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| | Address | | 1430 Truxtun Avenue, Suite 900 | | Bakersfield, California 93301 | | (Kern Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| Clifford & Brown,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Civil and Business Litigation, Negligence, Products Liability, Matters of Professional Negligence, Insurance, Estate Planning and Probate, Agriculture, Real Estate, Corporation, Oil and Gas and Environmental Law, Americans with Disabilities Act, Automobile Accidents, Breach of Contract, Business Enterprises, Buying and Selling of Businesses, Closely Held Business Law, Collections, Commercial Leasing, Elder Law, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Estate Litigation, Estate and Gift Taxation, Finance, Foreclosures, Franchises and Franchising, Head and Spinal Injuries, Homeowners Association Law, Insurance Bad Faith, Intellectual Property, Motorcycle Accidents, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Nursing Home Litigation, Partnership Law, Patents, Property Insurance, Property Tax, Railroad Accidents, Residential Real Estate, School Law, Sexual Harassment, Slip and Fall, Small Business Law, Tax Audits, Tax Planning, Commercial Real Estate, Complex Litigation, Condominium Law, Construction Accidents, Construction Defects, Construction Law, Contracts, Copyrights, Dental Malpractice, Dog Bites, Intellectual Property Licensing, Internet Law, Investments, Legal Malpractice, Libel, Slander and Defamation, Limited Liability Company Law, Mediation, Medical Malpractice, Toxic Torts, Trademarks, Trucking Accidents, Unfair Competition, Venture Capital, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Zoning, Planning and Land Use. | | Firm Size: 25 | Representative Clients:
General Counsel For: Bill Wright Toyota; San Joaquin Bank; The Westmark Group; H.M. Holloway; Jim Burke Ford; Kern Ridge Growers, Inc.; Three-Way Chevrolet; Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc.; Vignolo Farms; The Barber Automotive Group; Clifford and Bradford Insurance Agency; Sierra Toyota; Pandol Bros, Inc.; Sunridge Nurseries; Valley Sun Mechanical; North Bankersfield Recreation and Park District; Fanucchi Land Co.; Fleet Card Fuels; W.P. Davies Oil Company; D.M. Camp & Sons; Buttonwillow Land and Cattle Company; Four Star Fruit, Inc.; H.F. Cox, Inc.; Three Brand Cattle Co.; Pandol Bros., Inc.Corporate/Self Insured Entities: ARB, Inc.; Chevron USA Inc.; General Motors Acceptance Corporation; Girl Scouts of America, Joshua Tree Council; Pacific Telephone; Wilbur Ellis Co.; Aera Energy LLC, Baker Hughes; City of Bakersfield; Calcot LTD; Catholic Healthcare West; Hawaii Drillers Inc.; Delano Regional Medical Center; Flying J; Pacific Gas & Electric Company; P.G.&E. National Energy Group; Self Insured Schools of California; Target Corp.; The Vons Companies Inc.; Central California Foundation for Health; Walgreen Co.; Mervyn's Stores; CAZA Drilling (California) Inc.; George Borba & Son Dairy; Healthsouth Corp.; Kern Crane, H & B Equipment; Schokinag North America, Inc.Insurance: CHUBB Group of Insurance Companies; CIGNA; Zurich Insurance Co.; Farmers Insurance Group; Hartford Insurance; Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Companies; St. Paul Insurance Companies; Travelers Insurance Companies; Allied Group; The Kemper Insurance Companies; State Farm Auto; Progressive Casualty Insurance Company; Beta Healthcare; ACE USA; Admiral Insurance Co.; Adventist Healthcare; American National Property & Casualty Co.; BP America; Carolina Casualty; Great-West; Interstate Insurance Group; Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of California; Markel Southwest; Meadowbrook Insurance Group; Monitor Liability Managers; National Alliance Insurance Co.; Network Adjusters Inc.; Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California; Northland Insurance Co.; Orion Auto; The Prudential; Reliant American Insurance; 21st Centry Insurance Co.; Universal Underwriters; Sequoia Insurance Co.; Transportation: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway; H.F. Cox Trucking, Inc.; Ryder Truck Inc.; Schneider National Transportation; Golden Empire Transit District. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Stephen T. Clifford (Member) born Bakersfield, California, November 27, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of California at Davis (B.S., 1963); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (LL.B., 1966). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California; American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; International Association of Insurance Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Stephen T. Clifford | | James E. Brown (Member) born Grand Forks, North Dakota, November 23, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, California. Education: University of North Dakota (B.S., 1963); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (LL.B., 1966). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Northern California Association of Defense Counsel. [With U.S. Army, 1966-1968]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: James E. Brown | | Robert D. Harding (Member) born Pasadena, California, January 24, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, California and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1970); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1974). Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California; American Board of Trial Advocates; Northern California Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1987-1991). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Robert D. Harding | | Arnold Anchordoquy (Member) born Bakersfield, California, August 16, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, California and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California. Education: St. Mary's College (B.A., 1970); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1973). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Moot Court Honors Board, 1972-1973. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, San Joaquin Chapter, 2002); Northern California Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Arnold Anchordoquy | | Patrick J. Osborn (Member) born Bakersfield, California, July 28, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Central Districts of California. Education: University of California at Riverside (B.A., 1973); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1977). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, San Joaquin Chapter, 1999); Trial Attorneys of America. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Patrick J. Osborn | | Michael L. O'Dell (Member) born Pasadena, California, March 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Central Districts of California. Education: San Diego State University (B.A., 1977); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1980). Member, Diocesan Advisory Board of Education, Diocese of Fresno, 1995-2001. Member: Kern County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (Member: 1980— Board of Directors, 2003—). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Michael L. O'Dell | | Grover H. Waldon (Member) born Bakersfield, California, October 7, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1984, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: California State University, Sacramento (B.S., 1980); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1983). Member: Traynor Society; Trial Advocacy Competition Team; Community Legal Services Honor Board. Recipient, Best Combined Brief and Oralist, International Moot Court. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business. Email: Grover H. Waldon | | John R. Szewczyk (Member) born Inglewood, California, February 5, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., History, 1980); Loyola Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Sir Thomas Moore Law Honor Society. Member: Kern County (Director) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Employment Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Appellate Practice; Landlord and Tenant Law. Email: John R. Szewczyk | | Stephen H. Boyle (Member) born San Tomé, Venezuela, May 12, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1986, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., Political Science, 1975); California Western School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1978; LL.M., 1984). Member, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Team. Member and Lead Articles Editor, California Western International Law Journal, 1983-1984. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Civil Procedure. Member: Bakersfield City Planning Commission, 1994-2001; Christian Legal Society. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California (Member, Section on Taxation Law); Estate Planning Counsel of Bakersfield. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate Law; Business Law; Taxation Law. Email: Stephen H. Boyle | | James B. Wiens (Member) born Porterville, California, April 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, California; 1982, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of Oregon; University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Psychology, 1971); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1977). Deputy District Attorney, District Attorney's Office, Tulare County, 1979-1982. President, Estate Planning Council of Bakersfield, 1995-1996. Member: Kern County Bar Association (Past-President, Estate Planning Law Section, 1995-1996); State Bar of California; Estate Planning Council of Bakersfield (Past-President, 1995-1996). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate Law; Business Law; Agricultural Law. Email: James B. Wiens | | Richard G. Zimmer (Member) born Vestal, New York, May 19, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina; 1983, California. Education: Rochester Institute of Technology (B.S., with highest honors, 1979); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1982). Moot Court Champion. National Moot Court Team Leader. Member: Advocacy Honors Board, National Order of The Barristers. Author: "Anonymous Political Literature: California's Compulsory Identification Statute Held Unconstitutional in Fourth District," 18 California Western Law Review 363, 1982. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California; North Carolina State Bar; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Richard G. Zimmer | | Charles D. Melton (Member) born Bakersfield, California, April 29, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of the Pacific (B.S., cum laude, 1984); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1987). Judicial Extern for Judge William R. Channel, California Court of Appeals, First District, 1986. Member: Kern County Bar Association (Chairman, Law Library Book Committee); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Creditors' Rights; Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Charles D. Melton | | T. Mark Smith (Member) born Bakersfield, California, June 27, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, California; 1995, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Central Districts of California. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1992). Phi Alpha Delta. Judicial Extern, Judge Edward Rafeedie, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Fall, 1991. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: T. Mark Smith | | —————————— | | Winifred Thomson Hoss (Associate) born Bakersfield, California, November 19, 1951; admitted to bar, 1981, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley; University of California at Davis (B.S., with honors, 1976; J.D., 1981). Lecturer, Real Property Law, California State University at Bakersfield, 1985 and 1987. District Board Member, Kern County Air Pollution District, 1986. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California (Member, Agribusiness Committee, Business Law Section, 1999-2001); Kern County Women Lawyers Association (President, 1985). Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Agricultural Law; Business Formation; Oil and Gas Law; Estate Planning. Email: Winifred Thomson Hoss | | Jeremy J. Schroeder (Associate) born Sacramento, California, January 31, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, California; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1999); University of San Diego (J.D., 2002). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Jeremy J. Schroeder | | Shelly S. Maurer (Associate) born El Centro, California, April 6, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., 1989); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Dean's List. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Law; Real Estate. Email: Shelly S. Maurer | | Daniel T. Clifford (Associate) born Bakersfield, California, August 14, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, California, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., History, 1997); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 2003). Member: Kern County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Southern California Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Daniel T. Clifford | | Christopher J. Hagan (Associate) born Modesto, California, April 18, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, California; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California. Education: California State University (B.S., Criminal Justice Administration, 2000); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 2003). Phi Alpha Delta. Dean's List. Recipient: Top Oral Advocator Competition, Trial Advocacy Honors. Clerk, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California, 2001-2003. Member: Kern County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Southern California Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Christopher J. Hagan | | Brenda A. Enderle (Associate) born Solvang, California, February 11, 1971; admitted to bar, 2003, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Central Districts of California. Education: Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1995); California Lutheran University (M.B.A., 1999); Pace University School of Law; California Western School of Law (J.D., 2002). Law Clerk, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee, Southern District of California. Member: Kern County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Kern County Women Lawyers Association; International Law Society. Languages: Spanish and German. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Business Law. Email: Brenda A. Enderle | | Victoria M. Trichell (Associate) born Bakersfield, California, November 22, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia; 2004, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Bakersfield College (A.S., Biology, 1997); University of California at San Diego (B.A., Literature in English, cum laude, 1999); University of San Diego (J.D., 2002). Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of California; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Law. Email: Victoria M. Trichell | | Nicholas J. Street (Associate) born Bakersfield, California, January 30, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.S., Biological Psychology, 2002); Whittier College School of Law (J.D., 2006). Highland High School, 1998. Senior Member, Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy. Law Clerk, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California, 2005. Member: State Bar of California, American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Nicholas J. Street | | Ryan A. Leggio (Associate) born Bakersfield, California, October 29, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: The Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 2003); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2006). Certificate of Governmental Affairs, 2006. Member: State Bar of California; The Federalist Society. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Transactions; Real Estate. Email: Ryan A. Leggio | | Timothy M. Osborn (Associate) born Bakersfield, California, November 9, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: California State University, Fresno (B.A., Sociology, cum laude, 2001); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Timothy M. Osborn | | OF COUNSEL | | Anthony L. Leggio (Of Counsel) born Bakersfield, California, September 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, California. Education: University of the Pacific (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1977). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Traynor Society. Member, Moot Court Honors Board. Member: Kern County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Defense Counsel of Southern California. Practice Areas: Business Planning Law; Litigation. |
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