James Gulseth

James H. (Jim) Gulseth was born and attended high school in Devils Lake, North Dakota and graduated with an A.B. degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Jim earned his JD degree at the University of California Hastings School of Law in San Francisco and is admitted to practice in the State of California and before the Federal District Court, Northern District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the Corporations, Business Transactions, Securities and Tax and Intellectual Property Sections of the State Bar of California. Jim’s reported cases include PACKER TRANSPORTATION CO v. USA, 596 F.2d 891; PLATTS v. SACRAMENTO NORTHERN RAILWAY, 253 Cal. Rptr. 269, 205 Cal. App. 3d 1025. Jim has assisted hundreds of business start ups, including many significant start-ups such as Pleasanton’s Phosistor Technologies, Inc., that raised over $15 million in Series A and B offerings. Jim is a member of the State Bar of California, the Alameda County Bar Association, and a member and past President of the Eastern Alameda County Bar Association. Jim is a member and a past President of the Rotary Club of Pleasanton and the Rotary Club of Pleasanton Foundation. He is also a founder and past member of the Board of the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce Community Foundation, a founder, past officer and past member of the Advisory Committee for Pleasanton Partnerships in Education, a member of the advisory board of Dublin Partnerships in Education, a member of the Board of the Museum on Main, a founding officer and director of Pleasanton Heat, a track and field and running club, and a member of the Berkeley Yacht Club. Jim's practice areas include asset protection, business contracts and transactions, business law, business start-ups and entity formation, corporation law and incorporation, limited partnership and family limited partnership law, limited liability company law, and real estate law and litigation.

Univ of California Berkeley

Undergraduate Degree

UC Hastings COL

Law Degree

Managing Partner

JGPC Business & Corporate Law

1995 - Current

Institute of Real Estate Education

1982

Real Estate Taxation

1982

Licenced Real Estate Broker (1981)

State of California

AV Preeminent for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability

Martindale-Hubbell

2014

AV Peer Review Rating

Martindale-Hubbell

2012

State Bar of California Sections of Corporations, Business Transactions, Securities and Tax, and Intellectual Property

Member

Current

Tri Valley Business and Estate Planning Council

Charter Member

Current

Pleasanton Partnerships in Education

Advisory Council

1993 - Current

Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce

Member

1991 - Current

Pleasanton Rotary Club

Member

1989 - Current

California

Since 1974

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