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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

The Law Office of Diane J.N. Morin was established in 1992. Our office is in Palo Alto, California, and we practice in San Mateo, Santa Clara counties as well as San Francisco. The office also works with an attorney who has had extensive experience in adoption law. After practicing criminal law for many years (both prosecution and defense), we now concentrate exclusively on family law. Ms. Morin has dual nationality, and was raised in another country, she has an extensive clientele from other countries. In the past few years, she has developed a practice in mediation and collaborative law as well as litigation.. Ms. Morin enjoys taking classes to expand her understanding of fields of family law; she attends classes in Family Law, Mental Health as it relates to Family Law, business law, litigation, and trial practice. She has a particular interest in international law because she is a native speaker of Italian and fluent speaker of French. In the past she was also a Research Attorney for the Superior Courts, a District Attorney and represented clients in criminal defense, She continues to be interested in these differing topics. As a mediator and collaborative law attorney, she also attends classes in these areas on a yearly basis and always exceed the required amount of continuing education.

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.

Stacy has an expertise in all aspects of employment law. She litigates wrongful termination claims, wage and hour independent contractor and exemption misclassification claims, unpaid bonuses and commissions, severance pay disputes, breach of contract actions, alleged unfair competition and theft of trade secrets, sexual harassment and whistleblower retaliation cases. Stacy also prosecutes and defends representative actions under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).. Stacy has tried cases in superior court, federal court, arbitration and administrative proceedings. Stacy also advises employees and employers regarding employment contracts, executive compensation packages, and severance agreements. Stacy conducts wage and hour audits for employers and counsels start-ups regarding best practices for new entities.. Prior to founding Berman North LLP, Stacy was a Partner at Pierce & Shearer LLP with Scott Berman where she practiced employment law and business litigation.

Simon represents real estate agents and brokers and their clients, mortgage
brokers, escrow agents, title and escrow companies, as well as buyers
and sellers of real property.

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.

Professional Summary. Jaclyn is an Associate Attorney at Hopkins & Carley. She is a member of the Family Wealth & Tax Planning Practice Group. Jaclyn works with individuals, families, trustees, executors, personal representatives, and small business owners, with her primary areas of practice including:. Estate planning. Wealth preservation and transfer. Family succession planning. Gift trust planning. Charitable planning. Estate and trust administration. Probate. Family business organizations. Educational Summary. Jaclyn received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology – Organizational Studies, focusing on political, social and economic organizations that comprise modern society. She later earned her Juris Doctorate degree and Legal Writing Concentration Certificate from Whittier College School of Law. Jaclyn was a recipient of an Academic Scholarship upon entering law school and the Dean’s Merit Scholarship in her second and third year of law school. She also received two CALI Excellence for the Future Awards for Legal Writing II and Aviation Law. During this time, Jaclyn was a member of the Whittier Law School Law Review. She also participated in the Street Law Program in Orange County, California, teaching juvenile delinquents and inner-city youth about law to heighten awareness of legal issues among high school level youth.. Associations. Jaclyn serves as Immediate Past President of the San Mateo County Bar Association, Barrister’s Section, an organization of new lawyers committed to professional growth, advocating for its members and actively participating in local community outreach programs.. Jaclyn also serves as Ex-Officio Board of Director for the San Mateo County Bar Association, as well as Assistant Secretary for the Estate Planning and Probate Section.. Jaclyn was admitted to practice in the State of California in 2009.. Other interests. In addition to her practice of law, Jaclyn shares her time with her husband, Blair, son, Nico, and daughter, Zoey. She enjoys being outdoors and is active in Pilates, yoga and cycling. She enjoys traveling and has studied abroad in Italy at the Universita’ per Stranieri in Siena, Italy and Toulouse, France at the University of Toulouse. In addition to her native English, she speaks conversational Russian and Italian.

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My goal is to be efficient and practical. I emphasize specific, context-based, strategic counseling, risk-pathway analysis and dispute resolution focusing on employment and business relationships. My practice normally involves disputes and strategic planning involving multiple inter-related parties, including employees, investors, officers and directors, and all aspects of employment dynamics, from hiring through operational counseling and termination.. As a lawyer and a member of the California State Bar, my conduct is regulated by
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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.

Lydia E. Crandall is an associate in the Family Law Group.  Lydia began work with the Family Law Group in 2004 as a law clerk. She clerked with the firm throughout law school and became an associate of the firm in 2007.. While completing her law degree, Lydia served as senior editor of the Golden Gate University Law Review and was a member of the law school’s Moot Court Board. She was also selected to participate in the intensive Honors Lawyering Program.. Lydia handles a variety of family law matters including dissolution of marriage cases, post-judgment support and custody modifications, as well as premarital and postmarital agreements.  She has been trained as a mediator and in Collaborative Practice.. Lydia has been named a Northern California Rising Star every year since 2009 by Super Lawyers Magazine. She served as Co-Chair of the Family Law Section of the San Mateo County Bar Association in 2010 and as Chair in 2011.  She is currently co-chair of Collaborative Practice of San Mateo County and the Family Law Section of the Palo Alto Bar Association.  Lydia has also co-authored articles on disclosure obligations and attorney’s fees and sanctions in family law cases.. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Crandall studied abroad in Australia and volunteered in Bahia, Brazil.

John Paul Hanna is one of the leading land use lawyers in California, experienced in developing, buying, selling, subdividing, financing, leasing, construction, common interest developments, resort communities, permitting, entitlements, conversions, and dealing with city and county staffs, planning commissions, councils, boards of supervisors and with such state agencies as the Department of Real Estate and the Department of Social Services.. Mr. Hanna has been selected in Best Lawyers, Who’s Who in America, San Francisco’s Best Lawyers, and Silicon Valley’s Best Lawyers. Mr. Hanna has represented clients and obtained entitlements such as tentative and final subdivision maps, condominium plans and public reports for over 1,200 projects (residential, commercial and mixed-use) including more than 35,000 condominium units and over 22,000 planned development lots.

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.

Jean M. Kohler is a partner in the Trusts & Estates Group and is certified by the State Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law.. Jean began her practice in the Trusts & Estates Department at Foley & Lardner in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ms. Kohler relocated to the Bay Area in March 2003 where she continues her estate planning practice, focusing on the preparation of wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, durable powers of attorney and advance health care directives. Jean’s practice also includes estate and trust litigation, the administration of decedents’ estates (including both trust and probate estates), and conservatorship and guardianship matters.. Jean is an active member of the Silicon Valley Bar Association and San Mateo County Bar Association and previously served on the board of Palo Alto Community Child Care, an organization that partners with parents and regional agencies to provide quality, professional and accessible childhood care and education in the Palo Alto community.. Jean has been named a Northern California Rising Star since 2009 by Super Lawyers Magazine. Jean is licensed to practice law in California and Wisconsin.

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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 primarily represent employees in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, fraud, and contract matters.  I also review and prepare employment contracts, NDAs and severance agreements, and assist clients in negotiating severance packages.  I advise employers on employment contracts, disciplinary actions, policies and handbooks, unemployment insurance claims, and other employment matters.. I represent clients in California state and Federal courts and have appeared pro hac vice in Nevada and Virgina Federal courts.  I have appeared before administrative agencies including the California Labor Commissioner/Division of Labor Standards Enforcement; California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board; San Francisco Rent Board; and the Contractor's State License Board. I have represented clients in binding arbitration with JAMS and AAA.