Roster

Officers

Chair
Hagop T. Bedoyan
• Certified Bankruptcy Law Specialist
Frenso
Vice-Chair
David E. Holmes
• Certified Franchise and Distribution Law Specialist
San Luis Obispo

Advisor

Wesley H. Avery
• Certified Bankruptcy Law Specialist
Los Angeles

Members

Mitchell Abbott
• Certified Appellate Law Specialist
Los Angeles
B J Fadem
• Certified Family Law Specialist
San Jose
Melbourne N. "Mickey" Gwin
• Certified Family Law Specialist
Merced
Bryan C. Hartnell 
• Certified Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Specialist
Redlands
Curt Harrington
• Certified Taxation Law Specialist
Long Beach
Ricardo Goni
• Public Member
West Sacramento
J. Antonio Nierras
• Certified Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist
Burlingame
 

Advisory Commission Chairs

Admiralty and Maritime Law
B. Otis Felder
• Certified Admiralty and Maritime Law Specialist
Beverly Hills
Appellate Law
Joseph M. Quinn
• Certified Appellate Law Specialist
San Francisco
Bankruptcy Law
David E. Britton
• Certified Bankruptcy Law Specialist
La Mesa
Criminal Law
Jeffrey B. Hayden
• Certified Criminal Law Specialist
Redwood City
Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law
Linda C. Kramer 
• Certified Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Specialist
Los Altos
Family Law
Linda S. Gross
• Certified Family Law Specialist
Santa Monica
Franchise & Distribution Law
Glenn Plattner 
• Certified Franchise and Distribution Law Specialist
Santa Monica
Immigration & Nationality Law
James A. Bach 
• Certified Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist
San Francisco
Legal Malpractice Law
Peter Fortune
San Francisco
 
Taxation Law
Sonia M. Agee 
• Certified Taxation Law Specialist
San Jose
Workers' Compensation Law
L. Robert Vermes 
• Certified Workers' Compensation Law Specialist
Santa Ana
 

Council of Past Chairs

Lester J. Friedman
• Certified Workers' Compensation Law Specialist
Beverly Hills
John W. Munsill
• Certified Family Law Specialist
Gold River
Alice W. O'Sullivan
• Certified Workers' Compensation Law Specialist
Oakland
 

Contact Us

The State Bar of California
Department of Legal Specialization
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA  94105
Phone: 415-538-2120
FAX: 415-538-2180
LegalSpec@calbar.ca.gov