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The firm's office is in the City of San Mateo, located midway between San Francisco and San Jose and just across the Bay from Oakland and Hayward in the East Bay counties. From San Mateo, the firm provides its clients with representation not only in the counties located within the Bay Area (San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Napa, Contra Costa, and Sonoma), but throughout the state.

Members of the firm have handled matters in many counties of the state, including Southern California ( Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties) and Central California ( Fresno, Mendocino San Joaquin, Kern, and Amador Counties). The firm also maintains relationships with firms throughout the country as well, and can assist clients in locating firms to represent them in out-of-state matters.

Office Locations:

San Mateo
1777 Borel Place, Suite 1000
San Mateo , CA 94402

Telephone: (650) 685-9300
Facsimile: (650) 685-3967

Oakland
3645 Grand Avenue, Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94610

Telephone: (510)834-7500

E-mail: howielaw@howielaw.com


Directions to San Mateo office:

From Highway 101

Take Highway 92 West from Highway 101

Go to Alameda de las Pulgas Avenue exit
(first exit after El Camino Real exits)

Veer right of exit ramp onto Borel Avenue
(before you get to Alameda de las Pulgas Avenue)

Turn right onto Borel Avenue

Follow Borel Avenue to Borel Place
(past Borel Place office park)

Turn right onto Borel Place

1777 Borel Place is the last building on the left.

Directions to Oakland Office:

From Highway 880

Take the Broadway exit and turn right on Broadway. Proceed .6 miles to Grand Avenue. Turn right on Grand Avenue for 1.5 miles.

From Interstate 80

Take Highway 580 (east) to Grand Avenue exit. Exit at Grand Avenue exit onto MacArthur Boulevard (.2 miles). Turn left on Grand Avenue (.4 miles).

 

Articles

Drafting Enforceable Sports and Recreation Waiver and Release Agreements

Formation of Sports and Recreation Waiver and Release Agreements in California

Avoiding Express Assumption of the Risk: Common Contract Defenses and Alternate Theories of Liability in California


Sample Cases

McAvoy v. Sears Point International Raceway and American Motorcycle Federation
Plaintiff was rendered paraplegic when his motorcycle impacted a restraining barrier on the track.

Ford, Andrada et al. v. County of Alameda, Alameda County Fairgrounds
Plaintiffs were patrons of the Alameda County Fair on July 4, 1998 when a gang gun battle broke out on the midway resulting in serious gunshot and stampeding injuries to multiple Fair patrons.

Stanley v. County of Napa, Franciscan Vineyards
Plaintiff, an attorney, sustained major head and other injuries when he fell from his bicycle after it hit a culvert at the intersection of a county road and the driveway to our client's winery.

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