http://www.sf-legal.com/rss.xml Latest news and features from Sayar Fausto LLP, Silicon Valley Attorneys at Law en-gb © sf-legal 2008 http://www.sf-legal.com/news7.html KRON TV Channel 4 ran a special program on Sayar Fausto LLP as part of its 'Best of the Bay' series http://www.sf-legal.com/news6.html With fifteen years of experience working as an attorney in the Bay Area at some of the top Silicon Valley law firms, we are pleased to announce that Cheryl Erber has joined our civil litigation practice. Her expertise covers many types of civil litigation, from real estate disputes to intellectual property dispute. Cheryl also has experience in employment litigation ranging from wrongful termination to harassment cases. Within the local community, Cheryl has served on numerous non-profit boards such as All-Schools-Fund, Palo Alto Foundation for Education (PAFE), Partners in Education (PiE), Palo Alto Historic Homes (PAST) and executive boards of Walter Hays School PTA, Jordan Middle School PTA and Palo Alto High School PTSA. "Cheryl’s exceptional combination of corporate and litigation experience will allow her to serve Sayar Fausto’s corporate clients with a comprehensive litigation perspective unique to very few attorneys", said Alison Sayar, partner at Sayar Fausto LLP. http://www.sf-legal.com/news5.html We are pleased to announce that business, finance and real-estate attorney Jack Lawrence h as joined Sayar Fausto LLP in the area of Corporate law and Real-Estate. Jack brings to us his extensive experience counselling clients, including businesses, banks, and other lenders, in matters of entity formation, corporate governance, finance, loan documentation, and mergers and acquisitions. Before joining Sayar Fausto, LLP, Jack worked at Hoge Fenton in its corporate division, served as Managing Director of the Shaw, Spangler and Lawrence firm in Denver, CO, and undertook the position of Vice President/Legal Counsel for ColoradoNational Bankshares, Inc. (now part of U.S. Bank.) http://www.sf-legal.com/news4.html Sayar Fausto is proud to announce that Shannon Stein has been awarded "2008 Barrister of the Year" by the Santa Clara County Bar Association. The Barrister's Award is given to an attorney who demonstrates high ethical and professional values, is active in the community, performs pro bono work and is active in the bar association. Shannon is currently the Chair of the Family Law Section Committee and is on the Board of Trustees of the Santa Clara Bar Association. (SCCBA). She also is a member of the Women Lawyers Committee, and the Finance Committee of the SCCBA. Shannon previously served as Chair of the Barrister’s Section from 2004 though 2007. She also is on the Amicus Committee of the Silicon Valley Legal Services, is active in the Junior League of Palo Alto/Menlo Park, William Ingram American Inn of Court and participates in other community organizations. Shannon joined Sayar Fausto LLP in October 2007 and has been practicing Family Law since she graduated from law school. http://www.sf-legal.com/news3.html Sayar Fausto, LLP is pleased to announce its expansion of its offices in Los Altos, California. The new office will cover one-quarter of the existing building and will house an expanded litigation and family law practice. Alison Sayar, managing partner at Sayar Fausto, LLP , said "We are very excited with our expansion and the addition of three new attorneys: Alice Ahn, Michael Nichols and Shannon Stein. We have worked very hard on behalf of our Silicon Valley clients and our expansion is a testament to our commitment and superior client service. We are thankful to our clients for their support and sincerely appreciate their referrals to us. We view the expansion as an opportunity to continue to offer our customized services to more clients in Silicon Valley." http://www.sf-legal.com/news2.html The business transaction attorneys at sf-legal assisted Paragon Services, Inc. in their second acquisition. Paragon is a company dedicated to salon services in the Silicon Valley and New York State. Paragon intends to extend its salon services to the State of New York. The acquisition of two salons in New York represent a great acquisition for the businesses' expansion effort. Paragon is a closely held corporation dedicated to providing salon services on the West Coast. Paragon's acquisition demonstrate successful approaches to management and industry analysis. sf-legal represents Paragon and provides consulting and business advice to the company's management. http://www.sf-legal.com/news1.html Family law resident and long time practitioner from Santa Clara County joins Sayar Fausto, LLP, providing additional support to its family law practice. "We are very excited with Shannon. She comes from a very well established San Jose firm. She handles complex litigation in family law and has extensive experience with divorces in Silicon Valley." Mario Fausto.