ANDERSON ZEIGLER LAW FIRM - Key Persons

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• SHAREHOLDER
• Managing Shareholder
• Shareholder Robert S. Rutherfurd / Shareholder

Catherine's practice areas include General Business Law, Estate Planning, Taxation, Real Estate and Intellectual Property Law. Catherine is a fourth generation Sonoma County resident and enjoys working with businesses and individuals in the community she grew up in. Catherine provides clients with highly personalized legal representation that addresses both their estate planning needs and daily business needs. Catherine feels that intellectual property rights are one of the most commonly overlooked business assets. Catherine helps clients to identify and protect those valuable intellectual property rights using her trademark, copyright and trade secret experience. With her diverse legal background, Catherine is able to efficiently assist her clients in today's quickly changing marketplace. Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Administration

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• Shareholder
• Shareholder Christopher M. Mazzia / Shareholder

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• SHAREHOLDER
• Shareholder Christopher M. Mazzia / Shareholder
• Shareholder Daniel E. Post / Shareholder

Dan Post has been practicing law since 1993 when he was first licensed in Wisconsin and served as law clerk for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. He moved to California in 1994 and immediately joined Anderson, Zeigler. Dan's practice focuses on all aspects of civil litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He has extensive experience handling appeals. He has successfully litigated commercial and individual breach of contract claims, real property disputes (partition/property division, inverse condemnation, boundary line, easement and fraudulent sales), construction claims (mechanics lien and defect claims) and commercial and residential landlord-tenant disputes. Dan has experience with a variety of prejudgment remedies (including injunctions, temporary restraining orders and prejudgment writs of attachment) and post-judgment enforcement of awards. Dan has repeatedly represented trustees, estates and beneficiaries with special emphasis in prosecuting or defending will contests, claims of fraud, undue influence, breach of fiduciary duty, lack of capacity, and elder abuse. He has obtained million dollar settlements for his clients in such cases. Dan also has experience litigating tax issues before California Courts and Federal Tax and District Courts. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation (including Appellate, Business, Commercial, Real Estate, Probate, Tax & Landlord -Tenant Litigation)

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• Business Trial Lawyer, Mediator and Arbitrator, Coleman & Horowitt, LLP

I worked with Michael as an arbitrator and found him to be thorough, thoughtful and professional. I would recommend him as a neutral and attorney (if you needed an attorney to represent you in litigation).

Dave Bjornstrom completed his successful, decades-long career with Anderson Zeigler in 2021.

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• Relocation Project Manager

When you engage Michael's service, you have hired an attorney that is knowledgeable, inventive, and personable and works diligently to provide you with the best results imaginable. He has been a "silent partner" in our business and I would highly recommend him to anyone needing solid advice on a many business decisions.

After a career that spanned more than 40 years, Don retired in December of 2022. Don came to Anderson Zeigler after being a long-time solo practitioner in Santa Rosa. Not only did he bring his tremendous experience as a real estate and business transactions lawyer to the firm, but he also readily shared his deep insights and knowledge. Don was always available to brainstorm with colleagues and enthusiastically serve as a mentor to the firm's less practiced lawyers. We had no idea that a solo practitioner could be such a team player! Don immediately made an impact on the firm's culture and operations, becoming a co-managing director in 2016. His enthusiasm for the practice of law and his excellence at problem solving served countless business clients in a wide range of matters from finance to employment law and complex real estate transactions. His practice also included a focus on the hospitality industry.

Ed Anderson, Kirt Zeigler and Rob Disharoon founded Anderson Zeigler in 1982. They had each been members of the long-standing Spridgen law firm. Mr. Anderson focused on estate planning and tax matters. He was a trusted counselor to many families and businesses, and was instrumental in clearing the way for Christo and Jean-Claude to bring The Running Fence to Sonoma and Marin Counties. He was honored by the Sonoma County Bar Association as a recipient of its valued Career of Distinction Award in 2003.

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• Program Manager, Business Conduct Office at - Visa Inc

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• Lab Services Manager at Planned Parenthood

Michael has a great deal of experience and expertise in family law in Marin County. He is well-respected by his colleagues and the judges in the Marin County Courts. He is very competent at arguing in court for his client. He is prepared and is assertive in setting forth his case. He deeply cares for the people he serves, particularly the children. He advocates for victims and their families.

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• SHAREHOLDER
• Associate Kenneth R. Cyphers / Shareholder

Ken Cyphers grew up in Port Jefferson, New York. In 2003, he moved from New York City to California and has resided in Sonoma County ever since. He represents clients in matters involving estate planning, trust & estate administration, real property law and general business law. Ken helps his clients with both simple and complex estate planning. Ken is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. His knowledge and experience with real estate transactions and real estate development provide a solid background to assist his clients with real property transactions and ownership disputes. Practice Areas: Estate Planning

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• SHAREHOLDER
• Shareholder Daniel E. Post / Shareholder

Lisa has enjoyed a varied career that provides her with a broad base of experience and perspective to counsel clients in business and real estate matters. She was admitted to the California Bar in 1988 and although a California native, she has lived in Chicago and New Orleans as well as Los Angeles before returning to the Bay Area and settling in Santa Rosa with her husband. She first joined the firm as an associate in 1998 and then left to start her own affordable housing development company in 2001. Following that experience, she went on to be a consultant for Burbank Housing Development Corporation, the leading nonprofit affordable housing developer in Sonoma County, and then the Director of Development at Rural Communities Housing Development Corporation located in Ukiah, before returning to the firm. Practice Areas: Business Law and Commercial Transactions

Marianne Leyva joined AZ in December of 2018. She assists Managing Director, Michael Shklovsky in overseeing the administrative and business operations of the firm.

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• of COUNSEL
• Associate Michael J. Fish
• of Counsel Rose M. Zoia / Shareholder

Michael has been practicing law in Marin and Sonoma Counties for over 40 years. Michael has earned an outstanding reputation as an attorney with a broad professional background and is extremely experienced in his family law, civil litigation and transactional work. He is also one of the foremost attorneys in California representing attorneys and clients and serving as an expert in attorney-client fee disputes. He has counseled clients on matters in diverse family law matters. He has filed, responded to and appeared in court to argue a myriad of motions and proceeded to trial on various family law issues relating to, among other things, divorce, paternity, characterization and division of separate and community property, temporary and permanent spousal support, child support, child custody and visitation. He also helps his clients in areas including, but not limited to, representing businesses, business entity formation, operation, and termination; acquisitions and sales of businesses; attorney-client fee disputes; FINRA arbitrations and estate planning. Michael is an experienced and sought after Mediator having successfully resolved over 400 matters and has served as a regular and successful settlement conference panelist in both family law and civil matters for over 25 years. In addition, he presides over numerous fee arbitrations and has trained Mandatory Attorney Fee arbitrators in almost every county in the state. Michael has served as Chairperson for several local and State Bar committees: Sonoma County Bar Association Fee Arbitration Committee State Bar of California Mandatory Fee Arbitration Committee Marin County Bar Association Client Relations Committee Sonoma County Bar Association Family Law Education Committee. He is a former Trustee of the UC Hastings 1066 Foundation and currently a Master with the Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court. Michael has also been involved in Rotary for over 35 years, serving in many capacities, including, but not limited to, Rotary Club President, District Governor and District Director for the Rotary Foundation Permanent Fund. Michael is Past Chairman of the Board and a current Director Emeritus of Rotaplast International, Inc., a program providing free cleft palate and cleft lip surgeries to indigent children and has led teams to Argentina, Venezuela and Egypt. Rotaplast has operated in over 200 missions on over 17,000 children since the program's inception. Michael is a very sought-after national speaker on numerous legal and humanitarian-related topics. He is also a frequent speaker/presenter at MCLE classes presented by the SCBA and other State and local bar associations. Additionally, he has authored numerous published articles related to how to determine reasonable attorney's fees and other related matters. PRACTICE AREAS Family Law

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• Managing Shareholder
• Shareholder Michael Shklovsky / Managing Shareholder

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• Inn of Court ( past Member and President )
• Inns of Court, Master

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• Associate
• Associate Michael J. Fish

Rick's practice focuses on complex litigation with extensive experience litigating in both state and federal courts. His litigation experience is quite diverse with cases raging from patent, trademark and copyright infringement, to construction defect, to environmental contamination and wage and hour class actions. With an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Microbiology, Rick began his professional career in the labs at Chevron researching lubrication oil additives. In 1993, Rick graduated from law school, took the bar exam, and transferred to Chevron's law department where his practice focused on environmental litigation and patent work. Since 1998, Rick has been in private practice in the North Bay.

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• SHAREHOLDER
• Shareholder Robert S. Rutherfurd / Shareholder

Rob Rutherfurd's practice focuses on general business work, including the organization and operation of corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies; mergers and acquisitions; business-succession planning; contract drafting; and real estate law. Rob enjoys the challenges and rewards of representing a variety of local, closely-held businesses. Rob originally joined the Firm in 1987. From 2013 to 2015, Rob attended the University of Montana as a graduate student and teaching assistant. After obtaining his Masters Degree in History, Rob returned to the practice of law in December 2015. Rob's academic interests include the study of modern American History and American Constitutional Law. His other interests and hobbies include astronomy, collecting and listening to vinyl records, and fly fishing. Rob serves as an adjunct professor of law at Empire College where he teaches business organizations. Rob also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Bergin University for Canine Studies, a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to studying dogs and the relationship between dogs and humans, and on the Board of Trustees for PAWS for Purple Hearts, a nonprofit organization that uses service dogs to assist wounded veterans.

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• SHAREHOLDER
• of Counsel Rose M. Zoia / Shareholder
• Shareholder Michael Shklovsky / Managing Shareholder

Rose M. Zoia was admitted to the California Bar in 1988. A native of Ohio, Ms. Zoia moved to California after attending law school in Washington, D.C. and was an associate at Senneff, Bernheim, Emery & Kelly. She eventually opened a solo practice until joining Anderson Zeigler in 2019. Rose is experienced in real estate and business transactions, and contract matters in general. She also has extensive experience in land use matters, including the entitlement process, having handled numerous cases throughout the state from administrative hearings through the appellate courts. Ms. Zoia has practiced in a dozen superior courts and in the appellate courts throughout the state and has presented seminars on appeals and land use. She is committed to her community and has served on a variety of community non-profit organizations. Ms. Zoia is a member of the Sonoma County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate

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• Managing Member at Ketron Financial, LLC

I have used Michael for Estate Planning Services for my clients and have been very pleased with the quality, timely legal work and positive feedback from those clients.

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• SHAREHOLDER
• Associate Ryan F. Thomas / Shareholder
• Shareholder Zachary Carroll / Associate

A native of Monterey County, California, Ryan joined Anderson Zeigler as a Shareholder in 2023, after serving as the Managing Shareholder of his own firm for over a decade. Ryan joined Anderson Zeigler with a broad base of experience that emphasizes business and real property transactions and disputes on behalf of clients throughout California and nationwide. Ryan has successfully resolved matters through mediation, arbitration and trial. He also acts as outside counsel to individuals and businesses, leveraging his decades of litigation experience to assist clients with resolution of legal issues without the need for litigation. Ryan received his undergraduate degree in economics from Sonoma State University, and law degree from Golden Gate University. During law school, Ryan was the Managing Editor of the Law Review, and a Moot Court finalist. Outside of the office, Ryan is active in several philanthropic and recreational activities. He has served in both membership and leadership roles with the Active 20/30 Club of Santa Rosa, the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa and its Foundation, the Santa Rosa Corps of the Salvation Army, and the Santa Rosa Rose Parade. He is a graduate of Leadership Santa Rosa program through the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce, Class 30. Ryan has volunteered coaching youth lacrosse through the Santa Rosa Steelheads program and CYO basketball for years. Recreationally, Ryan is an avid golfer and plays competitive tennis. Ryan is a married father of two: a college-aged daughter (Roll Tide!) and a student at Cardinal Newman High School.

Zachary was born and raised in Healdsburg. His first career was in software engineering, which evolved into writing software for health care organizations. In 2008, he graduated from law school and immediately opened a solo practice focusing on bankruptcy and estate planning for the elderly. While in law school and throughout his years in solo practice, Zachary volunteered weekly at the Sonoma County Elder Law Clinic assisting numerous seniors with their estate plans and other issues. In 2014, Zachary was a recipient of the Sonoma County Bar Association's Pro Bono Award for his work at the Elder Law Clinic. In 2016, he joined the Council on Aging as their Director of Legal Services. Zachary now primarily assists clients with Estate Planning and Trust Administration.

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• Associate
• Associate Kenneth R. Cyphers / Shareholder
• Shareholder Zachary Carroll / Associate