Professional Staff.

Colette F. Stone. 1987 Honors Graduate, McGeorge School of Law; twenty-three years of practice specializing in representing developers, general contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers in construction defect litigation, as well as personal injury claims; extensive trial, arbitration and special master experience; has served as a judge pro tem and arbitrator; served as liaison counsel in complex coordinated litigation; recognized by The Order of the Barristers for excellence in oral advocacy; admitted to practice in California; member of the Bar and officer of the Supreme Court of the United States; highest AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell.


Jennifer E. McEneaney. 1995 Magna Cum Laude Graduate, University of San Francisco School of Law; fifteen years of practice specializing in representing general contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers in construction defect litigation; admitted to practice in California.


Ronald F. Berestka, Jr. 1991 Honors Graduate, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts; nineteen years of practice specializing in defense of claims including personal injury, employment discrimination, professional liability, product liability and construction defect; extensive trial and appellate experience; admitted to practice in California, Colorado and Massachusetts; highest AV-rated in Martindale Hubbell.


Juliet MacMillin Lompa. 1988 Cum Laude Graduate, Western State University College of Law; twenty-two years of practice specializing in product liability, commercial litigation, premises liability and construction defect; admitted to practice in California, Maryland and the District of Columbia; highest AV-rated in Martindale Hubbell.


Merrilee C. Hague Miller.  1991 graduate, Santa Clara University School of Law; 1988 graduate, University of California Berkeley; over eighteen years of practice specializing primarily in personal injury, construction defect, and commercial litigation; admitted to practice in California.

Marissa N. Acree. 2006 graduate, Syracuse University College of Law; member, Moot Court Honor Society; B.S. from Indiana University; three years of practice specializing in construction defect litigation; admitted to practice in California.

Christina C. Brinley. 1989 Cum Laude Graduate, University of San Francisco School of Law; awarded Order of the Coif; twenty-one years of practice specializing in personal injury and product liability; extensive jury trial experience; admitted to practice in California.


S. Clinton Woods. 2006 Graduate, UC Hastings College of Law; graduated Cum Laude in 1999 from San Francisco State with a B.A. in Political Science; specializing in legal and statutory research; admitted to practice in California.


Barbara Burkhardt.  Paralegal and California Certified Legal Secretary; Office Manager; twenty-four years' experience in insurance defense litigation support and law office management; past president of Mt. Diablo Legal Secretaries Association, 1996-1998.