a member of the firm’s Business Department and Public Agency practice group. He has experience assisting both public and private clients on various business matters such as creating corporate policies and procedures, drafting complex memorandums of understanding, and enforcing contract and lease provisions. Mr. Armstrong is familiar with the requirements of the California Government Claims Act and has experience both responding to and making requests under the California Public Records Act.

Mr. Arisian’s practice is concentrated but not limited to Criminal Defense, Personal Injury as well as Lemon Law cases in the State of California. Although, the main office is located in Fresno, California, Mr. Arisian’s practice is not limited to the Central Valley and can extend to all Counties of the State of California.. Prior to becoming a member of the California State Bar, Mr. Arisian earned a High School Degree from Bullard High School, an Associate in Arts Degree from Fresno City College, a Bachelor’s Degree from California State University, Fresno, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree from San Joaquin College of Law.. While attending to San Joaquin College of Law, Mr. Arisian worked for Mr. Salvatore Sciandra who practiced Criminal Defense in Fresno, California. Mr. Arisian also volunteered with the Fresno County Family Facilitator’s Office for the purposes of diversifying his experience in those types of cases. Since graduating from San Joaquin College of Law, Mr. Arisian was employed by Yohman, Parker, Kern & Nard under the direct supervision of Mr. Richard Kern where he gained valuable experience in Worker’s Compensation Defense cases and more specifically in Subrogation matters. After graduating from San Joaquin College of Law, Mr. Arisian was employed by Real Lawyers At Affordable PricesTM under the direct supervision of Mr. Eric H. Schweitzer and under the general supervision of Mr. Richard P. Berman. At Real Lawyers At Affordable PricesTM, Mr. Arisian gained substantial experience in various types of Administrative Matters, including Administrative Writs and Appeals, in various stages of Criminal Defense cases including Writs and Appeals both in State and Federal Courts. During his employment at Real Lawyers At Affordable PricesTM, Mr. Arisian represented clients in DUI matters before the Department of Motor Vehicles and defended his clients in countless Administrative Per Se hearings.. Since 2011, Mr. Arisian has been employed by Schweitzer & Davidian, P.C., under the direct supervision of attorneys Eric H. Schweitzer and Annie L. Davidian where he continued to gain additional experience in Administrative and Criminal Defense matters. Currently, Mr. Arisian serves as an ‘Of Counsel’ at Schweitzer & Davidian, P.C., while dedicating more time to his practice. Mr. Arisian is also a member of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, an organization that is very active in Legislative Advocacy.

Mr. Anthony Raimondo specializes in labor relations and employment law, including management representation in counter-organizing campaigns, unfair labor practice defense, grievance and arbitration defense, and collective bargaining negotiations. Represents employers in state and federal courts in actions ranging from harassment and discrimination to wage and hour disputes. Defends employers in administrative agency proceedings and investigations including the National Labor Relations Board, the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, the California Labor Commissioner, U.S. Department of Labor, Cal/OSHA, EEOC, and others. Defends suits under Business and Professions Code §17200 brought by public prosecutors and private plaintiffs. Mr. Raimondo represented the defendant in Arias v. Superior Court (2009), establishing that representative actions under Business and Professions Code §17200 brought by private plaintiffs must be brought as class actions.. Mr. Raimondo has been representing employers since 2001 when he left the Fresno County Public Defender to enter private practice. He has assisted employers with strategic planning in labor relations, and has counseled employers in day to day workplace issues to avoid litigation. Mr. Raimondo has successfully turned back organizing campaigns from some of America’s most aggressive unions, and has negotiated favorable contracts for unionized employers. Mr. Raimondo has assisted clients with government investigations and audits, and regularly defends wage claims before the California Labor Commissioner.. Mr. Raimondo is the primary labor and employment resource for California’s Western United Dairymen, and regularly publishes articles in industry newsletters.. Mr. Raimondo is admitted to practice in the State of California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California and Northern District of California