Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Trusts
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Governmental Relations
• Election Law
• Political Law
• Business Law
• Land Use Law & Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions
• Taxation
• General Practice

Representative Cases

• Howard Jarvis Taxpayers' Ass'n. v. City of Salinas, 98 Cal.App.4th 1351 (2002)
• Santa Clara County Local Transp. Authority v. Guardino (Howard Jarvis Taxpayers' Ass'n.), 11 Cal.4th 220 (1995)
• Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Ass'n v. County of Monterey, 8 Cal.App.4th 1520 (1992)
• Hartman v. Kenyon, 227 Cal.App.3d 297 (1991)
• Snyder v. Evangelical Orthodox Church, 216 Cal.App.3d 297 (1989)
• Walters v. Weed, 45 Cal.3d 1 (1988)
• Resource Defense Fund v. Local Agency Formation Com'n of Santa Cruz County, 191 Cal.App.3d 886 (1987)
• U.S. v. Hampton, 50 C.M.R. 232 (1975)

West Practice Categories

Election & Campaign Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Taxation Law