Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP conducts a highly diversified civil practice, providing a full range of litigation, business counseling, transactional, and alternative dispute resolution services in the areas of business, corporate, real estate, intellectual property, employment, immigration, creditors' rights, and insurance, as well as services in the areas of trusts and estate planning. Our clients range from individuals, sole proprietorships, and small, family-owned businesses to multi-national Fortune 500 corporations, including some of the country's most prominent technology companies and retailers.

The firm was founded in 1918 and has offices in Oakland, Mill Valley, and Walnut Creek. Each of our attorneys brings several areas of expertise to the practice of law, allowing us to maintain a dynamic, flexible firm structure. The breadth of our experience and our cooperative culture enable us to offer our clients the sophistication and expertise of a larger firm, while retaining the responsiveness and efficiency of a smaller firm. Throughout nearly nine decades of providing legal services, our goal always has been to provide our clients with the highest quality of service in the most cost-effective manner. To achieve this end, we carefully staff all projects, matching client objectives with the professional skills and experience of our practitioners. Whenever possible, one attorney assumes full responsibility for handling a matter. For more complex transactions or litigation, we assemble a team suited to the special demands of the matter. Whether we are retained to provide representation for a single matter or to handle a client's ongoing legal needs, we strive to develop a close working relationship with our clients so that we may effectively represent them.

Our transactional, real property, and intellectual property attorneys have in-depth experience negotiating and drafting a wide range of legal documents relating to business, employment, real property, copyrights, trademarks, and estates and trusts. Our litigators have successfully represented clients in complex litigation and arbitrations involving contract disputes, copyright and trademark infringement, software piracy, unfair business practices, wrongful termination, and employment discrimination, antitrust and trade regulation, securities matters, insurance claims, product liability, creditors' rights, and contested wills. Our attorneys strive not only to develop a high level of expertise in their areas of specialization, but also to bring a business and practical perspective to each matter. We seek to be both counselors and problem-solvers, trying to help our clients avoid legal problems and vigorously representing their interest when problems arise.

Statement of Practice

General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Aviation, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Civil Rights, Commercial Leasing, Construction, Copyrights, Corporate, Criminal Law, Disability Accommodation, Discrimination, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, Estate Planning Law, Guardianship, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property including Copyrights & Trademarks, Internet Law, Labor and Employment, Landlord and Tenant, Mergers and Acquisitions, Probate, Real Estate, Real Property, Sexual Harassment, Shopping Center Law, Social Security Disability, Software Anti-Piracy Law, Tax, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate, Wrongful Termination, Zoning and Land Use.

Address

Shelter Point
591 Redwood Highway, Suite 1200
Mill Valley, CA 94941, (Marin Co.)

Phone

Phone: 415-381-4161
Facsimile: 415-381-7515

Website

http://www.donahue.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies at Oakland, California)

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Eric W. Doney (Member) born Lynwood, California, February 2, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, California; 1978, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of California, Davis (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1977). Eric W. Doney is a 25 year partner and the Chief Executive Officer of Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP, specializing in the computer hardware and software industries, small to medium sized businesses of various types, and representing artists in the music industry. His clients range from some of the largest software companies in the world to start-up operations on the cutting edge of technology. Mr. Doney also maintains a substantial practice in the music industry including representation of Santana, Phish, Journey, Ratdog, The Jerry Garcia Family LLC, and several emerging artists. Member: Alameda County and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Music; Merchandising; Computer Law; Copyright; Trademarks; Licensing.Email: Eric W. Doney

Jonathan N. Osder (Member) born Los Angeles, California, May 20, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1989); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1993). Comments Editor, University of San Francisco Law Review, 1993. Member: Alameda County Bar Association; The State Bar of California (Intellectual Property Section). Practice Areas: Copyright; Trademark; Merchandising; Licensing; Computer Law.Email: Jonathan N. Osder

Steven K. Lee (Member) born Hon, Libya, March 16, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1990); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Member, Boston University International Law Journal, 1992-1994. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California. Languages: Spanish and Mandarin. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Computer Law; Copyright; Trademarks; Trademark Licensing.Email: Steven K. Lee

ASSOCIATE

Care Heller-Pittman (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, California. Education: Emory University (B.S.); University of Utah (M.A.); Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1995). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%).Email: Care Heller-Pittman