Our Attorneys
Linda Hendrix McPharlin
Linda Hendrix McPharlin has more than 25 years’ experience as a trial lawyer and counselor in employment and business cases. She frequently acts as a mediator (trained at Harvard Law) and arbitrator in these fields and provides training in employment law for employers, employees, and other lawyers.Read More
Catherine C. Sprinkles
Catherine C. Sprinkles handles a broad range of real estate matters for public and private clients, and also acts as an arbitrator and expert witness in the field. Ms. Sprinkles, a former governor of the State Bar of California, served on the State Bar Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission, chaired the State Bar Committee on Women in the Law, and currently is President of the University of Santa Clara School of Law Board of Visitors. Read More
N. David Thomas
N. David Thomas is a transactional real estate attorney whose practice encompasses both traditional private party transactions and transactions involving affordable housing, redevelopment, and other public agency/private party matters. Mr. Thomas represents developers, investors, landlords, tenants, and lenders in all facets of real estate acquisition, financing, and leasing. Read More
Paul S. Avilla
Paul S. Avilla is a trial and appellate attorney with 25 years of experience in state and federal courts. He specializes in litigation and has significant experience in employment, real estate, bankruptcy and business litigation. Mr. Avilla is also an experienced appellate attorney and has argued appeals in state and federal courts. Read More
Elaine M. Seid
Elaine M. Seid has over 25 years as a financial workout/litigation attorney assisting businesses and individuals in restructuring their finances or winding down their businesses through bankruptcy, reorganization, litigation or out of court workouts. Read More
Jane P. Relyea
Jane P. Relyea has over 25 years of experience in commercial real estate. She has represented developers, institutional lenders, individual investors, corporate owners and users, and public agencies in development, financing, leasing, ground leasing, acquisition, disposition and exchange transactions, and conservation easements.Read More
Anne C. Stromberg
Anne C. Stromberg has specialized in employment matters representing management for nearly 20 years. She is an experienced litigator, having handled cases in both state and federal courts, as well as before state and federal administrative agencies. She has also successfully argued cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and California appellate courts. Read More
Aimee E. Goldstein
Aimee E. Goldstein is a transactional attorney with over 15 years of experience in the areas of real estate and corporate law. Her real estate practice encompasses diverse areas such as commercial loans (representing both lenders and borrowers); retail, office and industrial leasing (representing both tenants and landlords); sales and acquisitions of real property; development of land for commercial and residential uses; easements; licenses; rights to privacy; and title matters. Read More
Thomas R. Hogan
Thomas R. Hogan has more than 40 years experience as a trial lawyer in state and federal courts. Now focusing primarily on alternative dispute resolution, he has been affiliated with the American Arbitration Association as a complex case arbitrator for many years. With experience in construction, intellectual property disputes, securities fraud and related business disputes, he has successfully mediated thousands of cases. Read More
Bob Camors
Bob Camors is a civil litigation attorney with over 23 years of experience in the California and federal courts. He has litigated or arbitrated cases involving licenses, leases, contracts, property and business valuation, shareholder rights, patents, trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, copyrights, unfair competition, personal injury, professional malpractice, commercial collections, construction, mechanic’s liens, and real estate. Read More
Mary L. Malysz
Mary L. Malysz practices in the areas of employment law and business litigation. Her employment practice encompasses counseling and training in hiring and termination, development of personnel policies, compensation and wage and hour matters, equal employment opportunity, sexual harassment, and employee leave rights. Read More