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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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:

Gary Gansle joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's labor and employment law practice in 1998 where he provides clients expert counseling and litigation skills on a wide range of employment law issues. Mr. Gansle also established and manages his firm's nationwide employment law training practice. Mr. Gansle is a defense attorney and does not represent individual plaintiffs as his practice is focused exclusively on representing corporate clients.

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.

Certified Specialist in Appellate Law, California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization

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.