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| | Address | | 2445 Capitol Street, Second Floor, P.O. Box 1632 | | Fresno, California 93717-1632 | | (Fresno Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 559-233-4800 | | Fax: 559-233-9330 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.sjhattorneys.com | | |
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| Sagaser, Jones & Helsley,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Commercial, Creditors' Remedies, Products Liability, Construction, Unfair Business Practices, Corporate and Partnership Disputes, Investor Litigation, Indian Law Litigation, Insurance Coverage Bad Faith Claims, Agricultural and Employment Litigation, Labor Relations Law (Management), Agricultural Labor, Equal Employment, Wage and Hour, Wrongful Discharge Law and Litigation, Real Estate, Real Estate Disputes, Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation, Land Use, Environmental Litigation and Regulation. | | Year Established: 1994 | | Firm Size: 10 | Representative Clients:
Agri-Sun Nursery; Airway Farms, Inc.; Alta Irrigation; Boghosian Raisin Packing Co.; City of Fresno; Del Monte; Dole Food Co.; Dunavant Enterprises, Inc.; Fresno Equipment Co.; Fresno Surgery Center; Granite Construction Co.; Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.; Los Gatos Tomato Products; NIBCO Manufacturing; Northwest Packing; Orange Avenue Disposal, Inc.; Pandol & Sons, Inc.; Pioneer Equipment Co.; Pizza Hut; Prudential Insurance Company of America; San Benito Foods; Sears Roebuck and Co.; Star Rose; Suma Fruit International; TomaTek, Inc.; Western Farm Service; Westlands Water District; Woolf Enterprises; Lennar; Table Mountain; Kellog, Brown & Root; Foster Dairy Farms; Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers; Sensient Dehydration. | Reference:
Central Valley Community Bank. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
| | Howard A. Sagaser (Member) born Hanford, California, January 30, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, California. Education: California State Polytechnic University (B.S., 1973); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1976). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Thurston Society. Editorial Associate, Hastings Law Journal, 1975-1976. Extern Law Clerk to the Honorable William P. Clark, Jr., Associate Justice, California Supreme Court, 1975. Guest Speaker, "Labor Issues Affecting California Employers," California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, 1981—. Member: Fresno County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Reported Cases: City of Fresno v. People ExRel. Fresno Firefighters, 71 Cal.App. 4th 82 (1999); Holcomb v. Bingham Toyota, 871 F.2d 109 (1989); J.R. Norton Co. Inc. v. Agricultural Labor Relations Board, 26 Cal. 3d 1, 160 Cal. Rptr. 710 (Amicus) (1979); Joe A. Freitas & Sons v. Food Packers, Processors and Warehousemen Local 865, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 164 Cal. App. 3d 1210, 211 Cal. Rptr. 157 (1985); Quinn Company, 273 NLRB No. 107, 118 LRRM 1239 (1984); Mergerdigian v. Western Farm Service, 788 F.2d 760 (1986). Practice Areas: Management Labor Law; Labor Arbitration; Agricultural Law; Civil Rights; Employment Discrimination Litigation; Wrongful Discharge Litigation. Email: Howard A. Sagaser | | Eric K. Hansen (1952-1996). | | Timothy Jones (Member) born Fresno, California, April 16, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1987, Washington; 1994, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: California State University at Fresno (B.S., 1981); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Recipient: California Lawyer of the Year Award, California Lawyer, 2001; American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Member: Fresno County, Washington State, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Co-Chairman, Real Estate Litigation Subcommittee); American Business Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors San Joaquin Valley Chapter). Reported Cases: Central Green v. United States 531 U.S.425,121 S. Ct. 1005 (2001) 177 F.3d 834 (1999). Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation; Land Use; Commercial Litigation. Email: Timothy Jones | | Michael S. Helsley (Shareholder) born Fresno, California, April 22, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., 1994); Northeastern University (J.D., 1997). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Management Labor Law; Business Litigation. Email: Michael S. Helsley | | Patrick D. Toole (Shareholder) born Tampa, Florida, January 10, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: University of California at Davis (B.A., 1993); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1997). California Senate Fellow, 1993-1994. Member: Fresno County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Northern California Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Patrick D. Toole | | Scott D. Laird (Shareholder) born Torrance, California, September 29, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Central Districts of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1994); Loyola Marymount University Law School (J.D., 1997). Member: Fresno County and California Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Northern California Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith Litigation; Business Litigation; Indian Law. Email: Scott D. Laird | | John P. Kinsey (Member) born Fresno, California, February 15, 1977; admitted to bar, 2001, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., with high distinction, 1998); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 2001). Phi Beta Kappa. Managing Editor, UCLA Law Review, 2000-2001. Associate, Cooley Godward LLP, 2001-2003. Board Member and Membership Chair, Federal Bar Association. Member: Fresno County Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Land Use; Environmental Law; Real Property Litigation. Email: John P. Kinsey | | —————————— | | David W. Burnett (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, California; 2003, Arizona. Education: Humboldt State University (B.S., 1996); University of California School of Law, Davis (J.D., 2001). Editor-in-Chief, Law Journal "Environs." Member, National Environmental Moot Court Team. [FC3, U.S. Navy, 1988-1991]. Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Civil Litigation. Email: David W. Burnett | | Melody A. Hawkins (Associate) born Fayetteville, Arkansas, October 6, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas; 2003, California. Education: University of California, Davis (A.B., Psychology, 1998); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2002). Member: Fresno County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Labor and Employment; Real Estate. Email: Melody A. Hawkins | | Tracie L. Goodwin (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: California State University, Fresno (B.A., cum laude, 1989); Concord Law School (J.D., with honors, 2006). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation; Employment Mediation. | | Timothy A. Bennett (Associate) born 1972; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: San Joaquin College of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Contracts. |
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