SHAREHOLDERS
Douglas B. Jensen (Shareholder) born Fresno, California, February 10, 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., cum laude, 1964; J.D., 1967). Adjunct Professor, San Joaquin College of Law, 1979-1982. Clerk to Hon. Gilbert H. Jertberg, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1967-1968. Member: Fresno County Bar Association (President, 1983). Fellow: International Legal Center, Santiago, Chile, 1968-1970. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Water Law(50%); Real Estate(30%).Email: Douglas B. Jensen
Joseph M. Marchini (Shareholder) born Merced, California, August 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, California. Education: University of San Francisco (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975); Hastings College of The Law, University of California (J.D., 1978). Member: State Bar of California (Co-Chair, Agribusiness Committee of the Business Law Section, 2008); National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives; American Agricultural Law Association; Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Appellate Practice; Probate Litigation; Water Rights; Agribusiness.Email: Joseph M. Marchini
Craig A. Houghton (Shareholder) born Orange, California, February 9, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, California; 1980, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., highest honors, 1976); Hastings College of The Law, University of California (J.D., 1979); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1982). Trustee, Fresno Art Museum. Member: American (Chair, Section of Taxation Business Cooperatives and Agricultural Committee) Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Corporate Taxation; Partnership Taxation; Cooperative Taxation; Individual Taxation; Real Estate Taxation; Federal and State Tax Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation of Indian Tribes and Tribal Members.Email: Craig A. Houghton
Carl R. Refuerzo (Shareholder) born Fresno, California, July 17, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (A.B., cum laude, 1979); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1982). Pi Gamma Mu. Practice Areas: Agricultural Law; Business Law; Corporate Law; Finance; Real Estate; Natural Resources.Email: Carl R. Refuerzo
John G. Michael (Shareholder) born Glen Cove, New York, November 19, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, California, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: California State University, Northridge (B.S., magna cum laude, 1979); University of California at Davis (J.D., 1982). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: California Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Intellectual Property; Commercial Law.Email: John G. Michael
Christopher L. Campbell (Shareholder) born Tijuana B.C. Mexico, September 28, 1955; admitted to bar, 1984, California. Education: Deep Springs College; San Francisco State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); University of California, Berkeley (M.A., City/Regional Planning, 1984); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1984). General Counsel: Deep Springs College; Sierra Foothill Conservancy; Fresno Historical Society; Afuerra de Chorro Mutual Water Company; Root Creek Water District. Special Agencies: Federal Bureau of Reclamation. Transactions: Financing Water Transfers. Practice Areas: Agribusiness(15%); Agricultural Finance(15%); Water Law(30%); Zoning, Planning and Land Use(40%).Email: Christopher L. Campbell
Robert D. Wilkinson (Shareholder) born Van Nuys, California, January 10, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, California and U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Central Districts of California. Education: Antioch College; California State University, Chico (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); University of California School of Law, Davis (J.D., 1981). Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference, 1995-1998. Member: Federal (President, San Joaquin Valley Chapter, 1994; National Council Member, 1993-2000; Vice President, San Joaquin Valley Chapter, 1993) Bar Association; California Attorneys For Criminal Justice; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Criminal Law; Medical Malpractice Defense; Medical Disciplinary Proceedings; White Collar Criminal Defense.Email: Robert D. Wilkinson
Jeffrey A. Jaech (Shareholder) born Richland, Washington, August 22, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, California; 1992, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Washington State University (B.A., 1974); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1985-1991. Member: State Bar of California. (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Probate Litigation; Estate and Gift Taxation.Email: Jeffrey A. Jaech
William M. White (Shareholder) born Concord, California, February 2, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, California. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., 1986); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1990). Member, California Medical Legal Committee. Member: American Board of Trial Advocates; Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California; American Healthcare Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Business Litigation; Personal Injury.Email: William M. White
Charles K. Manock (Shareholder) born Fresno, California, April 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (Pol. Sci./Hist., 1986); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 1992). Charles Manock is a litigation partner with extensive complex litigation experience. He has tried many cases and represented clients in both federal and state courts. His experience is varied and includes cases related to packing houses, construction, construction defect, PACA, crop failures, financial planner and stock broker disputes, employment and all manner of business disputes. He has significant experience in agricultural-related litigation, including defending a multimillion dollar case involving the orange industry and representing a major raisin cooperative in an arbitration that set the prices of raisins for the entire United States raisin industry. He has also represented clients before the Court of International Trade and FINRA. In addition, Mr. Manock represents and advises businesses and individuals in different industries on a variety of matters, including land purchase and use, employment, insurance coverage and corporate governance. He aggressively solves problems by utilizing the best and most practical solution at hand, whether that be through litigation or non-litigation means. Mr. Manock is admitted to the United States Supreme Court and actively represented almond growers who were supporting the federal almond marketing order in Cal-Almond v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, 117 S.Ct. 2501 (1997), one of the original cases involving the First Amendment in the agricultural marketing order litigation. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Agribusiness; Intellectual Property Litigation; Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) Compliance; Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) Litigation.Email: Charles K. Manock
Matthew E. Hoffman (Shareholder) born Oakland, California, May 10, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: University of California, Riverside (B.S., summa cum laude, 1990); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Business Law; Taxation; Trusts and Estates.Email: Matthew E. Hoffman
Deborah A. Coe (Shareholder) born Boise, Idaho, October 24, 1951; admitted to bar, 1991, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: Fresno City College (A.A., 1976); University of California; San Joaquin College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 1991). Member: Fresno County Bar Association (Member, Construction Law Section, Co-Chair 2005); Fresno County Women Lawyers (Board of Directors 2002; President 2005); State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member, TIPS & Litigation Sections); Defense Research Institute (Member, Construction Law Committee, Products Liability Committee); Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Northern California. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Professional Negligence; Personal Injury.Email: Deborah A. Coe
Olga A. Balderama (Shareholder) born Hanford, California, July 5, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, California. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1990); University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Management Employment Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Olga A. Balderama
Suzanne D. McGuire (Shareholder) born San Leandro, California, December 19, 1969; admitted to bar, 1999, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: San Joaquin College of Law (J.D., Valedictorian, 1999). Justice Pauline Davis Hanson Memorial Scholarship, 1998. Founders' Scholarship, 1999. Editor in Chief, San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review, 1998-1999. Notes and Comments Editor, San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review, 1997-1998. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Tulare County Bar Association; Fresno County Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association; California Healthcare Association; Fresno County Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Professional Negligence; Health Care; Personal Injury.Email: Suzanne D. McGuire
Gary N. Lento (Shareholder) born Kenosha, Wisconsin, November 5, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Wisconsin; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2004, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., 1987); Columbus School of Law of The Catholic University of America (J.D., 1991). Member: Fresno County Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Agricultural Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Complex Litigation.Email: Gary N. Lento
Kenneth J. Price (Shareholder) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1968; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: University of California, Davis (B.S., Political Science and Public Service, 1991); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2002). First Honors Awards: Appellate Advocacy; Conflicts of Law; Legal Ethics. Member, Scott Moot Court Team, National Moot Court Competition. Practice Areas: Water Law; Public Agency Law; Environmental Law; Business Litigation.Email: Kenneth J. Price
Dirk Brian Paloutzian (Shareholder) born Fresno, California, April 6, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., with distinction, 1991); University of California, Davis (J.D., 1994). Extern to Honorable Marvin R. Baxter, Associate Justice, California Supreme Court, Spring 1994. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Professional Negligence; White Collar Criminal Defense.Email: Dirk Brian Paloutzian
Eric C. Cole (Shareholder) born San Francisco, California, March 17, 1968; admitted to bar, 2001, California; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: California State University, Fresno (B.S., 1991); University of Arizona, Tucson (M.S., 1996); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member, The National Association of Patent Practitioners. Practice Areas: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Water Law; Intellectual Property.Email: Eric C. Cole
Mark S. Poochigian (Shareholder) born Fresno, California, August 18, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., 2000); University of Southern California Law School (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Professional Negligence Defense; Estate Planning.Email: Mark S. Poochigian
ASSOCIATES
Raj Singh Badhesha (Associate) born Fresno, California, 1983; admitted to bar, 2009, California. Education: University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2008). Raj Singh Badhesha is an associate attorney with Baker Manock & Jensen and is a native of the Central Valley. His practice areas include employment, general business and corporate law, and trusts and estates. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Employee Benefits; Trusts and Estates.Email: Raj Singh Badhesha
Sherrie M. Flynn (Associate) born 1958; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: Carnegie-Mellon University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1980); Duquesne University (1983); San Joaquin College of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2005). Delta Theta Phi. Managing Editor Law Review, 2004-2005. Author: "FIFRA's Puzzling Failure-to-Warn Preemption," San Joaquin Agricultural Law Rev., Vol. 13, 2003. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Construction Defects; Labor and Employment.Email: Sherrie M. Flynn
Jarrod M. Kiyuna (Associate) born Fresno, California; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 2001); Boston College Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: Fresno County (Member, Real Property and Business Sections), Asian Pacific American and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Business Law Section). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Corporate Taxation; Partnership Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Native American Law; Tribal Law.Email: Jarrod M. Kiyuna
Christopher D. Bell (Associate) born Stuttgart, Germany, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: Northern Illinois University (B.S., 2001; M.P.T., 2002); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 2006). Member: Fresno County Bar Association; Fresno County Young Lawyers Association.Email: Christopher D. Bell
Matthew S. Avedikian (Associate) born Fresno, California, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: Pepperdine University (B.S., Business Administration, summa cum laude 2004; B.A., Religion, summa cum laude, 2004); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 2007). Member: Fresno County Bar Association; Fresno County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Agricultural Law; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates.
Krista M. Ostoich (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., Geography and Spanish, 2000); California Western School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Land Use Planner, County of San Bernardino. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Environmental Administrative Law; Environmental Business Law; Construction Litigation; Business Litigation; Real Estate Development.Email: Krista M. Ostoich
Amanda M. Neal (Associate) born Lone Pine, California, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: California State University, Bakersfield (B.A., Political Science, with honors, 2004); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with great distinction, 2008). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Government Affairs Certificate. Member: State Bar of California; Fresno County Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Government; Government Agency Practice; Water Quality.
Elisabeth F. Tietjen (Associate) born Visalia, California, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., Sociology, with honors, 2005); Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Member: State Bar of California; Fresno County Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Professional Liability Defense; Business Litigation.
Kevin V. Koligian (Associate) born Fresno, California, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., Psychology, 2005) University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2008). Representative, McGeorge School of Law, Mock Trial team. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Agribusiness; Personal Injury; Professional Liability Defense.
Gregory W. Olson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: University of Utah (B.A., Spanish, 2005); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2008). Gregory Olson is an associate attorney for Baker Manock & Jensen, PC. His practice areas include professional liability defense and business litigation. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Business Litigation.Email: Gregory W. Olson
SENIOR COUNSEL
Kendall L. Manock (Senior Counsel) born Hanford, California, January 2, 1930; admitted to bar, 1955, California; 1958, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Fresno State College (A.B., 1951); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1954). Phi Alpha Delta. Clerk to Hon. Gilbert H. Jertberg, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1958-1959. Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of California, 1959-1960. Member: American Judicature Society; National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. Practice Areas: Agriculture Law including Farmer Cooperatives; Water Law.Email: Kendall L. Manock
John L. B. Smith (Senior Counsel) born Poughkeepsie, New York, October 10, 1945; admitted to bar, 1975, California. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., 1967); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1975). Member: Fresno County Superior Court Arbitration Panel; Early Neutral Evaluation Panel of the Federal District Court; Optimist Club of Fresno. Member: Association of Trial Lawyers of California; Consumer Attorneys of California. [Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve]. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Eminent Domain; Plaintiff's Personal Injury; Administrative Law.Email: John L. B. Smith
George L. Strasser (Senior Counsel) born San Francisco, California, October 15, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, California. Education: California State University, Chico (B.A., cum laude, 1972); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1975). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Board of Directors, 1997-2006 and Chairman, 2003, Central California Better Business Bureau. Member, Leadership Fresno Alumni Association. Member: Member: American Health Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Consumer Attorneys of California; Fresno County Bar Association (Board of Directors 1996-1998, Treasurer 1999); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Administrative Law; Medical Malpractice Defense(70%).Email: George L. Strasser
James E. Shekoyan (Senior Counsel) born Fresno, California, November 12, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1969, U.S. Tax Court; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1962); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1965). Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California, 1966-1970. Board of Directors, California Supreme Court Historical Society. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Tax Planning; Trust and Estate Administration; Real Estate; Corporate; General Business Law.Email: James E. Shekoyan
Albert J. Berryman (Senior Counsel) born Seattle, Washington, June 20, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, California; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., 1968); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1971). Phi Alpha Delta. Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2001-2003. Member: Central California Bankruptcy Association; American Bankruptcy Institute; American Agricultural Law Association; Federal Bar Association, San Joaquin Valley Chapter (Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2004; President, 2001). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Creditor Bankruptcy; Agricultural Law.Email: Albert J. Berryman
OF COUNSEL
John H. Baker (Of Counsel) born Fresno, California, March 29, 1930; admitted to bar, 1955, California. Education: Fresno State College (A.B., 1952); Hastings College of The Law, University of California (J.D., 1955). Phi Alpha Delta; Thurston Society; Order of the Coif. Comment Editor, Hastings Law Journal, 1954. Member, Moot Court Board, 1954. Member: Fresno County (President, 1970) Bar Association; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate; President, San Joaquin Chapter). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Business and Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability Defense.Email: John H. Baker
James Ganulin (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, July 10, 1934; admitted to bar, 1960, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., cum laude, 1956); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1959). Practice Areas: Water Law; Water Districts; Local Government Law; Administrative Agency Practice.Email: James Ganulin
Bruce D. Bickel (Of Counsel) born Berwyn, Illinois, January 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, California; 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Redlands (B.A., summa cum laude, 1973); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1977). Order of the Coif; Thurston Society. Member, Editorial Board, Hastings Law Journal, 1976-1977. Judge Pro Tem, Fresno County Superior Court, Probate Department, 1996. Member: Christian Legal Society. (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Trust Administration Law; Probate Law; Business Planning Law.Email: Bruce D. Bickel
O. James Woodward III (Of Counsel) born Oakland, California, October 14, 1935; admitted to bar, 1964, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1958); Stanford University Graduate School of Business (M.B.A., 1961); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1964). Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Real Property; Trusts and Estates; Corporate Law.Email: O. James Woodward III
Jeffrey P. Kane (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, September 24, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, California, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1973); University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member: State Bar of California Practice Areas: Agricultural Law; Business Law; Corporate Law; Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Real Estate Transactions.