David Lincoln Axelrod
Sierra Law Office of David L. Axelrod
David L. Axelrod began work as a teenager, selling scorecards in Dodger Stadium. After attending college, David L. Axelrod entered a career as Park Ranger and Fire Fighter, at the East Bay Regional Park District of Northern California. In 1988, David L. Axelrod graduated law school at the University of California, Berkeley, California, passed the bar, and commenced the practice of law.
David L. Axelrod worked as Deputy Attorney for CALTRANS Legal Division in Los Angeles, California, and then as Deputy Tuolumne County Counsel in Sonora, California. Mr. Axelrod established the Sierra Law Office of David L. Axelrod in June, 1991, to provide high-quality legal service for the entire Mother Lode region of Northern California, U.S.A., and continues in said private practice of law to this day.
David L. Axelrod states as follows:
"No legal system will succeed without the exercise of justice, due care, and good faith on the part of those who operate the system: Judges, jurors, witnesses, lawyers, the press, and the public at large. Within these parameters, we search for truth and strive to attain justice on behalf of our clientele and our society."
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Environmental Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Vehicle Accidents
- Constitutional Law
- General Civil
- Labor and Employment
- Mediation
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Contingent Fees
33.3% in personal injury cases, if settled prior to trial, and no fee until we win. On other matters: $330 per hour generally, and $165 for initial consultation. Consultation fees are deferred or waived for personal injuries. -
Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Fees are negotiable. In personal injury cases, there is no fee until we win.
- California State Courts
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- Federal District Courts, California
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- English
- Managing Attorney
- Sierra Law Office of David L. Axelrod
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- Deputy County Counsel
- Tuolumne County Counsel
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- Deputy Attorney
- California CALTRANS Legal Division
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- Univ of California Berkeley
- Undergraduate Degree
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- UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
- Law Degree
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- First Place -- Miscellaneous
- Columbia Chamber of Commerce
- Harmonica playing virtuosity.
- Second Place -- Mandolin
- Columbia Chamber of Commerce
- Mandolin playing virtuosity
- Certificate of Appreciation
- Friends of Columbia State Historic Park
- For leadership and litigation to save the stately elm trees of Columbia State Historic Park, Columbia, California.
- California State Bar # 138790
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- Tuolumne County Bar Association
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- Photograph published by CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW (1988).
- California Law Review, U.C. School of Law, Berkeley, CA, 1988.
- Columnist, "Drumbeat" Column, GRASSROOTS weekly newspaper, 1983-1985.
- GRASSROOTS Newspaper, Berkeley, California.
- "Plant propagation of Ceanothus for watershed rehabilitation" (1981)
- U.S National Park Service, 1981, Proceedings of Symposium.
- Conflict of Law in Labor and Discrimination Casework, Continuing Legal Education Seminar (MCLE), Granite Bay, CA
- Aaron & Aaron, Inc.
- Discussion of the interplay of State, Federal, criminal, civil, workers' compensation, and other jurisdictions and sources of law upon issues of discrimination and retaliation in the workplace, wrongful termination, defamation, breach of contract, breach of public policy, and related topics in the field of labor and employment law.
- Conflict of Law in Labor and Discrimination Casework, Continuing Legal Education Seminar (MCLE), Granite Bay, CA
- Aaron & Aaron, Inc.
- Discussion of the interplay of State, Federal, criminal, civil, workers' compensation, and other jurisdictions and sources of law upon issues of discrimination and retaliation in the workplace, wrongful termination, defamation, breach of contract, breach of public policy, and related topics in the field of labor and employment law.
- Conflict of Law in Labor and Discrimination Casework, Continuing Legal Education Seminar (MCLE), Granite Bay, CA
- Aaron & Aaron, Inc.
- Discussion of the interplay of State, Federal, criminal, civil, workers' compensation, and other jurisdictions and sources of law upon issues of discrimination and retaliation in the workplace, wrongful termination, defamation, breach of contract, breach of public policy, and related topics in the field of labor and employment law.
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