MEMBERS OF FIRM
Carl Lippenberger (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, California. Education: Iowa State University (B.S. Ch.E., 1967); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1975). Order of the Coif; Thurston Society; Phi Kappa Phi; Tau Beta Pi. Member, 1973-1974 and Editorial Associate, 1974-1975, Hastings Law Journal. Extern to Justice Raymond Sullivan, California Supreme Court, Spring, 1975. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Litigation; Employment Litigation; Estate Litigation; Trust Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Carl Lippenberger
Charles M. Thompson (Member) (For complete biographical data, See Professional Biographies at San Francisco).
Philip H. Welch, IV (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, California; 1986, U.S. Tax Court; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1971); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1975); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1979). Author and Lecturer, Partnership and Other Tax Topics. Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University, LLM (Tax) and MBA Programs, 1980-1990. Member: State Bar of California (Chairman, Agribusiness Committee; 2001-2002). Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Real Estate; Agriculture Law; Estate Planning; Entity Planning; Partnerships.Email: Philip H. Welch, IV
Richard S. Soroko (Member) (For complete biographical data, See Professional Biographies at San Francisco).
Wayne H. Gilbert (Member) admitted to bar, 1978, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., with highest honors, 1974); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1978; M.A., Econ, 1978); New York University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1986). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, University of California at Los Angeles Law Review, 1976-1978. Visiting Professor, McGeorge School of Law, 1984-1985; Adjunct Professor: University of San Francisco, 1986-1987; Hastings School of Law, 1988. Member: State Bar of California (Member: Tax Section; The Trust and Estates Section); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Taxation); San Francisco Estate Planning Council (President 2001-2002); Marin Estate Planning Council. (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Taxation; Business Law.Email: Wayne H. Gilbert
Lynda Kahane (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, California. Education: Cleveland State University; Whittier College (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Marin County Bar Association; Marin Estate Planning Council; State Bar of California (Member, Trust and Estates Section). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trust Administration; Probate.Email: Lynda Kahane
Darin T. Judd (Member) (For complete biographical data, See Professional Biographies at San Francisco).
Timothy S. Galusha (Member) admitted to bar, 1993, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1990); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1993). Co-Author: "Understanding Property Tax Treatment of Trusts," Trusts and Estates Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4, Winter 2007. Extern, Justice Ming Chin, California Court of Appeals. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Marin County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Property Tax; Partnership Law; Corporate Law.Email: Timothy S. Galusha
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Heather J. Kendrick (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: University of California at Davis (B.A., 1996; J.D., 1999); Golden Gate University (LL.M., in Taxation, with honors, 2005). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Administration.Email: Heather J. Kendrick
Eric D. McFarland (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1995); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Commercial and Business Litigation.Email: Eric D. McFarland
Yolita Nowak Lecellier (Associate) admitted to bar, 1986, California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Western State University (J.D., 1986). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Securities.