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(Main Office)

Founded in 1939, Young Wooldridge, LLP is a full service firm divided into five departments: Business, Water / Special Districts, Personal Injury / Litigation, Estate Planning / Probate and Family Law. Its partners and associates pride themselves in their ability to provide high quality, personalized service to their clients. They have distinguished themselves both in practice and in their respective specialties as the attached biographies indicate. Los Atendemos en Español.

Statement of Practice

General Civil and Trial Practice; Business Law; Administrative Law; Labor and Employment Defense; Harassment and Discrimination; Personal Injury / Wrongful Death; Eminent Domain / Condemnation; Oil and Gas; Water Law; Probate / Estate Planning; Agricultural Law; Bankruptcy; Family Law / Divorce; Public Agency / Municipal Law; Land Use; and Environmental Law / CEQA.

Representative Clients:

AXA Equitable Life Insurance
Amber Chemical Co.
Arvin Community Services District
Arvin-Edison Water Storage District
Bakersfield Investors' Trust
Bank of America
Bill Lee's
Chicago Title Co.
Comerica Bank
Dewar's
Dunavant Enterprises, Inc.
Hewlett-Packard
Infinity Communications
Johnston Farms
Junior League of Bakersfield, Inc.
Kern County Farm Bureau, Inc.
Kern Electric Distributors
Kern Water Bank Authority
KIA Insurance Associates
Lee Development Group
Minter Field Airport District
MONY Life Insurance
Motor City Truck Sales and Service
North Kern Water Storage District
Nuevo Energy Co.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Pavletich Electric
Rabo AgriFinance, Inc.
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District
Schlumberger Well Services
Semitropic Water Storage District
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District
Star Stream Communications
Sun World, Inc.
Tenneco West, Inc.
Tejon Ranch
Ticor Title
U.S. Sprint Communications Corp.
Vaughn Water Co., Inc.
Wells Fargo Bank
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District.

Rate Information

Accepts Major Credit Cards

• Visa
• MasterCard

Address

1800 30th Street, Fourth Floor
Bakersfield, CA 93301, (Kern Co.)

Phone

Phone: 661-327-9661
Fax: 661-327-1087

Website

http://www.youngwooldridge.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

John B. Young (1913-2003).

Joseph Wooldridge (1913-1996).

A. Cameron Paulden (1927-1984).

Ernest A. Conant (Member) born Marysville, California, May 3, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, California. Education: California Polytechnic State University (B.S., with honors, 1975); Pepperdine University (J.D., 1979). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Kern County and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Water Rights; Environmental Law; Administrative Law.Email: Ernest A. Conant

Larry R. Cox (Member) born Charleston, South Carolina, September 3, 1950; admitted to bar, 1979, South Carolina and California. Education: University of Arizona (B.S., with distinction, 1972); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1978). Beta Gamma Sigma; Kappa Kappa Psi. Law Clerk to Chief Justice J. Woodrow Lewis, Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1979-1981. Member: Kern County Bar Association (President, Probate and Estate Planning Section, 1985-1986); The State Bar of California. [Capt., USAF, 1972-1976]. Practice Areas: Probate Law; Estate Planning; Litigation.Email: Larry R. Cox

Scott K. Kuney (Member) born Tulare, California, August 14, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., with high honors, 1979); University of Birmingham, England; McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 1983). Member, National Moot Court Honors Board. Member: Kern County and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Water Rights Law; Eminent Domain.Email: Scott K. Kuney

Michael A. Kaia (Member) born Fresno, California, May 28, 1953; admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: California State University, Fresno (B.S.B.A.; M.B.A.); San Joaquin College of Law (J.D., 1984). Delta Theta Phi; Sigma Iota Epsilon. Member: Kern County and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California; California Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Agricultural Law; Banking Law; Bankruptcy Law; Contracts; Construction Law; Corporate Law; Lender Regulation; Real Estate Law; Secured Transactions; Receiverships.Email: Michael A. Kaia

Steven M. Torigiani (Member) born Bakersfield, California, March 21, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, California; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (B.S., cum laude, 1990); McGeorge University (J.D., 1993). Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Water Law; Agricultural Law; Business Law; Public Law; Civil Litigation; Eminent Domain; California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).Email: Steven M. Torigiani

Scott D. Howry (Member) born Santa Monica, California, August 13, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, California; 1994, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., cum laude, 1990); Santa Clara University (J.D., 1993). Member: Kern County and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith.Email: Scott D. Howry

Gregory A. Muir (Member) born Wasco, California, February 25, 1950; admitted to bar, 1982, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1972); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1980). Member, Consumer Attorneys of California. Member: Kern County Bar Association; The State Bar of California; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Special Education; Children's Injuries; Psychotherapy Law; Sexual Abuse Law.Email: Gregory A. Muir

ASSOCIATES

Jalynne Giles (Associate) born Corona, California,; admitted to bar, 1981, California. Education: California Polytechnic State University (B.A., with highest honors, 1977); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1981). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, 1989-1997 and President, 1994, Women Lawyers Association of San Luis Obispo County. Member: California Bar Association (Member: Real Property Law Section; Business Law Section; Labor and Employment Law Section); Kern County Bar Association; Kern County Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Property; Employment Law.Email: Jalynne Giles

Andrea Selvidge (Associate) born Bakersfield, California, January 20, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., 1992); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Kern County Bar Association; Kern County Women Lawyers Association (Director, 2003-2004); Greater Bakersfield Legal Association (Member, Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Law.Email: Andrea Selvidge

D. Max Gardner (Associate) born Glendale, California, June 11, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1984; J.D., 1987); J. Reuben Clark School of Law (J.D., 1987). Member: Central California Bankruptcy Association (Commissioner, Bankruptcy Law Advisory Committee). (Certified Specialist, Bankruptcy Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Law.Email: D. Max Gardner

Phillip W. Hall (Associate) born Santa Paula, California; admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., 1999); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 2003). Recipient, Academic Awards in Constitutional Law 1 and Local Government Seminar. Member: Kern County and American Bar Associations; Sate Bar of California. Practice Areas: Water Law; Municipal Law; Environmental Law; Land Use; Construction Law.Email: Phillip W. Hall

Christopher W. Hamilton (Associate) born San Luis Obispo, California; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A. 1997); McGeorge School of Law (J.D. 2006). Member: Kern and San Luis Obispo County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Litigation; Estate Planning; Probate; Taxation.Email: Christopher W. Hamilton

Jerry W. Pearson (Associate) born Torrance, California; admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: California State University at Fresno (B.A., History, 1991); San Joaquin College of Law (J.D., 1995). Prior Kern County Deputy District Attorney. Member: Kern County Bar Association; California Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Administrative Law.

Afsanae A. Ramirez (Associate) born Bakersfield, California; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: Loyola Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: Kern County Bar Association; Los Angeles Bar Association. Practice Areas: Family Law; Paternity; Divorce.Email: Afsanae A. Ramirez

Alan Doud (Associate) born Pasadena, California; admitted to bar, 2006, California; 2008, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Gustavus Adolphus College (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Kern County, San Diego County and American Bar Associations (Member, Forum on Franchising); State Bar of California.

Scott D. McDonald (Associate) born Apple Valley, California, July 2, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: California State University, Fullerton (B.A., 2005); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Recipient, Certificate from Strauss Institute for Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2008. Member: Kern County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Bankruptcy; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate; Business Transactions; Land Use.Email: Scott D. McDonald

OF COUNSEL

G. Neil Farr (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, January 9, 1932; admitted to bar, 1961, California; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California (A.B., 1957); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1960). Phi Delta Phi. Deputy District Attorney; Solano County, 1961-1966; Kern County, 1966-1969. Recreation Commissioner, City of Fairfield, 1964-1966. Chairman, Kern County Juvenile Justice Commission, 1988—. Member: Kern County Bar Association (President, 1984); The State Bar of California; California Trial Lawyers Association. [U.S. Navy, 1950-1952]. (Certified Specialist, Family Law, California Board of Specialization). Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Litigation.Email: G. Neil Farr