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Julianna Malis is a nationally recognized estate planning and elder law attorney focusing on traditional estate planning, special needs planning and estate administration. As the founder of Santa Barbara Estate Planning Law Group, she brings a family-centered approach to planning, with a focus on practical solutions for those going through life transitions. She is also a Certified Dementia Practitioner and a frequent speaker to  groups on issues of estate planning, elder law, and special needs planning.. Julianna earned her law degree from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and has an advanced law degree (LL.M) in Taxation and Estate Planning.  She was selected to Super Lawyers for 2021 as a Top Rated Elder Law Attorney. This peer designation is awarded only to a select number of accomplished attorneys in each state.

Julian Sarafian is a lawyer for content creators, social media influencers, startups, and individuals. His practice areas include corporate, social media law, contract law, prenuptial agreements, venture capital, trademarking, and first amendment litigation. Julian represents content creators spanning 100 million followers across multiple platforms, and his firm For Creators by Creators handled over $5M in brand deal volume in 2023 alone.. He has been featured in Bloomberg Law, Law 360, the New York Times, The American Lawyer, Business Insider, and given multiple TedX talks.

Joshua E. Lynn is a Santa Barbara attorney and founding partner of Lynn & O’Brien, LLP. His extensive legal background includes experience as a Senior Prosecutor, Chief Trial Deputy, and Acting District Attorney. With this background, Josh has developed outstanding relationships with local prosecutors and judges and has gained an in-depth understanding of how the other side works. He uses this when building defenses on behalf of his clients. Josh focuses his practice on criminal defense and personal injury, as well as other civil litigation matters. Need a lawyer in Santa Barbara? Call Lynn & O’Brien, LLP for a consultation!

Jeremiah is an estate, trust and tax attorney. He has extensive experience providing sophisticated estate and tax planning advise to high net worth individuals, families and closely held businesses.

Independent and resourceful, I will provide you with better solutions leaving you with more money in your pocket and a greater appreciation of the legal process. For over 22 years as a Santa Barbara attorney I have served hundreds of clients providing a wide range of services from drafting estate plans with wills and trusts to effectively arguing family law, business, and real property cases before a judge. All legal tasks are approached with a cost benefit analysis and an attentive ear to my clients particular needs.

In my office, we care about the person as a whole – not just their case. We take the time to get to know you so that we can best represent you and get you the best result possible!

I strive to guide my clients through basic and complex family law related matters in the most professional, competent, efficient, and ethical manner possible, including specifically the following issues: dissolution of marriage (commonly called "divorce"), parentage claims, custody and visitation disputes, child and spousal support claims (sometimes called "alimony"), the division of community property assets and liabilities, separate property and other reimbrusement claims, premarital agreements and post-marital agreements.

I moved to California in the summer of 2012, after graduating the University of Connecticut with a B.A. in Philosophy. After moving to the Santa Barbara area, I began working at the Law Office of Robert Landheer as a legal assistant in April 2014, becoming office manager in July 2017.  I graduated from the Santa Barbara College of Law with certificates of concentration in Business Law and Criminal Law in November 2018. I sat for the February 2019 Bar, and was admitted to the California State Bar on December 4, 2019.. After being admitted to the California State Bar, I continued my work with the Law Office of Robert Landheer as an associate attorney. In October 2021, I began working with the North County Defense Team in Santa Maria, CA, as conflict panel attorney, representing indigent clients in both Dependency (W&I Sec. 300) and Delinquency (W&I Sec. 602) cases on appointment by the Santa Barbara Superior Court. I transitioned to Servey and Martinez in September, 2022, and continued to represent indigent clients in Dependency (W&I Sec. 300) cases on appointment until February 2, 2023. I continue to represent indigent clients in Delinquency (W&I Sec. 602) cases on appointment with the North County Defense Team.

I have spent my entire legal career in the workers’ compensation field. I am a California State Bar certified specialist in workers’ compensation law, the highest level of technical certification within the field. My passion is to work with my clients to obtain a result that best suits their individual needs - "Hablo español con fluidez, lo que me permite comunicarme directamente con mis clientes que hablan español". I was born and raised in Santa Barbara and attended Cal Poly SLO, earning a B.S. in Environmental Horticulture. That was followed by a career in landscape design and construction before shifting to law and attending law school. I bring this varied experience to every case I work on, finding that a background in agriculture and construction can often give me greater insights to my clients’ experience and needs.

I have practiced law for 37 years and was a trial attorney from 1989 to 2019. I am now a full-time mediator. My experience in the court system leads me to believe that mediation is often a better alternative than court action.. By mediating early in the process, the parties can save a great deal in attorney’s fees, and be spared prolonged anguish and frustration. My goal is to help you resolve your legal disputes in the most cost-effective and satisfying way possible.. My philosophy:   Chances are your case will settle. Over 90% of them do. You might as well try before you and your money are exhausted.

I currently focus my practice in the areas of Estate Planning, including wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, and advanced health care directives; Estate Administration, including probate, trust administration, and trust litigation; Property Law, including property tax reassessment and exemption issues; Contracts; and Business and Corporate law. My clients will tell you I have a strong attention to detail, exceptional client care, and provide straightforward legal advice.. I joined a boutique Santa Barbara law firm in 2005, while studying estate planning at UC Santa Barbara’s paralegal program, and continued studying law at Santa Barbara College of Law while working as a paralegal. I graduated from Santa Barbara College of Law in December of 2011 earning a specialization in business law. After being admitted to the bar in 2012, I focused my practice in estate planning and administration issues.. My extensive experience as in all roles of a law firm gives me a unique perspective on client needs, service, and case management.  In March 2020 I opened my own practice and continue to serve the Santa Barbara and the Santa Ynez Valley.

I am the owner of the Law Office of Eric A. Woosley. We are located in Santa Barbara California. We specialize in all types of litigation including:. Will & Trust Contests. Employment Discrimination. Wrongful Termination. Securities Arbitration. Business Litigation. Personal Injury. I am a member of:. The Santa Barbara County Bar Association. The Santa Barbara County Bar Foundation. American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Public Investors Arbitration Bar Assocation (PIABA). Consumer Attorneys Assocation of Los Angeles (CAALA). California Trial Lawyers Assocation. Federal Bar Association

I am organized, aggressive, focused and understanding as an advocate.  I have a terrific rapport with fellow lawyers and Judges.. From a personal standpoint, I have raised two wonderful and successful daughters as a single parent.  I enjoy travel and all types of outdoor activities.

I am Attorney Ashley Danielle Reese, born and raised in Santa Barbara, California. Attended Undergrad at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and graduated with a B.A. in sports management and communications. I came back home and worked a full time job as a loan officer assistant at a mortgage bank while attending law school at night at Southern California Institute of Law in Santa Barbara, CA. I graduated from law school in June 2015 with a Juris Doctorate and passed the California bar in July 2016. I started out at the Santa Barbara Public Defender's Office, but now am a Solo Practitioner at the Law Offices of Ashley Reese. My practice areas vary from Expungements & Criminal Defense, to Business Formation and Trademark law. In 2019 I was admitted to the Central District of California Federal Court & was the Keynote Speaker at Cal State Channel Islands Black Student Union Graduation ceremony. And in 2020 I was recently named Top 40 Under 40 with the Black National Lawyers.. **I am currently a Network attorney for ARAG and TEAMSTERS

I am a California attorney practicing exclusively in the employment benefits (ERISA) and employment law area. My goal is to help employers use the powerful tool of tax-qualified and other benefits to attract and retain quality employees.  My client base includes for-profit and non-profit organizations ranging in size from a handful of employees, to several thousand.   I also have a number of clients who are benefit brokers and advisors, and whom I help navigate legal compliance issues including federal health care reform and HIPAA privacy, security and breach disclosure issues.

Garry M. Tetalman has practiced law in Santa Barbara since March 2003. Since that time, Mr. Tetalman has specialized in employment litigation – representing employees in both class action and individual cases – ranging from complex wage and hour class action litigation, race and gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination. Mr. Tetalman was formerly a partner with Anticouni & Associates. The Law Office of Garry M. Tetalman was created on June 2, 2006, when Mr. Tetalman decided to open his own practice.. Before coming to Santa Barbara, Mr. Tetalman specialized in large scale construction defect actions, bad faith, breach of contract and employment matters.. Mr. Tetalman received his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California, in May 1999, and was admitted to the California Bar, the California Courts of Appeal and the United States District Court in December 1999. While in law school, Mr. Tetalman was a member of the Entertainment and Sports Law Journal. Mr. Tetalman obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles in June 1996. Prior to his undergraduate studies, Mr. Tetalman grew up in Santa Barbara and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in June 1992.

Garrett May is a California native. Garrett grew up on the central coast before studying economics at the University of Utah. Garrett then studied law on an academic scholarship at California Western School of Law in San Diego, California, graduating in just two years and passing the California Bar on his first attempt.. Garrett is an experienced litigation attorney at The May Firm and is licensed to practice law throughout the State of California. He is an aggressive and passionate litigator with proven trial and arbitration success. Over the course of his career, Garrett has litigation hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death cases. In the past couple years, he has recovered in excess of $20,000,000 for his clients. Garrett takes great personal pride in providing passionate, caring, personalized service to each of his clients.. Garrett is available to provide free no-risk case consultations to individuals and families seeking representation for all types of personal injury and wrongful death cases.. Garrett lived abroad during several of his college years and is fluent in reading, writing and speaking Spanish.. Outside of the practice of law, Garrett enjoys reading, cooking, swimming, road trips, and spending time with his wife Whitney and their three children, Georgia, Elin and Harrison.

For over twenty years, Bradford D. Brown has been a successful Santa Barbara personal injury attorney, earning the trust and respect of clients, colleagues and judges alike. A professional in personal injury law, Brown is described as “aggressive, yet very civil” – a personable and intelligent attorney who is compassionate and easy-to-talk to; yet steadfastly determined to win satisfaction for each and every client he represents. “I want to make sure my clients are compensated adequately for their injuries or loss. I can’t give them their health back, I can’t take away the damages; but the law recognizes they’re entitled to compensatory damages and I intend to get them as much money as I can; to get them back on their feet and into society as fast as possible, so they can get on with life.” – Bradford Brown, Santa Barbara Personal Injury Attorney

Feel free to check out my website at https// for as much information as you wish.. My fields of expertise include product liability, claims management, and contracts.  I have litigated hundreds of cases with very good results.  I have also overseen ("Quarterbacked") hundreds of product related claims with a very high rate of success resulting in significant cost savings to the companies I have been retained to help.. I have been involved in all aspects of civil and criminal litigation, including but not limited to personal injury claims, government tort liability, breach of contract, real estate/business disputes, professional liability, securities, misdemeanors and serious felonies.. I have volunteered as a settlement master, arbitrator and mediator for several courts in southern California and enjoy a solid reputation as a neutral.. I have also been engaged on numerous occasions to assist with family law and estate planning matters.. Many believe that the true path to success involves specialization.  I disagree.  I think the best lawyer to have is one that has been around the block a few times and walked in all sorts of shoes.. My wife and I recently completed 11,000 nautical mile circumnavigation around the eastern half of the United States aboard a 41 foot trawler via America’s Gulf Coast and Atlantic Intercoastal Waterways, the Hudson River, the Erie Canal, the Great Lakes, and the Western River System.. Prior to practicing law full time, I was deeply involved in the recreational SCUBA diving industry and in commercial diving as a SCUBA Diving Instructor, Store Retail and Education Manager.. Moreover, for most of my life I have been a boating enthisiast.  I have accumulated more than 45,000 sea miles and have enjoyed sharing my waterborne experiences as an educator and lecturer.

Experienced trial attorney with a demonstrated history in the field of criminal law as a previous prosecutor and current criminal defense attorney.

Evan T. Pickering received his Juris Doctor in 2010 from the University of Michigan Law School, where he graduated cum laude and served as a contributing editor on the Michigan Law Review. Mr. Pickering received his Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University in 2003.. Mr. Pickering’s practice encompasses a range of corporate matters, including venture capital, entity formation, debt, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. He has represented both start-up and established companies in equity offerings, corporate reorganizations, secured and unsecured credit financings, asset sales, and various other transactions. Mr. Pickering has also spent significant time counseling clients with respect to regulatory compliance and reporting issues.

Evan is a passionate advocate who enjoys representing individuals against large insurance companies.. He grew up riding motocross and playing hockey on California’s Central Coast. For college, Evan attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he graduated summa cum laude, accepted an invitation to speak as a graduation commencement speaker, and received the Orfalea College of Business Scholastic Achievement Award for graduating with the highest GPA in his Business Entrepreneurship concentration.. Evan earned his Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law, graduating magna cum laude with election to The Order of the Coif. While in law school, he researched health law & bioethics alongside Professor and Rhodes Scholar Dov Fox. Evan sat on the budget and graduation speaker committees of his Student Bar Association.. He received the “Cali” award for the highest grade in Civil Practicum, received the Law Faculty Achievement Scholarship, was nominated as a Law Faculty Outstanding Scholar, and is a Phi Delta Phi member. In addition, Evan externed for senior federal court judge Hon. M. James Lorenz in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He has volunteered as a small claims mediator in San Diego Superior Court and at the San Diego Clean Slate Clinic.. Evan enjoys trial preparation and execution, and is excited to be back on the Central Coast, representing clients at all stages of pre-trial and trial practice.

Derek G. Thiele, JDLicensed to practice law in California, Washington and Washington DC, Derek’s law practice has an emphasis on business and corporate law, litigation and arbitration as well as mergers and acquisitions. His firm, Thiele & May LLP, advises clients on a broad range of litigation and transactional business law matters including employment agreements, acquisition and divestiture initiatives, contract drafting and negotiations as well as litigation avoidance and strategic planning. Litigation expertise includes trial and dispute resolution covering product liability, aviation defense, real estate, personal injury, medical malpractice, contract and business disputes. Derek is also a California real estate broker and speaks German. He holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and a Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) from the Santa Barbara College of Law.

Dallas Atkins is an elder care and estate planning attorney.  She helps seniors and their loved ones plan for long term care, quality of life, autonomy, and asset preservation.  Her work includes Medi-Cal estate planning, Medi-Cal applications for nursing home benefits, court petitions to preserve the assets and income of couples with a spouse in a nursing home, VA pensions for Aid and Attendance benefits for home care and assisted living care, estate planning documents geared towards  long term care planning, revocable and irrevocable trusts, protection of the home without endangering public benefits, nursing home admissions and contracts, and special needs trusts.. Dallas assists seniors, elders, persons with disabilities, and their families prepare for and meet the challenges of aging, disability, and incapacity.  The focus of her practice is planning and problem solving to maximize legal and financial options for quality care at home, in the community, in assisted living facilities, and in skilled nursing facilities. Aging well in place by finding, getting, and paying for quality care is a major goal of her work.  She values ensuring quality care across the life span, not protecting wealth to the exclusion of the elder’s quality of life.. The Section Head of the Elder Law Section of the Santa Barbara County Bar Association in 2003 and 2004, Dallas is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), the Academy of Special Needs Planners, and ElderCounsel.  She is a frequent contributor to professional journals and other publications. A dynamic and popular speaker, she has presented seminars before community groups, elder care organizations, UCSB, the Omega Program of SBCC Adult Education Department, the Santa Barbara County Bar Association, law firms, training conferences for tax professionals and lawyers, and other public and private organizations and events.. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College (A.B. 1970), Villanova University School of Law (J.D. 1975), and University of California, Santa Barbara (M.A. in Counseling Psychology 1988), she was admitted to the California State Bar in 1977.  She practiced as a legal aid attorney and then a private adoption attorney prior to finding elder law in 1999.  She became licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in 1991 and continues to enjoy the integration of psychology and law through her elder law and special needs practice.

Cristi focuses her practices in the areas of conservatorships, trust litigation, probate litigation, landlord/tenant, and general civil litigation.  Known for her strong client service skills, the clarity of her advice and straightforward legal approach, Cristi’s clients find it easy to work through and understand the legal process.  Cristi is the former President of Santa Barbara Women Lawyers, former Vice President of the Santa Barbara Women Lawyers Foundation, former affiliate governor to the Board of California Women Lawyers, and former board member of the Santa Barbara County Bar Association. Cristi is a past president and board member of the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center and former board member of Women’s Economic Ventures.  Cristi received her law degree from Santa Barbara College of Law in 2001 and was then admitted to practice law in the State of California.  She was also admitted to practice before the United States District Court, United States Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of the United States.  Cristi is a member of the State Bar of California, the Santa Barbara County Bar Association, Santa Barbara Women Lawyers and California Women Lawyers.