Profiles In Law

The San Jose Employment Law Attorneys at the Polaris Law Group LLP are a full-service law firm dedicated to providing high-quality legal services to entities and individuals.

Areas of Practice

Business Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Intellectual Property; Real Estate

Admitted

1994, California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1997, U.S. Court of International Trade; 1998, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of California

Law School

Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., 1992

College

University of California at Davis, B.A., Economics/International Relations, 1988

Membership

San Benito County Bar Association (Former-President); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law; International Law; Intellectual Property Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Member, Franchising and Construction Industry Forums).

Biography

(Also at San Jose Office)

Languages: Japanese, German, Spanish and Portuguese

David Maxim Lilienstein Esq is the founder of DL Law Group,  which is comprised of himself as well as another insurance law specialist and his partner, Alice J. Wolfson Esq. Together they have an extensive background in representing policyholders with bad faith insurance cases.

Education:
Grinnel College,  B. A.
University of San Francisco School of  Law, J.D.

Memberships:
American Bar Association
San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
The American Association for Justice
The Bar Association of San Francisco

Mr. Lilienstein is an experienced and dedicated attorney when it comes to your Bad Faith Insurance needs. In addition to appearing regularly on San Jose’s local afternoon news, he has also authored numerous articles on disability insurance. For help with your case, you can find this San Jose insurance attorney at 345 Franklin Street San Francisco CA 94102.

Jeffrey D. Janoff: Accident Attorney in San Jose

Admitted: 1982, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Central, Eastern & Southern Districts of California, and U.S. Supreme Court.

Member: State Bar of California, Federal Bar Association, Santa Clara Bar Association, Consumer Attorneys Association of California.

Education: Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D. 1982);
State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A, Political Science 1979)

Jeff Janoff, accomplished San Jose accident attorney in San Jose, California, practices in the areas of personal injury, automobile accidents, premises liability, and medical malpractice.  Mr. Janoff became a member of the California Bar,  Federal Bar, and has practiced law before the U.S. Supreme Court.  Reported Cases include Hansen v. Jacobsen, Davis v. Allstate, Santee v. SCC Office of Education.

Bostwick & Janoff
3111 West St. John Street, Suite 1040
San Jose, CA 95113
Phone: 888-811-9656

Riccardo L. Ippolito:
San Jose Criminal Lawyer

Admitted:
California, 1993; U.S. District Court,
Northern District of California

Education:
San Jose State University, B.S., 1990
Whittier College School of Law, J.D. 1993

Member:
Santa Clara County Bar Association, California Public Defenders Association, State Bar of California, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Riccardo Ippolito practices in the following areas of law: criminal defense, domestic violence, San Jose drug crime defense, weapons charges, sex crimes in San Jose, sexual assault, drunk driving laws in San Jose, juvenile crimes, theft, robbery, gang crimes, business and corporate crimes, San Jose domestic abuse, murder, homicide, and motor vehicle traffic violations.

Valencia, Ippolito & Bowman
4991 W. Hedding, Suite 202
San Jose, CA 95126
Phone: 408-920-9720

Philip M. Tobin:  San Jose Lawyer
Admitted: California, 1975

Education:
California Western School of Law (J.D.),
University of California at Los Angeles (B.A.)

Philip M. Tobin practices in the following areas of Practice: Personal Injury; Auto Accidents and Injuries,  Negligence, Boating & Bicycle Accidents, Brain Injury, Bus Accidents, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Catastrophic Injury, Commercial Vehicle Liability, Cumulative Trauma, Dog Bites, Animal Attacks, Electrical Injury, Head Injury, Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Pedestrian Injuries, Personal Injury Arbitration, Defense and Mediation, Power Line Contact Injury, Severe Burns, Slip and Fall, Spinal Injury, Third Party Wrongful Death, TMJ Dysfunction,  Tourist Injuries, TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury, Whiplash, Wrongful Death.

The Law Office of Philip M. Tobin, accomplished San Jose law firms, has represented numerous injury cases and understand San Jose law.  Please contact Mr. Tobin if you have been negligently injured.

Philip M. Tobin
152 N 3rd Street Ste 800,
San Jose, CA 95112-5597
Phone: 408-533-0823

Gloria Florendo is a San Jose bankruptcy lawyer in Santa Clara County California.  Her legal areas of practice include chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcy laws, family law, and immigration law.

Attorney Florendo received her Juris Doctorate at the Golden Gate University in California.  Admitted to the California State Bar in 1996, attorney Florendo went on to open her Law Offices in San Jose.

A federally recognized Debt Relief Agency, the Law Offices of Gloria A. Florendo meet federal qualifications working with individuals and businesses to file for bankruptcy relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, which includes Chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcies.

The Law Offices of Gloria A. Florendo represents plaintiffs and defendants in San Jose bankruptcy litigation.  We represent clients in lawsuits where they are suing or being sued by a trustee, creditor, or debtor.  Claims objections, fraudulent transfer litigation, and preference litigation are just some of the actions we take on behalf of our clients or defend against in court.

Patrick S. Valencia:  San Jose Criminal Defense Attorney

Admitted:
1983, California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California;
2007, U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Education:
Santa Clara University, J.D. 1983
Santa Clara University, B.S. 1979

Member:
State Bar of California

Patrick Valencia, Criminal Defense Attorney in San Jose, practices the following areas of law: Drug Crimes, Theft, Criminal Defense, Sex Crimes, Business Crimes, Juvenile Crime Cases in San Jose, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Murder, and DUI in San Jose.

Valencia, Ippolito & Bowman
4991 W. Hedding, Suite 202
San Jose, CA 95126
Phone: 408-920-9720

San Jose Personal Injury Lawyer – Robert H. Bohn, Jr.

Partner at Bohn & Bohn, Attorneys at Law

Education:

Santa Clara University, B.S., cum laude, 1991

Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., 1994
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury; Employment Law; Insurance Bad Faith; Elder Abuse; Wrongful Death; Brain Injury; Spinal Cord Injury; Civil Rights
Membership:
American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member); Consumer Attorneys of California (Board of Governors; Sustaining Member; President’s Club); Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association; Public Justice Foundation (Sustaining Member); California Brain Injury Association; Santa Clara County Bar Association (Trustee, Civil Practice Committee; Judicial Evaluation Committee, Delegate); State Bar of California; The Colorado Bar Association.

Admissions:
1995, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1996, Colorado; 1998, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Activities:

• Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association, Past President
• Board of Governors, Consumer Attorneys of California
• American Trial Lawyers Association (Brain Injury, Motor Vehicle, and Insurance Sections)
• Delegate, Santa Clara County, California BarConference of Delegates
• Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Pro Tem
• Lecturer, California College of Trial Arts
• Santa Clara County Bar Association
• Board of Directors Santa Clara County Bar Association – Civil Practice Committee
• Judical Evaluation Committee
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
• State Bar of California
• State Bar of Colorado

Professional Recognitions:

• Martindale-Hubbell®, AV rating
• Northern California Super Lawyers®
• Best Lawyers in Silicon Valley (Catastrophic Personal Injury)
  (www.sanjosemagazine.com)
• CAOC Local Trial Lawyer Association President of the Year
  (www.caoc.com)
• CAOC ( California state trial lawyers association)
• Presidential Award of Merit, Consumer Attorneys of California
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  (www.milliondollaradvocates.com)
• Certificate of Recognition from the CA State Senate
• Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals
  (www.marquiswhoswho.com)
• National Registry of Who’s Who

Robert H. Bohn, Sr. – San Jose Personal Injury Lawyer

Partner at Bohn & Bohn, Attorneys at Law

Education:

University of Texas, University of Texas, B.B.A., 1957

University of Texas, LL.B., 1963

Practice Areas :
Personal Injury; Wrongful Termination; Sexual Harassment; Elder Abuse; Insurance Bad Faith; Civil Litigation; Wrongful Death; Brain Injury; Spinal Cord Injury; Civil Rights

Membership:
American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate); American Inns of Court; American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member); Consumer Attorneys of California (Sustaining Member; President’s Club); Public Justice Foundation (Sustaining Member); Roscoe Pound Foundation; Santa Clara County Bar Association; State Bar of California; State Bar of Texas.

Admissions:
1963, Texas; 1965, California; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Activities:

• American Board of Trial Advocates; Advocate
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
• Consumer Attorneys of California (Recognized experience as a Trial Lawyer and in the fields of General Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Public Entity Liability,  Products Liability and Insurance Bad Faith)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Sustaining Member
• SCCTLA, President 1999, Sustaining Member
• Inns of Court
• Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California,
• Judge Pro Tem and Arbitrator
• State Bar of California
• Santa Clara County Bar Association

Professional Recognitions:

• Trial Lawyer of the Year 2000 SCCTLA
• The Best Lawyers in America
  (www.bestlawyers.com)
• Super Lawyers of Northern California (San Francisco Magazine Aug. 2005)
• AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell
  (www.martindale.com)
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  (www.milliondollaradvocates.com)
• Who’s Who in American Law
  (www.marquiswhoswho.com)
• Who’s Who in California
  (www.marquiswhoswho.com)
• Who’s Who in the World
  (www.marquiswhoswho.com)

San Jose Divorce Lawyer

San Jose Divorce Lawyer

Admitted: 1976, California

Law School: Santa Clara School of Law, J.D. with Honors in 1975

College: UC Santa Barbara, B.A. Political Science with High Honors in 1972

Member: – Santa Clara County Bar Association, Family Law Section
-  State Bar of California

Biography:Thomas Chase Stutzman, Sr. was certified by the Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California as a Certified Family Law Specialist in 1992, and was recertified in 1997 and 2002.

About the Thomas Chase Stutzman Firm: At the Law Offices of Thomas Chase Stutzman, A Professional Corporation we believe that our business philosophy can be stated in relatively simple terms. In each case and on every issue, we dedicate ourselves to doing everything allowed by law to obtain our clients’ objectives.

San Jose  & Across California

• Divorce
• Custody and Visitation Rights
• Child and Spousal Support
• Division of Property

The Law Offices of Thomas Chase Stutzman
1625 The Alameda,
Suite 626 San Jose,
California 95126
Tel: 408-294-4600
Fax: 408-295-5811
Email:stutzman@tomstutzman.com