Top best Litigation Lawyers Near me in ZIP 94596

Walnut Creek trial attorney Michael P. Verna of Bowles & Verna LLP offers legal services to those in need of personal injury, construction accident, real estate, employment, insurance, business and more areas of representation. We have more than 75 years of combined experience and many of our Walnut Creek attorneys have been practicing for more than 10 years. We are more than litigators; we are trial lawyers. We all have experience bringing a case to trial and verdict. Contact our office today to schedule a consultation.

Peter Cownan
graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School.  Before joining Glynn & Finley, Peter
practiced as a litigation associate at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP.  He has experience in both state and federal
courts and has litigated a variety of cases, including breach of contract,
products liability, and toxic tort. 
Peter also serves as a pro bono attorney with the San Francisco Bar
Association’s Family Law Project.

My name is Paul Schroeder.  I have been practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1996.  I have worked as a partner and an associate at a variety of law firms.  On March 1, 2014, I left my prior firm, where I was a shareholder, to start my own office.  I left so I could provide my clients with more personalized service at reasonable rates.  My goal with any matter, whether litigated or non-litigated, is to resolve it as quickly and efficiently as possible.  While my office is in the Bay Area, I handle litigated and non-litigated matters around the country and around the world, regularly supervising counsel in other states and countries on behalf of my clients, including, Norway, South Korea, Hong Kong, Slovenia, Bolivia and others.  I am available to my clients at all hours, whether I am in my office, at home, or on the road for business or pleasure.. I typically provide a free initial consultation over the phone to triage a new matter.  This allows me to evaluate a potential client’s issues quickly and to determine if a lawyer is needed, if I am the right lawyer and to provide a referral if I think one of my colleagues is a better fit for any particular client.. I have developed a solid reputation over the past two decades for dedicated service to my clients and for successful resolution of their matters.  I achieve this by listening to my clients to understand their goals and needs.  In litigated matters, I advocate strongly for my clients, while trying to avoid picking unnecessary (and often costly) fights.  In non-litigated matters, I get the best deal for my clients, while recognizing that when a business deal is involved, both parties need to be satisfied with the agreement.  My job is to try and foster a deal, not be a roadblock to clients achieving their goals.. I provide ongoing preventative guidance and legal direction to individuals and businesses.  I spend a lot of time thinking about my client’s matters; whether how to order discovery or motion work in a litigated matter to achieve the best result, and get a case resolved quickly or how to write a contract to ensure my client’s needs are protected and we are in a good position if the relationship falls apart.. Prevention often proves to be far less costly than waiting for things to go wrong and dealing with the consequences.  At least half of what I do for my clients is helping them avoid unnecessary fights with unnecessary costs.  Ideally, I work with my clients proactively before matters reach the point where litigation is necessary.  We do this by discussing their contracts, and business practices and often reforming them.  I look at clients’ insurance programs to make sure they have appropriate coverage.  I also frequently refer my clients to other professionals to help them grow their business.  Even in litigated matters, I take a big picture view and try and work with my clients to avoid future litigation and to position them for success if future litigation is unavoidable.. Personally, I graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1995.  I graduated from the University of California in 1992 with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science.  I live in San Ramon with my wife and daughter.  I enjoy cycling, travel, cooking, wine, and cheering on the Cal Bears, Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs.. If you are looking for an attorney who has a solid background in litigation, contracts, commercial and business law and construction/development representation, I would be happy to speak with you. Schedule an initial consultation with my office to find out more.

My employment practice and my efforts are aimed at achieving justice, equal treatment and compliance for my clients while maintaining the utmost service, respect and integrity.. We work or run our businesses most of the time we are awake.  If my clients' experiences doing so are miserable because of an employment law issue, I endeavor to help them remedy that issue.

Maxwell has been licensed to practice law in the State of California since 1999.  He is the managing owner of Njelita Law Offices. After his law degree, Maxwell obtained an MBA in financial management from the Middlesex University in London. Maxwell has successfully handled many cases and trials in California Superior Courts; and appeals in the Courts of Appeal, where cases he handled have been published in the court’s official records.  Maxwell is active in the community, and in his spare time enjoys following politics, playing tennis, and writing.  He works passionately and aggressively in representing his clients and protecting their legal rights, while ensuring that the legal services he provides to them are pin-pointedly tailored to their finiancial circumstances.

Konstantine "Kosta" Demiris is actively involved in the Contra Costa County legal community and Bay Area.  His practice centers on elder law, elder abuse, conservatorships, will and trust litigation, general civil litigation, HOA litigation, and appeals.  He has a wealth of trial experience and has successfully litigated several multi-million dollar cases. He has successfully defended all nine decisions in his clients' favor that have been appealed.. Kosta is a member of the Board of Directors of the Contra Costa County Bar Association's Elder Law Section.  He serves as court-appointed counsel in Conservatorship cases in Contra Costa County.   In 2015 he was elected President of the Contra Costa County Barrister's Section.. Kosta is committed to his clients and gets results.

Kevin Allen practices civil litigation with an emphasis in employment law, wage and hour issues, and class action litigation. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 2005 and is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court in the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of California.. Mr. Allen received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999. Following a short career as a Media Planner at Saatchi & Saatchi, he attended law school at the University of Santa Clara where he graduated in 2005 in the top 10% of his class. Mr. Allen was a Technical Editor for the Santa Clara Law Review and he received a Witkin award in both Antitrust and Criminal Procedure. During law school, he was a summer law clerk at a well-known plaintiff’s personal injury firm in San Francisco and externed for Judge Gerald M. Etchingham at the United States Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges.. He began his legal career as an attorney at a local litigation firm in the East Bay where he specialized in plaintiff’s personal injury claims, employment law, and real estate litigation. He represented clients in a first-chair capacity at depositions, hearings, mediations, and arbitrations. In 2007, Mr. Allen joined a prominent class action firm where he directed the day-to-day litigation efforts in more than 25 class actions involving wage and hour issues including claims for unpaid wages, overtime misclassification, meal period and rest break violations, and failure to reimburse employees for business expenses. He continued this work at a well known San Francisco civil rights firm before finally joining Velton Zegelman PC as Special Counsel in 2013. While litigating wage and hour class actions, he has successfully obtained settlements totaling many tens of millions of dollars for thousands of aggrieved employees.. Mr. Allen is a member of the Alameda County Bar Association, the San Francisco County Bar Association, the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Associate, and the Consumer Attorneys of California. He also volunteers as a supervising attorney at the San Francisco Legal Aid Society's Employment Law Clinic.

Jerome C. Pandell joined the Firm in September 2008.  He is admitted to practice law in all state and federal courts in the State of California.  A 2008 graduate of University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Jerome served as co-chairman of the Moot Court Board and was Executive Editor of the Hastings Communications & Entertainment Law Journal (Comm/Ent).  As a moot court competitor, he won numerous awards for his brief writing and oral advocacy skills.  Notably, he received Best Brief awards at the 2006 John Marshall International Information Technology & Privacy Law and 2008 Tulane University Mardi Gras Sports Law competitions.  During his third year, Jerome received the Witkin Award for Academic Excellence and CALI Excellence for the Future Award® for his performance in the Seminar on the Judicial Process.  Jerome also completed a federal judicial externship in fall 2007 for the Honorable Martin J. Jenkins, formerly of the United States District Court, Northern District of California, now Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, First District.  Jerome completed his undergraduate education in 2005 at Northwestern University, receiving his B.A. in Political Science and Religion with Honors.  He also served as managing editor of The Daily Northwestern from 2004 through 2005 and as a staff writer at the Tri-Valley Herald from 2003 through 2005.  In October and November 2008, Jerome acted as a volunteer legal adviser to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama in the state of Nevada.  Active in local, state and national politics, Jerome also serves on the State Central Steering Committee of the California Democratic Party.

Jeremiah Harvey is an aggressive, experienced litigator.. Jeremiah earned his J.D. from the University of California, Davis School of Law. At Davis, he served as Chair of the Negotiations Board, was a member of the Moot Court Board National Advocacy Team, a Student Body Representative and the Editor of the Business Law Journal. Before law school, Jeremiah graduated cum laude from the University of California, Santa Barbara. While attending UCSB, Jeremiah served as President of the Phi Alpha Delta Honors Fraternity and was an active volunteer for both the Habitat for Humanity’s Program, Disabled Student Program and Big Brother Big Sister. He remains committed to working for these causes.. Jeremiah represents businesses and individuals in civil and administrative litigation. He is admitted to the State Bar of California, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California and the U.S District Court for the Central District of California. Jeremiah is an active member of the Sacramento County Bar Association and the San Francisco County Bar Association.

Jennifer concentrates her practice in trust and estate litigation. In the context of individual beneficiaries and fiduciaries, Jennifer represents petitioners and respondents in matters involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, the validity of testamentary documents, prosecuting and defending against claims of financial abuse, and disputes concerning the characterization and distribution of trust and estate property.. Prior to focusing her practice in trust and estate litigation, Jennifer practiced general litigation and represented clients in state and federal courts throughout California in all phases of litigation, including trial. Early in her career, Ms. McGuire represented 45 families who fell victim to the explosion of PG&E’s natural gas transmission line in San Bruno, California.

I litigate, arbitrate and mediate business disputes. Business disputes typically concern the ownership, management or control of a business, diverse contractual issues, financial torts, and/or government regulatory issues.  I also handle many cases in the media and technology industries, with particular experience in First Amendment defense (anti-SLAPP motions) and motion picture, TV and video game disputes.. Beyond acting as trial counsel in court, I assist clients (or act as a neutral mediator) in the acquisition, management and disposition of business interests in dispute. These matters often involve partner-shareholder buyouts, community property division and business management (or contractual relationship) restructuring. Business dispute negotiations may arise from a pending court case or a desire by the parties to resolve an issue outside the judicial system. I often am retained by attorneys and other professionals to assist with the business aspects of a broader relationship or dispute, such as the termination of a trust, marital dissolution proceedings or key manager severance.I have practiced law for 28 years and am admitted to the Bar in California and the District of Columbia. I was trained at the international law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom under reknown California lawyers Frank Rothman, Bill Masterson, Michael Diamond and James Lyons. I was named a Northern California "Super Lawyer" by Thomson Reuters in 2005, 2012 and 2013.Our 18-attorney law firm, Valle Makoff LLP, advises and represents corporations/LLCs, partnerships, trusts and individuals in contested cases, mediations and negotiations throughout California. We have offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Walnut Creek, and have practiced in most California counties.

I have been practicing law for nearly a decade all accross California. We have offices in SF Bay Area, East Bay, Walnut Creek, and in San Diego.. We represent clients in many practice of law, including:. I recently represented a client in a malpractice case involving a lawyer's lack of professionalism towards his client regarding medical equipment patents.  This case was the civil litigation matter which I was able to win for my client the largest jury verdict in San Diego history and 5th largest in California for an amount of nearly $62 million.. Your initial consultation is always FREE so you have nothing to lose.  Our firm mostly represents individuals, as well as businesses (small or large).. We are also represent Internet matters including Online Defamation, which is a very complicated area of the law and one which changes constantly which not many lawfirm pursue.. I have been successful in having defamatory posting completely removed from websites by winning the necessary lawsuit and by obtaining and enforcing the court order to remove them.. If you think you are a victim of Internet /Online Defamation, your avenue to recovery is limited due to the passage and enforcement of new internet related laws.   Our law firm is striving to change those laws set by congress to benefit everyone rather than just a few.  You can help by writing your congressperson in support of changing those laws.. Please feel free to contact our office at, or visiting our website at  for more information.. Thank you

I have been an attorney for 35 years and I enjoy working with my clients to obtain the best possible results on their cases.  I do not hand off my clients to paralegals or assistants.  I deal directly with the client and their case.. Call me to discuss your case and to discuss how we can obtain the best possible result for you, a family member or a friend.

I am an experienced civil litigator and counselor. I offer legal solutions for businesses, associations and individuals and tailor our services to effectively solve legal problems based on each client’s unique needs and circumstances.. In representing clients, I thoroughly analyze each problem and provide realistic options to reach a satisfactory result. With an understanding of the issues and a defined plan, I have the experience and resources to solve these matters whether by informal communications, by mediation or arbitration, and/or by representation in a civil lawsuit resulting in a jury trial or appeal.

David primarily represents closely held businesses and their owners. His clients look to him to act as general counsel since it is unnecessary for most businesses to have a full time attorney on staff. David works with clients to resolve general business issues, whether it involves drafting and negotiating contracts, general business advice or litigation. On the corporate side, David handles general corporate matters, formation/dissolution, contract drafting and review, and merger and acquisition transactions among others. On the commercial real estate side, David handles buy/sell transactions, leasing and real estate litigation. David has represented clients directly in numerous general civil litigation matters.

Brian Shaffer is a litigation shareholder in Miller Starr Regalia’s Walnut Creek office.  Brian has significant experience litigating cases in federal and state courts.  His practice focuses on real estate litigation and complex commercial litigation matters, ranging from commercial lease disputes, eminent domain, broker liability litigation, non-disclosure disputes, title insurance and escrow matters, quiet title actions, easement disputes, lender liability, complex construction litigation, and general business litigation.  His clients include real estate developers, outdoor advertising companies, property owners, title insurance companies, financial institutions, and real estate brokers, among others.. Brian focuses on handling each case in a cost-efficient manner designed to obtain results consistent with each client’s business and legal needs.. Brian also contributes to Miller & Starr, California Real Estate, 4th Edition.

A seasoned attorney, litigator, and consultant. I am an expert in software licensing, product monetization, and open source software issues. I help companies, both large and small, protect and license their intellectual property.. I've held several different positions in my career: prosecutor, software engineer, staff attorney and general counsel. I have helped start up companies stay out of trouble with the SEC, won jury trials, and reported a security breach in bar exam software to the State Bar of California. My passions are to help bring excellent products to market, zealous advocacy, and quality teamwork. If you would like to talk, please email me at or call my Google voice number at.

Audrey provides legal advice to businesses in employment matters, real estate disputes, and corporate litigation matters. Audrey’s clients span a broad range of industries including medical and health care services, food and beverage, manufacturing, professional services, technology and real estate.. Audrey provides practical advice to companies in navigating complicated State and Federal employment laws in personnel decisions. Audrey also defends businesses in employee lawsuits and appears in State and Federal courts, mediation and private arbitrations.. Audrey has represented companies in matters involving compliance with disability and medical leave laws, including issues surrounding reasonable accommodations for physically or mentally disabled employees; discrimination and harassment claims (based on sex, race, age, religion, disability and medical condition); wrongful termination; employee discipline; employee privacy; wage and hour claims; layoffs, reductions in force, and severance; founder disputes; theft of trade secrets and proprietary information; anti-raiding claims; compensation and commissions; severance; contract claims; as well as employment related torts including defamation, negligence, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, fraud and misrepresentation.. Audrey’s corporate litigation work has included disputes arising out of the buyout of owners or dissolution of businesses; representation of multi-billion dollar companies in contract disputes; defending publicly traded homebuilders in complex multi-plaintiff residential construction claims; and handling disputes relating to land sale acquisitions.. Audrey has served on the Contra Costa Bar Association’s Board of Directors, its Executive Committee, and was the CCCBA's 2012 President.. Audrey has been active in the Contra Costa Bar Association, initiating the CCCBA’s first public service fellowship through partnering with Equal Justice Works, whose fellows have provided service in Contra Costa to stop predatory lending on the elderly, as well as providing legal assistance to low-income disabled persons living with mental illnesses. Audrey has served on the Bar Association’s boards of the Employment Law section and the Women’s Section and served on the charitable contributions and board nomiating committees.  Audrey has also served as Chair of the Judicial Nominations Committee and Past President of the Women’s Section.. Audrey has been involved in a number of community activities over the years including Walnut Creek Fountain for Youth and East Bay Leadership Foundation. Audrey has provided pro bono work for the Contra Costa Food Bank, HomeAid, Diablo Ballet, Markum Arboretum, and the Napa Valley Symphony, to name a few.

Attorney John R. Larson enjoys helping clients through difficult times.  He understands that taking on a legal matter is an important responsibility that starts with listening to the client, hearing the client's goals, then carefully investigating and examining the facts of the particular case to determine a course of action.  Mr. Larson has experience solving legal problems for clients in a variety of practice areas: real estate, business, family law, criminal law, and employment-related matters.. In his spare time, Mr. Larson enjoys spending time with his children, gardening, playing golf, or working on projects around his home.  He knows that time is a precious commodity so it is important to use time to get projects done efficiently to get superior results. Attention to detail is the key.  This is also how Mr. Larson approaches each client's case, every time.. Contact Attorney John R. Larson directly using the tools here on today for a free consultation.

An aggressive litigator with a passion for protecting our elderly, Jay P. Renneisen has successfully handled scores of elder abuse and neglect cases, particularly against nursing homes and assisted living facilities, as well as numerous catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death claims. Mr. Renneisen has obtained a multitude of seven figure results for his clients over the years and acted as trial co-counsel on the largest assisted living facility elder abuse verdict in the United States and the largest nursing home elder abuse verdict in the history of Sacramento County.. Mr. Renneisen graduated magna cum laude from St. Mary’s College with an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and English in 1991 and he received his JD from the University of California Davis Law School in 1994. Thereafter, Mr. Renneisen started his legal career as an attorney with a premier San Francisco Bay Area litigation firm, Bowles & Verna, LLP, and continued with that firm for over seven years primarily representing Fortune 500 companies, local municipalities and large insurance companies.. After leaving Bowles & Verna, Mr. Renneisen started his own practice in 2001 and soon found his passion specializing in personal injury () and elder abuse () cases.. Mr. Renneisen currently is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Elder Law Section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association. Mr. Renneisen has also previously served as a board member of multiple non-profits, including Contra Costa Senior Legal Services, which is a California State Bar funded non-profit organization that serves the legal needs of elderly persons. From 2015 to the present, Mr. Renneisen has been recognized as a top-rated attorney as evaluated by other lawyers and published on www.SuperLawyers.com.