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Chelsie Garza is an experienced litigator who has tried cases extensively in state and federal court. Outside of the office, Chelsie Garza's life is dedicated to her two children. In order to balance a busy litigation docket and a family life, she hones her skill of multi-tasking and exploits her inability to accept down time. Chelsie grew up sharing time between the small California Death Valley town Trona and New York/New Jersey metroplex. This dichotomy between small town and big city illustrates her ability to fit in anywhere. She was educated on the East Coast,...

The Freel Sparks Law Firm offers family and education law legal services focused on our client’s needs with timely resolution. In family law, we emphasize high conflict and financially complex cases. In education law, we are highly experienced in the difficult and complex area of special education law. Ms. Freel worked for years as a dependency Guardian Ad Litem. She has experience working with domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, and mental health issues in high conflict family law cases. In high conflict cases, the parties are unable to agree upon solutions. In these cases, experience matters. Ms....

Tim Hoffman is a pioneering California attorney with a storied, 45-year legal career, during which he has helped recover more than $1 billion for his worthy clients. Mr. Hoffman has successfully tried dozens of matters to verdict, specializing in complex civil cases, and has litigated over 200 arbitrations. He has practiced in Oakland, CA, since 1971, and was most recently selected for inclusion in 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers. Since the mid-1990's, Mr. Hoffman has been a leader among plaintiffs' employment lawyers, scoring huge victories for classes of thousands of employees at Pacific Bell (who recovered $36 million), Macy's, Starbucks,...