Attorney profile
JGPC Business Law
The short version
JGPC Business Law is a Pleasanton-based business and corporate law firm serving privately held companies and owners across the East Bay and Central Valley with entity formation, contracts, litigation, intellectual property, and related legal matters.
Strengths
- Established Pleasanton business and corporate law firm with a history dating to 1974 and a Top AV Rating for Business Lawyers noted on its website.
- Broad practice coverage spans entity formation, contracts, litigation, M&A, real estate, intellectual property, patents, trademarks, partnership dissolution, and asset protection.
- Named attorneys include Jim Gulseth, Bob Taylor, Gerald Prettyman, and Steve R. Sherman, Of Counsel, giving clients multiple points of contact within the firm.
- Reviews describe attorney accessibility, timely responses, thorough preparation, and clear explanations during business formation and legal-risk evaluations.
- Serves businesses and owners across Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon, Danville, Walnut Creek, Castro Valley, Fremont, Tracy, Modesto, Manteca, Stockton, and nearby counties.
Considerations
- JGPC clients praise direct phone access and timely assistance, without recurring reports of unanswered inquiries.
- Written accounts describe thorough preparation and clear discussions of documents and risks rather than repeated problems understanding the advice.
About JGPC Business Law
JGPC Business Law is a business and corporate law firm located in Pleasanton, California. Its attorneys work with business owners, managers, investors, buyers, entrepreneurs, executives, and privately held businesses at various stages of the business life cycle. The firm states that it has helped thousands of business owners and investors since 1974 and has received the Top AV Rating for Business Lawyers from Martindale-Hubbell. The team includes Jim Gulseth, Bob Taylor, Gerald Prettyman, and Steve R. Sherman, Of Counsel, along with other staff.
The practice covers a broad range of business-focused legal needs, including business contracts and transactions, business law, business litigation, arbitration and mediation, business sales, mergers and acquisitions, business start-ups and entity formation, civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution, corporation law and incorporation, limited partnership and family limited partnership law, intellectual property and trade secret law, limited liability company law, real estate law and litigation, patent, trademark and service mark law, breach of contract matters, patent law, partnership dissolution, and asset protection. Trademark prosecution is also listed among the firm’s services. The firm describes its approach as cost-effective legal help for privately held businesses and their owners.
JGPC serves clients in Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon, Danville, Walnut Creek, Castro Valley, Fremont, Tracy, Modesto, Manteca, Stockton, and across Alameda County and Contra Costa County. Reviews reflect work with musicians forming an LLC, a home care agency forming an LLC and evaluating a franchise disclosure document, and a development project requiring a comprehensive legal opinion. Reviewers mention attorneys by name, including Jim Gulseth and Robert L. Taylor, and describe interactions as prepared, friendly, comfortable, and responsive, with phone calls answered by the attorney and results delivered in a timely manner.
The firm’s public rating is 5.00 from five reviews, three of which include written feedback. Overall, JGPC presents itself as an established East Bay business law practice with a wide service range and a client base that includes both traditional companies and creative or care-oriented ventures.
The office is at 5674 Stoneridge Mall Rd #204, Pleasanton, CA 94588. The listed telephone number is +1925-463-9600. The practice website is www.jgpc.com.
Recurring feedback
What clients consistently mention
- Reviewers frequently highlight attorney responsiveness, including calls being answered directly and results delivered in a timely manner.
- Several reviews emphasize thorough preparation and clear explanation of complex legal documents or risks.
- Business formation, particularly LLC setup, is a recurring context in the written feedback.
- Reviewers describe a comfortable and friendly working relationship with the attorneys handling their matters.
All reviews
5 out of five stars based on 5 reviews.
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