|   | | Law Firm in Sacramento, California | A Limited Liability Partnership including Professional Corporations |
| | Address | | 400 Capitol Mall, 22nd Floor | | Sacramento, California 95814 | | (Sacramento Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. | | Year Established: 1922 | | Firm Size: 24 | Representative Clients:
California Optometric Assn.; Vision Service Plan; NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co.; Musco Olive Products; Molina Medical Centers; Access Dental Plan; California Automotive Wholesalers Association; California Veterinary Medical Association; California Housing Council; California Dermatology Society; Sacramento Medical Foundation Blood Center; Harbison Mahoney-Higgins Construction Co.; California Forestry Association; Cellular Carriers Assn. of California. |
LOCAL COUNSEL FOR: Collins Pine Co.; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; KPMG LLP; Grant, Thornton LLP; Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.; Zeneca, Inc.; Shriners Hospital for Children; Wyeth-Ayerst Division of American Home Products Company; The Du Pont Pharmaceutical; Schering Plough Corporation; Mission Industries; Ameritas Life Insurance Corp; Wells Fargo Bank Trust Department; Manning Salvage & Lee Public Relations; AT&T Wireless Services; Community Health Group; Premier Access Insurance Co.; United Dental Care; Protective Life Corporation; CAMICO Mutual Insurance Co.; Union Pacific Railroad Co. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Scott L. Gassaway (Partner) born Berkeley, California, September 28, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara and University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1968); University of California at Davis (J.D., 1972). Order of the Coif. Member, University of California, Davis Law Review, 1971-1972. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Defense Research Institute; Northern California Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Hospital Liability Defense; Trial Practice. Email: Scott L. Gassaway | | Ernest James Krtil (Partner) born Sacramento, California, December 29, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, California. Education: California State University, Sacramento (B.A., with honors, 1977); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1980); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (LL.M., in Taxation, 1983). Co-Author: With Jeffrey B. Harris: "Affiliated Service Groups Under Section 414 (m)," Taxes-The Tax Magazine, August 1983, reprinted in the Professional Corporations Handbook. Member: Sacramento Estate Planning Council (President, 2000-2001); Sacramento County Bar Association (Chair, Taxation Section, 1986-1987); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Law; Taxation; Estate Planning; Corporate Law. Email: Ernest James Krtil | | Robert R. Mirkin (Partner) born San Gabriel, California, January 10, 1951; admitted to bar, 1985, California. Education: California State Polytechnic University (B.A., 1979); University of California at Davis (J.D., 1982). First Place, Neumiller Moot Court Competition. Member: Traynor Moot Court Team; Moot Court Board. Member, Government Relations Committee, National Association of Dental Plans. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association (Member, Real Estate and Healthcare Law Sections); State Bar of California; California Society for Healthcare Attorneys. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Healthcare Law. Email: Robert R. Mirkin | | Matthew W. Powell (Partner) born Quincy, California, August 8, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, California. Education: California State University at Sacramento (B.A., with honors, 1981); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1984). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Moot Court Board, 1983-1984. Member: Sacramento County and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Accountants Liability Defense. Email: Matthew W. Powell | | Stephen K. Marmaduke (Managing Partner) born Sacramento, California, August 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, California. Education: Claremont Men's College and Occidental College (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Litigation; Environmental Law; Healthcare; Business Law. Email: Stephen K. Marmaduke | | David A. Frenznick (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, May 15, 1955; admitted to bar, 1986, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: California State University, Northridge (B.A., cum laude, 1983); University of California, Davis (J.D., 1986). Author: "The First Amendment on the Battlefield: A Constitutional Analysis of Press Access to Military Operations in Grenada, Panama and the Persian Gulf," 23 Pacific Law Journal 315, January 1992. Member, University of California, Davis Law Review, 1985-1986. Judge Pro Tem, Superior Court. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association (Member, Sections on: ADR; Construction); State Bar of California (Member, Litigation Section); Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court (Barrister). Reported Cases: Khajavi v. Feather River Anesthesia Med. Group (2000) 84 Cal. App. 4th 32; Clow v. Clow (2000) Cal.App. Unpub. (November 22, 2000); Ng and Tropeano v. Choi (2003) Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 9254. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Construction Law; Construction Defect; Real Estate Litigation; Probate; Trust Litigation. Email: David A. Frenznick | | John R. Valencia (Member) born Indio, California, July 13, 1954; admitted to bar, 1987, California. Education: Pomona College (B.A., 1976); University of Northern California School of Law (J.D., 1985). Best Moot Court Oralist, 1983. Chairman: Sacramento City Planning Commission, Sacramento County District Attorneys Citizen Advisory Committee. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (Past Vice President); Hispanic National Bar Association; California Political Attorneys Association; Institute of Governmental Advocates. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Legislative Advocacy; Government Relations; Election, Campaign and Political Law; Administrative Law; Land Use Law; Medi-Cal Drug Rebate Contracting. Email: John R. Valencia | | Kelli M. Kennaday (Partner) born Roseburg, Oregon, July 9, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Central Districts of California; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 1988); University of California, Davis (J.D., 1991). Member: National Order of Barristers; Traynor Moot Court Team; Moot Court Board. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Publisher, Labor and Employment Newsletter, Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney. President, Barristers Club of Sacramento. Member: American Inns of Court; Sacramento Ballet Board of Trustees. Mentor: Wonder, Inc. Speaker, "Protecting Your Organization from Mounting Workplace Harassment, Retaliation and Whistleblower Claims," Council on Education in Management Personnel Law Update (2004); "Interviewing and Hiring: Keeping Your Recruitment Strategies Legal," Council on Education in Management Certificate in Human Resource Management (2004); "Employment Law Primer for the Medical Practitioner," California Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery Annual Meeting (2002, 2004 and 2006). Member: Sacramento County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Kelli M. Kennaday | | Robert F. Tyler (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, December 4, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court.. Education: Occidental College (A.B., 1969); University of California at Los Angeles (M.A., 1971; J.D., 1974). Director, El Dorado Hills County Water District, 1980-1984. Deputy Attorney General, State of California 1974-1982; 1985; Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Business and Tax Section, 1986-1990. Member: State Bar of California (Member, Commission on Corrections, 1976-1978). Reported Cases: Sierra Summit v. State Board of Equalization (U.S. Supreme); Brown v. Stewart; Boren v. State (Cal. Supreme) Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Civil Litigation; Administrative Law. Email: Robert F. Tyler | | Michael G. Polis (Partner) born Salina, Kansas, August 1, 1963; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1985); University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1994). Certified Public Accountant, California, 1988—. Past Chair, Goodwill Industries, Sacramento; Appointments: City of Roseville Hearing Appeals Commission. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association (Past Chair, Healthcare Law Section); State Bar of California; American Health Lawyers Association; California Health Lawyers Association; California Society of Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; American Association of Attorneys and CPA's. Special Agencies: Department of Insurance, Department of Managed Health Care. Practice Areas: Healthcare; Corporate; Taxation. Email: Michael G. Polis | | Daniel L. Egan (Partner) born San Jose, California, October 28, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, California. Education: University of California at Davis (B.S., with honors, 1985); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1989). Member: Sacramento County Bar Association (President, Bankruptcy Section, 2005); State Bar of California (Co-Chair, Agribusiness Committee, Business Law Section, 1998-1999). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Unfair Business Practice Litigation. Email: Daniel L. Egan | | Danielle M. Guard (Partner) born Salt Lake City, Utah, May 14, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of Utah (B.A., 1990); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Sacramento County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Litigation. Email: Danielle M. Guard | | Daniel L. Baxter (Partner) born Sacramento, California, February 27, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2004, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., with distinction, 1996); University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Moot Court Honors Program, Distinguished Advocate. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Excelsior College v. Board of Registered Nursing, 136 Cal.App.4th 1218 (2006); DeFazio v. Hollister Employee Share Ownership Trust, 406 F.Supp.2d 1085 (E.D. Cal. 2005); Clark v. United Emergency Animal Clinic, Inc., 390 F.3d 1124 (9th Cir. 2004); Clark v. United Emergency Animal Clinic, Inc, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 25049 (unpublished); Ng & Tropeano v. Choi, 2003 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 9254 (unpublished); Small v. Fritz Companies, Inc., 30 Cal.4th 167 (2003); Miller v. Santa Clara County Library, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 26639 (unpublished). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Business Litigation; Appellate Practice; Civil Law; Motion Practice; Construction Law; Real Property Disputes. Email: Daniel L. Baxter | | Ronald R. Lamb (Partner) born Reedsburg, Wisconsin, November 23, 1948; admitted to bar, 1981, California; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Arizona (B.S., 1970); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 1981). Member: Sacramento County Bar Association; State Bar of California; American Board of Trial Advocates. [Lt. Col., USAFR, Ret]. Practice Areas: Medical Negligence; Hospital Liability; Administrative Law; Professional Medical Licensing. Email: Ronald R. Lamb | | —————————— | | Kim Johnston (Associate) born Sacramento, California, April 15, 1965; admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., highest honors, 1987); University of California at Davis (J.D., 1998). Order of the Coif. Staff Editor, UC Davis Law Review. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Civil Procedure, Administrative Law, Advanced Constitutional Law, Bankruptcy, Trusts, Wills. Practice Areas: Employment; Healthcare. Email: Kim Johnston | | Megan A. Lewis (Associate) born Turlock, California, July 28, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: California State University, Stanislaus (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); McGeorge School of Law (J.D. with great distinction, 2002). Order of the Coif. Member, Traynor Honor Society. Member, Trial Advocacy Honors Team. Recipient, Outstanding Graduating Senior Award. Author, "Testing Students for Pregnancy: How Far Will the Courts Allow Schools to Go?" 33 McGeorge Law Review 155. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Women Lawyers of Sacramento. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Litigation; Business Litigation; Corporate Law. Email: Megan A. Lewis | | Trevor L. Stapleton (Associate) born Oakland, California, January 11, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Washington; 2004, California. Education: California State University (B.A., 1993); Willamette University, College of Law (J.D., 1996); University of Washington School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1997). Recipient, Dispute Resolution Certificate, Willamette University, College of Law. Named, Rising Star, Washington Law & Politics, 2001, 2002-2003. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association; State Bar of California; State Bar of Washington. Practice Areas: Taxation; Entity Formation; Business Law; Asset Protection; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Tax Planning; Gift Tax Planning; Probate; Trust Law. | | Anthony R. Eaton (Associate) born Binghamton, New York; admitted to bar, 2005, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: Indiana University, Bloomington (B.S., Public Health, 1997); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 2005). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Small Business; Employment Law; Contract Disputes; Business Law; Tort Liability. Email: Anthony R. Eaton | | Craig A. Carnes, Jr. (Associate) born Sacramento, California, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern, Northern and Central Districts of California; U. S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: California State University, Sacramento (B.S., summa cum laude, Business Administration, Finance, 2001); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with great distinction, 2005). Order of the Coif. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Small Business Corporations; Business Law; Business Torts; Real Estate Law; Employment Law. Email: Craig A. Carnes, Jr. | | Kevin C. Khasigian (Associate) born Sacramento, California, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of California. Education: Brown University (A.B., 2003); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with great distinction, 2007). Dean's List. Order of the Coif; Traynor Honor Society. Staff Writer, 2005-2006 and Primary Managing Editor, 2006-2007, McGeorge Law Review. Recipient: Witkin Award in International Business Law, 2005 and Capital Punishment Law, 2006; Academic Achievement Award, 2006-2007. Author: "The Appropriate Time: Understanding Your Final Pay Obligations and the Waiting Time Penalty," Labor and Employment Newsletter, Fall 2007. Member: State Bar of California; Sacramento County (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Bankruptcy; Constitutional Law; Civil Rights) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Corporate Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Kevin C. Khasigian | | Steven J. Williamson (Associate) born Madison, Wisconsin, December 8, 1974; admitted to bar, 2005, California; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1998); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., with great distinction, 2005). Order of the Coif. Member, Traynor Society. Recipient, Witkin Award in Civil Pre-Trial Litigation, Environmental Law and Torts. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association (Member, Health Care Section); State Bar of California (Member, Litigation Section). | | OF COUNSEL | | Philip R. Birney (Of Counsel) born Canton, Ohio, June 25, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (B.S.B.A., 1962); Hastings College of the Law, University of California, San Francisco, California (J.D., 1965). Board Certified and Recertified, Specialist Medical Professional Liability by American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. Deputy Attorney General, State of California, 1966-1968. Deputy District Attorney, Sacramento County, 1968-1970. Member, Board of Directors, 1999—, Secretary/Treasurer, 2003-2005 and President, 2005-2007, California Medical-Legal Committee. Member: Sacramento County (Judiciary Committee, 1991-1994; Judicial Review Committee, 1992-1995; Chair, 1995—) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Sacramento Chapter, 1998; Member); CAL-ABOTA, Board of Directors, (1997-1998); Association of Defense Counsel; Northern California Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1988); American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (Diplomate; Board Certified Specialist in Medical Professional Liability); California Medical Legal Committee (Immediate Past President; Member, Executive Committee 1998—); American College of Trial Lawyers(1998—); Northern California Membership Selection Committee (2006—). Practice Areas: Litigation(1%); Healthcare(2%); Professional Liability Litigation(97%). Email: Philip R. Birney | | Richard H. Hoffelt (Of Counsel) born Sacramento, California, November 17, 1930; admitted to bar, 1955, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.S., 1952; J.D., 1955). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Executive Committee, California Association of Local Bars, 1990; Panels of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association; Dispute Resolution Service; The California Superior Courts, Sacramento, Amador, Solano and El Dorado Counties. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association (President, 1990; Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section; Recipient, Healthcare and the Law Award, 1990); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Mediation; Referee; Special Master. Email: Richard H. Hoffelt | | William A. Gould, Jr. (Of Counsel) born San Francisco, California, February 14, 1937; admitted to bar, 1964, California; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1959); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1963). Member: Sacramento County, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; American Health Lawyers Association; California Society for Healthcare Attorneys. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Administrative Law; Mediation; Arbitration. Email: William A. Gould, Jr. | | Gene E. Pendergast, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Sacramento, California, March 23, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, California. Education: University of California at Davis (A.B., 1961); University of California at Berkeley (LL.B., 1964). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Advisory Committee for the Selection of Regents of the University of California, 1975-1979. Member, Board of Regents, University of California, 1977-1978. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Probate. Email: Gene E. Pendergast, Jr. | | Thomas G. Redmon (Of Counsel) born San Francisco, California, December 31, 1943; admitted to bar, 1970, California. Education: University of Paris, Paris, France (Diplome, 1965); St. Mary's College (B.A., 1966); University of California at Davis (J.D., 1969). Law Clerk to the Honorable Philip C. Wilkins, Judge of The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, 1970-1971. Lecturer, "Unfair Business Practices," Continuing Education of the Bar, 2000. With, Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney, LLP, 1971-2000 and 2002—. Chief Legal Counsel, Ocean Power Corporation, 2001-2002. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association; State Bar of California; California Society For Healthcare Attorneys. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Healthcare Law; Professional Liability Defense. Email: Thomas G. Redmon | | LEGISLATIVE SPECIALIST | | Chris Flammer born Redwood City, California, October 18, 1961; Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1983). Practice Areas: Government Relations. Email: Chris Flammer |
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