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| | Address | | Two Palo Square, Suite 500, 3000 El Camino Real | | Palo Alto, California 94306-2117 | | (Santa Clara Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 650-327-4200 | | Telecopier: 650-325-5572 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.thoits.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Thoits, Love, Hershberger & McLean,
A Professional Law Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Trials and Appeals. Corporate, Partnership, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial, Securities, Unfair Competition, Real Estate, Construction, Estate Planning, Probate, Taxation, Pension and Profit Sharing, Employee Benefits, Employment, Intellectual Property Licensing and other Technology Agreements. | | Year Established: 1949 | Firm Profile:
Established in 1949, Thoits, Love, Hershberger & McLean is one of Palo Alto's oldest law firms. Areas of practice are allocated among the members of the firm to fulfill its policy of proficient, efficient and prompt personalized service. Members of the firm and its associates are active in the Palo Alto, San Mateo County and Santa Clara County Bar Associations and on committees of the State Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have lectured at seminars for members of the Bar and other professionals. | | Firm Size: 21 | Representative Clients:
Ariba, Inc.; Avnet, Inc.; Bald Mountain Development, LLC; Bea Systems, Inc.; Comit Systems, Inc.; Compare Networks, Inc.; Compass Flooring, Inc.; Creekbridge Homes, LLC; Cryptic Studios, Inc.; Cyberview Technology, Inc.; Day 1 Studios, LLC; El Camino Paving, Inc.; Envision Peripherals, Inc.; Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp.; Guckenheimer Enterprises, Inc.; Guzik Technical Enterprises, Inc.; The Hive Group, Inc.; Hugo Development; Ifos, Inc.; InOvate Communications Group; Jensen Corporation KTSF Television; Mid-Peninsula Bank - A Part of Greater Bay Bank, N.A.; Neopolitan Networks, Inc.; Pacific Cheese; Pacific Peninsula Group; Phase Matrix, Inc.; Phillips Electronics North America Corporation; PRTM Management Consultants, Inc.; Random Techonologies, LLC; SITOA Corporation; Stoessor Enterprises; Thoits Insurance Service, Inc.; U.S. Merchant Systems; Vision Technologies, LLC; Western Precooling Systems. | 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
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Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
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Other Office Locations of Thoits, Love, Hershberger & McLean,
A Professional Law Corporation
Santa Cruz, California, U.S.A.
| | John E. Lehman (1919-1982). | | Warren R. Thoits (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1949, California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1943; J.D., 1948). Member: Palo Alto and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Probate. Email: Warren R. Thoits | | SHAREHOLDERS | | Terrence P. Conner (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1979, California. Education: University of Santa Clara (B.S., cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979). Member: Palo Alto and American (Member, Section on Business Law) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Intellectual Property Law and Antitrust and Unfair Competition). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Intellectual Property Licensing. Email: Terrence P. Conner | | Michael Curtis (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1972, California. Education: Menlo College (B.S., cum laude, 1969); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1972). Member: San Mateo, Palo Alto Area and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Sections On: Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law). (Also at Santa Cruz Office). Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Trust Administration; Real Property; Business Law. Email: Michael Curtis | | Anne E. Senti-Willis (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1991); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1998). Member: Palo Alto and Santa Clara County Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law. Email: Anne E. Senti-Willis | | Jeffrey A. Snyder (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1990, California, U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., 1986); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Student Extern Law Clerk to Justice Nares, Fourth District Court of Appeal, San Diego California. Author of First Wednesday, a monthly newsletter on employment law and risk management issues, and special contributor to the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. Frequent speaker to companies and managers on topics including hiring and termination, and the prevention of harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Member: Palo Alto (President, 1996-1997), Santa Clara County and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Jeffrey A. Snyder | | Thomas B. Jacob (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1978, California; 1988, Massachusetts. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1973); University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D., 1978); Harvard University (M.P.A., 1987). Order of the Coif; Thurston Honor Society. Member, 1976-1977 and Editor, 1977-1978, Hastings Law Journal. Member: Urban Land Institute; American Bar Association (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections); The State Bar of California (Member, Real Property and Business Law Sections). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Leasing; Real Estate Acquisitions; Finance. Email: Thomas B. Jacob | | Richard L. Ehrman (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1991, California. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., 1988); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence and Torts. Member: Palo Alto, Santa Clara County and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trust Litigation; Probate Litigation. Email: Richard L. Ehrman | | Stephen A. Dennis (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1983, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of San Diego (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); University of Santa Clara (J.D., magna cum laude, 1983). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law and Remedies. Member: Palo Alto, Santa Clara County and American (Member, Section of Taxation) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Section on Taxation). Reported Cases: Tremain v. Bell Industries, 196 F.3d 970 (9th Cir. 1999). Practice Areas: Business Law; Employee Benefits; Tax Law. Email: Stephen A. Dennis | | OF COUNSEL | | J. Ronald Hershberger (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1961, Oregon; 1963, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1979, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., 1957); Willamette University (J.D., with honors, 1961). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Willamette Law Journal, 1961. Author: "Trespassing Children: Oregon Adopts a New View," 1 Willamette Law Journal, 379, 1960. Panelist, "Administering the Simple Estate," 1983; "Handling Problems in Trust Administration," 1984; "Using California Trusts," 1988; "Fundamentals of Estate Planning," 1989; "Drafting Wills," 1990; Consultant, Vol. 3, "California Decedent Estate Practice," 1988; California Continuing Education of the Bar. Law Clerk to Justice B. Rey Schauer, California Supreme Court, 1961-1963. Member: Palo Alto and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section). Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Trust Law. Email: J. Ronald Hershberger | | Philip R. McCowan (Of Counsel) born Salt Lake City, Utah, July 30, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Federal Circuits. Education: University of Arizona and San Jose State University (B.S., with honors, 1964); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1967). Author: "IFR—The Liability of The Chartmaker," Published by The Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1978. Associate Professor, San Jose State University, Aviation Law, 1982-1987. Panelist, Continuing Education of the Bar, California. Member: Santa Clara County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; International Association of Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Product Liability; Professional Liability. | | William J. McLean III (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1966, California. Education: San Jose State College (B.S., 1959); University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D., 1966). Deputy District Attorney, Alameda County, 1967-1968. Panelist, CLE Programs: Punitive Damages, Jury Instructions, Legal Malpractice, Wrongful Termination, Remedies for Breach of Contract, Legal Ethics, Hastings College of Trial Advocacy. Member: Palo Alto, Alameda County and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate); International Society of Barristers. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Business Litigation; Wrongful Termination; Legal Malpractice. Email: William J. McLean III | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | Stephen C. Gerrish (Special Counsel) admitted to bar, 1974, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 2000, Idaho (inactive). Education: Willamette University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1974). Member, Board of Editors, Willamette Law Journal, 1973-1974. Author: "Implied Warranties of Habitability in Rental Agreements," 9 Willamette Law Journal 164, 1973; "Sexual Harassment in Professional Relationships: A New Statute and New Questions," CEB California Business Law Reporter 216, March 1996. Co-Author: "Construction Defect Litigation: The Playing Field Has Changed A Navigational Guide to Senate Bill 800," CEB Real Property Law Reporter 106, May 2003. Panelist, "Drafting Pleadings," 1984, "Trying A Wrongful Discharge Case," 1986 and "Current Issues in Employment Law," 1989, 1990, California Continuing Education of the Bar. Member: The State Bar of California (Member, Section on Litigation); Idaho State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Employment Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Litigation; Appellate Law. Email: Stephen C. Gerrish | | ASSOCIATES | | Kathryn J. Andrews (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: Santa Clara University (B.A., 1993; J.D., 2002). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Contracts; Securities; Blue Sky Law; Taxation; Debt and Equity Finance. Email: Kathryn J. Andrews | | Andrew P. Holland (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (B.A., Philosophy, 1997); Santa Clara University (J.D., 2002; M.B.A., 2005). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. | | Eiko Itoh (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1995); Columbia Law School (J.D., 1999). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Member: State Bar of California. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Administration; Estate Administration. Email: Eiko Itoh | | Erin L. McDermit (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: Mills College (B.A. Communications/Journalism with honors 1992); Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Santa Clara County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Corporate Law. | | Stewart Richardson (Associate) born 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., with honors, 1995); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trust Law; Trust Administration; Probate Administration; Estate Litigation; Trust Litigation. Email: Stewart Richardson | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Santa Cruz, California Office: 8030 Soquel Avenue, Suite 100, 95062. Telephone: 831-425-4660. Telecopier: 831-425-4543.
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