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Attorney
Profiles
NORMAN S. STIMMEL. Position: Founder and
Shareholder. (1914-1991).
LEE D. STIMMEL
- Position: Senior Partner; President
of Company; Director
- Admitted to California
and Federal bar, 1973.
- Education: University
of California (A.B.); Harvard
University (J.D.).
- AV Rated by Martindale
Hubbell; Listed in Register of Preeminent Attorneys (International)
since 1998.
- Lecturer and Author,
Continuing Legal Education of the California State Bar and University
of California, in both
Contractual Arbitration and Legal Ethics. Has also taught courses on
various related business formation topics. Has served as an arbitrator
in numerous disputes both domestic and international.
- Specializes in complex
business formation, international business structure and negotiations,
arbitration and mediations, estate planning, real estate developments,
construction, and all aspects of domestic and international business
including immigration and litigation.
- Reported Cases: Diamond
vs. Connelley, upholding the constitutionality of Mechanics Liens
and Stop Notices in United States Supreme Court (1976); Outdoor
Services, Inc. vs. Pabagold, Inc., binding to arbitration third
party beneficiaries of a contract containing an arbitration clause in
the California Court of Appeals (1986).
- Languages: Spanish.
- Founder of Blue Water
Foundation ( http://www.bluewaterfoundation.org/
); Founding Board
Member of Institute for One Word Health
(
http://www.oneworldhealth.org/
); Past Board President of Urban Pioneer Experiential Academy, a San Francisco
Public Charter School;
Secretary and Board Member of Supporters of the San Francisco
Police Department Wilderness Program, a foundation of the San
Francisco Police Department which develops and funds wilderness
activities for youth; Founder of Criminal Legal Aid Collective; Member
of over thirty other boards, both for profit and non profit purposes; United States
Coast Guard
Licensed Captain.
- Email: lstimmel@stimmel-law.com
ANDRINE K. SMITH
- Position: Partner;
Treasurer; Director
- Admitted to California
and Federal bar, 1993.
- Education: Colby
College; Golden
Gate University
(JD, with honors, 1992). Editor, Ninth Circuit Survey.
- Specializes in employment
law, domestic and international business formation and contract
negotiations, structural planning and drafting for domestic,
international business as well as domestic and international
litigation, arbitration, real estate development, construction and
mechanics liens
- Member: San Francisco Bar
Association, Employment Law Section
- Member of many Boards of
Trustees or Directors of various profit and not for profit entities
and active in various business organizations and charitable
organizations, including Alameda Point Advisory Committee; Women in Real
Estate; Island Cat Rescue.
- Legal counsel in numerous
international and domestic arbitrations resulting in multi million
dollar verdicts for clients. Represents various foreign Consulates and
engages in enforcement of international judgments.
- Regularly conducts seminars
on various employment issues for members of business and industry.
- Email: asmith@stimmel-law.com
SPENCER
W. WEISBROTH
- Position: Associate
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Admitted to California Bar, 2004; Massachusetts Bar,
1996; Maryland Bar, 1989 (inactive)
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Education: University of Maryland School of Law (JD 1988); State
University of New York, College at Plattsburgh (BA 1985)
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Specializes in complex domestic and international business transactions,
litigation, and arbitration; business formation; structural planning for
business entities and ventures; intellectual property law and
litigation; entertainment law and business matters; and non-profit law.
- Peabody/Robert
Wood Johnson Award for legal services to The DNA Files 2002
- Pro Bono Panel
Attorney: AIDS Legal Referral Panel
- Board President,
SoundVision Productions. Former National Advisory board member:
Mediarites. Former board member: Straight Ahead Pictures, Inc.;
Association of Independents in Radio; Arms Public Library Association.
- Publications:
Contributing
Editor, “How to Organize (Just About) Everything”; authored Prepare
for the Bar Exam, (Free Press 2005); The Law and the Independent
Radio Producer, RadioCollege.Org - Feb. 14, 2000;
Imagine 2000 and Beyond: Predictions for the
New Millennium” The Age of Ideas”
– Immagine News Magazine, January 2000; Ask the Lawyer - Music
Licensing on the Web: AIRSpace November/December 1999; Licensing
for the New Millennium: The Shameless Complexities of the DMCA,
Immagine News Magazine, November 1999 Ask the Lawyer- Fair Use,
AirSpace, March/April 1998; Ask the Lawyer- Music Licensing,
AirSpace May/June 1998
- Former partner at
Starter Fluid Management, a venture capital firm; former business
affairs attorney with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- Email:
sweisbroth@stimmel-law.com
OF COUNSEL
DARRICK T. CHASE
- Position: Of Counsel.
- Admitted to California
and Federal bar, 1990.
- Education: University of
California, Berkeley, BA, 1987; University of San Francisco, JD, May,
1990; Masters in Federal Taxation (LLM), In Progress.
- Settlement Conference Judge
in San Francisco Superior
Court.
- Practice Areas: Family Law;
Estate Planning; Business.
- Email: darricktchase@hotmail.com
JASON W.
ESTAVILLO
- Position:
Of Counsel
- Admitted to California
and Federal Bars 1997.
- Education: California
State University
Chico (AB); Golden
Gate University
(JD 1997).
- Specializes in civil
litigation; real estate/development law and litigation;
landlord-tenant law; business litigation; construction law; drafting
of leases and agreements; estate planning.
- Former litigation associate
at Latham & Watkins and Pacific Telesis.
- Volunteer with the San
Francisco Bar Association representing individuals before the Social
Security Administration.
- Director of legal clinic assisting
low income individuals on various matters
WILLIAM T. WEBB
- Position: Of Counsel
- Admitted to California and Federal Bars,
1997. Licensed in California, Colorado, Illinois & Indiana
- 16 years of legal experience in variety
of practice areas, including litigation and transactions
- Adjunct professor of law, Uniform
Commercial Code, Moot Court
- Extensive trial experience, including
being lead trial counsel in many civil litigation cases
- Appellate experience, including oral
argument before the Seventh Circuit and California Court of Appeals:
numerous published opinions
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy
Instructor
- University of Notre Dame Law School,
1991
● Administrative Editor, Journal of
Legislation, The International Legal Aspects of the Lithuanian
Secession, 17 Journal of Legislation 309
LAURA BASALOCO-LAPO
- Position: Of Counsel.
- Admitted to Bar: Brazil
1976, Portugal
1977, California and
Federal Bar 1986
- Law School:
Candido Mendes
University, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil,
L.L.B. 1975; College: New York
University, M.C. J. 1978
- Author: "Business
Lawyer's Bankruptcy Guide," Chapter 6 - "Planning and
Process of a Chapter 12."
- Member: Bar Association of San
Francisco; State Bar of California;
Bar Association of Brazil;
Bar Association of Portugal;
U.S.
District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern.
- Practice Areas: Debtor
Creditor Rights Law; Insolvency Law; Corporate Law; Family Law;
International Law.
- Languages: English,
Portuguese and Spanish
- Email: lapo2000@aol.com
CORRESPONDING FIRMS
BELGIAN FIRM
“BROCORENS BERVOETS DEFAUW”
Boulevard
Louis Schmidtlaan 72, B-1040 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Tel. + 32 2
739 30 30 – Fax. + 32 2 736 61 55
Members:
Jean-Marie BROCORENS :
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Position : Founder.
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Admitted to the Brussels
bar, Belgium, since 1973.
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Education: University of Louvain ; Tax Law, I.S.S.F. Brussels.
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Area of
specialty: Commercial and civil litigation, complex negotiations, real
estate, construction and lease law.
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Board
member of various companies and non profit foundations.
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Languages: French and Dutch.
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Board
member of various companies and non profit foundations.
Bruno BERVOETS :
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Position : Founder.
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Admitted
to the Brussels bar, Belgium, since 1997.
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Education :
University of Louvain-la-Neuve ; LL.M Commercial law, Université Libre
de Bruxelles.
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Area of
specialty: Business and commercial law, including litigation, corporate
law, estate and lease law.
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Author
of various legal articles.
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Member
of various boards of companies.
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French
and English
Christian DEFAUW :
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Position : Founder.
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Admitted
to the Brussels bar 1998.
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Education: University of Louvain-la-Neuve 1996. LL.M, Masters of
Intellectual Property law, University of London, Great-Britain 1997;
B.A. Art History and archaeology, I.s.h.a.a.b, Brussels, Belgium
(2001-2005)
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Paralegal U.S firm, Stimmel, Stimmel & Smith, P.C., San Francisco, USA
1998-2000.
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Specializes in contracts law, intellectual property (trade marks,
patents, information technology and copyright), commercial and business
law, distribution law, company law and art law.
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Member
of the Belgian Copyright Association (ABA).
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Lecturer
Author’s rights, Brussels school of Photography, University of
Louvain-la-Neuve, Art History and museum law. Author of various legal
articles.
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French,
Dutch, English and German.
Alessandro de SANTIS :
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Position:
Trainee.
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Admitted
Brussels bar, Belgium since 2005.
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Education : Université Libre de Bruxelles 2004 ; LL.M. Master in fiscal
administration, Solvay Business School, Brussels.
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Specializes in tax law.
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French,
Italian and English
SETH J. SCHWARTZ
·
McGeorge
School of Law, University
of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA. Juris Doctor, May 1981. Upper 22%.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Bachelor of Science, May 1976.
·
Specializes
in complex civil litigation, mediations, arbitrations, and trials in the
areas of insurance defense; construction matters; business transaction
disputes; commercial transactions.
·
Seminars and Panels: April 2003 – National College of Trial Advocacy, New York City, New
York, Litigating Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Cases – “The Defense
Perspective.” September 2002 - 4th Annual Medical and Legal
Seminar; Brain Injury Association of America; Napa, California- "The Defense
Perspective". March 2002- ATLA National College of Advocacy; Mild to Severe
Head Injury Cases; Houston, Texas; "A View from the Defense". Auto Insurance
Law and Accident Litigation in California, "Trial of the Case, Defendant's
Perspective." Oakland, California, February, 1999 -2001. Sponsor, Lorman
Educations Services, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
SMARTER Program Panelist, Contra Costa
County Courts (settlement conferences/ mediations).
·
Lectures: UC
Davis School of Law, February 2002- Negotiations and Settlements
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Martindale
and Hubbell AV rating (highest rating available)
LEGAL ASSISTANTS
MERRILYNN PROSS
- Position: Legal Assistant
- Education: University
of Pacific (BA with
honors); St. Mary's College (Paralegal Certificate with honors).
- Practice Areas:
Intellectual Property; Corporate; Civil Litigation; Probate;
Immigration.
JO LAMBERT
- Position: Legal
Assistant/Paralegal
- Education: Word of Life Bible Institute
of New York;
Albuquerque Technical
Vocation Institute; San Francisco City College (Paralegal Certificate)
- Practice Areas: Civil
Litigation and Arbitration; Business and Corporate.
- Email: jlambert@stimmel-law.com
KIMBERLY FERER
- Position: Legal Assistant
- Education: University of Nottingham,
England (BA with honors); U.C. Berkeley (Paralegal Certificate)
- Practice Areas: Civil Litigation and
Arbitration; Business and Corporate; International
- Email:
kferer@stimmel-law.com
OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
KELLY CAIRNS
ELSA EVANS
- Position: Receptionist/Legal Secretary
- Notary
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