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  • Founded in San Francisco and providing legal counsel for over 100 years, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass specializes in employment, corporate transactions, tax, real estate, intellectual property, wealth transfer, and litigation matters. From entrepreneurial start ups to Fortune 100 companies, Coblentz represents clients in the technology, life science, food & beverage, wine, hospitality, advertising, automotive, and fashion industries.

    Our Bay Area clients are consistently named in the top lists of Fastest Growing Companies, Top Private Companies, Real Estate Deals of the Year, 40 under 40 Emerging Leaders, and CFO of the Year. We are proud to be a part of their success.

    In 2011, Coblentz was named a Hot Midsize Law Firm by National Law Journal for its innovative skilled lawyers and excellence in the courtroom and boardroom and as a “firm that stands apart from your everyday firm.” Coblentz offers SFMADE members insightful, resourceful, personal and efficient legal counsel to successfully operate their companies, protect their assets, and grow.

    www.coblentzlaw.com
    Contact: Karen Frank
    kfrank@coblentzlaw.com
    415 772-5739
    415 772-5739


  • STLGIP is a boutique intellectual property firm located in Silicon Valley. Our team comprises of highly skilled senior level professionals who can efficiently execute the best objective-based solutions for our clients. The firm counsels domestic and international entrepreneurs and investors as well as early stage and larger more established companies. Based on our diverse and in-depth experience, we can effectively counsel clients in intellectual property matters (patent and transactional) in a wide range of industries including life sciences, software and business methods, medical devices and diagnostics, high technology, and consumer products.
    Contact: Soody Tronson, founder
    soody@stlgip.com
    866.325.7964 or 650-275-3913

  • Nixon Peabody is a global law firm with approximately 700 attorneys collaborating across major practice areas in the U.S., Europe and Asia. We are widely respected for the depth of our industry knowledge and for being responsive, efficient, and easy to work with. We use our experience and insight to help our clients anticipate and capture opportunities, and prepare for and manage risks, as well as forecast and overcome obstacles. Clients depend on Nixon Peabody to have a go-to team tailored to their needs right here in San Francisco, the state, and across the globe. We can assist SFMade members in connection with labor and employment (wage-hour, OSHA, employee handbooks, policies, benefits, SF’s complex labor laws), real estate (property acquisitions, leases, disputes, environmental questions), corporate business matters (incorporation, finance, major equipment purchase or leasing), franchise and distribution, import/export issues, product liability, and intellectual property (brands, creations, patents, copyrights). We can provide in-house workshops, corporate document review, and invite you to our on-going seminars in our offices on business issues that matter to you. We are your San Francisco business partner.

    Contact: David Kaufman
    Phone: 415-984-8241
    www.nixonpeabody.com

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