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Robert Briant Jacobs
Livermore, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Construction and Real Estate
Brigham Young Univ J Reuben Clark LS UT
Our office provides legal services in matters involving business law, real estate, construction, employment law, contracts, and litigation. With over 20 years of experience we are highly skilled and experienced in the various legal issues that involve our clients. We represent business owners, brokers, landowners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, sellers, and purchasers. Our clients include both businesses and individuals. We represent clients throughout the State of California. In addition, Mr. Jacobs provides top-notch mediation and arbitration services.
Patti Lynn Abramson
Livermore, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 31 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
John F Kennedy Univ School of Law
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Lorna M. Jaynes
Pleasanton, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Civil Rights, Divorce and Family
Santa Clara University School of Law
Because divorce is a problem to be solved, not a battle to be won, I focus on alternatives to the court system, through Collaborative Law and Mediation. I believe that most families and children are best served by being supported to work together in resolving their family matters. The fundamental goal in both Collaborative Divorce and Mediation is client empowerment.
With either mediation or the Collaborative process you will have control of the decisions that are made and will be firmly supported, legally and emotionally, in achieving a successful dissolution of your relationship. This not only allows but also encourages you...
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Stephen M. Fuerch
Pleasanton, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Business, Employment and Medical Malpractice
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
I am an accomplished Business, Employment, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Arbitration & Mediation attorney. I represent plaintiffs and defendants throughout the East Bay, in a vast array of civil litigation matters.
With 40 years of experience I have an excellent track record both in mediation and in the courtroom. I am dedicated to obtaining the best possible outcomes for your legal disputes. Contact me today for a free consultation.
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Cristin Michelle Lowe
San Ramon, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 19 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
Our practice covers all aspects of family and matrimonial law in all of the Bay Area counties, primarily focusing on Contra Costa, Alameda, Solano, and San Francisco counties. We will expertly navigate you through your family law matter, whether it involves termination of a domestic partnership, paternity, custody, visitation, domestic violence, adoption, guardianship, support, an annulment, legal separation, or post-judgment issues. Regardless which of these processes you are dealing with, we understand the strain and pressure that these matters inevitably put on clients and the necessity of providing strong representation. Therefore, we strive to make the entire process as easy...
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Amanda Marie Jarratt
Pleasanton, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 19 years of experience
(925) 480-7850
5870 Stoneridge Mall Road, Ste. 207
Pleasanton, CA 94588
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation and Divorce
Golden Gate University School of Law
I am a divorce attorney mediator. I have created a divorce mediation program that can help you reach an agreement in as little as 90 days. After years spent in courtrooms, two truths became undeniable: getting divorced in court is too expensive and getting divorced in court takes too long. Between the cost and the time involved, most clients are disheartened and dissatisfied with the process. I knew there had to be a better way. Divorce is hard enough without adding years of expensive courtroom battles. Committed to helping separating couples find closure fast, I undertook divorce mediation training and...
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Steven Edward Springer
Fremont, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Business, Employment and Family
Santa Clara University
Help small to medium size companies navigate through a wide variety of legal challenges: formation, funding, governmental impediments, operational legal planning, merger and acquisition, employee relations, and labor compliance. All with the goal of litigation avoidance. Litigation in all California state courts and the Northern and Eastern U.S. District Courts of California.
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Hillary Johns
San Ramon, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 31 years of experience
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Golden Gate University School of Law
Ms. Johns is a civil trial lawyer who has tried more than one hundred cases to verdict. She is the managing partner for Hillary Johns, Trial Lawyer which maintains offices in Beverly Hills, the Bay Area and New York City. She graduated from Occidental College in 1990 and Golden Gate University School of Law in 1993 where she graduated with Dean’s List and class honors. She is licensed to practice law in California, the California Southern, Central and Northern U.S. Federal District Courts, the District of Columbia, Montana, New York, and the New York Eastern and Southern U.S....
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Daniela Lungu
Pleasanton, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Estate Planning
Golden Gate University School of Law
Like many attorneys, before opening her own law firm, Ms. Lungu was a highly accomplished businesswoman, in various areas of management and areas of specialty. Additionally, she has a mediation and conciliation practice spanning almost two decades in California. Her unique abilities to make high level communication a safe and comfortable experience facilitated the transition to law and a career in mediation and dispute resolution. Part of her strength is in her keen awareness of the importance of each individual's particular needs and the need for individualized solutions. She provides individually tailored estate and business plans to all clients after...
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Kristen Noelle Hayes
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Free ConsultationPleasanton, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 27 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, IP and Trademarks
Golden Gate Univ School of Law
Kristen is the founder of Integrated General Counsel, a full-service business and employment law firm located in Pleasanton. IGC is designed to help entrepreneurs and business owners start, grow, and manage their companies. Kristen enjoys this work because she knows firsthand what it takes to dream up, build, and run one's own enterprise.
Kristen received her undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of San Francisco and her Juris Doctorate from Golden Gate University. Her professional experience includes a decade working for large firms like Morrison Foerster and Pillsbury Winthrop and as in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 international architecture &...
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Helen Louise Peters
San Ramon, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Western State Univ
Helen has provided quality mediation services in Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano counties since 1993. Her process permits private , effective resolution of legal disputes.
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Jennifer King
Danville, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney
(925) 648-2004
4115 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Suite 100
Danville, CA 94506
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Jennifer L. King was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Curious about human development, she earned a B.A. in Psychology with departmental honors from the University of California, Berkeley. This passion drove her to commit to advocacy at the University of Illinois, where she earned her J.D. cum laude.
As a law student, Ms. King took a deep interest in domestic violence. She gained experience at the University of Illinois’s Domestic Violence Clinic and the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Clinic and found that her investment in psychology enable her to bring a unique perspective, skill set, and...
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Guy Ellery Louie
San Ramon, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Animal, Business and Family
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
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John Frederick Cavin
San Ramon, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Insurance Claims and Real Estate
Pepperdine Univ School of Law
Jerome Arthur Blaha
Pleasanton, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 51 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Brian F. McDonald
Discovery Bay, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 53 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Estate Planning and Family
U of San Francisco School of Law and University of San Francisco School of Law
James Drake Claytor
San Ramon, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 52 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Estate Planning and IP
Stanford Law School
Thomas Glen Borst
San Ramon, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
Sharon Kathryn Raab
San Ramon, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Santa Clara University School of Law and Santa Clara Univ School of Law
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Jason M. Horst
Walnut Creek, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfArbitration & Mediation, Business, Cannabis Law and Trademarks
University of San Francisco School of Law
Jason Horst is the Managing Partner of Horst Legal Counsel. Jason served for more than a decade as an attorney in large regional and international law firms before founding Horst Legal Counsel, serving the legal needs of businesses and individuals in California.
Jason is an accomplished litigator, having successfully resolved countless disputes for his clients in a wide range of complex litigation matters, including those involving commercial contracts, partnership disputes, trademark infringement, real estate, antitrust, and more. Jason prides himself on the ability to develop and execute creative strategies to efficiently accomplish his clients’ goals.
Jason is also among the...
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James Jeffrey Hoover
10.0 (2 Peer Reviews)
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfSan Jose, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Santa Clara University School of Law and Santa Clara Univ School of Law
As a Certified Family Law Specialist, Jim Hoover represents clients in all aspects of family law litigation, including but not limited to, domestic violence, child custody and visitation, property identification, characterization, valuation and division, spousal support, child support, breaches of fiduciary duties, reimbursement claims, dates of separation, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and related matters. After many years of experience, Mr. Hoover skillfully settles and if necessary, litigates all of these issues.
Mr. Hoover educates, advocates and acts in our clients' best interests on these issues. He pays particular attention to our clients' emotional and financial difficulties.
Mr. Hoover attended Santa Clara University,...
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Sonya Lee Sigler
San Jose, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
Sonya L. Sigler is the founder of PractiGal LLC and is the creator of the WELCOME to the Next Level Process. She created this WELCOME Process to effectively sell herself when she needed to figure out a clear path forward professionally and personally. Having learned to do this work the hard way, Sonya now builds powerful storytellers who can then refine and polish their personal brand. This work empowers others to align their work and life visions and to approach both with a renewed vigor.
For the last twenty years, Sonya has worked with founders, team leaders, and their employees...
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George W. Wolff
San Francisco, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfArbitration & Mediation, Business, Construction and Consumer
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco and Northwestern University School of Law
At the Wolf Law Office, we offer over 25 years of experience handling a wide range of construction contracts and claims for clients throughout the Bay Area and Northern California.
Our principal attorney, George W. Wolff, worked in the construction industry before attending law school, acted as an arbitrator, advocate, and trial attorney on private and public construction jobs and brings a comprehensive understanding of the practical and legal issues related to construction contracts and disputes to our clients, helping you avoid or resolve disputes as quickly and efficiently as possible.
In our years of experience, we have built a comprehensive network...
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Guy O. Kornblum
San Francisco, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 58 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfArbitration & Mediation, Insurance Claims, Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
GUY O. KORNBLUM is the principal in Guy O. Kornblum, A Professional Law Corporation, with an office in San Francisco, California. He has specialized as a trial and appellate lawyer for over 45 years. The firm specializes in a wide range of civil litigation, including serious injury and wrongful death, financial and physical elder abuse, and all aspects of insurance including “bad faith” claims. Mr. Kornblum himself has handled over 4,000 litigated matters to conclusion and has several million dollar plus cases to his credit. He has represented hundreds of clients, small businesses, individuals, and large...
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Dorit Goikhman
Palo Alto, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfArbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Brooklyn Law School
Dorit L. Goikhman is a licensed attorney, with years of experience representing clients in business, real estate, and family matters. Dorit graduated Brooklyn Law School in 2012, with a certificate in business law. During law school, she served as a debate coach for underserved NY youth, and won the CALI award for future excellence in accounting.
After witnessing numerous clients spend fortunes and waste years of their lives in litigation, Dorit became interested in mediation and all that it has to offer.
Dorit is committed in helping parties work together to obtain a mutually acceptable solution to their disputes at a...
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Kevin R. Martin
Pleasanton, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Business, IP and Trademarks
Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University
Over his 18 years of practice in the Bay Area, Kevin Martin has developed a reputation as a fair- minded but tough negotiator representing client’s interests in intellectual property, business, real estate and personal injury actions. Kevin’s practice includes trademark, copyright and patent litigation, prosecution, licensing, business disputes, commercial litigation, personal injury claims, employer/employee disputes, trade secret and unfair competition claims, real estate litigation, contract disputes, and general advice and counsel. Mr. Martin maintains a regular blog on legal and other issues at www.landshark5000.wordpress.com. Mr. Martin regularly appears in both State and Federal Courts throughout California, before the Trademark...
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H. Yvonne Seeley
San Mateo, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
San Francisco Law Sch
Ms. Seeley is a Certified Specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. Ms. Seeley’s practice focuses on dissolution cases involving high asset and complex financial issues such as the division of interests in closely-held businesses, real estate, and equity compensation, including stock options and RSU’s. Ms. Seeley also has extensive experience with high-conflict custody matters and relocation/ move-away cases. Ms. Seeley brings over 40 years of civil litigation experience to the firm and represents clients through all phases of family law litigation before private judges and in public...
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Kirk G. Smith
10.0 (2 Peer Reviews)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfSan Francisco, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 25 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Securities and Stockbroker Fraud
South Texas College of Law
As a partner at Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas LLP (SSEK Law Firm), Kirk G. Smith focuses his practice on securities law. Representing individual and institutional investors against banks, brokerage firms and trust companies, Mr. Smith generally handles cases involving issues such as retirement losses, broker and brokerage firm misconduct, investment derivatives, fraud and financial product failures. He serves clients throughout the U.S.
Before earning a Juris Doctor from the South Texas College of Law Houston, Mr. Smith attended Loyola University New Orleans. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.
Previously working as an investment advisor for a large brokerage firm and...
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James Clifford Anderson
Turlock, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney
Arbitration & Mediation, Employment, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
James practices in the areas of employment law for management, personal injury, estate planning, and real estate. James graduated from Arizona State University, in Tempe, Arizona, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. He went on to earn his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, where he graduated fifth in his class, With Great Distinction, and Order of the Coif. While at McGeorge, James completed a judicial externship with the Honorable Justice George Nicholson, at the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, in Sacramento. ...
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Stacey Poole
San Francisco, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law and Golden Gate University School of Law
I am an accomplished Divorce, Family, and Arbitration & Mediation attorney. I compassionately represent clients throughout the Bay Area with a broad range of family law matters.
As a Certified Family Law Specialist, I provide the experience, knowledge and skill needed to advocate for the best possible outcomes. I am dedicated to exceptional counsel to meet your family's legal needs and goals.
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John T. Kontrabecki
San Francisco, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Construction, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
Cornell University
As an attorney and financier with over three decades of experience, I have been advising companies on various aspects of real estate transactions. My work includes forming legal entities, establishing joint ventures, handling property acquisitions and sales, conducting due diligence, managing land use planning and entitlements, ensuring environmental compliance, and dealing with both secured and unsecured financing. Additionally, I am well-versed in construction contracts, litigation, and arbitration.
I am transaction-oriented and have significant experience in handling a broad spectrum of commercial contracts. My skills include reviewing, drafting, and negotiating joint venture agreements, development agreements, construction contracts, public utility agreements, vendor agreements,...
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Stephen R. Jaffe
San Francisco, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 53 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfArbitration & Mediation and Employment
Wayne State University Law School
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Mahal Rufina Montoya Billingsley
San Leandro, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfArbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
University of Iowa
Mahal is a family law attorney based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She began her practice in 2014, having spent the previous fourteen years as a law clerk, educator, and paralegal specialist for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Her law practice integrates her passion for civil rights and her love for community.
Mahal was born in Vallejo, and after a series of family tragedies enrolled herself in the tenth grade at Oakland Technical High School. She was legally emancipated as a minor the following spring. These childhood experiences inspired her to become an attorney and...
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Ernest Christopher Brown
San Francisco, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 46 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Construction, Environmental and Real Estate
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
Ernest C. Brown, ESQ, PE is highly experienced in construction contracts, negotiation, claims preparation, construction litigation, mechanic’s liens, bid protests, public works law and insurance coverage. He has resolved more than 2,500 construction disputes, including complex mediations, arbitrations, litigation, court trials, jury trials, DRB's and other innovative ADR approaches. He is a graduate of MIT in Civil and Environmental Engineering and earned a MS Construction Management and JD from the University of California, Berkeley. He also did graduate coursework at Harvard Law School in International Law. He is a senior construction lawyer and licensed civil engineer. Mr. Brown has...
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Kevin C Boileau
Campbell, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfArbitration & Mediation, Business, Divorce and International
University of San Diego School of Law and University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
For your out of court settlement, mediation, negotiation, or transactional needs, contact Kevin Boileau, PhD, at 415.830.0065 or 858.688.4871.
Specializing in complex negotiation, mediation, transactional, and int'l problem-solving.
INTL LAW, divorce, business, climate change and water, design - - We handle transactions in Asia, Europe and throughout North America.
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Jennifer Mello
San Jose, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 25 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
University of California - Santa Barbara and Santa Clara University School of Law
Jennifer is certified as a Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She earned a B.A. in Law and Society from the University of California at Santa Barbara and her law degree from Santa Clara University. Jennifer is a member of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, and member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association and is a member of the Family Law Executive Committee of the Santa Clara County Bar Association. Jennifer has lectured at multiple seminars for the Santa Clara County Bar Association, and Santa Clara University School of Law,...
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Traci Pickering
San Jose, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 24 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Santa Clara University
Traci is certified as a Family Law Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She graduated from Santa Clara University in 2000 and was admitted to the bar in December of that year. During her tenure at Santa Clara, she was the Sr. Technical Editor of the Computer Technology Law Journal and received a Certificate of Excellence in Legal Research and Writing. After graduation, Traci was recruited by a top corporate law firm. She worked at Gray Cary (now DLA Piper) from 2000 - 2002 as a securities and corporate transactional attorney. She was involved in...
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Esther R. Lerner
San Francisco, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Golden Gate University School of Law
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Sarah Arnott
San Francisco, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Santa Clara University School of Law
Sarah Arnott is an Attorney at Van Voorhis & Sosna LLP. Ms. Arnott was certified as a specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization in 2015, and served as the chairperson of the family law section of the San Francisco Bar Association's Barristers Club in 2013.
A native of New York and North Carolina, Ms. Arnott moved to California to attend Santa Clara University School of Law, from which she received her J.D. Ms. Arnott has exclusively practiced family law since 2008. She is well-versed in all areas of family law, including dissolutions, custody,...
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Daniel L Feder
San Francisco, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Employment, Personal Injury and Stockbroker Fraud
University of California - Los Angeles
Law Firm Specializing in Employment Discrimination and Harassment and Personal Injury Cases. The Law Offices of Daniel Feder consistently provide consumers and employees with top-quality attorney representation. Mr. Feder represents employees in discrimination, harassment and whistleblower lawsuits against their former employers. He also practices in the area of personal injury and medical malpractice. He provides representation on a contingency basis. He offers free initial one hour consultations to the public. The Law Offices of Daniel Feder is dedicated to providing employees in California with access to top-quality representation in disputes with their former employers. Mr. Feder has spent more...