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.

(888) 490-9852 39275 State Street
Fremont, CA 94538

(888) 490-9852 95 South Market Street, Ste. 300
San Jose, CA 95113

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Kathleen Lawler Bodmer

Santa Cruz, CA Business Law Lawyer with 24 years experience

(831) 462-3220 655 Capitola Rd
Suite 103
Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Free ConsultationBusiness and Estate Planning
Boston Univ School of Law

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Kathleen has been practicing law since 1994, concentrating in the areas of estate planning, trust administration and business transaction law. Kathleen's estate planning client base ranges from young couples just starting out to those clients with multi-million dollar estates in need of tax, gift, and charitable planning, as well as a basic estate plan. Additionally, Kathleen enjoys working with clients in the later stages of life to address those matters that can make the transitions that are inevitable proceed more smoothly, and as the client best intends. Kathleen's business practice focuses on smaller businesses in need of...

(831) 462-3220 20 South Santa Cruz Avenue
Suite 300
Los Gatos, CA 95030

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Pascal Anthony Anastasi Esq.

Capitola, CA Business Law Attorney with 31 years experience

(831) 475-0771 820 Bay Avenue, Suite 230A
Capitola, CA 95010

Free ConsultationBusiness and Estate Planning
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific

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A Business Lawyer with Experience in Business. The Anastasi Law Firm is managed by Pascal Anastasi. He is a graduate of UOP, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. He was privileged to have been taught Constitutional Law by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the United States of America. His comfortable style, developed skills and dedication to small business owners was built upon his association with entrepreneurs and his undergraduate work at, CSU, Chico, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the School of Business, and Minor from...

(408) 292-2606 267 E. Campbell Avenue, Suite 200
Campbell, CA 95008

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Pamela Mathiesen

Santa Cruz, CA Business Law Attorney with 20 years experience

(831) 429-0181 700 Frederick St., Ste. 306
Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Business and Real Estate
Monterey College of Law

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Pamela is a litigator specializing in real estate and business law in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties. 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.

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John Hannon

Capitola, CA Business Law Attorney with 35 years experience

(831) 476-8005 716 Capitola Avenue
Suite F
Capitola, CA 95010

Business, Legal Malpractice and Real Estate
University of San Francisco School of Law

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I am attorney John Hannon. I represent clients in real estate, personal injury and other types of civil litigation. From my law office in Capitola, I represent clients throughout the Monterey Bay area of California, from Santa Cruz to Watsonville and other communities near the coast.

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David Russell Beck

Santa Cruz, CA Business Law Lawyer with 31 years experience

(831) 429-0181 700 Frederick St., Ste. 306
Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Business and Real Estate
University of San Francisco

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David is a litigator specializing in Real Estate Law and Business Law, in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties. Born and raised in the midwest, David is a family man married over 38 years with two grown children and two grandchildren. David has been living in Santa Cruz since 1980. When he’s not practicing law, you can find David in the garden, traveling or watching his favorite football team, the Minnesota Vikings.

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John L. Bailey

Salinas, CA Business Law Lawyer with 10 years experience

(831) 783-0779 9 West Gabilan Street
Suite 16
Salinas, CA 93901

Business, Agricultural, Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
Chapman University Fowler School of Law

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Description of Alternative Dispute Resolution by Wikipedia Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) includes dispute resolution processes and techniques that act as a means for disagreeing parties to come to an agreement short of litigation. Despite historic resistance to ADR by many popular parties and their advocates, ADR has gained widespread acceptance among both the general public and the legal profession in recent years. In fact, some courts now require some parties to resort to ADR of some type, usually mediation, before permitting the partiesÃÂ¢ cases to be tried. ADR is generally classified into at least four types: negotiation, mediation, collaborative law, and arbitration.

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Miles Jarrod Dolinger

Capitola, CA Business Law Lawyer with 24 years experience

(831) 477-9193 314 Capitola Avenue
Capitola, CA 95010

Business, Environmental, Municipal and Real Estate
Golden Gate University School of Law

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I have over 21 years experience serving Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and Monterey Counties with superior and efficient land use, real estate, and business law services – all backed by professionalism and integrity. In my current practice in Capitola, I represent individual, business and public agency clients in a wide range of real estate, land use, and public law matters (transactional and litigation), with special emphasis on: Land use permits; Zoning compliance and red tag removal; CEQA and Coastal Act compliance and litigation; Writ of mandate litigation (against or on behalf of public agencies); Real estate transactions, disputes...

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Jay P. Menchaca

Gilroy, CA Business Law Lawyer with 18 years experience

(408) 256-3004 8010 Wayland Ln
Suite 2I
Gilroy, CA 95020

Business, Construction and Employment
George Washington Univ LS

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At the Menchaca Law Offices our aim is simple, to provide desired results in an efficient manner. We are committed to providing legal advice and advocacy that is insightful and valuable.

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James Carl Eschen III

Santa Cruz, CA Business Law Attorney with 33 years experience

(831) 458-0502 55 River Street
Suite 100
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Business, Administrative, Appeals and Employment
University of California Hastings College of the Law

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Jenifer Levini

Santa Cruz, CA Business Law Attorney

(707) 479-3557 3521 Mission Dr
Santa Cruz, CA 95065

Free ConsultationBusiness, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate

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I'm a transactional lawyer practicing in Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz and helping people throughout California in 3 areas. 1) Business Law: entity selection, entity formation, contracts & more contracts, business strategy, partnerships, joint ventures, negotiation, trademark, copyright... 2) Real Estate: Buy-sell agreements: review, drafting, negotiating, integrating, Zoning and land use, Landlord-tenant, lease agreements, vacation rental... 3) Cannabis law: entity formation, licensing, land use, landlord-tenant, investor relations and more.

(707) 479-3557 1625 Los Olivos Rd
Santa Rosa, CA 95404

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Steven Michael Gordon

Salinas, CA Business Law Attorney with 38 years experience

(831) 757-5246 344 Salinas Street, Suite 103
Salinas, CA 93901

Business, Construction, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Monterey COL

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Steven M. Gordon is a 1975 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, receiveing a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Accounting. In 1980 Mr. Gordon graduated from Monterey College of Law, was admitted to the the State Bar of California, and began the practice of law in Salinas. Mr. Gordon has practiced law in Salinas since 1980. The firm aggressively represents its clients in the fields of civil litigation, real estate law, business law, estate planning, and trust administration.

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Jeffrey Lawilao Tade

Salinas, CA Business Law Attorney with 30 years experience

(831) 753-0493 1611 Bunker Hill Way
Suite 190
Salinas, CA 93906

Free ConsultationBusiness, Civil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
UCLA School of Law

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Mr. Tade is an experienced civil litigator specializing in personal injury, workers' compensation, labor and employment law.

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Theodore Harry Cominos

Salinas, CA Business Law Attorney with 66 years experience

(831) 754-6600 10 W Alisal St
Salinas, CA 93901

Business, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
U of San Francisco School of Law

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Michelle Elaine Noble McCain

Salinas, CA Business Law Attorney with 31 years experience

(831) 772-8300 106 Central Ave
Salinas, CA 93901

Business, Elder, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Santa Clara University School of Law

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Jonathan William Romeyn

SALINAS, CA Business Law Attorney with 49 years experience

(831) 442-8040 P.O. Box 10812
SALINAS, CA 93912

Business
Cornell Univ

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Donna Seyle

Santa Cruz, CA Business Law Lawyer with 31 years experience

(831) 332-2243 108 Montesano St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Business and Real Estate

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Actually, I'm a Jersey girl, even though I've lived half my life in California. I have also lived in my three favorite places -- New York City, Los Angeles and Kauai, which makes me different from your average Jersey girl. I now hang my hat in Santa Cruz, CA, a small community of enterprising and creative professionals who enjoy the culture and the beauty of the Central Coast. Professionally, my 22 years of experience in real estate and business law is a unique blend of traditional firm practice (litigation and transactional), business and real estate entrepreneurship and commercial lease management. ...

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Angela Lipanovich

Santa Cruz, CA Business Law Lawyer

(831) 247-6655 2222 East Cliff Drive, Suite 216
Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Business, Energy, IP and Trademarks

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Bruce Julian Kitchin

Salinas, CA Business Law Lawyer with 42 years experience

(831) 424-0777 44 W Alisal St
Salinas, CA 93901

Free ConsultationBusiness, Family, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Santa Clara Univ School of Law

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Donald Charles Schwartz

Aptos, CA Business Law Attorney with 32 years experience

(831) 685-4700 7960 Soquel Dr
Aptos, CA 95003

Business and Real Estate
Georgetown Univ Law Ctr

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Vincent Paul Hurley

Aptos, CA Business Law Attorney with 35 years experience

(831) 661-4800 38 Seascape Village
Aptos, CA 95003

Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Civil Rights and Legal Malpractice
Santa Clara Univ School of Law

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Jennifer Joy Cunningham

Gilroy, CA Business Law Lawyer with 20 years experience

(408) 847-1555 1335 1st St
Gilroy, CA 95020

Business, Estate Planning and Tax
U of San Francisco School of Law

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Thomas John Fisher

Aptos, CA Business Law Lawyer with 41 years experience

(831) 662-1827 214 Valencia Ave
Aptos, CA 95003

Business, IP and Real Estate
Univ of Kansas School of Law

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Ashley McHaffie Winn

Aptos, CA Business Law Attorney with 42 years experience

(831) 684-2300 11 Seascape Village
Aptos, CA 95003

Business, Antitrust, Arbitration & Mediation and Consumer
Univ of Houston Law Center

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John Dave Schuyler

Aptos, CA Business Law Lawyer with 57 years experience

(831) 688-3992 8070 Soquel Dr
Aptos, CA 95003

Business
UCLA School of Law

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Joel M. Busch

Aptos, CA Business Law Attorney with 6 years experience

(831) 688-2026 9057B Soquel Dr Ste F
Aptos, CA 95003

Business and Tax

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John Alan Christerson

Aptos, CA Business Law Lawyer with 39 years experience

(831) 662-8444 311 Bonita Dr
Aptos, CA 95003

Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
UC Hastings COL

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