Career
Worked at Varni, Fraser, Hartwell & Rodgers (Hayward, California) specializing in State and Federal Court Business Litigation, Real Estate Development and Land Use, Environmental and Eminent Domain, Estate Planning and Probate Practice. (1924-1993)
The partnership was formed in 1971 and since its inception has maintained a small, influential Northern California practice with emphasis on business, land use, condemnation, agriculture, administrative agencies, probate, trusts and estate planning. The firm has established and maintained a quality practice by providing personalized and prompt service at sensible rates.
The firm represents large clients in business transactions and well-situated, influential public agencies.
The firm is recognized as an authority in the areas of land use, transit, solid waste and liquid waste disposal, inverse condemnation, estate planning and probate. Public agencies and landowners have been represented in trials and appeals in a significant number of reported land use and inverse condemnation cases.