Melinda Garcia | Attorney

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About Melinda

ttorney Melinda Garcia is the Managing Shareholder at the Pleasanton law firm Garcia & Gurney, where she focuses on providing businesses with the legal advice and assistance they need to compete in today's market.  As a litigator, Ms. Garcia regularly appears in California state courts and private forums such as arbitrations and mediations.  As a transactional lawyer, Ms. Garcia has acquired the expertise to competently advise businesses with respect to employment issues, intellectual property, business organization, real estate acquisition, commercial leasing, mergers and acquisitions, international business transactions, and other matters.  Find out more about how to evaluate Walnut Creek attorneys.

Ms. Garcia is known for her keen business sense and her ability to provide effective legal solutions for both businesses and individuals.  Ms. Garcia believes that it is extremely important to learn as much as possible about her clients' business needs and operating environment, and she is a firm believer in sharing her knowledge with her clients and others.  Ms. Garcia has educated business owners all over California with her popular lecture, "The Ten Things Every Small Business Owner Should Know."  She has also taught continuing legal education courses on the formation, taxation, and operation of Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships in California, and has been the keynote speaker for the San Francisco Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and various local chambers of commerce and networking organizations.

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Ms. Garcia maintains a deep commitment to community service.  For three years, Ms. Garcia served as a Director and Chair of the Axis Community Health Foundation, which provides health services to the indigent.  She is on the advisory board of the San Jose Regional Medical Center and has coached the successful Amador Valley High School Honors Mock Trial Team for the last five years.  Ms. Garcia recently joined the Board of Directors of the Las Positas College Foundation.

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Admission

Verified California

2000

Education

University of California, Berkeley

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Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • State Bar of California (Employment, Litigation, Business and Real Property Sections)
  • American Bar Association
  • Santa Clara County Bar Association
  • Eastern Alameda County Bar Association
  • Contra Costa County Bar Association
  • Hispanic National Bar Association
  • National Association of Women Business Owners
  • Pleasanton North Rotary Club
  • Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce
  • Livermore Chamber of Commerce
Honors / Awards
  • Finalist-Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Top 40 Under 40 in the San Francisco Bay Area

Notable Work

Publications

LLCs, LLPs and Partnerships Organization and Operation


Advanced LLC Issues


Drafting Operating Agreements for LLCs


Essential Skills To Drafting LLC Agreements

Garcia & Gurney, A Law Corporation Highlights

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