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Galia is the founding partner of Aharoni Business Law, PC. At ABL, Galia focuses on business formation, independent contractor issues, and minimizing liability, but she enjoys working with small businesses on all of their business, employment, and intellectual property needs. She loves business law because she gets to learn about businesses and industries she never would have learned about otherwise, and by doing so is able to help other entrepreneurs fulfill their own dreams.. Galia is a born entrepreneur, and loves the thrill of growing her own business as much as she loves helping others grow their own.. Galia is a published author on intellectual property issues surrounding moral rights, and regularly speaks throughout California on a variety of legal and business issues for both lawyers and other entrepreneurs. One of her favorite things about practicing law is the collaborative process of educating people about business and the law so they’re empowered to succeed by preventing problems before they happen.. Galia graduated from Tulane University School of Law with a certificate in environmental law and a sub-focus on intellectual property, and she currently has licenses to practice law in both California and Louisiana. Prior to founding ABL, Galia was a founding partner of a Bay Area-based multi-lawyer business law firm, practiced law at private law firms in both New Orleans and Oakland, and worked as a business development attorney at a large legal publisher in Northern California. She’s also done stints as a professional proofreader/editor and a dogsitter, but the latter was mostly just an excuse to hang out with other people’s dogs.. When not working, she can be found coffee-shop hopping, reading, taking long walks with her fiancé, Mike, travelilng, or collecting hobbies. A few of her favorite hobbies so far include belly dancing, glass flameworking, and tai chi.

Our highest priority is to provide prompt, quality, results oriented representation and practical advice in both litigation and transactional matters. With over 45 years of combined experience, we listen to our clients and understand their legal requirements. We have the expertise to handle most business, real property, and creditors’ rights/bankruptcy matters.

Ryan is a San Francisco Bay Area attorney who is passionate about assisting the modern entrepreneur with financial, regulatory, and strategic challenges. Ryan founded the law firm SPZ Legal, P.C. on the belief that business should be a powerful tool for social change. Ryan’s approach to practicing law is centered on the concept that the best way to help the people he serves is to take the time to understand their goals in order to customize creative solutions.

I am a partner and co-chair of the firm's Business & Corporate Transactions Group. I act as General Counsel to many local and regional companies providing business advice regarding entity formation; contract and lease review; interpretation, preparation and negotiation of business contracts; mergers and acquisitions; asset and stock purchases; employee benefit and stock option plans; duties of corporate officers and directors and enforceability of covenants not to compete; trade secret and non-solicitation agreements, as well as business succession and tax planning.. I have also counseled and negotiated favorable resolutions for numerous closely held companies and shareholders involved in internal shareholder disputes.. In the area of corporate finance, I am experienced with private placements and exempt offerings, as well as venture capital and angel investor financing.. I also assist clients in all aspects of real property matters, including negotiation and drafting of industrial, office and shopping center leases and real property purchase and sale transactions. I was recently honored in this area at a "2013 Top Lawyer in Real Estate" by Martindale-Hubbell™.

Agriculture and the land where she has been raised are important to Pamela. As a fifth generation resident of the Pajaro Valley, she has spent a lot of her spare time volunteering on numerous non-profit boards in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.. “I’m a problem solver. I want my clients to understand what’s possible. Working together, we can achieve the best possible outcome in their favor.” —Pamela Mathiesen

Ms. Lipanovich is the founder of Estriatus Law, PC.  Her law practice focuses on the representation of sustainable businesses and cleantech manufacturers, distributors, installers, financiers, and developers.  Prior to founding Estriatus Law, Ms. Lipanovich was the General Counsel of a publicly-traded solar company, Akeena Solar (Andalay Solar and Westinghouse Solar), located in Silicon Valley.

Shelby Clark first came to Santa Cruz County in 1986, and has never since been able to stay away. Born in Virginia and growing up mostly there and in Connecticut, he graduated from Wooster School in Danbury, CT, and Pomona College in Claremont, CA. After working on the editorial side of book publishing in New York City, he returned to the mountains here and became a freelance writer and editor, writing for and about various businesses throughout Northern California. Shelby then attended law school at University of California – Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, graduating in 1999 in the top 5% of his class while serving on the Hastings Law Journal and in several other roles. A stint working for a large law firm convinced him that was not the right direction, and he’s found that independence and running his own business best enable him to help other people who are passionate about what they do. Thanks to love interests that exposed him to first veterinary medicine, then animal welfare and dog training, Shelby has learned much about different ways people interact with and care for the animals in their lives. He’s researched and presented on animal law issues for several years, and will be speaking about service dog law at an Illinois conference in June 2018. Shelby’s other interests include hiking, camping, downhill skiing, history, and both writing and reading science fiction and fantasy. He’s an Eagle Scout and thrilled to be married to Jen Walker, who runs the dog training business First Friends. They live among the redwoods in the mountains of Santa Cruz with three dogs and a cat.

Kevin LaPorte received his JD from the University of San Francisco Law School where he was also awarded an International and Comparative Law Certificate with Honors. He is admitted to practice law in California. Mr. LaPorte is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR), and has received specialized training in Social Security disability law at national NOSSCR conferences. Before joining the firm, Mr. LaPorte’s practice focused on international criminal law and human rights. He served as Assistant Attorney to the International Civil Parties in the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders in Cambodia. This trial was conducted as a joint enterprise between the United Nations and the Cambodian government, and involved the drafting of closing statements in the historical trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders, along with conducting fact gathering missions for the crime of genocide. He also worked for the United Nations in The Hague, Netherlands at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which involved the criminal trial of a former General accused of genocide and war crimes. Mr. LaPorte’s experience helping victims of human rights abuses inspired him to help individuals closer to home who are suffering from disabling illnesses and injuries. His background in human rights laws gives him a unique perspective in representing clients whose disabling conditions prevent them from being able to work. His practice focuses on representing clients in Northern California in the Social Security claims and appeals process.

Finkel Law Group P.C. is committed to returning the business of law back to the practice of law by focusing his firms efforts on the client’s needs rather than the firm’s bottom line.. Lonnie and his associates represent private and public corporations in all forms of commercial transactions, as well as counseling clients on the proper governance of established and emerging growth companies

I am Of Counsel to the firm and a member of its Business and Transactions Practice Group. Before joining the firm, I was General Manager of MemoryTen, a Santa Clara, California-based memory chip distributor and manufacturer. I have held positions of CFO for venture backed enterprise software companies and large manufacturing organizations. My business experience includes in-depth implementation of "lean" and "cellular" processes in manufacturing organizations. I have also had significant experience in corporate financial valuations, business consulting and merger and acquisition transactions.I have extensive experience with technology start-ups and experience in helping real estate investors structure corporate, partnership and limited liability company entities. I help companies protect their assets from plaintiffs and creditors by focusing on structuring asset ownership, business entities, and employing risk mitigation strategies.I focus on legal audits and assisting entrepreneurs and start-ups with all aspects of their legal needs including financing transactions with angel and venture capital investors. My broad managerial and consulting background is a plus for helping organizations develop and sharpen their legal strategies.Specialties:- Corporate Law, focusing on Technology Companies and Issues- Corporate Formations and Asset Protection Strategies