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Travers is a transactional attorney with substantial experience negotiating commercial agreements of all kinds and advising on privacy compliance and intellectual property licensing and protection.. Travers represents entrepreneurs, business owners, growth startups, and venture capital investors. His experience also includes representing clients in connection with numerous M&A transactions.. Clients come to Travers when there is a need to prevent or remediate issues relating to the development, ownership, protection, licensing, commercialization, and theft of material proprietary assets. Additionally, such clients work with Travers to prevent issues regarding compliance with laws and regulations effecting technology centric companies.

Now living in Las Vegas, he still consults on legal issues and enjoys playing golf and music in his spare time.

Melinda received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of California at Davis.  While at UC Davis she was actively involved in local non-profits assisting survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault with various legal issues.. She later earned her Juris Doctorate from Whittier Law School in 2009, where she received the 2007 Public Interest Scholarship from the California Bar Association for her continued volunteer work.  While at Whittier law school she served as the President of the Hispanic American Law Student Association while also competing and serving as the Vice President of the Trial Advocacy Honors Board.. While in law school she worked with Amnesty International in their Stop Violence Against Women Project as well as at the District Attorney’s offices in San Diego and Orange County.  Upon graduating from law school she was awarded the Center for Children’s Rights Certificate, Trial and Appellate Practice Certificate, and Criminal Law Certificate due to her courses and active participation in school programs.. Melinda is a member of the Orange County Bar Association, Orange County Hispanic Bar Association, and continues to assist in advocacy and policy development for survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault through her work with the California Partnership for Domestic Violence (CPEDV) and Human Options.. As an attorney, Melinda has been involved in many high asset and high conflict custody and dissolution matters during her career.  Her ability to advocate for her clients with up to date advice and compassion allows  her to obtain client centered results in the most efficient manner possible.

John Rapillo is an established personal injury attorney in Orange County, CA with over 35 years experience helping injury victims get the compensation they deserve after an accident.

In addition to being one of the more accomplished federal and state court law and motion attorneys in Orange County, Michelle L. Carder has successfully arbitrated, tried, and argued on appeal numerous cases ranging from insurance coverage and bad faith to real estate and general business disputes. Ms. Carder is a "client's lawyer" who has built a reputation for developing novel, unexpected legal arguments which minimize exposure for defendants and maximize probabilities of success for plaintiffs. She is known for her top flight writing and oral advocacy skills, which have resulted in an outstanding record of winning seemingly unwinnable cases, as a matter of law, before or during trial. As an insurance coverage lawyer, Ms. Carder has provided critical advice to national insurance carriers and guidance and presentations to Fortune 500 companies in connection with complex, high exposure cases and pre litigation coverage disputes. She has served as coverage counsel for first and third party coverage matters venued in California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Texas, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Arizona, Virginia, Florida, and South Carolina.. Ms. Carder first met Gerald A. Klein and Mark B. Wilson in 2002 as an opponent. Impressed with Ms. Carder's extensive knowledge of insurance coverage and her fearless approach to advocacy, Klein & Wilson continued over the years to consult with Ms. Carder to the benefit of their clients. Equally impressed by Klein & Wilson's unparalleled legal ethics and reputation as outstanding trial lawyers, Ms. Carder decided to join the firm in 2015, adding her experience as an insurance litigator to the firm's already impressive depth.. Prior to joining Klein & Wilson, Ms. Carder spent more than 17 years with the firm Hines Carder, where she was instrumental in building the firm's successful insurance coverage and bad faith litigation practice. While practicing at Hines Carder, Ms. Carder won numerous summary judgment and dispositive pre trial motions that postured cases for trial wins and extremely favorable settlements. She was lead counsel for the trial resulting in the firm's first insurance bad faith defense verdict in 2014, winning the matter after the close of evidence on directed verdict. Ms. Carder has successfully argued appeals before the Second District Court of Appeal, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal and has also tried and arbitrated legal malpractice and business litigation matters. Before joining Hines Carder, Ms. Carder was an associate at two plaintiffs' firms where she practiced in the areas of general tort, medical malpractice, and insurance bad faith. While working as a plaintiff's lawyer, Ms. Carder first chaired bench and jury trials, deposed hundreds of witnesses, and arbitrated dozens of cases before finishing her third year of practice.. Ms. Carder obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Board and served as the Washington State Attorney General's law clerk for the trial of the seminal Native American treaty rights case, United States v. State of Washington. Ms. Carder received her undergraduate degree in English from the University of California, Los Angeles.. In addition to her successes as a lawyer, Ms. Carder has been an accomplished equestrian. She won the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Association all around championship twice, was a world championship finalist, and won state championships and top three national rankings in multiple events. Ms. Carder also served four years as President of the Old Towne Preservation Association, a non profit organization dedicated to preserving the historic and economic viability of California's largest national register district.

I represent high-technology companies in various intellectual property matters, including prosecution, litigation, transactions, and counseling involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names, and trade secrets.. Practice Areas. I am a patent attorney with over 20 years of experience in the intellectual property field. My practice focuses on the acquisition, protection, licensing, and litigation of intellectual property.. My practice includes preparing and prosecuting patent applications in diverse technical areas, including computer hardware and software, communication networks, telephony, radar, signal processing, electrical and electronic medical devices, Internet-related applications, semiconductors, image and video compression, and analog circuits.. I am often called upon to assess intellectual property portfolios, evaluate the strength of competitors’ portfolios, negotiate and draft licenses, and conduct infringement and validity analyses.. Representative Legal Experience. I am a member of my clients’ litigation teams, often as lead counsel on patent issues. I have defended against charges of patent infringement for some of the world’s best-known companies in the fields of microprocessor architecture, hard disk drives, semiconductor packaging, printers, video game distribution systems, and cardiac pacemakers.. I have also asserted patents relating to plasma displays, digital video recorders, and semiconductor circuits.. I recently prepared and prosecuted patent applications for Internet-based mapping applications, video signal processing, and software simulator/debugger systems.. I have taught a course on International Intellectual Property Transactions at Stanford Law School as an Adjunct Professor.

I believe in working hard to achieve justice for my clients

I am a business litigator with extensive experience in the areas of insurance, unfair competition, trade secret and business torts, contract, employment, personal injury, real estate and intellectual property litigation.

Devin Lucas is a Real Estate Attorney, Real Estate Broker and REALTOR® assisting individuals and investors in all forms of residential real estate transactions in Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and surrounding Southern California communities. Mr. Lucas is an expert in family real estate transfers and property tax considerations, including Proposition 19, and assists with intrafamily real estate matters daily. Mr. Lucas has broad experience representing a wide range of clientele from first time buyers and sellers, to families, executives, celebrities and other high-profile figures. Mr. Lucas has extensive experience representing buyers, sellers, developers, contractors, property managers, investors and homeowners alike. Mr. Lucas has been involved in well over a thousand real estate transactions in some form: sales, purchases, lease agreements, mediating disputes, document review and drafting, consultations, and, in previous litigation and lawsuit matters, countless court hearings, mediations (as counsel) and multiple cases through jury trials and appeals.. Mr. Lucas is a past Director of the California Association of REALTORS®, a past Director of the Newport Beach Association of REALTORS®, an active member of multiple local and statewide REALTOR® committees, the 2020 Chair of the Orange County Bar Association’s Real Estate Section, the 2017 Chair of the Orange County Bar Association’s Solo and Small Firm Section, named “2014 REALTOR® of the Year” by the Newport Beach Association of REALTORS®, and on the panel of mediators available via the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Real Estate Mediation Center for Consumers.. Mr. Lucas’ goal is to exceed client expectations and provide the type of broad guidance and planning that comes with real estate transactions, often the largest financial transaction an individual will undertake, and should, frankly, involve legal and tax knowledge. Mr. Lucas’ functioning as a real estate attorney and real estate broker allows his clients an edge, including complex purchase agreements with out-of-the-box strategies, confidentiality provisions, LLC formations to ensure privacy for owners seeking the same, liability protection mechanisms, and other forms of strategic planning.. Professional Affiliations, Community and Education:. California State Bar | Member | License No. 235891California Bureau of Real Estate | Broker | License No. 01912302Orange County Bar Association | Real Estate Section, Chair 2020, current Member and Executive Committee MemberOrange County Bar Association | Solo & Small Firm Section, Chair 2017, current MemberCalifornia Association of REALTORS® | Past Director; Professional Standards Committee and Transaction and Regulatory Committee Past Member; OmbudsmanNewport Beach Association of REALTORS® | Past Director; “2014 REALTOR® of the Year”; Volunteer Mediator; Political and Governmental Affairs Committee, Past Chair and MemberNational Association of REALTORS® | Broker Member; Broker Involvement Program, Member and Participant; REALTOR® Party, Member and ParticipantCalifornia Fair Housing Foundation | Property Management Training CertifiedPepperdine University | Mediation Training, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, “Mediating the Litigated Case”Chapman University | Undergraduate degree, Alumni Association MemberWhittier Law School | Juris Doctorate degree, Alumni Association MemberCommunity Neighborhood Watch | Founder of Local Watch Program in association with CMPDPractice Areas / Services:. Real Estate SalesReal Estate PurchasesFamily Transactions / Propositions 19, 58 and 193 (i.e. selling or gifting to children, grandchildren, etc.)Trust, Estate and Probate SalesTrust and Estate Administration and Management as to Sale of Real PropertyPrivate Party Transactions and For Sale By Owner Assistance1031 ExchangesDocument Review and Revision (i.e. purchase agreements, ownership agreements, buy-out agreements, joint venture agreements, lease agreements, option agreements, etc.)Formation of LLC(s) to Hold and Manage Real EstateDeeds of Trust, Promissory Notes and Other Investor, Seller or Family FinancingProperty ManagementLandlord – Tenant MattersLegal Consultation ServicesDispute Resolution and MediationMediation / Dispute Resolution / ADR Services:. Mr. Lucas is frequently retained to serve as a Mediator for voluntary dispute resolution – often required pursuant to purchase and lease agreements prior to filing suit. Mr. Lucas’ extensive legal background and active work in real estate sales and leasing provides a unique ability to work with parties in all forms of discord – from return of initial down payment money or security deposits, cancelation disputes, to specific performance claims on multi-million dollar estates to non-disclosure and fraud claims – and the myriad of other unfortunate events that frequently lend to costly litigation. Mr. Lucas is on the panel of mediators via the California Association of REALTORS® Real Estate Mediation Center for Consumers.. BRE 01912302