On November 1, 2008, we relocated to a beautiful office building near the Embarcadero in Downtown San Francisco. Here is our new address:

A Spiller Law client, Late Night Shots, a social networking site based in Washington, D.C., is a participant in a reality-based television show currently titled "Blonde Charity Mafia", a show about the Gen X social scene in Washington, D.C.


Based on MTV's "The Hills", "Blonde Charity Mafia" was bought by the Lifetime Network and was originally slated to air immediately after "Project Runway", a show that was to be acquired by the Lifetime Network from the Bravo Channel.  But the network has been in a legal battle with Bravo over "Runway's" airing making the timetable for the debut of "Blonde Charity Mafia" unclear at this time.

 Spiller Law advised on Private Offering

Pearl on the River, LLC, a Sacramento, California-based restaurant company, chose Spiller Law to advise it in its campaign to open it's flagship restaurant, Pearl on the River.

The upscale restaurant is to feature fine California Cuisine and will be situated on the Sacramento River near Sacramento's downtown. It is due to open in April 2009.

 The Juelle Hinman Endowment

The San Francisco Boys Chorus, one of the City's treasured cultural institutions, asked Spiller Law to create an endowment agreement to establish the Juelle Hinman Training Director Chair.

Juelle was the much beloved Director of the SFBC Training Group for many years. In honor of her commitment to the Chorus, her family formed the endowment to provide funds to pay the salary of the Training Director for years to come.

This is the second endowment we have created for the San Francisco Boys Chorus. The first one, created in 2007, was in honor of the founder of the chorus, Madi Bacon.

 Berkeley's GuitarTricks.com

Berkeley-based entrepreneur, Jon Broderick, CEO of the leading online guitar instructional site, GuitarTricks.com, has retained Spiller Law to help the company maintain its preeminent position in the online world.

Spiller Law is currently negotiating with EMI, Sony, Warner Chappell and others to secure rights to allow GuitarTricks.com to feature lessons showcasing a catalog of the world's most popular rock songs on its site.

 Selected to lead California Lawyers for the Arts Workshop

On November 19, 2008, I conducted a workshop entitled, "The Business of Making Your Film" at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center on behalf of California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA). CLA a non-profit volunteer organization providing legal advice for artists.

As part of my commitment to donate a part of my time to the Arts community, the workshop proved to be a lot of fun and was very well received. I have been asked to lead another presentation in March.

On a personal note, I am fortunate to be reconnecting with dear friends from my past.

Cynthia Shane Smith, a high school classmate, talented actress and musician, and now Statewide Director of Development for the March of Dimes, works just around the corner from my office. We have had a great time getting together for an occasional lunch or coffee.


David Patch, also a high school classmate, has had an impressive career in real estate and is now very involved as a musician with the Cantare Con Vivo Chorale here in the Bay Area. David came to me recently for estate planning advice and is now a client.

Our meeting again has rekindled friendships that stem from our days together as students at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, California.


My brother, Scott Spiller, also paid me a surprise visit recently. A pilot, musician, surfer, and successful aviation insurance executive, Scott lives in Dallas, Texas.