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33 distinguished attorneys in San Francisco, California, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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Rodney R. Peck

Rodney R. Peck

Distinguished Lawyer

Corporate and Transactional Law

Four Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA, USA

A senior partner of Pillsbury’s Financial Institutions group, Rodney Peck has worked with some of the world’s largest financial institutions and other corporations in transactions worth billions of dollars. Rod practices in the areas of corporate, securities, M&A, finance and banking law, with a particular focus on the financial services industry. Rod’s practice regularly includes representation of banks and bank holding companies in connection with federal and state regulatory matters (including bank and bank holding company formations).

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Roman Lee

Roman Lee

Distinguished Lawyer

Immigration Law

101 The Embarcadero suite 211, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA

Recognized by clients and colleagues for effectiveness of his counsel, ROMAN LEE is a seasoned immigration attorney representing businesses and individuals across the United States and abroad. For nearly 25 years, Roman has handled thousands of cases in complex work visa, family immigration, green card and naturalization matters. Regardless of business or individual, Roman’s clients are confident to return to Roman and often refer their colleagues, friends and family to Roman whenever they need help with immigration concerns, issues, and challenges. While knowledge, skill and experience are important, Roman believes that the following guiding principles contributed to the long-standing, trusted relationship and client’s success.

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Sarah Shapero

Sarah Shapero

Distinguished Lawyer

Real Estate Law

100 Pine St, Ste 530, San Francisco, CA 94111

Sarah Shapero has been a foreclosure defense litigator for 10 years and has saved countless homes from foreclosure and has saved her clients over $75,000,000 through loan modification savings.

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Stephen Ruben

Family and Divorce Law

50 California Street, 15th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111

Mr. Ruben provides family law representation, mediation, and private judging in San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin Counties. Steve’s practice is devoted to complex family law litigation including high net worth divorce cases, financial issues, spousal and child support, high conflict custody disputes, and dissolution, including non-marital and domestic partnerships. Steve is a Certified Family Law Specialist through the California Board of Legal Specialization and is also a member of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists. San Francisco magazine has singled out Steve as a San Francisco Super Lawyer in the area of family law. Steve has been practicing law for over thirty years, with an impressive record of results in highly contested cases. He is especially sought after for his ability to effectively and quickly turn around cases that have languished because of passive or poor representation. Steve is a member of the Editorial Board of Lexis/Nexis California Family Law Monthly Journal and writes bi-monthly case analysis and practice pointers for family law practitioners. Steve is a frequent lecturer on continuing education programs for the Family Law Section of the State Bar of California and the Bar Association of California covering topics such child custody disputes, move-aways, child and spousal support modification and termination and the impact of bankrupt proceedings in a pending dissolution of marriage. Steve graduated with honors from Bethany College, West Virginia and Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago Kent College of Law. Steve is a member of the State Bar of Illinois (1973) United States Supreme Court (1981) and State Bar of California (admitted 1992).

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Steve Teraoka

Corporate and Transactional Law

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94111

STEVEN G. TERAOKA is the Managing Partner of Teraoka & Partners LLP, a San Francisco based international corporate law firm specializing in domestic and international transactions. Mr. Teraoka has been practicing law for the past 43 years as both a business transactional and trial attorney. He now serves as a counselor and general counsel to multi national Japan and European based companies. Since 1988, he has been rated as an ?AV? attorney, the highest rating for superior legal competence and ethics issued by the Martindale-Hubbell Directory, a worldwide compilation of attorneys. Mr. Teraoka has been recognized, and featured in the August editions of San Francisco Magazine as one of the Super Lawyers of Northern California annually since 2008. In 2015, he was named an elite attorney in the Forbes Legal Black Book. In 2017, he was selected to be included in the Top 100 Highstakes Litigators for Northern California.

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