Our Firm's attorneys practice collaboratively through departments and specialty practice teams.
These departments and specialty practice teams, under the supervision of a department manager, allow our Firm to respond timely and to provide sound legal counsel to our clients. The department manager is responsible for creating a team with the best combination of skills to meet the challenge and create the solutions desired by our clients. Each department manager is also responsible for billing oversight, the professional development of our attorneys, as well as informing our clients about pertinent issues through newsletters, seminars and emails.
Our departments and specialty teams are as follows:
Business
- Agribusiness and Food Safety
- Business Formation and Transactions
- Hotels and Hospitality
- Labor and Employment
- Private Client (Estates, Trusts & Conservatorships)
- Real Estate
- Transactions
Litigation/Dispute Resolution
- Appellate
- Commercial
- Construction Defect
- Construction Law
- Environmental Litigation and Regulations
- Estate Litigation
- Insurance Litigation
- Product Liability (Food Safety/FDA Enforcement)
- Writ of Mandamus
Land Use, Environment and Resources
- Coastal Commission
- Entitlement
- Land Use, Zoning, Historic Preservation
- Permit Processing
- Tentative Map Condition Compliance
- Water Law