Legal Services & Lawyers

The Law Firm of Dennis G. Merenbach is a full service law firm representing and advising clients in the many different areas of law. Mr. Merenbach's academic credential and professional experience are of the highest caliber. Mr. Merenbach is committed to the pursuit of excellence, communicate effectively, and demonstrate personal and professional ethics, as well as the utmost concern for my clients.

Robert M. Sanger - born Arlington, Virginia, 1949;
Admitted to Practice Law: 1973, California; 1974, U.S. District Court, Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California; District of Arizona; Western District of Oklahoma; 1975, U.S. Tax Court; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.; 2010, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A. 1970); University of California at Los Angeles School of Law(J.D. 1973).

Author (Articles): Frequent contributor of articles and book reviews published in the American Bar Association Journal, The Federal Lawyer, the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Forum. Author of a monthly column for the Santa Barbara Lawyer Magazine entitled Criminal Justice (2006 to present).

Author (Law Review): Comparison of the Illinois Commission Report on Capital Punishment Recommendations with the Capital Punishment System in California published in Volume 44, University of Santa Clara Law Review, September 2003.

Faculty: Adjunct Professor of Law, Santa Barbara College of Law, 1975-1976; Capital Case Defense Seminar, Monterey, California, 2006 to 2009, 2011.

Lectured: University of California at Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara City College as Guest Lecturer. Lectured at MCLE courses for the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ), the California Public Defender's Association (CPDA), Santa Barbara County Bar Association, Kern County Bar Association and the Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Bar Association. Presented at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Symposium on the Wrongfully Convicted.

Member (Professional Legal Organizations): American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1976 to present (Board of Governors 2006 to present; Co-Chair of the CACJ Legislative Committee, 2007 to present); California Public Defenders Association, 1977 to present; Santa Barbara Women Lawyers; Santa Barbara County Bar Association (Member Board of Directors 1977 -- Chair, Criminal Law Section, 1978-1979, 1981, 1986-1988); Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Lawyer's Bar Association (Co-chair 1994-1995).

Member (Law Related Organizations): Death Penalty Focus (Director 1998 to present); American Civil Liberties Union, Santa Barbara Chapter (President 1987-1989; 1991-1993).

Delegate: Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (2004-2007).

Awards: California State Bar Board of Governor's Award for Pro Bono Services, 1982; Bill of Rights Award, A.C.L.U., Santa Barbara Chapter, 1994; Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Bar Association Order of the Reasonable Doubt, 1993; The Death Penalty Focus Special Achievement Award, 2004.

Board Certification: Certified Specialist, Criminal Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.

PRACTICE AREAS: Criminal Defense (State and Federal): Homicide; Death Penalty; Business and Securities Offenses; Sex Offenses and Crimes Against the Person; Complex Civil Litigation.




Listed:
Naifeth and Smith, The Best Lawyers in America;

Martindale-Hubbell, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

Mr. Sanger is designated a SuperLawyer by SuperLawyers Magazine

I grew up in Simi Valley, California, and my family is from Carpinteria, California. I attended Cal Lutheran University and the University of Oregon School of Law before establishing Bartlett & Herrington. Bartlett & Herrington is a general practice law firm located in the central California coastal town of Carpinteria. We represent individuals and businesses in Santa Barbara, Montecito, Summerland, Carpinteria, Ventura, Ojai, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, and Camarillo with the personal touch of local attorneys.

Travis C. Logue is the principal attorney at Logue Law. Mr. Logue is a connected Santa Barbara local who has successfully represented clients in all types of legal cases. His primary practice areas are real estate transactions and litigation. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 2004 and the District of Columbia Bar in 2012. He is an active participant of California's Real Property Law and Law Practice Management & Technology sections. Mr. Logue is also a member of the American Bar Association and Santa Barbara Bar Association. He graduated magna cum laude from Claremont McKenna College with a degree in Government and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Pepperdine School of Law with an emphasis on real estate transactions, negotiation, and dispute resolution. Mr. Logue has worked in diverse settings, which include Los Angeles, Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and London, UK. His wife, Lara, is the Firm's business manager and is also a successful real estate agent focusing on REOs at Sotheby's International Realty.

Licensed to practice law in California and Washington DC, Mr. Thiele's law practice has an emphasis on business and corporate law, litigation, and arbitration as well as mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Thiele is also a California real estate broker and is fluent in German. He holds a BS in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin Green Bay and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Santa Barbara College of Law

Former Deputy District Attorney in both Merced and Santa Barbara County. With close to 10 years of experience as a dedicated DA, I have now branched my experience into my own practice assisting people in defending their constitutional rights, and providing legal services in all other areas of the law.