San Francisco Business Attorneys & Lawyers
San Francisco Business Law Report

Lauri Donahue

Brig Ricks

Michael Mowery

Monica Winghart

Liz Oliner

Joshua Garber

Rhea De Aenlle

Jesko Onken

Mark Foster

Eric Milliken

Greg Demirchyan

Joel Siegal

Adam Binder

Thomas Earnest

Damian Guzman

Michael J. Thomas

Gregory Wood

Kimon Cambouroglou

Ryan David Williams

Jared Schwass

Nicholas Webb

Catherine Kauffelt

Tsion Lencho

Wooksun "Phil" Hong

Jairo C. Lamatina

Jordan Humphrey

Sophia Mellein

Jann Moorhead

Dan Blomgren

Eric Chung

Elan Raffel

Nate Kelly

Jason Balogh

Lemoine Skinner

Marc Ernaga

Martin Tracy

Deirdre Roney

Jack Jacobs

Jill Diamond

Bryan Warner

John Fallone

Ashley Talbot

Brad Bertoglio

Peter Boyd

Tali Buchman

Vanessa Williams

Feras Mousilli

Asha Wilkerson

Alec Segarich

Adam Lovingood

Yaasha Sabba

John Crandon

Oleg Albert

Russell Boltwood

Dieter Hellmoldt

Melissa Frank

Nathalie Gachot

Alexandra Frumar

Chetan Gupta

Marianne Recher

Sarah Brooks

Jiang Bian

David Brayton

Mariam Amin, Esq.

Kate Merrill

Oscar Lumen

Anthony Lewis

Brett Jackson

Shilpa Thakur

Adam Forest

Jonathan Jew-Lim

Ryan David Williams

David Niebauer

Cherie Porter

Hanlen Chang

Terrence Smith

Neil Devani

Joshua Ridless

Sumin Kim

Darek Defreece

Eric Malis

Justin Glyer

Ashar Ahmed

Julian Biggs

Michael Maxey

Mahsa Hakimi

Gabor Szecsi

Tony Miller

Ting Tzu (Irena) Chen

Aisling Cronin

David Graetz

Gary Rabkin

Dorothy Yamamoto

Meghan Pratschler

Chris Wood

Rayna Sparkes

Ben Richter

Anna Furniss

J.R. Eppler

Li Qu

Robert Preskill

Ronnie Gipson

Ansel Halliburton

Laura Slezinger

Vadim Alden

Alisha Louie

Alla Barbalat

Howard Ullman

Vincent Tong

Zachary Strebeck

Jeff Rechtman

Jordan Reis Cohen

Raye Mitchell

Wendy Hillger

Jim Thompson

William Kushner

Jesse Woo

Jeremy Fancher

Pierre Zado

George Wolff

Peter Seeger

Girard Kelly

Christopher Muller

Luthien Niland

Delia Ramirez

William Edwin

Shahriar Amin Alaghmand

Mia Butera

Spencer Gusick

Caitlyn Finley

Masaya Uchino

Janelle Smith

Joshua De Larios-Heiman

Teela Smith

Nicole Farrar

Jennifer B. Wills

Rachel Ratliff

Michelle Chan

Martin Sances

Nicolas Gold

Ben Fisher

Darryl Yorkey

Karli Sager

Colin Murray

Kristen Frick

Bill Porter

Reginald Young

Josh Horowitz

Payal Cadman

Laura Kyriazis
Useful Resources
- Notice of Meeting of Board of Directors
- Corporate Resolution
- Release of Liability
- Demand Promissory Note Board Approval
- Letter of Intent for Business Venture
- Demand Promissory Note
- Terms of Use Template
- Privacy Policy Template
- Shareholder Agreement Template
- General Release of Liability Agreement
- Expense Recovery: Everything You Need to Know
- Advantages of Changing From Sole Proprietorship to Corp
- Naked Contract: Everything You Need to Know
- Green Business Definition: Everything You Need to Know
- Client Contract Essentials for Clear Business Agreements
- Understanding a Share Purchase Agreement and What It Includes
- Example of a Business That Offers Services and Sells Goods
- How to File a Colorado DBA and Maintain It
- Firm Offer Contract: Everything You Need to Know
- Brick and Mortar Address: How to Get One for Your Business
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UpCounsel’s 2016 San Francisco Business Law Report is part of a nationwide survey of legal services in U.S. metropolitan areas. The UpCounsel data science team analyzed more than 15,000 attorneys in California to compare the quality and cost of legal services in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The purpose of this report is to help San Francisco businesses make informed decisions when selecting a legal provider. To learn more, visit the 2016 Los Angeles Business Law Report to compare the results.
- New business growth slowed by 26 percent in San Francisco and 16 percent in Los Angeles; however, growth in San Francisco (6.7 percent) was still higher than Los Angeles (2.7 percent) in 2015
- San Francisco has one lawyer per eight businesses, while Los Angeles has one lawyer per 23 businesses
- Growth in the number of newly barred attorneys in 2015 was comparable in San Francisco (1.4 percent) and Los Angeles (1.6 percent)
- The number of newly barred attorneys across all of California in 2015 was the lowest it has been in 10 years
- Hourly billing rates are slightly lower in San Francisco (on average $293 - $408) than Los Angeles (on average $302 - $410)
- Customer satisfaction with legal services in both San Francisco (84 percent) and Los Angeles (86 percent) is slightly higher than the California average (82 percent)
The UpCounsel data team surveyed and analyzed 15,050 active attorneys admitted to practice in California. The report includes the following metrics:
- Average hourly rate and experience level of local attorneys
- Average rating of local attorneys
- Growth in attorneys admitted to practice in 2015
- Acceleration of business growth in 2015
Among other sources, the data team leveraged public information from the California State Bar and U.S. Census Bureau, as well as UpCounsel transactional data.
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