California Lawyers - Berkeley

Firm: Gould, Hahn, & Reinhardt, PLC

2550 9th St Ste 101 , Berkeley , California 94710

Practice Areas: Administrative Law

Firm: Jayne Law Group, P.C.

803 Hearst Ave , Berkeley , California 94710

Practice Areas: White Collar Crime

Julia Mezhinsky Jayne is a founding partner of Jayne Law Group, P.C. (formerly, Campbell & Jayne LLP).Ms. Jayne is an experienced and accomplished trial lawyer who concentrates her practice on both white collar and general criminal defense in felony and misdemeanor cases. She represents a broad array of individuals and small companies in state and federal court, at the investigative, pre-trial, and trial stages. Her successes range from outright case dismissals to extremely favorable plea agreements. Ms. Jayne also has extensive jury trial experience in both state and federal court. Ms. Jayne is committed to making sure each client is satisfied with the result of his/her case. She has handled several newsworthy and high-profile cases.Her white collar criminal defense matters include prosecutions involving mail and wire fraud violations, securities fraud (insider trading), bank fraud, environmental crimes, money laundering, alien harboring, money smuggling, antitrust, immigration crimes, false statements, identity theft, criminal contempt, tax evasion, and prosecutions with significant asset forfeiture implications.Ms. Jayne’s experience in general criminal defense runs the gamut — from violent felonies and vehicular manslaughter to drug possession and sales, sexual assault, firearms offenses, juvenile offenses, theft and fraud cases, robbery, burglary, and driving under the influence.Before founding her own firms, Ms. Jayne served as a Deputy District Attorney in Contra Costa County. There, she tried a variety of misdemeanor, felony, and juvenile cases. In her role as a prosecutor, she filed criminal charges, negotiated thousands of cases, and independently tried over 30 jury trials. After leaving the District Attorney’s Office, Ms. Jayne worked as a civil litigator at Larson • King in San Francisco. Thereafter, Ms. Jayne worked as a white collar criminal defense attorney and civil litigator at Sideman & Bancroft LLP, where she was involved in the representation of several high-profile white collar criminal defense clients.Ms. Jayne also served as a legal intern to the Organized Crime Strike Force for the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys’ Office in San Francisco.  She is also an adjunct professor at U.C. Hastings College of the Law since 2003.

Firm: Law Office of Leslie A. Levy

1718 Solano Ave , Berkeley , California 94707

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy, Condominium , Construction Defects, Construction , Housing , Land Use & Zoning, Mediation, Real Estate , Zoning, Planning & Land Use, Real Estate

Firm: Law Office of Laurence O. Masson

2625 Alcatraz Avenue , Berkeley , California 94705

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Firm: Kurt W. Dreger Law Office

1808 Sixth Street , Berkeley , California 94710

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

I represent employees who have lost their jobs for unlawful reasons or were forced to quit because of harassment or unsafe working conditions. My practice area is employment law, including all types of wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour violations.. I began my career as a field chemist, working for a small hazardous waste disposal consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. As I traveled all over California overseeing the packaging and shipment of hazardous waste, I witnessed many workers exposed daily to chemicals and other hazards with little to no controls. This inspired me to focus my career on worker safety and health, and work to protect everyone's right to a safe workplace.. Over time, I served as a lay or expert witness in cases involving employee or public exposure to hazardous chemicals, asbestos, or mold. In every case, I remarked how helpful it could be if the attorneys understood more about the core concepts of industrial safety and hygiene. I thought California workers might benefit from an attorney who understands the rules of safety and health on a practitioner level. So I set out to become that professional.. Later, as my legal career gained momentum, I decided that protecting workers from harm goes far beyond worker safety and health. It also involves protecting people from workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage theft, and labor code violations. And it involves taking action whenever a fired employee could potentially have been the victim of a workplace injury, or suffered an illness or disability based on chemical exposure or other hazards in the workplace.. And that's where I found my true calling – which is to protect the legal rights of employees and to fight for compensation when those rights are violated.

Firm: The Urbatsch Law Firm, P.C.

1240 6th Street , Berkeley , California 94710

Practice Areas: Elder Law

Kevin Urbatsch is a principal of the special needs and settlement planning law firm, The Urbatsch Law Firm P.C. located in Berkeley, California. Kevin also serves as National Director of the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP), a national organization of special needs and settlement planning professionals. Kevin also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the NAELA Journal. Kevin is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. Kevin is also a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).. Kevin hosts the Special Needs Planning Symposium an annual conference for planning professionals in wine country in Northern California. See .. In 2013, Parenting Magazine named Kevin as one of the nation’s Top Child Advocates for his work in fighting for the rights of children with special needs. In May 2011, Kevin was presented the NAELA’s Presidential Recognition Award for his work in special needs planning. In each year from 2010 to 2021, Kevin was named a Northern California Superlawyer. In 2009, Kevin was named KRON-TV’s Best of the Bay estate-planning attorney for Northern California.. Kevin is a frequent lecturer to professionals and consumers on special needs and estate planning. He also is the author (or co-author) of the following books and treatises and you can review his author’s page on

Firm: KELSEY STOUT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

... , Berkeley , California 94702

Practice Areas: Patent Application

Kelsey Stout Intellectual Property is a legal practice focused solely on technology clients. This typically starts with filing patent applications, but also covers licensing & transfer, enforcement & litigation, business development, research, planning, vision and traditional counsel.. For established enterprises, this means identification of existing intellectual property assets. This also means a strategy for developing new ones, with understanding of patent laws and in light of the business realities of evolving technologies. Sometimes it means rescuing old patent filings. It means developing personal relationships with client principals, researchers, engineers, designers and sales in order to understand the client’s industry, technology and competition.. For startups, it means personal counsel through the first patent filing and planning for the second. It can mean business formation, valuation of the patent filings for investors, advice on funding & incubation, licensing & acquirement, timing on publication and guidance toward a minimum viable product that is patentable.. It can mean interface patents, hardware, circuitry, software, chemistry, materials, fabrication and a few new areas where we are still writing the law. It means an experienced operator giving the material as much time as it requires. It never means impersonal efforts from a junior attorney working on the clock.. For what you create, the future is not yet written. Begin to write it, with KSIP.

Firm: Law Office of Karen M. Berntson

1808 Sixth Street 003 , Berkeley , California 94710

Practice Areas: Business Organizations,Civil Rights,Constitutional ,Contracts,Discrimination,Employment & Labor ,Sexual Harassment

Firm: Juliette Topacio Sarmiento

2039 Shattuck Avenue   204  947 , Berkeley , California 94704

Practice Areas: Appellate ,Immigration & Naturalization ,Personal Injury,Probate ,Securities ,Trusts

Firm: Law Offices of Joseph E. Tomasik

2039 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 400 , Berkeley , California 94704

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

My clients greatly appreciate the communication, honesty and respect that I show them from the minute they walk in the door.  As a former insurance company attorney, I know their techniques for fighting cases, and I am able to help my clients navigate their way to achieve great results.. I received my B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982, and my J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1986.  After working for large firms for several years, I opened my own law firm in downtown Berkeley in January 1994, handling exclusively plaintiffs' personal injury and insurance litigation.  I am very passionate about communicating with my clients and zealously representing their interests, as well as being involved in the plaintiff's bar.. I serve on the Board of Governors for Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) and Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association (ACCTLA).  I am a member of American Association for Justice (AAJ), the State Bar of California, and the State Bar of Wisconsin.  I stay informed in my areas of emphasis by attending three days of seminars at the CAOC's Annual San Francisco Convention.  I also attend the ACCTLA's Annual Year In Review of the most recent breaking cases and changes in the law, along with numerous other continuing legal education seminars throughout the year.

Firm: Methven & Associates

2232 Sixth Street , Berkeley , California 94710

Practice Areas: Financial Markets and Services

Firm: Joe Mastro Law

2625 Alcatraz Avenue , Berkeley , California 94705

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Po Box 2810 , Berkeley , California 94702

Firm: Joel H. Tranter, Attorney at Law

2161 Shattuck Ave, Ste. 315 , Berkeley , California 94704

Practice Areas: Family

I am a Berkeley native. I moved to New York after high school and spent most of the next 15 years there, first in college, then the workforce, and finally in law school.. In the middle of that period, I returned to Berkeley to get a master's degree in city planning from Cal and work as a city planner in Sonoma.. After moving back to New York and working in city planning for five years there, I decided to try something else. Law school had never been on my radar, but I discovered that it was a perfect fit for me. I didn't want to leave New York, however, and I was fortunate enough to be admitted to the Benjamin N. Cardozo School Law, located at 5th Avenue and 12th Street in Manhattan. I enrolled in 2002 and graduated in 2005.. After finishing law school, I moved back to Berkeley. I have been working as a lawyer since 2006. I have had my own practice since 2007.. I practice family law exclusively.. I became a family law attorney because it gives me the chance to help folks on a very personal level, which is important to me. People who come to see me are inevitably going through a difficult time, and I thrive on getting them through it as quickly and effectively as possible.

2140 Shattuck Ave , Berkeley , California 94704

Practice Areas: Corporate & Incorporation

My practice sits at the intersection of entertainment and technology, helping a diverse range of clients from traditional artists to video game developers to tech start-ups. I firmly believe that quality legal services shouldn't break the bank, so I offer a variety of pricing models to help my clients thrive. My guiding principal is to always offer value, and the results are evident in my outcomes and client satisfaction.

Firm: Jeffrey Wolfert

732 Addison Street, Suite D , Berkeley , California 94710

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Jeffrey Wolfert grew up outside New York City before receiving his undergraduate degree from The University of Vermont. He was exposed to law at a very early age since both of his parents were lawyers. His father worked in Real Estate Law and mother worked for Legal Aide representing underprivileged individuals in the New York City area. It was the stories of those being taken advantage of by insurance companies, employers, landlords, and medical providers that interested him in representing individuals. His first experience was in trademark and patent litigation. It was clear early on that he was not interested in representing large companies. He then assisted with representation of individuals with all aspects of Immigration Law. After passing the California State Bar, he began to work in Workers’ Compensation Law. His first opportunity to work in this area of law came from a large law firm representing the insurance companies. Here he gained vast incite on how the insurance companies process Workers’ Compensation claims and how many of them strategize against injured workers to limit their benefits. He left to use this experience with representing injured workers’ in their claims against insurance companies.. Jeffrey has handled hundreds if not thousands of cases on both sides of the Workers’ Compensation issues. He has gone to trial on many of the cases but also knows when cases should be settled. He prides himself on building good relationships with his clients to ensure that they are heard throughout their litigation process, which can often be stressful to his clients.. He received his law degree from Golden Gate University in 2001, and has a B.S. in Political Science from The University of Vermont in Burlington Vermont. He has been with Law Offices of Barry P Gorelick since 2009. Before joining the firm, Jeffrey was employed by Laughlin Falbo, Levy and Moresi, Van Der Hout & Bragagliano and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Firm: Paul Hanley And Harley Llp

1608 4th Street , Berkeley , California 94710

Practice Areas: Consumer Protection, Environmental , Toxic Substances, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Firm: Buffett-Kennedy & Smith LLP

1808 Sixth Street , Berkeley , California 94710

Practice Areas: Business

I represent clients from all walks of life, from individuals involved in business disputes to employees with wage and hour claims. If you are looking for employment or business counseling, need to resolve a dispute, or have been served with a lawsuit, find out how I can help.

2000 Hearst Ave. , Berkeley , California 94709

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Contracts, Employment & Labor , Immigration

I have practiced immigration law for my entire professional career, first with a refugee organization and then in private practice.  I continue to collaborate with and mentor to various non-profit organizations, criminal attorneys, etc., in order to provide people with the most comprehensive representation available.

2141 Emerson St , Berkeley , California 94705

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Law Office of Lynn M Sherrell provides affordable advice to individuals, families, small businesses, consumers and tax-payers. Society today confronts most of us with potential legal problems and litigation. Inform yourself of the different courses of action available and the possible consequences of each course. Say with confidence, "I never sign anything until my attorney reviews it."