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Yan spent her childhood both in a metro city of Shanghai, China, and a suburb city of Hiroshima prefecture in Japan. Her immigration to Japan from China taught her respect to other cultures, critical and independent thinking, and struggles in surviving as a foreigner in an unfamiliar land. After graduating high school in Japan, Yan came to the U.S. to further explore the world. She was fascinated by the diversity, though she soon realized the same struggles foreigners in the U.S. had as those of her childhood - culture, language, social status, and immigration status. She then determined to be an immigration lawyer and utilize her experiences and skills to help those who strive to make a successful living in the new land of the U.S.After graduating from University of California, Los Angeles in 2009, Yan interned at Tomita Law Office for a year, where she reaffirmed her passion to work with immigrants and nonimmigrant workers. Thereafter, she enrolled in Santa Clara University School of Law and participated in its famous immigration clinic at Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center, working on various humanitarian immigration cases, including U visas and T visas. She also took on an asylum case as part of a class, submitting briefs to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and negotiating for prosecutorial discretion with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Upon graduation from Santa Clara University in 2013, Yan rejoined Tomita Law Office to pursue her dream of making life easier for those who strive to make a successful living in this country of possibility and hope.

With over 10 years of experience working as a corporate immigration lawyer at the highest levels, most recently as a Senior Supervising Attorney managing over 100 early stage technology company's immigration programs, I co-founded ImmiPartner where I now dedicate my time to helping founders, professional workers, and high-growth technology companies build and strengthen their immigration programs internally through monthly recurring in-house general counsel services. I am often an invited speaker at national and local events on topics related to immigration strategies, policies, and trends.

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

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.

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 practices intellectual property litigation for companies and individuals in the technology, entertainment, media, travel, hospitality, and other industries.

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 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.

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.

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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 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 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 extensive experience in employment, business and real estate litigation.  In 1997, I graduated Order of the Coif (top 10%) from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley.  I clerked for the Honorable Maxine M. Chesney of the United States District Court, Northern District of California in 1999 and the Honorable Robert Boochever of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2001. I practiced insurance law as an associate with Sonnenshein Nath & Rosenthal and employment law as an associate at Heller Ehrman.  I focused on real estate litigation while working with Tour-Sarkissian Law Offices in San Francisco.  I joined Pierce & Shearer LLP in June 2004, where I continue to litigate employment, real estate and business cases.

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 an immigration attorney with over nine (9) years of experience in immigration law. I have devoted my legal career to meeting the immigration needs of both individuals and businesses.  I am currently working as a Senior Attorney at Immigration Law & Visa LLP.  For the last five years, I have specialized in assisting individuals of extraordinary ability in the arts, education, business, sciences, and athletics in the filing of O-1 and EB-1 petitions.  Through this work, I have helped numerous world renowned musicians, actors, artists, producers, directors, designers, scientists, chefs, business executives, and engineers pursue their professional endeavors in the United States by obtaining nonimmigrant and immigrant employment-based visas. In addition, I have assisted a wide range of corporate clients in obtaining a broad spectrum of immigration benefits on behalf of their foreign national employees. In addition, since the start of my career I have counseled and successfully represented clients in multiple areas of immigration law, including family and employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions, naturalization, waivers of inadmissibility, as well as asylum, U visa, and VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) applications.. Until early 2014, I worked as Of Counsel for Beach-Oswald Immigration Law Associates, in Washington, D.C., where I had worked as an Associate Attorney from December 2008-January 2013.  Prior to becoming an attorney in 2008, I worked as a Law Clerk in the immigration field for two years.  In total, I have worked in the immigration field for roughly 11 years.. I am admitted to practice law in the State of Maryland, but have represented clients throughout the United States with their immigration issues. Working in a small law firm for roughly 6 years allowed me to gain valuable immigration litigation experience. This experience allows me to successfully represent clients before U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, the U.S. Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and Federal Courts throughout the country.. I work on a variety of immigration matters.  I have assisted both corporations and individuals around the world, acquiring nonimmigrant and immigrant visas through employment, family. and asylum.  I have significant experience in employment-based visas for individuals of extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, athletics, and business sectors.  Moreover, I have over 6 years of experience handling removal defense cases before the U.S. immigration Courts involving asylum, hardship waivers, and cancellation of removal.  I have extensive experience in writing appeals and motions to reopen or reconsider before the Board of Immigration Appeals and Federals Courts.  Finally, I also have experience working with the federal district courts in civil cases involving writs of mandamus, seeking to compel government agencies, such as USCIS, to perform their duty to adjudicate immigration petitions and applications.

I am a reasonable fee/low-bono community immigration attorney. My main office is in San Rafael and I share my time between this and my two outpost offices, in Oakland (2 mins from Amtrak Jack London Square) and in Palo Alto - on S. California.. I am also the immigration attorney for a local nonprofit - the Brazilian keep my private fees low - the same as the non-profit - since i can't compete with myself. And because I get all the nice clients that way.. I limit immigration court work to asylum cases and children, so I don't compete directly with my wonderful colleagues dedicated to removal defense.. Come see  me for the smallest form, green cards, naturalization through to a U-Visa or VAWA application, or anything to do with minors or dreamers with immigration issues,. Or just for a consultation to talk over your immigration issues and options.  Also, if you are here through the employment route, your lawyers represent your employer, and you might find it helpful to discuss questions with an independent attorney. Particularly one with a long career in business before becoming an attorney.