Lafayette Lawyers

45 years experience as litigation and business counsel; 20 years experience as court appointed and private mediator of business and real estate disputes; Martindale AV-rated; SuperLawyers

Pete Clancy and his team at Clancy & Diaz, LLP represent clients in a variety of personal injury cases in East Bay. Attorney Clancy obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas before earning his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. He is admitted to practice law by the State Bar of California, the State Bar of Nevada, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of California. He practiced commercial litigation law at two prestigious firms in San Francisco and Oakland before...

Attorney Michael P. Semansky has been representing clients in criminal defense and personal injury matters for over 36 years. He is dedicated to providing each client with personalized attention and strives to resolve every case efficiently and effectively. If you are in need of a settlement or recovery for your personal injury claim, or an aggressive criminal defense, he is an attorney you can trust to get results.

Gary Grimm provides affordable and effective legal advice and representation on environmental regulatory matters, with a focus on water quality issues. Prior to establishing his law firm in 1996, Gary spent over 20 years in public service advising and representing multiple government environmental regulatory agencies.

Gary Grimm's extensive public and private sector experience enables him to address complex water quality issues and achieve client goals in a practical and cost-effective manner. He is currently advising and representing businesses, public agencies and individuals on all aspects of water quality regulatory matters before state, local and federal agencies. This advice and representation includes...

Dennis A. Yniguez is a Registered Consulting Arborist, an International Society of Arboriculture Board Certified Master Arborist, and the principal of Tree Decisions, an arboricultural consulting firm in Berkeley, California. He received B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Mr. Yniguez is a past president of the American Society of Consulting Arborists and has served on their national faculty since 2000. His consulting practice includes tree health and risk assessment, forensic examination and case analysis, insurance claim evaluation, expert trial assistance, and alternative...

I graduated from Golden Gate Law school in 1975 and have practiced as a sole practitioner, primarily in the fields of workers' compensation and personal injury since then

Graham is a native Californian, raised in Ojai, but since 2009, has made the Bay Area his home. Graham received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. There he double-majored in Economics and East Asian Studies and was a co-captain of the NCAA Div. III baseball team. Graham applies much of what he learned prior to law school to his legal career. Graham utilizes his strong work ethic and leadership qualities to assist his clients in successfully navigating their legal circumstances. Graham practices law because he enjoys working with people and tackling complex...

Michael J. Ullrich is a Managing Attorney with Pacific Workers’ Compensation. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he has been a San Francisco resident since 1999. He attended Pennsylvania State University for his undergraduate studies and received a B.A. in History. Mr. Ullrich earned his J.D. at Golden Gate Law School and earned numerous Witkin and CALI awards for academic excellence. Since he began practicing law, Mr. Ullrich has worked in workers’ compensation and employee relations. Prior to joining PWC, he held positions with Richard, Thorson, Graves & Royer, and with the City and County of San Francisco. Michael joined Pacific...

I have represented injured workers with claims for workers' compensation and Social Security Disability for over 25 years. Our firm also handles disability retirement claims.

Karen Matcke Crosby Attorney / Mediator P.C. 35+ years of legal practice and 15+ years as a mediator. WHY MEDIATION CAN BE SUPERIOR TO COURT By Karen Matcke Crosby (2021) Court litigation exposes parties to great public exposure, expense and long delays in court proceedings. Litigants have little or no control over the procedural process. How a dispute arose in the first place, is given short shrift, failing to consider the parties’ intentions, experience in negotiations (or lack thereof), personality, ego, culture, norms, morals, bullying, customs, or values. What is heard in court is the representing attorney’s version of his client’s legal...

46 years as a criminal lawyer. have done post-conviction habeas work. large concentration on murder trials. DUI cases, all misdemeanors and felonies, tried over 125 jury trials to verdict

Estate Planning & Elder Law

Administrative Law
Social Security Disability Practice

Social Security Disability Affiliations
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Seeta Nangia has extensive experience in a wide variety of immigration matters including, family and employment-based visas, consular processing, naturalization, waivers for inadmissibility, asylum, deportation defense, and appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals. Ms. Nangia has represented clients before the San Francisco Immigration Court, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and U.S. Consulates abroad. She has worked for immigration law firms in Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco. Ms. Nangia is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)’s Northern California and Santa Clara Valley Chapters. She is admitted...