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Wendy H.

Wendy Hillger

Wendy Hillger is skilled in commercial litigation, including real estate, construction defect claims, insurance, and personal injury. She recently won a substantial jury verdict in an employment retaliation/discrimination suit. As part of her firm’s Pro Bono Pledge, Wendy volunteers with the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Justice & Diversity Center in support of tenant housing rights.
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Pierre Z.

Pierre Zado

Emerging growth, entrepreneurs, and start-up companies have unique legal needs and Pierre Zado understands those needs. Mr. Zado can help with a wide range of start-up activities, including debt/equity financing deals, compliance, licensing, trademarks, and other general formation matters. He has dealt with companies who work in various industries, including consumer, analytics, hardware, life sciences, and more.
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George W.

George Wolff

Attorney George Wolff has received the prestigious AV rating under the Martindale Hubbell’s Independent Lawyer Rating System. He is a skilled lawyer that practices business law and 75 percent of his law firm focuses on construction and real estate litigation. He has helped numerous real estate, construction, and building companies, but also focuses on startup technology companies. Some of his notable clients include PCCi Builders, Falwiler-James, Inc., BBI Construction, and Bank of America, SF.
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Luthien N.

Luthien Niland

Luthien Niland specializes in business law and primarily focuses on assisting startup businesses with legal advice that will help them start and grow. She focuses on restaurants, food producers and bars, but also has experience in assisting startup companies in other industries with their legal matters. Luthien is licensed to practice law in California. She has a Juris Doctor degree and more than four years of experience as an attorney. She is currently a senior attorney at Bend Law Group PC.
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Caitlyn F.

Caitlyn Finley

Caitlyn Finley is the principal attorney at her own law firm, Delphina Law. She has experience in transactional and litigation cases. Caitlyn prefers to focus on cases that involves food and beverage, business, and employment laws. She has worked as an associate attorney at Finkelstein Thompson LLP and at Girard Gibbs LLP. Caitlyn completed her JD at the University of California and have completed numerous additional courses since her graduation.
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Michelle C.

Michelle Chan

Michelle Chan is a Lawyer for Innovators and she is currently working at her own Law Offices. Previously, she has done legal work for some big corporations. She started out as a Paralegal for the very well-known law firm, Leigh Day & Co. Her focus areas include business law, commercial contracts, employment, immigration and intellectual property. She graduated from The College of Law, London UK with her Bachelor of Laws.
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Karli S.

Karli Sager

A seasoned business professional operating at the intersection of technology, commerce, and law. Expertise - Software license agreements - Cloud terms of service - Inboun...
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Colin M.

Colin Murray

Collin Murray is a corporate attorney that focuses on legal matters related to finance, debt, acquisitions and mergers. He also has experience with business formation related cases and other aspects related to business law. Collin has been practicing law in California for seven years. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School. Collin was a senior associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati between 2014 and 2016, but left the position to start his own law firm.
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Reginald Y.

Reginald Young

Reginald graduated from UCLA Law and has a bachelor's from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He practices business law and securities law, with an emphasis in innovative...
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Josh H.

Josh Horowitz

Entrepreneurial counsel with fast-growth, regulatory, international expansion, privacy and operating experience. As the General Counsel of Tilt (YC W12, $64M funding from...
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