About BENJAMIN

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Jurisdictions Presently Licensed to Practice Law: California and Iowa

Physical Location: Mountain View, CA

Jurisdictions Where In-Person and In-Court Services Presently Ordinarily Offered: California (as Allowed by COVID-19 circumstances).

Jurisdictions Where Statewide Remote Virtual Office Unbundled Services and Limited-Scope Representation in Court E-filing, Email/Written, and/or Telephonic or Videoconference Format Presently Offered: California and Iowa.

Professional Affiliations:

Current:

- Avvo

- California Lawyers Association

- Consumer Attorneys of California

- Disability Rights Bar Association

- Iowa State Bar Association

- Justia

- LinkedIn

Forthcoming:

- Santa Clara County Bar Association

- San Mateo County Bar Association

I have a very diverse, yet practical, skill set and range of expertise, which allows me to take a cross-functional and interdisciplinary approach to all services I render.  I decided to go to law school upon taking a business law course while studying business as my major in college, and upon graduating from college with my Bachelors in Business Administration in 2015 I attended the University of Iowa College of Law, from which I graduated with my J.D. in May 2018. I subsequently received my license to practice law in Iowa in 2019 and California in 2021.

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