James Gulseth

save Website

JGPC Business Law. Our business is business.

Experience: 50 years

Business Law, Intellectual Property, Patents and 3 others

AV Preeminent for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability and AV Peer Review Rating

Awards 2

Experience 50y

Online & Web 9

Biography Submit listing

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.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

California

Since 1974

Professional Experience

1995 - Current

JGPC Business & Corporate Law

Managing Partner

Education

Univ of California Berkeley

Undergraduate Degree

UC Hastings COL

Law Degree

Awards

year - James Gulseth

AV Preeminent for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability

Martindale-Hubbell

year - James Gulseth

AV Peer Review Rating

Martindale-Hubbell

Contacts

JGPC Business Law 5890 Stoneridge Dr. Ste. 102 Pleasanton CA 94588 Telephone: (925) 463-9600 Ext. 250 Fax: (925) 463-9644

JGPC Business Law 373 North L Street Livermore CA 94551 Telephone: (925) 484-8400 Fax: (925) 463-9644

Submit listing

James Gulseth JGPC Business Law. Our business is business.

Experience: 50 years

Website: Open

Phone: (925) 463-9600 Ext. 250

Location: USA

write message

Practice Areas

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Intellectual Property

Patents

Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Trademarks

Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration

Tax Law

Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning

Languages

English: Spoken, Written

Certifications

Licenced Real Estate Broker (1981)

State of California

Websites

Website

JGPC Corporate and Business Law

Socials

Facebook

Twitter

Justia Profile

James Gulseth's Avvo Profile

James Gulseth's Lawyers.com Profile

James Gulseth's Martindale Profile