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Kime Smith is an experienced Bay Area litigator with over a decade of experience defending construction entities.  Mr. Smith’s legal experience includes the areas of construction defect, personal injury, and complex toxic torts.. Mr. Smith represents a diverse client base including general contractors, subcontractors, product manufacturers and construction material suppliers. Mr. Smith has extensive law and motion experience and deposition experience defending San Francisco and Los Angeles based entities.. At Syracuse University College of Law, Mr. Smith received Dean’s List honors and received a certificate from the Technology Management Program where he assessed university based inventions for intellectual property protection.  During the summer of 2002, Mr. Smith studied Chinese intellectual property law at the prestigious TsinghaiUniversity in Beijing, China.. Mr. Smith is an active member of the San Francisco Aquarium Society, the oldest organization of its type in America.

Garret is a partner at Nomos LLP in Oakland, California where he specializes in construction, real estate and related business disputes.. The son of an architect, Garret grew up around blueprints and drafting tables. And, while he didn’t follow in his father’s footsteps he didn’t stray far either. He worked as a lobbyist in Sacramento and later Washington, D.C. where he represented the design profession and construction industry before the California state legislature, Congress and executive bodies including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.. Since then, Garret’s practice has focused almost exclusively on construction, real estate and related business disputes. He has represented owners, developers, architects, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers and sureties from contract negotiations through trial on numerous public and private projects from state-of-the-art solar projects to the most iconic landmarks in the state including the Golden Gate Bridge.. Recognized as a Rising Star in the area of construction litigation in Thompson Reuter’s annual list of Northern California Super Lawyers, Garret has written and spoken before many of the leading construction organizations in the state and is a contributing author on topics related to construction law for the Continuing Education of the Bar sponsored by the State Bar of California and published by the University of California.. Garret is also the author of the California Construction Law Blog () which provides an informative yet wry look at legal issues affecting the California construction industry.

After graduating high school in the East Bay, David Kleczek attended the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana.  Active in the school CEDA Debate Team, the school ranked in the top 20 nationally.  After obtaining a bachelor degree in Economics, Mr. Kleczek moved to Chicago.  In 2002, Mr. Kleczek graduated with honors from The John Marshall Law School.  During his law school tenure, Mr. Kleczek was appointed to the Moot Court Executive Board.. Mr. Kleczek began work as an associate at Levenfeld Pearlstein, LP Legal, downtown Chicago, Illinois, where he had worked as an intern prior to graduation.  After several years at LP Legal, Mr. Kleczek opened his own practice.  In 2008, Mr. Kleczek returned to the East Bay, and operates Kleczek Law Office from its Downtown Oakland Offices.  Since returning to the East Bay, David Kleczek has continued his successful representation of those wronged.