NOLAND HAMERLY - Key Persons
Ms. Toledo's practice focuses on labor and employment law. She represents employers in various industries in a variety of workplace issues and disputes including wages, discrimination, harassment, unfair labor practices, government agency investigations and citations, as well as counseling employers on personnel policies and procedures. Ms. Toledo is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.
Professional Affiliations
Monterey County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Education
JD, Santa Clara University School of Law, May 2006
Ms. Olsen's practice is focused on dispute resolution including business litigation, management-side labor and employment issues, labor relations including labor negotiations and representing management in union issues and disputes and working with public entities and non-profit organizations.
Ms. Olsen represents clients in a variety of matters including labor negotiations and arbitrations, partnership issues, construction, real estate, common interest developments, landlord/tenant matters and management-side labor and employment. She is experienced in litigating these issues in court proceedings, as well as in administrative tribunals including the EEOC, DFEH, NLRB, ALRB and PERB.
Ms. Olsen is a past Board member of the SPCA for Monterey County, the Monterey County Legal Services Corporation and the Salinas Valley Literacy Foundation. She was appointed to the City of Salinas Blue Ribbon Budget Committee in 2009. Anne was a regular contributor to the Salinas Californian newspaper from 2003 to 2011 and has written articles for Coastal Grower magazine. She has presented a variety of seminars for local businesses.
Ms. Secker is a Past President and Board member of the Hartnell College Foundation, and currently serves on its Killian Scholarship and Planned Giving Committees. She is a past Board member of the Elkhorn Slough Foundation and is now on its Finance and Investment Committees. Ms. Secker serves on the City of Salinas Grievance Board. She was formerly on the Boards of the Monterey County Historical Resources Review Board, Ag Against Hunger and the Community Housing Improvement Systems and Planning Association (CHISPA), a local non-profit agency developing housing for low income families. She has also served on several special advisory boards for community projects including the Planned Giving Advisory Committee for California State University.
Mr. Des Roches holds the highest rating "AV" from Martindale-Hubbell. He is certified as a specialist in probate, estate planning and trust law by the State Bar of California's Board of Legal Specialization, and has a Master's Degree in Taxation (LL.M.). Mr. Des Roches' extensive experience in estate planning ranges from basic estate plans to more sophisticated estate plans, including advising clients concerning estate and income tax issues related to estate planning and administration. He has a wealth of experience in administering both modest and large trusts/estates.
Mr. Des Roches works with clients to find creative solutions to their problems, tailoring each estate plan to the individual needs of the client, including tax planning. Mr. Des Roches assists clients in the smooth and efficient administration of decedent's estates and trusts.
Job Titles:
- Board Member of the Salinas Valley Leadership Group
- Member of the Monterey County General Plan
Ms. Kemp's practice focuses on land use, environmental and water law, securing land use entitlements from governmental permitting agencies, and counseling clients regarding easements, water systems, land sales, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Historic Resources and other land use matters.
Ms. Kemp is a Board Member of the Salinas Valley Leadership Group and the Carmel Bach Festival, for which she is also head of the Development Committee. She served on the Board of the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce for several years. She previously served on the Board of Directors of Monterey County Legal Services.
Ms. Kemp is a member of the Monterey County General Plan "Refinement Group," an advisory group which worked with Monterey County on drafting the County's General Plan for land use.
Job Titles:
- Member of Toastmasters International
Ms. Quinn's practice focuses on construction law, contracts, land use, and water law. Her practice extends to public agencies and non-profit organizations.
Ms. Quinn is an active member of Toastmasters International and Past President of Speakeasy Toastmasters of Monterey. She is a recent graduate of the Monterey County Business Council's Leadership Monterey County 2021 class. In Summer of 2022 she joined the Boards of Directors of both Harmony at Home and the Monterey Museum of Art.
Ms. Finnegan is certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in probate, estate planning and trust law. She drafts estate plans for individuals and couples, and works with the firm's business attorneys on coordinated business succession planning. She handles all aspects of post-death estate administration, and represents both conservators and conservatees (via court appointment) in conservatorship matters. Ms. Finnegan holds the highest rating, "AV", from Martindale-Hubbell.
Ms. Finnegan is also an experienced civil and probate litigator, representing fiduciaries and beneficiaries. She handles all aspects of estate, trust and elder law litigation, and specializes in crafting global resolutions for complex estate and trust disputes through creative negotiation and mediation.
Professional Affiliations
State Bar of California
Monterey County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Monterey Women Lawyers Association
Education
JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1988
BA, Psychology, University of Delaware, 1983. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Ms. Berg-James's practice focus is general civil litigation, labor and employment matters, personal injury/property damage, and construction law.
Ms. Berg-James was President of the Monterey County Women Lawyers Association in 2019 and is now a Board member. She served on the Boards of IMPOWER from 2018 to 2020, and the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce from 2017 to 2018.
Job Titles:
- Coach
- Adjunct Professor of Law at Monterey College of Law
Mr. Masuda specializes in civil litigation, trial and appellate practice, arbitration and mediation and has served as a mediator in over 100 cases. Mr. Masuda holds the highest rating, "AV", from Martindale-Hubbell. He has been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer every year from 2014 through 2022. Mr. Masuda was also recently selected as a Top Rated Lawyer in Appellate Law by Martindale-Hubbell. He has been appointed by the Monterey County Superior Court as a mediator in the Superior Court Directed Mediator Program and is also a court appointed Discovery Facilitator.
Mr. Masuda is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Monterey College of Law, where he has taught Constitutional Law, Torts, Remedies and Advanced Civil Litigation, and in addition taught law at Chapman University. He has also lectured at the University of California, Santa Cruz, California State University, Monterey Bay, the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and for numerous bar associations. His publications include articles on probate litigation in the California Trusts and Estates Quarterly (v. 15, #3, 2009) and on trial practice in the Daily Journal. Winner of the 2014 Lewis L. Fenton Award for Excellence for Advocacy by the Monterey County Bar Association. In 2017, Mr. Masuda was recognized as one of the Top Attorneys in Northern California.
Mr. Masuda has served as a coach to high school students in mock trials and provides pro bono services to the Alliance on Aging, Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey Film Commission, Habitat for Humanity, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, and other non-profits.
His clients include individuals, businesses, banking institutions, commercial property owners, ranch owners, vineyard operators, tourism and hospitality-related businesses, and agricultural growers and shippers. Mr. Meyenberg holds the highest rating, "AV", from Martindale-Hubbell.
Professional Affiliations
Monterey County Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association
State Bar of California
American Bar Association
California Association of Realtors®
National Association of Realtors®
Monterey County Association of Realtors®
Education
JD, magna cum laude, Santa Clara University, 1989
BA, high honors, University of California - Santa Barbara, 1985
Mr. Simpson's practice focus is estate planning, probate, trust and estate administration and litigation, conservatorships and business matters. He has extensive experience in all phases of planning, administration and litigation, and is certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in probate, estate planning and trust law. Mr. Simpson holds the highest rating "AV Preeminent" from Martindale-Hubbell.
For more than 20 years, Ms. Payne's practice has focused on labor and employment law, providing counseling to employers and defending employers in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies including the Labor Commissioner and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
Mr. Pearson focuses his practice on the resolution of complex business, trusts, construction and real estate disputes. He has also had extensive experience in negotiating complex business and real estate transactions and representing non-profit organizations. Mr. Pearson holds the highest rating, "AV", from Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Baldwin's practice focuses on business, real estate and land use, particularly as applied to the needs of agricultural clients. Mr. Baldwin holds the highest rating, "AV", from Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Shearer's practice is focused on drafting estate plans and advising trustees and executors on trust administration and probate matters, including litigation.