North Bay
Hanson Bridgett's North Bay Office — overlooking the Larkspur ferry terminal and the San Francisco Bay — provides the firm's clients in Marin, Napa, and Sonoma with ready access to the full range of legal services offered by Hanson Bridgett. Headed by Gary Giacomini — formerly Marin County Supervisor of 24 years, member of the California Coastal Commission, member of the BCDC, and director of the Marin Agricultural Land Trust — this office is uniquely attuned to the special demands exerted by the economy, history, and politics of the North Bay.
The Marin office is staffed exclusively by Hanson Bridgett attorneys drawn from the North Bay. We are deeply involved in the community we serve and take pride in our knowledge of local issues. As the only "downtown San Francisco" firm located in Marin County, we can match legal qualifications with any San Francisco firm — whether measured by successful client outcomes, length of experience, law schools or academic records — but our knowledge of the realities of doing business north of the Golden Gate Bridge cannot be paralleled.
Among the areas of specialization represented in the North Bay office are:
- litigation, ranging from general litigation and construction litigation to eminent domain;
- real estate and land use, including planning permits, zoning, CEQA, and real property financing;
- estate planning;
- business organizations and finance, including the formation and structuring of corporations, partnerships, LLC's and LLP's;
- contracts; and
- nonprofit law.
In addition, we routinely call upon the expertise of over 100 of our San Francisco and Sacramento-based attorneys in arenas as esoteric as water rights or air transport law, as specialized as health care law, or as complex as tax and employee benefit planning. It is this blend of deep local experience and broad legal expertise which makes the Hanson Bridgett office an important resource for individuals and businesses in Marin and the North Bay.
