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| | Address | | 249 East Ocean Boulevard, Suite 440 | | Long Beach, California 90802 | | (Los Angeles Co.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 22664, Long Beach, CA, 90801 | | | |
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| Wise Pearce Yocis & Smith,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice in State and Federal Courts, Corporation, Insurance, Real Estate, Health Law, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law. | Firm Profile:
Wise Pearce Yocis & Smith is a top-rated law firm with a general business and civil litigation practice. We provide a broad range of services, emphasizing the areas of civil trial and appellate practice in the state and federal courts, business and corporate law, insurance law, estate planning and probate. | | Firm Size: 7 | | Susan E. Anderson Wise (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, December 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, California. Education: Lawrence University (B.A., cum laude, 1970); University of Chicago (J.D., 1974). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Long Beach (President, 1994; Lawyer of the Year, 1998), Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Mediation; Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Probate Litigation. Email: Susan E. Anderson Wise | | Michael J. Pearce (Member) born Newcastle upon Tyne, England, July 17, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, California. Education: Oxford University, England (B.A., 1973); Cambridge University, England (M.Phil., 1975); Duke University (J.D., 1979). Member: Long Beach (President, 2005), Los Angeles County (Board of Trustees, 2005-2006) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Business Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Personal Injury. Email: Michael J. Pearce | | Thomas J. Yocis (Member) born Oak Park, Illinois, February 20, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois; 1984, California. Education: Lewis University (B.A., with high honors, 1978); University of Chicago (J.D., 1981); University of San Diego (LL.M., 1984). Member: Long Beach, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Contracts; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Probate; Health Law. Email: Thomas J. Yocis | | Stephen M. Smith (Member) born Los Angeles, California, June 7, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, California. Education: University of Southern California (A.B., 1980); Loyola Law School of Los Angeles (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Member: Long Beach and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; U.S. Supreme Court Bar; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Fraud; Probate Litigation. Email: Stephen M. Smith | | Mathew J. Vande Wydeven (Member) born Santa Monica, California, October 13, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Economics, 1985); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 1988). Member: Long Beach, Los Angeles, Orange County and American Bar Associations; U.S. Supreme Court Bar; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Premises Liability; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Products Liability; Wrongful Death; Insurance Defense; General Liability Defense; Labor and Employment; Insurance Law. Email: Mathew J. Vande Wydeven | | —————————— | | James M. Cox (Associate) born Whittier, California, June 17, 1960; admitted to bar, 1984, California. Education: California State University at Fullerton (B.A., cum laude, 1981); University of Southern California (J.D., 1984). Member: Long Beach, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Mechanics Liens; Landlord and Tenant Law; Business Litigation. Email: James M. Cox | | OF COUNSEL | | George E. Wise (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, February 26, 1924; admitted to bar, 1949, California; 1955, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Lake Forest College; Northwestern University; University of Chicago (J.D., 1948). Member, Board of Editors, University of Chicago Law Review, 1947-1948. Research Attorney for Hon. John W. Shenk, Justice of the California Supreme Court, 1948-1949. Member: Long Beach (President, 1970; "Lawyer of the Year, 1990"), Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Property; Probate; Litigation; Trusts and Estates. Email: George E. Wise |
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