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Ms. Cowles provide assistance in all areas of family law.  She is extensively experienced in child and spousal support issues, mediation of family law disputes, and valuation of community assets.  Mr. Ackerman is also provides the firm's family law clients with as-needed assistance in adoption, estate planning issues, complex fraud investigation and litigation with ex-spouses, and other areas.  Ms. Cowles has provided successful outcomes to high end clients with complex business issues, difficult child support issues, and cutting edge retirement issues.

 
Business Litigation and Formation

Messrs. Lindsley and Ackerman handle the firm's business law clients.  We have faithfully assisted many clients in establishing and protecting businesses throughout California.  Our attorneys are experienced in establishing nonprofit corporations, small corporations, partnerships, LLCs and a variety of other business variations.  Our business clients have included wireless phone companies, mining interests, engineering firms, construction firms, FCC-regulated businesses, restaurants, accounting firms, art shops, and other businesses.  Aside from litigation services, we are able to offer assistance with preventative strategies to protect against litigation, development of company/employee policies, labor commission proceedings, and consulting in a variety of critical areas of business management.

         

 Personal Injury Defense & Prosecution

Michael Sands, Steve Lindsley and Rich Ackerman provide preventative consulting, defense strategies and litigation services for companies and individuals facing potential or alleged personal injury claims.  We have defended a number of large companies, small businesses, and individuals.  Such cases have included claims of defamation, workplace injuries, dog bites, auto injury, nuisance, and other types of claims.  The firm also handles plaintiff's cases on a less frequent basis.  Retention of such cases depends upon the severity of the plaintiff's injuries, amount of economic damages, and/or the public interests sought to be promoted through strategic plaintiff-oriented litigation.  We do not handle, as a general matter, soft tissue injury cases.

Probate & Estate Law

Messrs. Lindsley, Ackerman and Sands provide estate planning services, including Living Trusts, Wills, Durable Powers of Attorney, Healthcare Directives, Bioethics Consulting and Review, Guardianships, Conservatorships, Adoptions and other types of matters typically handled by Riverside Superior Court's Probate Division.