Partner Jennifer Suzuki specializes in
corporate, partnership, and business law. Her practice includes
the formation, merger, acquisition, and dissolution of business
entities, including partnerships, corporations, limited
liability partnerships and limited liability companies, the
preparation of stock option, stock purchase and buy/sell
agreements, withdrawal and separation agreements, counseling of
clients concerning issues arising from their professional
service agreements and general business issues such as fee
collection and the use of liens as a fee collection tool. Ms.
Suzuki's practice focuses on the representation of professionals
such as lawyers, architects and engineers.
EDUCATION
GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW San
Francisco, California J.D., 1989
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY Berkeley,
California B.A., Political Science, 1984
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
ACTIVITIES
Member: State Bar of California, Business Law
Section
Education Committee (co-chair 2000 - 2002).
Past Editor, California Legislative
Bulletin
Past Editor, Business Law News
PUBLICATIONS
Author: "AIACC Provides Big Gain for
California Architects, New Law Provides for LLP Status,"
ArcCA, AIACC, 1999
Author: "Limited Liability Partnerships
and Limited Liability Companies: Are these the entities of
choice for the next millennium?," ProNet PracticeNotes,
November 1999
Author: "Execution of Contracts, What
Difference Can a Signature Make?," The Successful
California Accountant, Spring 1998
Author of chapter: "Professional
Corporations," Bancroft-Whitney, California Transaction
Guide
Author: "When a Principal Withdraws From
a Firm: What Issues Should Be Considered?," The
Successful California Accountant, Winter 1996/1997
Author: "Navigating Partnership
Perils," ABA Journal, September 1996
Author: "Limited Liability
Partnerships," The Successful California Accountant,
Winter 1995/1996
Author: "California Enacts New Limited
Liability Partnership Act," State Bar Real Property
Journal, Vol. 13, No. 4, Winter 1995/1996
Author: "California's New Limited
Liability Partnership Act," Legal Malpractice Report,
Vol. 5, No. 1, 1996
Author: "Stability Amid Liability,"
an article discussing California's new Limited Liability
Partnership Act, The Recorder, October 1995
Author: "Are You Risking Your Personal
Assets By Not Doing Your Corporate Housekeeping?," The
Weekly Reporter, April 1995; reprinted with additional
information pertaining to Professional Law Corporations, Legal
Malpractice Report, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1996
PRESENTATIONS
2004 and 2005: Lectured for Dealey, Renton
& Associates on the topic of "Liens and How to Get
Paid"
2002 and 2003: Taught National Business
Institute course titled "Choice of Entity in California:
How to do it right"
1997: Taught CEB course titled "Selecting
& Forming Business Entities" in San Francisco.
1996: Lectured on the topic of "Limited
Liability Partnerships" for the Bar Association of San
Francisco; San Mateo County Bar Association; Lawyers Club of San
Francisco.
1991: Lectured throughout California for the
Society of Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors of California,
"Design Professional Liens, Mechanics' Liens, Stop Notices,
and Payment Bonds."
1990: Lectured throughout California for the
American Institute of Architects/California Council, "How
to Get Paid."
Annual Guest Lecturer, University of
California, Berkeley, College of Environmental Design,
Construction Law
PERSONAL
