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Anna Benvenue graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia with a B.A. in American History. At UGA she was a Presidential Scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and spent a term studying abroad in the Semester at Sea program. After college, Anna spent two years with Teach for America in San Jose, CA., obtained her state California State Teaching Credential from San Jose State University, and taught fourth grade for a third year.She graduated with highest honors and in the top 3% of her class from Golden Gate School of Law in 2008, where she was the Managing Editor of the Law Review, a Peer Mentor, a Moot Court Board Member, and wrote a law review article on the rehabilitation failures of the California Youth Authority.  She won awards for legal writing, constitutional law, business associations, evidence, and appellate advocacy.  While in law school, Anna interned with the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, and Minami Tamaki, LLP.  She also served as an extern for the Honorable Judge Thelton Henderson of the US District Court for the Northern District of California.  After graduation, Anna was hired through the Attorney General Honor's Program and worked for the Department of Justice as an Attorney Advisor at the San Francisco Immigration Court.  At the Law Office of Robert B. Jobe, Anna's practice centers around defending people in deportation proceedings before Immigration Judges, representing clients in appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Federal Courts of Appeal and in lawsuits in Federal District Court under the Administrative Procedures Act.  She has successfully argued multiple cases in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, including Ali v. Holder, 637 F.3d 1025 (9th Cir. 2011).  She particularly enjoys cases involving immigrants with criminal convictions and alleged ties to terrorist groups.In her spare time, Anna enjoys road biking, going to the beach and watching college football.  Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Anna has been residing in San Francisco since 2002 and loves the weather and culture of the Bay Area too much to return to the South.

Andrew J. Chan is a partner in the Walnut Creek office of Lewis Brisbois and member of the Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith Litigation, and First Party Property Practices.. Andrew has extensive legal experience representing individual and corporate clients. He previously served as a partner and appellate practice group co-chair for a California statewide civil litigation firm. He also represented healthcare professionals and practices for a boutique law office, banks and lenders for a national financial services law firm, and multinational insurers for a Florida insurance coverage and litigation practice. In addition, he clerked for Judge Maxine Cohen Lando in Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit, the State Attorney's Office for Miami-Dade County, the Office of the City Attorney for Miami, Florida, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, and a Florida transactional firm.. Andrew is a California real estate broker, a certified information privacy professional (CIPP/US), a professional in human resources - California (PHRca), and a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Andrew "Drew" Oberst became interested in the law when he went to work in the Information Technology Department of an insurance defense firm in Northern California after graduating from college, and soon put himself through law school taking night classes while maintaining a full-time job. He then joined that firm as a defense trial lawyer for several years before pivoting to fighting for Injured people against the big insurance companies and corporations.

An aggressive litigator with a passion for protecting our elderly, Jay P. Renneisen has successfully handled scores of elder abuse and neglect cases, particularly against nursing homes and assisted living facilities, as well as numerous catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death claims. Mr. Renneisen has obtained a multitude of seven figure results for his clients over the years and acted as trial co-counsel on the largest assisted living facility elder abuse verdict in the United States and the largest nursing home elder abuse verdict in the history of Sacramento County.. Mr. Renneisen graduated magna cum laude from St. Mary’s College with an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and English in 1991 and he received his JD from the University of California Davis Law School in 1994. Thereafter, Mr. Renneisen started his legal career as an attorney with a premier San Francisco Bay Area litigation firm, Bowles & Verna, LLP, and continued with that firm for over seven years primarily representing Fortune 500 companies, local municipalities and large insurance companies.. After leaving Bowles & Verna, Mr. Renneisen started his own practice in 2001 and soon found his passion specializing in personal injury () and elder abuse () cases.. Mr. Renneisen currently is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Elder Law Section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association. Mr. Renneisen has also previously served as a board member of multiple non-profits, including Contra Costa Senior Legal Services, which is a California State Bar funded non-profit organization that serves the legal needs of elderly persons. From 2015 to the present, Mr. Renneisen has been recognized as a top-rated attorney as evaluated by other lawyers and published on www.SuperLawyers.com.

Alex Floum is a seasoned transactional lawyer and litigator. Alex is licensed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court and all State and Federal Courts throughout the State of California, and is licensed to practice in the state of California as well as the District of Columbia.. Alex practices in the areas of intellectual property, entertainment law, business law, and technology and international agreements. As a transactional lawyer, he has extensive experience in trademark applications globally, copyright applications for software, music, books, photographs and all other works, trademark, copyright and patent license and assignment agreements, licensing agreements for every industry and every type of property, and all of the other contracts which a client needs.. As a litigator, Alex represents clients in all aspects of civil litigation and dispute resolution involving business, real estate, construction and intellectual property matters in all courts, government hearings, arbitrations and mediations.. Alex taught trademark and related areas of law for several years to both practicing lawyers and law school students as an adjunct professor at Golden Gate University Law School. He was the founding president of the Intellectual Property Section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association.. Alex has presented Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars and published articles in bar journals regarding intellectual property.. Alex graduated from University of California Los Angeles in ed his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1990.. Alex is an enthusiastic runner, bicyclist, wine marker, guitar player, photographer and coder. He enjoys travel and spending time with his family. Alex resides in Walnut Creek, California.

Adam M. Carlson is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law and a managing partner as Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook. At the firm, he uses his experience to represent clients in wrongful death, civil rights, and personal injury cases. After graduating from college, Mr. Carlson spent several years at the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office before joining the firm. He belongs to numerous organizations, including the State Bar of California, Contra Cost Country Bar Association, the Alameda-Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers Association, and the Consumer Attorneys of California. He’s committed to providing each client with personalized attention to meet their unique needs.

A Resident of Walnut Creek, Neil is a 1982 graduate of Loyola Law School.  The opportunity to focus on men's issues crystallized when the founder of Divorce For Men Only invited Neil to join their firm in 1992. Neil's forte is analyzing the issues and developing a "game plan" ahead of time to get through a case successfully but also efficiently.   Planning ahead helps men avoid making the mistakes that other men have made in divorce.His approach to representation is very team oriented.  Together with his client, he discusses, brainstorms and delegates tasks to maximize time and cost efficiency.   The goal with every case is to get the client through the process as efficiently and quickly as possible.  Neil has served as a Judge Pro Tem in Contra Costa and Solano County Courts.You may have heard him interviewed on NBC's Today Show, KGO News Talk and KCBS News Radio as well as quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Conta Costa Times, Associated Press, Redbook and Diablo Magazine

A former prosecutor with over 10 years of extensive trial experience handling criminal cases in both California and New York. I handle all types of criminal cases and always provide detail oriented legal guidance and compassion for all clients.