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November 1 - Sacramento BRIAN DeAMICIS is a sole practitioner in Sacramento, where his practice is concentrated in the areas of residential and commercial real estate and bankruptcy. Mr. DeAmicis is a judge pro tem for Sacramento Superior Court, an arbitrator for Sacramento and Solano Superior courts, and he does alternative dispute resolution for El Dorado Superior courts. Mr. DeAmicis received his B.A. degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his J.D. degree from Northwestern University. He is a member of the Sacramento County Bar Association (Past Chairman, Small Law Practice Section) and the State Bar of California. JOSEPH W. SCALIA is a sole practitioner in Roseville, California, where he practices in the areas of business law, construction law, sports law, entertainment law, employment law and real estate litigation. Mr. Scalia holds an AV Rating and is listed in Martindale-Hubbell's directory of Pre-Eminent Lawyers in the United States. He has been a licensed real estate broker in the state of California since 1982. Mr. Scalia has served as a judge pro tem for the Sacramento Superior Court and as an arbitrator with the Sacramento County Judicial Arbitration Association. He also has served as a member on the panel of arbitrations for the American Arbitration Association and as a mediator in alternative dispute resolutions for El Dorado County Superior Court. Mr. Scalia earned his B.A. degree, with honors, from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. He has served as a panelist for National Business Institute in the area of limited liability companies, and is a member of the Sacramento County Bar Association and the State Bar of California. NANCY VAN TASSEL is vice president and senior claims counsel with Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, in California, where she practices in the area of title insurance. She has been in the title insurance field for more than 30 years. Ms. Van Tassel teaches a paralegal class on real estate issues at San Francisco State University. She has lectured on general business law at San Francisco State University, Diablo Valley Junior College and the College of Marin, which are local California community colleges for continuing education of the bar. Ms. Van Tassel earned her B.A. degree from San Francisco State University and her J.D. degree from the University of San Francisco. She is a member of the State Bar of California. November 3 - Oakland ELIZABETH BERKE-DREYFUSS is a partner at the Oakland law firm of Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP, where she practices in bankruptcy law. Her concentration is primarily on business reorganizations and liquidation, representation of creditors, debtors, trustees in bankruptcy cases, out of court workouts, assignments for the benefit of creditors, creditors' rights, secured transactions and commercial and real property litigation. Ms. Berke-Dreyfuss earned her B.A. degree from Ohio State University, her M.A. degree from Lone Mountain College and her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of San Francisco School of Law. She is a member of Alameda County and San Francisco (member, Commercial Law Section) bar associations and is the current co-chair, and the former secretary, of the Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California. LEONARD E. MARQUEZ is a civil litigation attorney with the law firm of Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP, in Oakland, California. Founded in 1909, Wendel Rosen is a long established Oakland law firm that provides a full range of legal services to businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Mr. Marquez' practice focuses on lease disputes and commercial tenant evictions, as well as general civil litigation. He is a graduate of UCLA School of Law and earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University. Mr. Marquez has represented commercial landlords in all manner of commercial lease disputes, including tenant evictions and breach of lease claims. Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP, is widely regarded as one of the premier real estate law firms in the region. To learn more about Wendel Rosen, please visit www.wendel.com or contact Mr. Marquez at lmarquez@wendel.com. STEVEN M. MORGER is an experienced litigator with Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP, where he represents clients involved in real estate and complex business disputes. He has particular expertise in the areas of mortgages, deeds of trust, foreclosure and antideficiency issues, as well as guarantees and U.C.C. personal property-secured transactions. Mr. Morger works with all aspects of civil litigation and discovery through trial and appeal. He also is frequently called upon to act as a consultant for other California and out-of-state counsel on real estate secured transactions, foreclosures and U.C.C. personal property-secured transactions. Mr. Morger has co-taught secured land transactions for 15 years at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Morger served as vice president of a company specializing in non judicial real estate foreclosures as trustee and agent for trustee. During this time, he personally handled all aspects of foreclosure proceedings, from recordation and service of Notice of Default through sale. He earned his B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of California and his LL.M. degree from Golden Gate University.
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