Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
• Theft

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Transactions
• Limited Liability Companies
• Unfair Competition
  Established in the Millbrae area for 50 years, our firm has cultivated relationships with many businesses of all sizes. Many of these relationships have involved a multitude of business litigation services, including disputes over intellectual property, partnership interests, business dissolution, and disagreements with customers and other businesses. We also represent victims of unfair competition, securities violations, and anti-trust.

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Wage and hour violations, sexual harassment, and wrongful termination. Family Medical Leave rights, retaliation, discrimination violations... Read more >>
• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Contract
  Formation, dissolution, and management of various forms of entities. Business purchase or sales agreements, employment contracts, and... Read more >>
• Employment Litigation
  When issues arise, our attorneys focus on early intervention to resolve problems within the business before the issue escalates to litigation. If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, our experienced attorneys represent clients in employment litigation and class action lawsuits in the areas of...
• Sexual Harassment

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
• Construction Litigation
  Our firm litigates cases on behalf of homeowners who have incurred property damage resulting from earth movement and landslides, as well as damage resulting from construction defects. We also prosecute and defend cases involving misrepresentation issues associated with the sale of real estate. Our work in this area also includes the representation of real estate brokers and agents.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Since 1964, our firm has provided tailored advice to business clients of all sizes. From sole proprietorships to Fortune 500 companies, every client is equally important and receives individualized, strategic counsel. Our practice includes formation, dissolution, and management advice for corporations, General Partnerships, Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, and Limited Liability Partnerships. We take pride in working with our valued clients on business purchase and sales agreements, buy-sell agreements among shareholders, employment contracts, real estate purchase or sales agreements, and other matters commonly encountered by our business clients.
• Property Damage
  Specializing in gas pipeline explosions and wildfires caused by public utility gas and electric distribution and transmission systems. Wrongful death, bodily injury, emotional suffering and property damage. Inverse condemnation and nuisance, negligence, and trespass... Read more >>

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Our litigation team, comprised of Dario de Ghetaldi, Amanda L. Riddle, Steven M. Berki, Sumble Manzoor, Susan A. Spiker, Celyn O. Coker, Javkhlan Enkhbayar, Willa M. Mankins, Daniel J. Martinez, and Devin Fathi, represents both plaintiffs and defendants and handles business lawsuits, class actions, securities cases, mass torts, wrongful death suits, personal injury cases, real estate matters, employment cases, and probate and trust litigation, as well as civil writs and appeals. Our clients range from individuals to small businesses to corporations. We strive to resolve conflicts through alternative dispute resolution such as mediation, arbitration and neutral evaluation, in an effort to reach our clients’ goals in the most expeditious and cost-effective manner. However, we are not deterred by any matter that cannot be resolved without a trial.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Our estate planning practice covers a broad variety of vehicles to assist our clients in settling their estate in the most cost effective and efficient manner. This includes not only wills, but every kind of trust, both revocable and irrevocable. Our clients are increasingly looking at trusts to avoid the burden of probate costs on their family and to achieve maximum tax savings. We prepare trusts for our clients ranging from the simplest of plans to the most complex. This includes family trusts with multiple sub trusts for maximum protection of the estate from taxes. Other plans, including irrevocable trusts, life insurance trusts, and family limited partnerships, are also available.
• Wills
  Along with the provision of estate planning legal services, we have extensive experience litigating matters resulting from estate disputes involving trust and will contests, challenges regarding mental capacity, allegations concerning undue influence and improper trustee/executor conduct. Such services have included early resolution through mediation and, in other cases, full litigation through trial.
• Trusts
  Trust Administration takes place outside the jurisdiction of the court but can be no less complex. We assist the client with all issues that arise during this process, including the transfer of title, allocation of assets into tax exempt sub trusts, preparation of estate tax returns, and any litigation that might arise with respect to rights to the trust estate. As more and more of our clients execute trusts, these matters become increasingly important.
• Power of Attorney
  In addition to addressing the disposition of property, our clients have to plan for their own incapacity. This includes the preparation of powers of attorney, as well as healthcare and personal care directives.
• Probate