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Elaine Dai is the founding attorney of InspiraLaw. For over a decade, Elaine has advised clients throughout California with a focus on businesses and tax-exempt organizations.. Over the past 8 years, Elaine has served as General Counsel to the Music Teachers' Association of California, and its supporting organization, the MTAC Foundation, handling all legal affairs for both organizations including corporate governance, tax-exempt and regulatory compliance, commercial transactions, intellectual property, and risk management. MTAC is a professional association representing 4,700 members and 64 affiliate Branches throughout the state of California.. Elaine was the CEO and coFounder of EventLoko, a mobile web app that helped people find, discover, and share local family-friendly events and activities. She oversaw product development, finance, user growth, marketing, and legal affairs. Launched in private beta, EventLoko grew to cover 150,000 events in all major California cities, and major cities across the United States including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle, and Washington DC.. Elaine previously worked as a corporate transactions attorney at Morgan Lewis, an AmLaw 100 firm, prior to launching a private law practice. In a former life, she also owned a private music teaching studio in Los Angeles and Vancouver. Elaine leverages her extensive experience in the law, business, and the arts to deliver outside-the-box solutions and services to her innovative, trailblazing clients.. Ms. Dai holds a law degree from the University of British Columbia, where she had the honor of serving as Editor-in-Chief for the UBC Law Review in its 50th Anniversary year, hosting legal luminaries such as the Right Honorable Beverly McLachlin, who later became Canada’s first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, and former Prime Minister Kim Campbell, Canada’s first female Head of State. Elaine also holds a Master’s degree in Music Education from Boston University, a Bachelor’s degree in History and English Literature from UBC, and a Bachelor’s degree in Music, Piano Performance and Pedagogy, from Mount St. Mary’s College. Elaine also completed an intensive executive training program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business on Negotiation and Power. She is admitted to practice law in California and New York.. Elaine is a strong believer in meaningful community involvement, and has served on the Board of Directors of several non-profit arts and music organizations. A passionate proponent of education, Elaine has also undertaken various roles with the Palo Alto Unified School District, serving on School Site Council, Principal Selection Committee, and Academic Assessment Report Committee. She has also worked as a credentialed substitute teacher in elementary, middle school, and high school.. She continues to perform in the community as a pianist and music coach. When she has the chance, she loves to read, cook, bike, and hike with her family.

Ms. Card was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in Southern California. She completed her undergraduate study at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Law & Society.. Ms. Card received her Juris Doctorate from Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California. In law school, Ms. Card was committed to public interest work and was President of the Animal Law Society, a student chapter of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Ms. Card also provided legal assistance to victims of domestic violence as a student with the Chapman Family Violence Clinic and worked as a Research Assistant to the Chapman Law Professor Timothy A. Canova while he was the law school’s Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. Ms. Card was also the recipient of two CALI “Excellence for the Future” Awards for her class-leading coursework as a student of the Chapman Family Violence Clinic and in Criminal Procedure.. Ms. Card has a general civil litigation practice which focuses on business, labor and employment, and public interest litigation. She also remains committed to work in the emerging field of animal law and has transactional experience in contracts & agreements, business transactions, and corporate formation, maintenance, and transactions.

Joseph graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles receiving a triple Bachelor’s degree in English, Political Science, and History.  While at UCLA, Joseph also studied economics and management accounting, worked in the Political Science department as a bibliographer, and interned for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office in the Trial Support Division.. Joseph received his J.D. as well as a concurrent Masters of Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law and the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, respectively, completing both degrees in under 2.5 years.  He studied international dispute resolution in London, Geneva, Hong Kong, and Beijing.  While at Pepperdine, Joseph was the chair of the Dispute Resolution Society, the Republican Law Students Assocation, and the Trial Lawyers Club.  Joseph was also a member of the Moot Court Board, coached a champion moot court team to the semi-finals of the Constance Motley Baker Moot Court Competition, and was a finalist in the regional American Bar Association Negotation Competition.  Joseph also served as business editor for the inaugural edition of the Journal for Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law.. Before starting Le + Pelletier, LLP, Joseph externed for the California Court of Appeal under Justice Madeleine Flier, and for the General Counsel of JAMS End Dispute.  Joseph has also served on mediatior panels for both Los Angeles County and Orange County.. Joseph is a member of the American, California, and Orange County Bar Associations and is a member of the Law Practice Management and Alternative Dispute Resolution sections of the California Bar.  He currently volunteers as a small claims court mediator for the Orange County Superior Court and the Orange County Human Relations Council, and serves on the board of directors for a non-profit organization supporting schools in the community where he grew up.  Joseph is conversant in Vietnamese and enjoys cooking.

I am an attorney and principal at A.H. CHAN LAW FIRM, PC, where I practice a broad spectrum of commercial litigation and transaction, intellectual property law, and employment and labor law.  I also handle personal injury and family law matters.. As a litigator, I have successfully litigated cases in both state and federal courts at both trial and appellate levels.  I have handled numerous cases involving business disputes, shareholder disputes, breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secret, trademark and copyright infringement cases, real estate, construction contract disputes, labor and employment, and general litigation.. As a business lawyer, I regularly consult and advise domestic and international entrepreneurs, business organizations, and publicly traded companies in a wide range of industries, including technology, online gaming, e-commerce, software, restaurants, automobile dealers, shipping and logistics, apparel, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, import and export companies, real estate developers, general contractors, and property management companies.. I also maintain a pro bono practice, regularly taking referrals from local legal aids.. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and earned my Juris Doctorate degree from Whittier Law School, where I was a member of the Whittier Law Review and fulfilled the academic requirements for the Center for Intellectual Property Law.  I am admitted to practice in the United States District Court, Central District of California, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and Supreme Court of the State of California.