Northwestern California University School of Law is extremely proud of its many alumni. They perform outstanding work in the fields of law, government, education, business, literature, and other important disciplines. A few of the School’s notable alumni and the careers in which they have worked following graduation are featured below.
- Paula Turner-Abbiss
Deputy District Attorney for Tulare County, California
Member of the Bar: California
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- Saul Acherman
Patent Attorney & Intellectual Property and Business Litigation Lawyer for the Jafari Law Group
Member of the Bar: California
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- Meredith Allen
Director of Legal Division and Corporate Counsel for Jacobs Engineering, Casablanca, Morocco
Member of the Bar: California
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- Paul A. Ballonoff
Lawyer/Consultant/Author (Books including: ‘Limiting Federal Regulation’)
Member of the Bar: California and Washington D.C.
[Read more] [Book review]
- Edward J. Barton
Attorney at Centerbridge Law Group, PLLC in the State of Washington/Adjunct Professor of Business
Member of the Bar: California and State of Washington
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- Joyce K. Batterson
Lawyer/Vice President, Legal & Regulatory Management at Curo Financial Technologies Corporation
Member of the Bar: California and Washington D.C.
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- Douglas E. Belyeu
Staff Attorney at the State of California Superior Court in Stanislaus County
Member of the Bar: California
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- Justin M. Betance
Private Practice Lawyer – Business, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Probate, Bankruptcy, and Tax Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Kim I. Bingham
Private Practice Lawyer – Estate Planning Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Michael L. Bishop
COO and General Counsel at Retail Pro International, LLC/Professor of Law
(Former Assistant Professor at the United States Air Force Academy)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Clayton A. Bond
Attorney/Activist/Civil Rights Advocate
(Former U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Officer)
Member of the Bar: California
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- John F. Brady
Patent Attorney/Engineer
Member of the Bar: California
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- Paul H. Bratton
Lawyer/Environmentalist/Consumer Advocate
Member of the Bar: California and Alaska
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- Ruth A. Brissenden
Private Practice Lawyer – Family and Estate Planning Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Kirk B. Brown
Criminal Defense Lawyer
Member of the Bar: California
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- Karin M. Bruce
Attorney at Complex Litigation Law Firm Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson, Haluck, LLP – Business, Construction, and Trucking & Transportation Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Karrie L. Bunting
Private Practice Attorney – Estate Planning and Administration Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Donald K. Bushell
Private Practice Attorney/Co-Author of Steven Emanuel's Strategies & Tactics for the MBE
Member of the Bar: California and State of Washington
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- Enrico (Rick) Callender
Attorney/Chief Executive Officer of the Santa Clara Valley Water District
Member of the Bar: California
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- Tate C. Casey
Civil Litigation Lawyer – Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- George J. Castagnola, Jr.
Lawyer/Arbitrator/Mediator/Professor of Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Joseph A. Castagnola
Personal Injury & Real Estate Lawyer/Arbitrator/Mediator
Member of the Bar: California
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- Hay Yeung Cheung
Patent Attorney at New York and New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Firm Myers Wolin, LLC/Adjunct Professor of Mathematics
Member of Bar: California and Washington D.C.
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- Joel E. Chodos
Attorney/Medical Doctor/Med-Legal Writer/Expert Witness
Member of the Bar: California
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- Steven C. Christianson
Attorney at Nationwide Law Firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP – Commercial Litigation
Member of the Bar: California
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- Jean Maria Cirillo
Attorney/Psychologist/Author/Television Commentator & Guest Expert
Member of the Bar: California
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- Mariano Cisneros Jr.
Civil Litigation Lawyer – Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, and Workers’ Compensation Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Michael A. Conley
Private Practice Lawyer – Corporate Law
Member of the Bar: California and State of Washington
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- Jonathan W. Corbett
Civil Rights Lawyer – TSA Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Private Misconduct, and Other Federal Litigation
Member of the Bar: California
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- Laurie M. Cortez
Business Lawyer/Commercial, Business and Employment Law Litigator at Emilio Law Group
Member of the Bar: California
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- The Honorable Brian E. Dahlstedt
Administrative Law Judge for the California Department of Social Services
(Previously Served as a Supervising Deputy Public Defender for Yolo County, California)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Lysa N. Darden
Attorney – Family Law, Domestic Violence, Civil Harassment, Elder Abuse, and Unlawful Detainer
(Serves also as Pro Bono Attorney in Los Angeles County Bar Association Veterans Legal Services Project)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Paymon Barati-Darmian
Attorney/Geopolitical Analyst/Television Commentator
Member of the Bar: California
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- Brian J. Davis
Chief Deputy Public Defender for Yuba County, California
Member of the Bar: California
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- Marcus C. Dawes
Patent, Trademark & Intellectual Property Attorney at Dawes Patent Law Group
Member of the Bar: California
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- Anthony Delas
Patent Attorney/Engineer/Real Property, Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property, and Transactional Law Litigator
Member of the Bar: California
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- Cynthia L. Ephland
Attorney III for California State Compensation Insurance Fund – State Bar of California Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist
Member of the Bar: California
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- James A. Filippi
Private Practice Lawyer – Criminal Defense, Estate Planning, Bankruptcy & Debt Management/Professor of Law
(Previously Served as a Police Officer and Retired from the Richmond, California Police Department)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Mark A. Fitter
Lawyer – Estate Planning, Trust Administration, Real Estate, and Business Law at the Hiskey Law Firm
(Serves Also as the Directing Pastor of Pastors in Transition)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Peter Geovanes
Head of Data Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, and Analytics at the International Law Firm Winston & Strawn LLP
(Former U.S. Navy Officer and Management Consultant With Expertise in Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence)
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- Terry L. Gilbeau
Tax Attorney/Business Lawyer/Arbitrator/Mediator/Professor of Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- James E. Gilleran
Attorney/Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Thrift Supervision
Member of the Bar: California
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- Anna C. Gregorian
Public Defender for Lake County, California
Member of the Bar: California
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- David R. Griffith
Lawyer – Transactional Law and Litigation
Member of the Bar: California
[Read more] [AV Preeminent Rating]
- Ronald J. Hackenberg
Attorney/University Title IX Investigator
(Former Chief of Police at California State University San Marcos; Police Lieutenant at San Jose State University; Commander, City of Cape Coral Police Department; Trooper and Director of Criminal Investigation with Pennsylvania State Police; and College Criminal Justice Instructor)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Cheryl Larios Harbottle
Criminal Defense Attorney
(Former Police Officer at Campuses of State Center Community College District, Fresno, California)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Darcie J. Harbottle
Family Law Attorney – Divorce, Custody, Guardianship, and Adoption
Member of the Bar: California
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- F. Max Hardberger
Admiralty & Maritime Lawyer/Author (Book:'Seized')
Member of the Bar: California
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- W. Andrew Harrell
Lawyer/Professor of Human Factors Engineering, Social Psychology, and Statistics
Member of the Bar: California and State of Washington
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- Marc M. Hartley
Deputy County Counsel IV for Stanislaus County, California
Member of the Bar: California
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- Tonya M. Hebert
Private Practice Lawyer in the State of Washington – Equine Law and Legal Services
Member of the Bar: California and State of Washington
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- Nadine Heitz
Immigration Attorney in Florida/Co-Founder of BarIssues.Com
Member of the Bar: California
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- David D.L. Horton
Tax Attorney/Business & Corporation Lawyer
Member of the Bar: California
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- Chi A. Iweze
Private Practice Lawyer – Civil Litigation, Immigration, Disability, and Personal Injury
(Three-Time Winner of the Annual Northwestern California University Essay Competition on Freedom, Liberty & Justice: (1) Frederick Douglass Freedom Award (2) John Lothrop Liberty Award, and (3) Belva Ann Lockwood & John S. Rock Justice Award)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Kenneth J. Kaplan
Civil Litigation Lawyer/Mediator
Member of the Bar: California
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- Wolf W. Kaufmann
Immigration Attorney/Criminal Defense and Appeals Lawyer
Member of the Bar: California
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- J. Bryce Kenny
Private Practice Lawyer – Family Law and General Civil Litigation
Member: California Bar and Yurok Tribal Court Bar
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- Isaac Kohen
Civil Litigation Lawyer – Personal Injury and Products Liability Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Hironori “Hiro” Kubota
Intellectual Property, Regulatory Policy, and Litigation Lawyer – Of Counsel to Intellectual Property Law Firm Knobbe Martens
(Previously Served as Vice President at Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, Following Employment as Yamaha's Head of the Legal and Intellectual Property Division in the USA.)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Kenneth S. Kwan
Attorney/Doctor of Dental Surgery/Assistant Professor of Dentistry
Member of the Bar: California
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- Charles L. Larson
Private Practice Lawyer – Family and Estate Planning Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Cathy M. Leavenworth
Poverty Law and Civil Rights Lawyer at Legal Services of Northern California
Member of the Bar: California
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- Izidora Levi
U.S. Immigration Attorney Based in London, United Kingdom
Member of the Bar: California
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- Lisa A. Liebson
Assistant Chief Counsel for the California State Compensation Insurance Fund
Member of the Bar: California
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- Romeo Co Lim
Lawyer/Medical Doctor
(Former U.S. Navy Corpsman Who Attended and Graduated from Medical School after NWCU Law School Graduation)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Alex Lin
Tax and Estate Planning Lawyer/Real Estate Broker/Airline Pilot, Captain - Boeing 777
Member of the Bar: California
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- Kathy S. Lindsay
Private Practice Lawyer - Family, Juvenile Dependency, and Probate Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Robert Thomas Hayes Link
Private Practice Lawyer – Family, Intellectual Property, and Trademark Law Litigation
Member of the Bar: California
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- Vitaly Lipovetsky
Civil Litigation Lawyer – Personal Injury, Probate, and Family Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Enn Luo
Tax Attorney
(Former IRS Revenue Agent and Appeals Officer)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Rita Marker
Medical Ethics Lawyer/BioEthics Expert/Author (Book: 'Deadly Compassion')
Member of the Bar: California and Washington D.C
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- Jeffrey A. Martin
Attorney/Law Enforcement & Public Safety Expert
(Former Police Officer with the San Jose, California Police Department)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Philip Z. Maymin
Attorney/Associate Professor of Finance and Risk Engineering
(Former Justice of the Peace – Greenwich, Connecticut)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Andrew S. Moreno
Attorney – Family Law, Immigration, and Criminal Defense/Managing Director of Moreno Law Group
Member of the Bar: California
(Appointed by Governor Newsom as Board Member to the Osteopathic Medical Board of California)
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- Tracy A. Nieradzik
Estate Planning and Trust Administration Lawyer
Member of the Bar: California
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- Jose M. Nunez
Patent Attorney/Trademark & E-Commerce Lawyer at Intellectual Property Law Firm Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Member of the Bar: California
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- Tonya R. Nygren
Private Practice Lawyer – Real Estate, Construction, Divorce, Business, and Estate Planning Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Kenneth Ottesen
Intellectual Property Lawyer/Patent Attorney at New York and New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Firm McGeary Cukor
Member of the Bar: California
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- Lorenzo Palomares
Criminal Defense Lawyer
Member of the Bar: California, Massachusetts, Florida, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico (Federal)
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- Priscilla M. Parker
Civil Litigation Lawyer – Personal Injury Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Angela M. Petrusha
Estate Planning Lawyer/Co-Founder of BarIssues.Com
Member of the Bar: California
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- Rohit Prakash
Immigration Attorney in Ohio
(Practices Immigration Law with Daughter Shivya Prakash Devgan and Son Vyom Prakash. All Three are NWCU Graduates.)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Shivya Prakash Devgan
Immigration Attorney in Ohio
(Practices Immigration Law with Her father Rohit Prakash and Brother Vyom Prakash. All Three are NWCU Graduates.)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Vyom Prakash
Immigration Attorney in Ohio
(Practices Immigration Law with His Father Rohit Prakash and Sister Shivya Prakash Devgan. All Three are NWCU Graduates.)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Angel A. Price
General Attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Member of the Bar: California
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- Kevin E. Prosser
Attorney/Experimental Test Pilot/Legal Officer for The Society of Experimental Test Pilots
(Former U.S. Air Force Pilot of Aircraft Including the F-15, F-16 and F-22 Series)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Michael Quddous
Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship Attorney in New Jersey
Member of the Bar: California
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- Charles Quince
International Law Scholar/Library Staff Member/Author
(Member of the American Society of International Law, the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, and the Pennsylvania Library Association)
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- Patrick Quinlan
Professor Emeritus/Professional Researcher
(Former Department Chair and President of the Adrian College Faculty Union)
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- Lois Raap
Lawyer/Foster Care Expert/Senior Attorney at Legal Advocates for Permanent Parenting
Member of the Bar: California
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- Chenyang Sunny Rickard
Immigration Attorney/Estate Planning Lawyer/Director of Legal Affairs
(Serves as Director of Legal Affairs for San Diego Asian Americans For Equality Foundation, a California Nonprofit Public Affairs and Community Service Organization)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Nathan C. Rien
Attorney/Professor and Director of Athletics at Columbia College in Northern California
(Former Head Basketball Coach at Columbia College)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Peter Riley
Lawyer/Astrophysicist/Professor of Law
Member of the Bar: California
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- Crystal Sargent
Attorney/Contract Negotiator
(Previously Admitted to Practice as an Advocate in the Menominee Tribal Court)
Member of the Bar: California and Wisconsin
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- Mary E. Schofield
Lawyer/Professor of Law
Member of the Bar: California
Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors of the Senior Courts of England & Wales (Solicitor)
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- Jennifer J. Shelton
Estate Planning and Probate Lawyer
Member of the Bar: California
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- Ranette Sonnenberg
Attorney – San Joaquin County Department of Child Support Services
Member of the Bar: California
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- Alexander Sonnenschein
Private Practice Lawyer – Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Business, Wills & Probate, and Personal Injury Law
Member of the Bar: California and Massachusetts
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- DeBorah Sonnenschein
Private Practice Lawyer – Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Business, Wills & Probate, and Personal Injury Law
Member of the Bar: California and Massachusetts
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- Terry D. Stark
Private Practice Lawyer – Business, Landlord & Tenant, Trusts & Estates, and Criminal Law
(Former Correctional Officer with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Linda T. Sung
Attorney/CPA/IRS Senior Auditor/Professor of Accounting and Tax
Member of the Bar: California
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- Elisha F. Svosve
Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship Attorney in Texas
Member of the Bar: California
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- John A. Tacker
Corporate General Counsel and Vice President of Human Resources for Charles F. Day & Associates LLC
Member of the Bar: Michigan and Iowa
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- Ming Tang
Immigration and Tax Attorney in Ohio
Member of the Bar: California
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- Gabrielle A. Tetreault
Criminal Litigation Lawyer/Child Welfare Law Specialist/Mediator
Member of the Bar: California
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- Henry A. Thomas
Patent, Trademark, Copyright, and Intellectual Property Attorney at Frisco Patent Services, PLLC in Texas
Member of the Bar: California
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- Jennifer Ashe Thompson
Attorney/Artist
Member of the Bar: California
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- Jon A. Tomashoff
Senior Staff Counsel for the California Department of Insurance
Member of the Bar: California
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- Ethan A. Turner
Deputy Attorney General III for the State of California Department of Justice
(Former County Counsel for Calaveras County, California and Former City Attorney for Amador City, California)
Member of the Bar: California
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- Jacob Unger
Business & Real Estate Lawyer
Member of the Bar: California
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- Kristian S. Watford
Immigration & Naturalization Attorney
Member of the Bar: California
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- Clifford T. Watts
Immigration, Social Security, and Federal Taxation Attorney in Louisiana
Member of the Bar: California and Wisconsin
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- Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner
Patent Attorney/Engineer/Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering
Member of the Bar: California and Washington D.C
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- Grace Yoon
Staff Attorney at My Sister’s House, Inc, a Public Service Organization that Advocates For Asian, Pacific Islander and Other Underserved Women and Children Impacted by Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Human Trafficking
Member of the Bar: California
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- Stephen J. Zawacki
Immigration Attorney/Author (Book: 'Love, Marriage & Green Cards: Immigration to the United States as the Husband or Wife of an American Citizen')
Member of the Bar: California and Washington D.C.
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- Pujie Zheng
Corporate Counsel/Patent Attorney/Engineer/Author (Books: 'The Anatomy of Lying' and 'Creating Glory')
Member of the Bar: California
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