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William Safford graduated from Capital Law School, Columbus, Ohio, in 2009.  While living in Columbus, he worked for three years with the Franklin County Public Defender, helping with felony trials and appeals.  Prior to attending law school, he worked with several notable criminal defense litigators.  His case work with these attorneys included defense against charges of drug trafficking prosecutions, murder, money laundering, and a variety of other crimes, in both state and federal courts.. While still in law school, Mr. Safford represented multiple clients in trial court, including one whose case involved the county sheriffs, the county prosecutors, and the state attorney general as parties.  After the trial court decided in favor of Mr. Safford's client, the other parties appealed, and Mr. Safford successfully defended the case upon appeal.  O'Brien v. Whalen, 2009-Ohio-1807, Tenth District Court of Appeals.  This case was one of thirty-six trial court cases and six district appeals that Mr. Safford handled while working for the Franklin County Public Defender.. Mr. Safford is a member of the California Bar Association, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, and the American Civil Liberties Union.  He lives on the peninsula, but practices law throughout the Bay Area.. Philosophy:. I believe that everyone, regardless of gender, race, religion, orientation, or economic status, deserves excellent legal counsel.  To put it another way - every person, in every court case, no matter how "small" the case or how thin their wallet, deserves an attorney whose sole job is looking out for their interests.  This is not a new idea, but it is an extremely important one!

Welcome to my profile. I practice business immigration law focusing on high technology and entertainment related clientele. I also represent legal interests in the entertainment area, including music production, copyright and publishing.  If you require assistance in these areas please do not hesitate to contact me. Cheers, Ron Rose

Tanya E. Prioste is a partner in the Family Law Group at Lakin Spears, LLP in Palo Alto, a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Family Lawyers.  She is a Certified Family Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Her practice is devoted exclusively to family law. In addition to representing clients in traditional divorce cases, Tanya is a mediator and acts as collaborative counsel in Collaborative Divorce cases. She also prepares and negotiates premarital and postmarital agreements.

rom a Stanford University history major with dreams of law, to a Palo Alto estate planning attorney - between the two were years of raising a family, volunteering in civic matters, singing in church and community choirs and enjoying part time employment. I thought I had found a satisfying life path that would never include being an attorney, but a devastating auto accident changed all that.. In November of 1998, that accident left one of my legs badly crushed and I was facing the possibility of being physically disabled for the rest of my life. Although I’ll never be able to participate in many of the physical activities I previously enjoyed, I’m grateful that I’m able to walk again, and that I have been able to revive my dream of being a lawyer.. I applied to Santa Clara University in 2000 when I was still on crutches, was accepted, and began studies in the fall of 2000. From then until now, it has been an ongoing process that involved simply taking the next step. Opening my estate planning practice in 2006, I now enjoy working with individuals and families to ensure that they have comprehensive plans for care during their lifetimes, and for the passage of their property at death.

Richard Lin has over 15 years of experience representing clients in a broad range of civil litigation matters, including business disputes, intellectual property, class action, employment, and trust and estate litigation.  He draws upon his years of litigation experience to help his clients achieve their goals, efficiently and effectively, both in and out of the courtroom.. In the area of intellectual property, Richard is a registered patent attorney and has handled patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters in a wide variety of technologies, including computer systems, wireless communications equipment, medical devices, and biotechnology.  He has represented clients in state and federal courts throughout the country and before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).  He also advises clients on the acquisition and licensing of intellectual property assets.. Richard was recognized as a “Super Lawyer” in the 2015, 2016, and 2017 editions of Northern California Super Lawyers as well as a “Rising Star” in the 2012 – 2014 editions of the publication.  He earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 2000.  Prior to law school, he earned undergraduate degrees in Biology and Psychology from Stanford University.

Ric has over fifteen years of experience advising private equity firms, corporations and investment banks. At TCV, Ric serves as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer and is responsible for deal structuring and execution (including investments and exits), portfolio matters, compliance, partnership matters and other legal and firm administrative functions.. Before joining TCV, Ric was an attorney in the Palo Alto and New York offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, a leading corporate law firm. At Simpson Thacher, Ric advised clients on a wide range of mergers and acquisitions and securities law matters, including public and private leveraged buyouts, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, minority co-investments, securities offerings and PIPE financings.

Ms. Morton's areas of practice are intellectual property and business litigation. She has handled a variety of cases in state and federal courts. Ms. Morton has represented technology companies in copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, and computer fraud litigation. She previously represented one of the leading file sharing companies in its dispute with the recording industry. Ms. Morton also has represented companies in securities, First Amendment, and commercial disputes. She is a frequent speaker on electronic discovery, document management, and litigation strategy, and has authored several articles on electronic discovery and document management issues.

Matthew Bartus is a partner in the Cooley Business department and a member of the Emerging Companies practice group. He maintains offices in Cooley's Palo Alto and San Francisco offices.. Matt solves legal and business problems for high-growth companies, from founders with an idea (who are typically pre-incorporation) to established later-stage businesses. Matt assists with setting up a corporate structure that enables fast and flexible growth, and a solid legal basis for future financings and liquidity events. As those companies mature, Matt typically acts as "outside general counsel," helping companies with varied legal matters such as financings, M&A and public offerings. He offers clients market knowledge on terms and strategies for navigating difficult situations.. Matt also assists clients by accessing Cooley's large and diverse ecosystem of companies at all phases (from startups to large corporate clients), institutional and angel investors, business partners and investment banks that are served by Cooley's 750 lawyers in 12 offices in the major innovation centers of the country and in China.. Matt's clients operate in a broad spectrum of industries, including consumer and enterprise technologies (including hardware and software companies), ecommerce, medtech (including wearables), clean-tech/renewable energy and financial services. Representative company clients include 500Friends, Azumio, Developer Auction, Getable, Gumroad, Hawthorne Labs (Circle), HealthEquity, Kitchit, Lark Technologies, Madefire, Quarterly, Scan, Solera Networks, StartX, WordPress (Automattic), ViKi, and Zephyr Technologies.. A significant portion of Matt's practice involves representing buyers and sellers in M&A transactions, ranging in value from under $5 million to over $10 billion. Matt has advised on 100+ transactions having a total value in excess of $30 billion. For his work, Matt was recognized by Legal 500: United States 2012 Edition for Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts – M&A: Large Deals ($1bn-5bn).. Matt regularly represents venture capital funds in investment transactions. His clients have included Allegis Capital, Alsop Louie Capital, Audrey Capital, The Collaborative Fund, Azure Capital, Foundation Capital, Khosla Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, Peninsula Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Vantage Point Venture Partners.. Matt is the author of the popular startup blog . He also acts as outside General Counsel in a pro bono capacity to StartX, the Stanford student accelerator. Matt is Co-Chair of the Cooley Palo Alto summer associate program, and a member of Cooley's firmwide Technology Committee, which is responsible for overseeing the introduction of new technologies at Cooley.. Earlier in his career, Matt was a Partner at Gunderson Dettmer in Silicon Valley. He started his career in the M&A group at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City.

John Ferrell is a founding partner of Carr & Ferrell LLP, one of Silicon Valley's foremost technology law firms, and specializes in patent and intellectual property law matters. He is the Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group.. Mr. Ferrell's practice focuses on helping emerging and mid-sized companies create market monopolies by organizing and leveraging intellectual property assets. In addition, Mr. Ferrell's practice includes patent opinion and litigation analysis, as well as trademark, copyright and trade secret matters. As a leading Palo Alto patent attorney, Mr. Ferrell has represented companies in a variety of fields, including semiconductors, communications, computers, software, social networking, wireless, bioengineering, and eco-engineering.. Distinguished by his demonstrated technical and legal expertise, Mr. Ferrell has been noted in the Silicon Valley Business Journal list of Who's Who in Silicon Valley and Northern California's Super Lawyers. He was also listed by the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of California's top Rainmakers, by San Jose Magazine as one of Silicon Valley's top Legal Eagles, and by San Francisco Magazine as one of Northern California's top lawyers. Additionally, under his leadership, the firm was recently recognized by Corporate Counsel Magazine as a "Go to Law Firm for Intellectual Property". Mr. Ferrell has received an AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell® (a representation of the highest level of professional excellence). Over the past decade, Mr. Ferrell has presented and spoken about patent and intellectual property issues at both legal and technology business forums around the globe.

Jimmy Yun is an associate in the law firm's Corporate & Securities - Technology practice and is located in the Silicon Valley office. Jimmy’s practice focuses on a wide variety of complex commercial transactions involving intellectual property and technology. His transactional experience includes structuring, drafting and negotiating a wide variety of such transactions, including licensing agreements, outsourcing agreements, reseller agreements, technology transfer and development agreements, and strategic alliance transactions. In addition, his experience includes evaluating and advising on complex intellectual property and technology issues that arise in general corporate transactions.. Prior to joining Pillsbury, Jimmy worked as Senior Legal Counsel for Global Legal Affairs at Samsung Electronics where he acted as counsel for Samsung’s semiconductor businesses. Here, Jimmy was the lead negotiator on dozens of major strategic licensing agreements with top worldwide partners, customers, and vendors. His focuses included intellectual property licensing, strategic alliance, joint development/evaluation, supply, and procurement.. In addition to his work at Samsung Electronics, Jimmy worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the Office of the District Attorney in Philadelphia, PA, where he represented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in criminal cases on appeal.. During Law School, Jimmy worked on the Temple Political and Civil Law Review as a notes editor. He was also a teaching assistant for the Integrated Trial Advocacy Program.

Independent US and International Arbitrator and Mediator. Over thirty years major law firm and in-house technology expertise in US and international business, private investment, technology and emerging growth matters.. Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators (FCCA). Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). Chairman, Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center. Appointed  2016 National Law Journal ADR Champion. Appointed 2017 IAM 300: Wor'ld's Leading IP Strategists. US and international panels including International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), American Arbitration Association (AAA), ICC, CPR, WIPO and HKIAC. Administered and ad hoc proceedings.. Admitted as a US attorney and English solicitor. Serves as an Arbitrator and Mediator throughout the US and internationally. Practice limited to Arbitration and Mediation. Fees available on request.. Gary Benton Arbitration

Immigration attorney, Josette Keeley Domokos, founded Palo Alto Immigration because she firmly believes America is "...a Nation of Immigrants." With experience working with individuals, families and businesses, Palo Alto Immigration can help you better understand your immigration benefits.

I've been helping businesses meet their corporate legal and business litigation needs for 30 years.  I love to serve my clients and take pride in helping them reach their goals.

I provide high quality, cost-efficient and prompt legal services in a diverse array of business and litigation matters. Whether you seek to form a new business, negotiate a transaction or manage a dispute, I have broad-based, hands-on experience to assist your legal needs. My experience is forged from tenures at both large and boutique law firms and as in-house and outside corporate counsel to private and public companies in Silicon Valley and throughout California.. ---Isaac H. Winer is an experienced business lawyer and civil litigator who has practiced law throughout California since 1992.  Mr. Winer’s practice encompasses a broad array of substantive areas, including business formations, funding and governance, commercial contracts, leases and other agreements, technology licensing, civil litigation and ADR across diverse subject matters. Mr. Winer’s clients have included public and private companies in a variety of fields including software, hardware, life science, internet, telecom and health care. He has also represented start-up ventures, entrepreneurs, executives, professionals, investors and other individuals. All of Mr. Winer’s clients share a common thread – they seek experienced, practical and effective advice in the attentive and cost-efficient manner that Mr. Winer practices law.. Prior to opening his own practice, Mr. Winer managed the litigation practice of a local start-up business law firm, where he also gained significant experience in transactional and corporate matters ranging from business formations to technology licensing. Mr. Winer has also served as corporate counsel at Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, a $4 billion publicly traded company headquartered in Silicon Valley with 5,000 employees throughout the world. At Cypress, Mr. Winer served as a business law generalist, handling a wide range of transactional, corporate and dispute management matters. Prior to working in Silicon Valley, Mr. Winer served as an associate attorney in two large West Coast law firms based in Los Angeles and a boutique practice in the Bay Area.  As a litigator, Isaac's practice focused on complex business litigation in a broad array of business disputes involving issues of contract, tort, real estate, intellectual property and other areas of law. Mr. Winer earned his undergraduate degree in 1989 from Stanford University where he graduated with distinction and Phi Beta Kappa honors. He received his law degree from U.C.L.A. School of Law in 1992 where he received an American Jurisprudence Prize Award. Mr. Winer served as an extern to the Hon. William A. Ingram, Chief Judge of the United State District Court for the Northern District of California located in San Jose, California. Mr. Winer resides in Palo Alto, California with his wife and two children. He is an active member of the local community, where he volunteers his time for local charitable and social organizations, and enjoys coaching his children’s baseball and basketball league teams.

I have more than 20 years of experience as an intellectual property litigator and counselor.  I have litigated over 150 patent cases and has tried numerous cases in federal and state courts. In addition, he has tried numerous cases at the International Trade Commission.. I have an active IP counseling practice. I have advised over 50 companies on IP issues in transactions ranging from patent licensing and asset purchase agreements to initial public offerings (IPOs) and corporate mergers and acquisitions.   As part of my IP counseling practice, I am frequently involved in IP risk assessments and valuations.. I am a member of the committee that developed the original and the revised Model Patent Jury Instructions for the Northern District of California.  I am a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School and an adjunct professor (Lecturer in Law) at Santa Clara University School of Law.  I have published multiple articles in law reviews and legal journals.  I also write a column on patent law and litigation for the ABTL Report of the Northern California Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL).. In 2013, 2014 and 2016, I was listed in the International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers. In 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, I was selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers in the field of Intellectual Property Litigation. In 2006, Bay Area Lawyer Magazine named me one of the "Top Lawyers in the Bay Area" for Intellectual Property law.. Prior to joining the firm, I served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Alan C. Kay in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.  Before law school, I was also an electrical engineer for the General Motors Corporation, where I worked for many different operations, including the General Motors Technological Center (Warren, MI), Opel Motors (Russelsheim, Germany), Vauxhall Motors (Luton, England), and GM's Cadillac Assembly Plant (Detroit, Michigan).

I have been practicing law since 1986 with a primary focus on real estate and construction law.  I have reperesented some of the largest companies and organizations in the US and I have also represented small businesses and individuals.  If you have an issue involving real estate I can help you to resolve the issue in a professional and efficient way.

I am a U.S. patent attorney in Palo Alto, California. I specialize in helping startups and multinational companies protect inventions in the Internet, software, electrical, mechanical, and medical device arts. I am a founding Partner of the law firm of LegalForce RAPC Worldwide.. I enjoy being a patent attorney because it gives me the opportunity to work with entrepreneurial and creative people. I take pride in my work, and enjoy helping my clients build and grow their companies. I care deeply about the success of my clients and I take a personal interest in companies that I represent. I offer them direct access to my phone and a timely response within one business day or less. For this reason, I have dozens of inventors and clients who can serve as references for my legal aptitude and counsel.. I have written patent applications for a number of leading companies including Apple, Hewlett Packard, eBay, Intel, NVIDIA, VMWare, NetApp, SAP, and Adobe. In addition, I have built numerous U.S. and international patent portfolios of growing businesses including Gracenote (sold to Sony Music), Aster Data Systems (sold to TeraData), and Silver Springs Networks. Today, my clients include multinational companies, venture backed companies, and creative individuals.. Prior to starting my own law firm, I was a patent attorney at large patent law firms in the United States, including Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman and at Schwegman Lundberg. Before that, I was an electrical and software engineer at Juniper Networks, Hewlett Packard, and at Lockheed Martin for more than 5 years. I bring my deep knowledge of engineering and business to help my clients protect and enforce their most prized inventions.. Like many of my clients, I am an engineer and entrepreneur myself. This helps me uniquely understand and relate to clients and their perspectives in helping them grow their businesses. I am a co-founder and CEO of the website LegalForce Trademarkia (attracting more than 1.5 million unique visitors every month), and the website the DealMap (formerly Fatdoor, now Google Offers), which was sold to Google, Inc. in 2011. Because of the sale to Google, Inc., I am the lead inventor of valuable issued patents owned by Google including issued U.S. Patent Nos. 8,204,776; 8,064,590; 8,190,357; 8,095,430; and 7,966,567.. I hold a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with honors recognition, and a MBA/JD from Arizona State University. In addition, I studied in the graduate school of engineering at Stanford University. I have superior English analytical writing skills, having obtained a 99% rank on the GMAT analytical writing section. My writing skills earned me a full tuition with a living stipend scholarship from the Pepsi Cola Company for graduate school.. I am a licensed attorney in the state of California, and am licensed to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office as a patent attorney.. If you have any questions about how I might be of assistance to you in protecting your intellectual property, please email me at:

I am a Partner at Di Maria & Cone, a Palo Alto law firm where we practice family law exclusively. I've been practicing law since 1978 and can provide my clients with extensive experience and knowledge. Our firm handles the broad spectrum of family law issues, such as child custody, child support, spousal support, property division and domestic violence restraining orders. At Di Maria & Cone, we pride ourselves in taking the time to get to know our clients because it will allow us to carefully tailor our representation to the client's goals and best interests. Also, we know that each client has a unique situation and we never lose sight of how the legal advocacy we provide affects real children and parents. We represent clients in most of the Bay Area counties, but primarily in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Please contact our office for a free consultation.Specialties:Family law, divorces, complex property issues, custody and visitation, child and spousal support, pre-marital (prenuptial) and post-marital agreements

Dr. Jill Jacobson is an intellectual property attorney specializing in patent strategy and procurement for biotechnology, life sciences, and clean technology companies. She assists clients with obtaining patent protection for their innovations and developing an IP strategy that aligns with their business interests. She also advises clients on freedom to operate and design around options in view of competitors’ patent portfolios, due diligence in patent acquisitions, and patent licensing issues, and provides assistance with trademark registrations.  Prior to her legal career, Dr. Jacobson obtained her Ph.D. in biochemistry from UCLA and worked as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health and in the biotechnology industry. She has both large law firm and in house legal experience.  She combines her scientific and legal skills to develop innovative solutions to her clients' intellectual property challenges and to provide strong protection for their innovative technologies.

Doug uses his deep knowledge of business and law to provide business solutions that manage legal risk and enhance performance. He is adept at tackling complex challenges that cut across clear functional and disciplinary lines. He helps board members, investors, in-house counsel, and entrepreneurs address difficult situations in corporate governance, corporate law, securities law and regulation, financing transactions, and mergers and acquisitions.

Daniel's practice focuses primarily on domestic and foreign patent drafting and prosecution, trademark prosecution, online privacy policies and terms of use agreements, confidential information and intellectual property assignment agreements, and intellectual property due diligence associated with mergers and acquisition and investment transactions.. Daniel has drafted and prosecuted patent applications for start-ups of all stages and multinational corporations including NVIDIA Corporation and Samsung Electronics. Daniel was previously an associate with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Morrison & Foerster. In addition to his practice, Daniel also teaches a course in patent prosecution and intellectual property law at the extension program of the University of California, Berkeley.. Daniel holds an M.S. in biomedical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a law degree from Duke University Law School where he was on the editorial board of the Duke Law Journal. Daniel is a member of the state bar of California and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Dana is an experienced attorney who works closely with clients to guide them through the tension that arises in complex dissolutions and contested custody issues. She uses a hands-on approach to achieve effective solutions tailored to each client’s needs and places a priority on protecting family interests.. Dana is a Bay Area native and has been a licensed attorney in California for nearly 20 years. She earned her law degree from Santa Clara University Law School where she was a member of the legal honors fraternity. During law school, Dana worked as a summer associate with the family law division of a California based law firm where she discovered her passion for family law. She went on to practice for many years at that firm's Los Angeles office before returning to the Bay Area. Dana joined a boutique family law firm in Sunnyvale where her practice focused exclusively on family law matters representing clients in mediation and through all phases of family law litigation from initial consultations to settlement or trial.. Dana founded Morse Mediation Group to focus her practice solely on mediation and divorce consultation.

Brian Kwok helps clients build, manage, and successfully monetize patent portfolios. A trusted advisor to technology companies around the world, Brian evaluates patent portfolios and negotiates deals ranging from a few hundred thousand to many billions of dollars. He recently represented an international technology company in a multi-billion dollar patent portfolio acquisition involving thousands of patents related to wireless telecommunications, cellular systems, and consumer electronics.. Brian also counsels clients through pre-litigation conflicts to resolve assertions and licensing disputes before patent litigation ensues. An experienced engineer, he provides clients with insightful and pragmatic advice, based on his ability to understand deeply the technical merit of a case and to explain its intersection with legal strategy. For example, Brian counseled a Fortune 50 technology company in a pre-litigation patent assertion relating to 3G/4G smartphone technologies, resulting in the asserting party dropping all its assertions against Brian’s client on favorable terms.. When patent disputes mature into formal litigations, Brian has significant expertise in patent matters before the International Trade Commission and numerous federal district courts. Brian represented Samsung in ITC proceedings against Ericsson’s cellular phones, Intel in a declaratory judgment action against Wi-LAN’s WiMAX and Wi-Fi patents, and Apple in various federal court and ITC actions against HTC and Nokia relating to smartphone technologies. Brian is well versed in all aspects of litigation, including deposing expert and fact witnesses, case-dispositive motions practice, and Markman proceedings. Brian’s practice also includes representing clients in contractual disputes involving patents and the enforcement of related indemnification rights.. Brian’s technical experience includes with a wide range of high-tech subject matter, such as standards-essential wireless telecommunications (e.g. LTE, UMTS, cdma2000, GSM, and Wi-Fi), user experience design, GPS, semi-conductor circuits, mobile payment systems, liquid crystal displays, and other consumer electronics technologies.. Brian is licensed to practice in California, Wisconsin, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

As a family law attorney, my main concern is for the well-being of the family. My staff and I understand that the divorce process is a difficult period in people’s lives, and our goal is to help you find the best solution with as little stress as possible.. Whenever possible, we encourage Collaborative Law. Collaborative law is the practice of reaching divorce agreement without going to court. In collaborative law, both parties have attorneys who have agreed not to go to court but rather work together to find the best solutions for both parties and their children if applicable. In addition, there is a team composed of mental health professionals, who serve as communication coaches, a neutral financial specialist, and if necessary, a neutral child specialist. In some cases we also have neutral appraisers of business and real estate.. There may be a lot of questions and issues you have never had to deal with before. I will make sure we spend the time to address all of your issues and help find the answers that are right for you.. I am dedicated to helping you with your family law problems.. – Mike Lowy

As a corporate attorney in the bay area, I have worked with technology based startups located in the US and overseas and advised on corporate and technology related issues for small to mid sized companies. As part of my practice, I have drafted formation documents, equity issuance documents, made securities and trademark filings, advised on equity structure for founders, worked on equity and debt financings, and advised on commercial contracts relating to the day-to-day business.. I have also helped overseas companies break into the US market by advising on the optimal entity structure for US presence, resolving cross border issues, advising on intellectual property issues and foreign direct investment reporting requirements in the United States.. Prior to this, I practised international law in India and Singapore after having been licensed in India from 2007. My international experience combined with my US experience makes me better suited to understand the needs of cross border clients and startups.. I can be reached at