SCHULTZ & MORRISSEY - Key Persons

Joseph L. (Joe) Schultz joined the firm in 1994. He received his under-graduate degree from Stanford University, where he played freshman basketball and varsity baseball. He received his law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law and was admitted to the California Bar in 1972. After beginning a practice in San Francisco, Mr. Schultz returned to his home town of Vallejo where he joined the firm of Mossman and Ioakimedes in 1975. He became a partner in the firm of Mossman, Ioakimedes and Schultz in 1978. In 1981 Mr. Schultz established his own firm as a sole practitioner in general practice before forming Leland, Schultz & Morrissey. Mr. Schultz has been active in a variety of service, fraternal and civic activities. He completed the 1995-1996 Leadership Chico program. He lives in Magalia with his wife, Diane.

Job Titles:

• Butte County As a Planning Commissioner

Richard A. (Rick) Leland, Jr. received a B.A. Cum Laude in 1976 from Amherst College majoring in economics. Mr. Leland graduated from Hastings College of the Law in 1980 and was admitted to the Bar in 1980. While at Hastings he was the Managing Editor of the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review and was a member of the order of the Coif and the Thurston Honor Society. Before moving to Chico Mr. Leland practiced real estate and securities work in San Francisco with Shepard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and Leland & Stanley. Mr. Leland moved to the North Valley in 1993 and formed Leland, Schultz & Morrissey in March of 1997. Mr. Leland resides in Durham with his wife, Gayle, and their daughters, Stephanie and Kelsey. Since January of 1997, Mr. Leland has served Butte County as a Planning Commissioner and is a past President of the Butte County Bar Association.