Attorneys:

Edwin C. Anderson | Kirt F. Zeigler | Robert Disharoon | Barbara Detrich Gallagher
Margaret M. Elliott | David G. Bjornstrom | Robert S. Rutherfurd
Christopher M. Mazzia | Tricia A. Shindledecker |
Daniel E. Post | Mary Catherine Doherty | Wendy D. Whitson
Mike Maciel | Catherine J. Banti | Marilyn G. Kittleson| Stephanie C. Coogler 

Of Counsel:

John J. King Jr.

Attorney Profiles

All attorneys are members of the State Bar of California and the Sonoma County Bar Association.

Edwin C. Anderson

Edwin C. Anderson was born in Seattle, Washington on January 31, 1931. He was admitted to the California bar in 1956, and the Washington Bar in 1961. He is presently admitted to all California Courts, the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Ed graduated from St. Mary's College (B.S., 1953). He was a member of the Taxation Advisory Commission of the California Board of Legal Specialization from 1971 to 1980.

He is the author of "Income Taxation of Decedent, Estate and Beneficiaries," Chapter 14 of CEB California Decedent Estate Practice; "You can almost take it with you: Commonsense Investing and Estate Planning" (1987, David S. Lake Publishers, ISBN 0-8224-9893-6), and "The Promise that was America" (1998), Jerns-Montague Press, ISBN 0-9660522-2-6).

Ed's practice areas include Estate Planning, Trusts, Probate and Taxation.

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Kirt F. Zeigler

Kirt F. Zeigler was born in San Francisco, California on September 6, 1939. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1964, and the California Bar in 1970. He is presently admitted to all California Courts, the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Kirt graduated from Stanford University (A.B., with honors, 1960; LL.B., 1963; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif). He is a certified specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, as certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.

Kirt's Practice areas include Business, Corporations, Estate Planning, Trusts, Probate and Taxation.

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Rob Disharoon

Rob Disharoon was born in Berkeley, California on July 26, 1948. He was admitted to the California Bar, all California Courts, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit in 1973. Rob graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1970) and obtained his law degree from the University of California at Davis (J.D., 1973). He was a member of The U.C. Davis Law Review from 1972-1973, and is the author of "Regional Water Quality Control," 5 U.C. Davis Law Review 272 (1972).

Rob's Practice areas include Estate Planning and Probate.

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Barbara Detrich Gallagher

Barbara Detrich Gallagher was born in Los Angeles, California on January 17, 1954. She was admitted to the California Bar in 1978. Barbara is presently admitted to all California Courts, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. She graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., with highest honors, 1975) and obtained her law degree from the University of California at Davis (J.D., 1978) Omicron Delta Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif. She was the articles editor of the U.C. Davis Law Review 1977-1978.

Barbara is the author of "Public Employment and Reverse Discrimination: Will Bakke Bring an End to Voluntary Affirmative Action Plans?" 10 U.C. Davis Law Review 87 (1977).

Barbara's practice areas include Business, Real Estate, Copyright and Trademark, Labor Law (Employer), and Estate Planning.

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Margaret M. Elliott

Margaret M. Elliott was born in Lansing, Michigan on May 16, 1950. She was admitted to the California Bar, the California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California in 1981 and the U.S. Tax Court in 1983. Margaret graduated from the University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1972) and obtained her law degree from Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1981). Margaret is a member of the Thurston Society and a James Angell Scholar. She was the research editor for Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly from 1980 to 1981. Margaret was an extern for U.S. District Court Judge Weigel, 1981. Since 1993 she has served as Adjunct Faculty for the Sonoma State University Attorney Assistant Program. Since 1984 she has served as Faculty for Estate Planning and Gift Taxation at Empire College School of Law. Margaret is the co-author of "Income Taxation of Decedent, Estate and Beneficiaries," 2 California Decedent Estate Practice (CEB).

Margaret's practice areas include Estate Planning, Probate, Business Law, Copyright and Trademark.

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David G. Bjornstrom

David G. Bjornstrom was born in San Francisco, California on July 14, 1958. He was admitted to the bar in 1983, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1985, U.S. Tax Court, 1989, U.S. Claims Court. David attended Thomas Aquinas College (B.A., 1980), Hastings College of the Law and the University of California (J.D., 1983). He is a member of the Redwood Empire Estate Planning Council.

David's practice areas include Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate, Taxation, Real Estate and General Business Law.

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Robert S. Rutherfurd

Robert S. Rutherfurd was born in San Bernardino, California,on October 21, 1958. He was admitted to the bar in 1986. He is admitted to all California courts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Robert attended the University of California at Berkeley (A.B.. 1981), Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., magna cum laude. 1986). He is a member of the Thurston Society. Order of the Coif.
Rob was an adjunct professor at Empire School of Law from 1992 to 1997 where he taught business organizations.

Rob's practice areas include general business law, business organizations (including corporations and limited liability companies), real estate and mergers and acquisitions.

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Christopher M. Mazzia

Christopher M. Mazzia was born in New York, N.Y. on May 3, 1954. He was admitted to the bar in 1980, California. Chris is admitted to all California Courts and the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. He attended Williams College (B.A., 1976) and Golden Gate University (J.D., 1980). Index Editor, California Tort Reporter, 1980-1992.

Chris authored "Malicious Prosecution and Abuse of Process" California Torts, Matthew Bender, 1985.  Chris is fluent in Spanish, having obtained his B.A. in Spanish in 1976.

Chris' practice areas include Civil Litigation, Employment Law,  and Environmental Law.

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Tricia A. Shindledecker

Tricia A. Shindledecker was born in Chateauroux, France on August 27, 1962. She was admitted to the bar in 1989, California, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1991, U.S. Tax Court; 1992, U.S. District Court Eastern and Southern Districts of California. Tricia attended the University of California at San Diego (B.A., 1985), St. Louis University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Alpha Sigma Nu, Order of the Wool sack. She served as Editor-in-Chief for the St. Louis University Law Journal, 1988-1989, and was a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Awards for Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Legal Profession, Constitutional Law and Remedies.

Tricia authored "FELA and The Federal Discovery Rule: When Should the Cause of Action Accrue?" 32 St. Louis University Law Journal 777, 1988. She is a member of Sonoma County Women-in-Law and the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys.

Tricia's practice areas include Elder Law, Estate Planning Copyright and Trademark, Business and Real Estate.

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Wendy D.Whitson

Wendy D. Whitson was born in Norwalk, California on October 31, 1962. She was admitted to the California bar in 1987. Wendy attended the University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., 1984) graduating with highest honors for course work and thesis work in Legal Studies and  Hastings College of the Law, University of California   (J.D.,1987). A native of Sonoma County, she practiced for ten years with and was a partner in the San Francisco real estate law firm, Zankel and McGrane, before joining Anderson, Zeigler, Disharoon, Gallagher and Gray.  Wendy is also a member of the the American Bar Association.

Wendy's practice areas include Commercial Landlord/Tenant, Business and Real Estate Transactions and Employment Law.

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Daniel E. Post

Daniel E. Post was born in Louisville, Kentucky on March 29, 1962. He was admitted to the bar in 1993, Wisconsin, 1994, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Daniel attended Oberlin College (B.A., 1985), University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., cum laude, 1993). He is a member of the University of Wisconsin Law Review, State Bar of Wisconsin, American Bar Association.

Dan's practice areas include General Civil Litigation and Business.

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Mary Catherine Doherty

Mary Catherine Doherty was born in Panorama City, California, on November 19, 1969. She was admitted to the California bar in 1995. Mary Catherine attended the University of San Diego (B.A., 1991), University of Neuchatel, Switzerland (Cert. of Modern French, 1990) and Pepperdine University (J.D. 1995). She is the Recipient of the following American Jurisprudence Awards: Torts, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Professional Responsibility.

Mary Catherine's practice areas include General Business law, Employment law and Estate Planning.

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Mike Maciel

Mike Maciel was born in Simi Valley, California on November 22, 1967.  He was admitted to the California Bar in 2001.  Mike graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with Honors (B.A., 1997) and obtained his law degree from the University of California at Davis (J.D., 2001).  He is admitted to all California Courts, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.  Mike was an extern for the Honorable Rodney Davis, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Third District (2001).

Mike's practice areas include Business Law, Corporations, Estate Planning, Probate and Taxation.

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Catherine J. Banti

Catherine J. Banti was born in Healdsburg, California, on February 19, 1975. She was admitted to the California bar in 2002. Catherine Graduated from the University of California at Davis (B.A.S., 1998) and obtained her law degree from McGeorge School of Law (J.D. 2002).
She is admitted to the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Catherine is also a patent agent, registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Catherine’s practice areas include Real Estate, Copyright and Trademark, Patents and General Business Law.

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Marilyn G. Kittleson

Marilyn G. Kittleson was born in 1954 in Oakland, California. She was admitted in 1979 to the California Bar and the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. She attended the University of California at Davis (B.A., English, with Honors, 1976) and UC Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1979).

Marilyn's practice areas include estate planning and probate, and employment law.

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Stephanie C. Coogler

Stephanie C. Coogler was born in Mountain View, California, on May 13, 1978. She was admitted to the California Bar in 2006. Stephanie graduated from the University of California, San Diego (B.A., Political Science, 2000) and obtained her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2006). She is admitted to the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.

Stephanie’s practice areas include Business Transactions, Real Estate, Trusts, Estate Planning & Administration, and Civil Litigation.

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Of Counsel

John J. King, Jr.

John J. King, Jr. was born in Petaluma, California on April 20, 1935. He was admitted to the bar in 1962, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. John attended the University of San Francisco (B.S., cum laude, 1957, LL.B., cum laude, 1961). Pi Sigma Alpha. John is a member of the Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.

John's practice areas include Personal Injury, Estate Planning and Administration.

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