About BENJAMIN

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Jurisdictions Presently Licensed to Practice Law: California and Iowa

My Uniform Bar Exam Score Meets Exam Requirements for All UBE Jurisdictions, Though Present Licensure is Limited to Above.

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

- Consumer Attorneys of California

- Disability Rights Bar Association

- Iowa State Bar Association

- Justia

- LinkedIn

Forthcoming:

- California Lawyers Association

- 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.  From Data Science, Game Theory, and Statistical Risk Management Guided Decision Sciences, to Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)-enhanced communication and advocacy skills, to a strong comprehension of business, corporate finance, and technology, I possess a broad breadth of skills.  My fees are very competitive; Hourly and Fixed Fee plans are available, varying based on present workload and schedule at the time I am engaged for the timeslot or timeframe requested, turnaround time needed, and whether the service is flexible backend (review, drafting, research, etc.) or at a fixed timeslot on my schedule.

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, often ranked in the Top 10% of ABA Accredited Law Schools, from which I graduated with my J.D. in May 2018.  Upon graduation, to be near my family and primary health care providers I moved back to my hometown of Mountain View, CA in the Silicon Valley part of the San Francisco Bay Area.  I received my license to practice law in Iowa September 20, 2019, and now practice as a solo practitioner attorney remotely offering unbundled legal services to Iowa clients statewide in transactional law, civil small claims, and misdemeanor criminal defense practice areas.  I passed the 10/2020 California Bar Exam and received my license to practice law in California February 8, 2021.  I hold additional certifications in data and decision sciences by SJSU,  in the "Securities Industry Essentials" by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) by the Association for Integrative Psychology, and in various types of hypnotherapy by the International Association of Professional Conversational Hypnotists.  Please see my LinkedIn for more details about my qualifications.  

A particular passion of mine, offered at subsidized fixed fee rates, is assistance in contesting traffic tickets, which in Iowa (in my opinion, quite unjustly) are classified as criminal misdemeanors, the payment of which would result in a guilty plea and the lifelong collateral consequences of a public misdemeanor conviction.

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