1. PATRICIA CALLAHAN (COURT REPORTERS)
3553 Castro Valley Blvd, Castro Valley, CA 94546 - Phone: (510) 885-2374, Email: wereport@aol.com, Web: www.callahanreporting.com
Patricia Callahan and her crack team of talented court reporters have provided court reporting services to Price And Associates since 1991. They have stayed late and worked hard on difficult cases and always provided an accurate transcript of what was said (often reluctantly) by each witness.
2. JASMINE GIFTS & COLLECTIBLES (FRAMING AND GIFTS)
3770 San Pablo Dam Road, El Sobrante, CA 94803 - Phone: (510) 223-4470
Matthew Pourabedin sells wonderful gift objects, collectables, limited editions and pictures. He has done the framing on all of Pamela's awards, major newspaper articles and acknowledgements that she has received as well as the beautiful artwork which adorns our office. He is a licensed retailer of Thomas Blackshear cold-cast porcelain sculptures and has provided us with most of the beautiful hand-painted ethnic pieces found throughout the office.
3. DENNIS MIDDLETON, CPA (CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT)
5959 Estates Drive, Oakland, CA 94611 - Phone: (510) 339-8860, Web: www.dennismiddletoncpa.com
Dennis Middleton is a financial advisor and planner as well as a tax consultant and preparer. He is knowledgeable regarding real estate transactions and financial planning for businesses. He has provided financial advice for the Firm since 2005.
4. HAYES & ASSOCIATES (DEPOSITION SUMMARIES)
120 Port Road, Box 375, Point Arena, CA 95468 - Phone: (707) 882-2781
Jim Hayes has done a fantastic job for most of our twenty years in summarizing deposition transcripts - usually on a very tight schedule. His insights and tight skills in breaking the witness' testimony down have been extremely helpful in trial, providing a foundation for Pamela's "strenuous" cross-examination of the Defendant's witnesses.
5. GRANT & SMITH, LLP (CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT)
505 14th St # 950, Oakland, CA 94612-1941 - Phone: (510) 832-0257, Web: grantandsmithcpa.com
Ralph Grant, JD, CPA and his partner, Charlene Smith, provided accounting and tax services from the early 1990s up until the time of Ralph's untimely death. Ralph was a great business and community leader and a role model especially to the youth through his 20 years as a coach in the Babe Ruth Baseball League, NABA. Ralph is dearly missed by his family, partners and many clients.
6. DLA MANAGEMENT SERVICES (BUSINESS CONSULTING)
8227 Ney Avenue, Oakland, CA - Phone: (510) 385-5660
Dianne Andrews has provided business management consulting services to Price And Associates for over 19 years. From almost the very beginning Dianne has assisted us with our client billing services, business management, and assistance with personnel hiring and training. More recently, she is helping to expand upon our marketing and brand identification.
7. FLORY CONSTRUCTION (COMMERICAL CONSTRUCTION)
2325 Verna Ct., San Leandro, CA 94577 - Phone: (510) 483.6860, Fax: (510).483.1722, Web: www.floryconstruction.com
David Flory serves as president and resident "nerve center" for Flory Construction. With more than three decades of construction industry experience under his belt, he provides leadership in coordinating every aspect of construction--from design, estimating, and billing to procedures, project management, and construction--necessary to bring a project to completion. David's top priorities for the company and himself--personal attention, customer satisfaction, and careful follow-up--are driven by a genuine concern for each of his Flory Construction's clients. Dave most recently oversaw the recent renovations to the new building at 901 Clay Street.
8. HOODYE & ASSOCIATES (IT MANAGEMENT)
Steve Hoodye was Pamela's first IT professional who installed her first network system and maintained her technology needs for many years. Steve is now retired.
9. PALFIN & ASSOCIATES (LEGAL ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS)
370 Altair Way, # 294, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 - Phone: (408) 746-3788
Dr. Richard A. Palfin, Ph.D. has provided expert economic consulting services to the Firm since the very first trial in 1993. He has provided economic evaluations of damages claims for numerous clients since then, and is an outstanding witness at trial. His experience testifying in trial courts across the country is so vast that Pamela affectionately (and proudly) refers to his presentation at trial as "the Richard Palfin Show."
10. PAUL S.D. BERG (PSYCHOLOGIST)
400 29th Street, Suite 315, Oakland, CA 94609 - Phone: (510) 893-3413
Dr. Paul Berg is a forensic psychologist with many years of experience with litigation who also provides healing services to his patients. He has assisted the Firm in healing many clients as well as providing "really good" trial testimony to help juries understand the real harm experienced by victims of discrimination.
11. NATIONAL JURY PROJECT (TRIAL CONSULTANTS)
1901 Harrison Street, Suite 1550, Oakland, CA 94612-3597 - Phone:
(510) 832-2583, Fax: (510) 839-8642, Email: njp-west@njp.com, Web: www.njp.com
National Jury Project® is a professional trial consulting firm with offices in Oakland, California; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Madison, New Jersey. In the early 1970's, its founders pioneered the use of social science research to improve jury selection and case presentation in jury trials. Established in 1975, the National Jury Project is the nation's first trial consulting firm. It has provided advice and services to the Firm in many trials over the past twenty years.
12. BANK OF ALAMEDA (SMALL BUSINESS BANKING)
P.O. Drawer F, Alameda, CA 94501-0272 - Phone: (510) 748-8000, Email: info@bankofalameda.com, Web: www.bankofalameda.com
Bank of Alameda, led by Cynthia Phillips in the Oakland office, has provided excellent commercial banking services to the Firm for the past decade and often stepped up to assist clients with their banking needs.
The Bank of Alameda is a community based bank serving the needs of the greater East Bay. By delivering a high level of personal and professional attention to its clients and a superior level of service, the Bank is a perfect choice for individuals, small to medium-sized businesses, professionals, and builders.
13. LANDIS LAVELL GRADEN (REAL ESTATE BROKER)
22551 Second St., Ste. 255, Hayward, CA 94541 - Phone: (510) 881.2510, Fax: (510) 372.0339, Email: lgraden@dcgdev.com, Web: www.dcgdev.com
Landis Lavell Graden, President & Chief Operating Officer of Dutra-Cerro-Graden, founded Penn & Graden Properties, a residential properties acquisition company, in 1997. Landis was the real estate broker who found the current home of the Firm and helped Pamela through the purchase process. His company oversaw the transition into the new building. Landis specializes in helping small businesses, non-profit organizations and churches in finding the right spot to grow and thrive.
14. BARON'S STATIONERS (BUSINESS SUPPLIES)
Baron Empire Paper, 655 Kennedy Street, Oakland, CA 94606 - Phone: (510) 534-2700
Baron's Stationers has for many years provided Pamela's formal stationery needs, letterhead, envelopes and business cards.
15. THE JAY GROUP (FINANCIAL SERVICES)
The Jay Group, 2185 N. California Blvd., Suite 400, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 - Phone: (925) 746-0272, Toll Free: (888) 583-7108, Fax: (925) 746-0261, Email: jaygroup@ubs.com, Web:www.ubs.com/team/jaygroup
The Jay Group, led by well-respected financial investment manager Kelly Kenneth Jay, includes a team of highly efficient professionals who have provided financial support and commercial banking services for the Firm on a daily basis since 1997. They are currently associated with UBS Financial Services in Walnut Creek. Kelly, Kathy, Sheila and Sherylyn have been a fabulous support network in good times and bad and made a way for the Firm to keep trucking through the worst economic times.
16. ELOISE MIDDLETON (REALTOR)
Eloise Middleton, Keller Williams Realty - Phone: (925) 934-2900, Cell: (510) 386-0547, Office: (925) 934-2900, Email: emiddleton@kw.com, Web:www.eloiserealtor.com
Eloise Middleton has spent a lifetime working in customer service and knows that real estate is all about putting her clients' needs first. In today's real estate market, you want a realtor who can navigate through the turbulent times. Eloise is that realtor. When you work with Eloise, you're family.
17. ROBERT HALF (TEMPORARY PERSONNEL SERVICES)
1999 Harrison Street, Ste. 1100, Oakland, CA 94612 - Phone: (510) 271-0910, Email: oakland@roberthalflegal.com, Web: www.roberthalf.com
Robert Half Legal Temporary Personnel Services is the premier provider of highly skilled legal professionals for law firms and corporate legal departments located in major markets in North America.
18. TED HARRIS (FORENSIC ILLUSTRATOR)
Ted Harris worked with Attorney Price for many years providing unique trial exhibits and demonstrative drawings and models to help establish liability and damages in jury trials.
19. DON LEEPER (INSURANCE SERVICES)
Farmers Insurance, 525 Estudillo Avenue, Suite D, San Leandro, CA 94577- Phone: (510) 357-3115, Web: www.farmersagent.com/dleeper.
Don Leeper has provided excellent insurance services to the Firm over most of the past 20 years, covering our operations, furniture and equipment, as well as property insurance for the two office buildings purchased by the Firm.
20. RICHARD FREEMAN INSURANCE (FINANCIAL PLANNING)
Richard Freeman Insurance Service, 3410 Lakeshore Ave # 205, Oakland, CA 94610 - Phone: (510) 835-3377.
Richard Freeman has also provided excellent insurance and financial services to the Firm for many years. He helped us secure comprehensive health insurance and has also provided financial products to the Firm's clients, including valuable annuities.
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