Horan, Lloyd, Karachale, Dyer, Schwartz, Law & Cook, Incorporated


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Horan, Lloyd, Karachale, Dyer, Schwartz, Law & Cook, Incorporated


499 Van Buren Street Monterey, California 93940View Map

Practice Areas:

General Civil and Trial Practice. Litigation in State and Federal Courts, Corporate Law, Taxation, Employee Benefits, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Wrongful Termination, Eminent Domain, Zoning, Planning and Land Use, Environmental Law, Commercial Law, Trusts, Estate Planning, Probate, Trust and Estate Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Non-Profit Corporation Law.

Year Established: 1960

Firm Profile:

The law firm originated in 1960 when Laurence P. Horan joined former State Senator Fredrick S. Farr in the practice of law in Carmel. The firm relocated to Monterey in 1971 and continues to represent clients in a general civil and trial practice throughout Northern and Central California.

Firm Size: 15

Languages:

Spanish.

References:

Wells Fargo Bank; Bank of America National Trust & Savings Assn.; First National Bank of Monterey; Monterey County Bank.

Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM

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Laurence P. Horan (Member) born Oakland, California, June 23, 1929; admitted to bar, 1955, California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1952); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1955). Phi Delta Phi. Trustee, 1969— and Chairman of the Board, 1975-1976, Monterey Institute of International Studies. Doctor of Human letters Honoris Causa, 1995. Recipient, Monterey County Bar Association Justice Gibson Award for Outstanding Community Service, 1996. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: Monterey County and American (Chairman, 9th Circuit, 1977 and Member, Committee on Condemnation, Zoning and Property Use, Litigation Section, 1975—; Member, Committee on Products, General Liability and Consumer Law, Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law Section, 1977—) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Professional Negligence Law; Eminent Domain; Land Use; Environmental Law.

Francis P. Lloyd (Member) born Montreal, Canada, January 11, 1935; admitted to bar, 1960, California; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Stanford University and University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1956); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1959). Phi Delta Phi. Founding Director and President, Friends of Carmel Unified Schools, 1979-1981; Founding Director, Monterey Peninsula College Foundation, 1997-1998; Founding Director and President, 1969-1971, Our Land Acquisition Fund; Founding Director and Chair, Hatton Canyon Coalition, 1989-1997; Founding Director and President, Carmel Residents Association, 1988; Carmel Residents Association Citizen of the Year Award, 1994. Trustee, Big Sur Land Trust, 1994-2004. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Monterey County and American (Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Section on: Estate Planning, Trust and Probate). (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Wills; Trusts; Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Administration; Estate Administration; Estate and Trust Litigation.

Anthony T. Karachale (Member) born Eureka, California, March 7, 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, California; 1976, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1962; LL.B., 1964); Boston University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1970). Author: "Did The OTEY Case Survive the Tax Reform Act of 1984?" Vol 12, No. 2 California State Bar Tax Section News. Co-editor: "Review of Selected Code Legislation," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1963. Co-Author: "Installment Sales," 5 Taxation for Lawyers 270. Lecturer, Golden Gate University Center for Tax Studies, 1972-1977. Instructor, Federal Income Taxation, Monterey College of Law, 1977—. Member: American Society of Pension Actuaries Department of Labor Enforcement Committee, 1995-2003; Western Pension Conference. Member: Monterey County (Member, Executive Committee, 1998-2003; President, 2004); and American (Member, Committee on Professional Service Corporations, Section of Taxation, 1978-1980) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. (Certified Specialist, Taxation Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Taxation; ERISA; Employee Benefit Law.

Stephen W. Dyer (Member) born San Francisco, California, June 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, California; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1968); University of San Francisco (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Comments Editor, University of San Francisco Law Review, 1973-1974. Author: "Judicial Foreclosure After the Revised Enforcement of Judgments Act," VI Continuing Education of the Bar, Real Property Law Reporter 53 (1983). Co-Author: "Bernhardt's California Real Estate Laws," Lexis Law Publishing (2005); Bernhardt, Dyer & Rabin, "California Real Estate Finance," 4th Ed. (Carolina Academic Press 2004). Instructor, Real Estate Secured Transactions, Monterey College of Law, 1977—. Member: Monterey County (President, 1991) and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, and Chairperson, 1984-1985, Real Property Law Section; Member, 1988-1992 and Chair, 1992, Resolutions Committee of the Conference of Delegates); California Continuing Education of the Bar Real Property Law Institute (Member, Planning Committee, 1983-1997); American College of Real Estate Lawyers. [Lt., USNR, 1968-1971]. Practice Areas: Real Property Law; Business Law; Commercial Transactions.

Gary D. Schwartz (Member) born Quincy, Illinois, March 2, 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, California; 1975, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1976, Illinois; 1984, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Indiana University (B.S., Accounting, cum laude, 1967); Loyola University of Los Angeles (J.D., magna cum laude, 1973); Golden Gate University (LL.M., Taxation, cum laude, 1986). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, St. Thomas More Honor Law Society. Instructor: Banking Law, American Institute of Banking, 1977-1978 and Golden Gate University M.S. Taxation Program, 1987—. Associate, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California, 1973-1976. Member, Monterey County Vintners & Growers Association. Member: State Bar of California; Illinois State and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. [Capt., USAF, 1972]. (Certified Specialist, Taxation Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Taxation; International Tax; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Probate and Trust Law; Business; Corporate; Partnerships; Limited Liability Company; Real Estate Law.

Dennis M. Law (Member) born Los Angeles, California, November 15, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, California; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., Economics, with honors, 1966); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1969). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Torts. Professor, Monterey College of Law, 1976-1986. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Federal and State Court; Civil, Commercial and Real Estate Litigation; Real Property Transactions.

James J. Cook (Member) born New Jersey, July 31, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1976, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: East Stroudsburg University (B.A., 1970); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1973). Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Member: Monterey County Bar Association; State Bar of California. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1973-1976]. Practice Areas: Construction; Personal Injury; Employment; General Business Litigation.

Mark A. Blum (Member) born San Francisco, California, February 12, 1954; admitted to bar, 1986, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: San Francisco State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1986). Instructor, Moot Court Board, Hastings College of the Law, 1985-1986. Member: Monterey County and American (Member, State and Local Government Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Real Property, Public Law Section). Practice Areas: Land Use; Planning; Zoning; Subdivision; Inverse Condemnation.

Mark A. O'Connor (Member) born Sacramento, California, June 1, 1959; admitted to bar, 1990, California and U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California. Education: University of Pacific (B.S., 1980); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1990). Order of the Coif. Member, Traynor Honor Society. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Insurance Law. Instructor, Monterey College of Law, 1995-1999. Member: Monterey County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Law; Employment Law; Business Law; Intellectual Property.

Robert E. Arnold, III (Member) born Denver, Colorado, November 21, 1962; admitted to bar, 1996, California; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., Economics, 1988); Golden Gate University (J.D., with highest honors, 1996). Recipient: Criminal Law Award for Academic Excellence; American Jurisprudence Awards for Civil Procedure, Writing and Research, Criminal Procedure, Corporations, Community Property, Evidence, Insurance Law and Securities Regulation. Associate Editor, Golden Gate Law Review, 1995-1996. Author: Board of Natural Resources V. Brown: New York Grows Roots in Washington, Golden Gate University Moot Court Board. Formerly Banking Executive. Member: Monterey County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Business Law and Real Estate Sections). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law; Commercial Transactions; Executive Employment Law; Intellectual Property; Real Estate.

Elizabeth C. Gianola (Member) born Vallejo, California, March 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.S., magna cum laude, 1986); University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1989); University of Paris (M.A., highest honors, 1993; Ph.D., highest honors, 1998). Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. Author: "Land Tenure Security, Socio-Economic Development and the Force of Law," L'Harmatten Editions, Paris, 2000. Instructor, Ecole Supèrieure de Commerce de Paris, 1995-1997. Member, Laboratoire d'anthropologie juridique de Paris, 1994-1998. Member: State Bar of California (Member and Vice Chair, Executive Committee, Real Property Law Section, 1999-2002); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Real Property). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Land Use Law; Real Estate; Intellectual Property.

Aengus L. Jeffers (Member) born Belfast, North Ireland, May 30, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1996); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2000). Publication Editor, West Northwest Law Journal, Hastings College of the Law. Member: American Bar Association (Real Property Law Section). Practice Areas: Land Use; Water Law; Real Estate.

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Pamela H. Silkwood (Associate) born Seoul, Korea, October 11, 1967; admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: University of California, Davis (B.S., B.A., 1995); Monterey College of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Land Use; Environmental Law.

Michael P. Burns (Associate) born Miami, Florida, May, 17, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, California; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: Florida International University (B.A., 2002); University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 2005). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Executive Editor, Berkeley Journal of Labor and Employment Law. Law Clerk, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Labor Relations Board and Santa Clara District Attorney's Office. Member: Monterey County Bar Association. Special Agencies: Homeland Security National Labor Relations Board. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment.

Austin C. Bradley (Associate) born Azusa, California, June 1, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., with high honors, 2002); University of California, Davis (J.D., 2006); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Taxation, with distinction, 2007). Order of the Barristers. Overall Winner, Roger J. Traynor California Moot Court Competition, 2006. Member, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. Member: Monterey County and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Business; Trust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Organization; Commercial Transactions; Estate Planning.

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