Michael J. DeNiro
Goodwin Procter
Administrative Law, Contract, Employee Rights, Colleges & Universities, Banking & Finance, Education
Experience:
18 years
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About Michael
Experienced Santa Barbara Attorney Working on Your Behalf
As both an attorney and a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, I offer my clients unique legal representation. My experience working for public institutions informs my efforts representing clients against them. I only represent private individuals, never public or governmental institutions.
Please call me at (805) 845-8223 to schedule a free initial consultation.
The sooner you seek legal representation, the more likely you are to receive the remedy you desire. I will gather the relevant facts from you, and give you a frank assessment of the prospects of a successful outcome if you decide to hire a lawyer. I will not represent you unless I believe there is a good chance I can help you.
I charge a one-time flat fee for legal services. I don't bill by the hour. Once the fee is agreed upon and paid, you will not have to pay me any additional money as I pursue all available options to meet your legal needs.
Education Law
I represent individual students, professors and staff members of public education institutions (state universities, elementary and secondary schools) in administrative and disciplinary hearings. Representative clients include:
- Students accused of plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty or facing disciplinary charges
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Staff members facing disciplinary charges- Professors involved in a tenure dispute or facing disciplinary charges
- Students, staff or professors accused of sexual harassment
- Whistleblowers threatened with retaliation
- Children facing expulsion from elementary or secondary school
- Children with special educational needs who would benefit from having an Individual Education Plan (IEP)
I will prepare you for a hearing or meeting with school administrators, and will accompany you to and advise you at the meeting or hearing.
I will represent you if
- you are a student or on the faculty or staff at any University of California campus (UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSB, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UCSF, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, UCSD and UC Merced)
- you are a student or on the faculty or staff at any California State University campus (California State University Bakersfield, California State University Channel Islands, California State University Chico, California State University Dominguez Hills, California State University East Bay, California State University Fresno, California State University Fullerton, Humboldt State University, California State University Long Beach, California State University Los Angeles, California Maritime Academy, California State University Monterey Bay, California State University Northridge, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, California State University Sacramento, California State University San Bernardino, San Diego State University, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California State University San Marcos, Sonoma State University, California State University Stanislaus)- you are a student or on the faculty or staff at any community college in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County or San Luis Obispo County (Allan Hancock College, Santa Barbara City College, Cuesta College, Moorpark College, Oxnard College and Ventura College)
- your child is a student at any public or private elementary or high school in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County or San Luis Obispo County.
Retrieving Government Benefits
I work with clients who have been wrongfully denied:
- Social Security benefits
- Social Security Disability benefits
- Veterans benefits
- Veterans Disability benefits
- Unemployment benefits
- Medicare
- Medicaid
I will assist you in filing an appeal and will represent you in front of the administrative law judge who will decide your appeal.
I will represent you if you live in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County or San Luis Obispo County and were denied Social Security or Social Security Disability benefits, Veterans or Veterans Disability benefits, Unemployment Insurance benefits, or Medicaid or Medicare benefits.
General Civil Practice
There are a variety of other legal matters in which I offer my services. These include, but are not limited, to:
- Civil harassment cases, where, for example, a neighbor is harassing you but the police can't stop it. I will help you obtain an order from a judge that will stop it.
- CC&Rs enforcement in condominiums and housing developments.
- Sale of structured settlements, annuities and insurance policies. You will pay nothing to me if I represent you in such sales. By California law, the buyer must pay my fee, and cannot take it out of your proceeds from the sale.
- Contract disputes.
- Representation at mandatory fee arbitration hearings. The legal basis for recovering fees from a lawyer who represented you is well defined. Most clients lose fee arbitration hearings because they don't know the law. I will examine your situation, and advise you on your chances of success. If you retain me, I will submit a legal brief to the arbitrator, then prepare you and represent you at the arbitration hearing.
- Mortgage modifications and foreclosure avoidance.
- Federal cases involving violation of state laws on federal property. I can represent you if, for example, you were caught speeding on Vandenberg Air Force Base or on the Point Mugu Naval Air Station.
- Negotiation of severance packages.
I will represent you if you live in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County or San Luis Obispo County and want to enforce CC&Rs; sell your structured settlements, annuities or insurance policies; seek return of part or all of the fee you paid an attorney; stop a neighbor from bothering or harassing you; resolve a contract dispute; avoid foreclosure or have the terms of your mortgage modified; receive a severance package; or are facing Federal charges for violations of the California Vehicle Code.
Michael J. DeNiro, Ph.D.
Attorney at Law
Admission
California
2007
Education
Univ of Notre Dame; Notre Dame IN
Bachelor