Small Firms Big Ideas

DERGOSITS & NOAH
Founded: 1993
Offices: San Francisco and Santa Rosa
Attorneys: 9 (including 5 of counsel)
Support staff: 2
Practice areas: IP litigation, patent preparation and prosecution, counseling/opinion work

BIRKA-WHITE LAW OFFICES
Founded: 1981
Office: San Francisco
Attorneys: 3 (including 1 of counsel)
Support staff: 0
Practice area: Defective building materials class actions

SWANSON, McNAMARA & HALLER
Founded: 1998
Office: San Francisco
Attorneys: 4
Support staff: 2
Practice areas: White-collar criminal defense, complex civil litigation

CLIFFORD HIRSCH,
A Professional Law Corporation
Founded: 1991
Offices: Walnut Creek and San Diego
Attorneys: 7
Support staff: 4
Practice areas: Insurance coverage opinions and litigation, landslide litigation, construction defect and product liability defense

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