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CleanStart Law Firm has been interviewed by the following local, national and international media outlets for our outstanding work assisting our clients and unique services offered.
CleanStart Law Firm has been interviewed by the following local, national and international media outlets for our outstanding work assisting our clients and unique services offered.
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As one of the areas larger law firms, the attorneys at the CleanStart Law Firm have decades of combined legal experience and are highly motivated, well educated and provide immense value to clients of all types with varied needs. They are able to understand their clients and their legal issues by really listening to them, and by knowing the right questions to ask and the correct steps to take. They stay abreast of legal trends and emerging issues. The law firm’s vision is to demonstrate to the disenchanted client how highly motivated and service oriented attorneys can provide immense value and service to the client, making the clients experience as pleasant as possible depending on the circumstances.
At the CleanStart Law Firm, our real estate and bankruptcy practice specializes in helping individuals and clients regain their lives today and secure their futures for tomorrow. We excel at guiding our clients through the often confusing maze of financial and legal decisions associated with real estate and bankruptcy to create work-out and debt relief solutions that ensure the well-being of individuals and families and the accomplishment of important financial goals. Our considerable legal expertise includes helping you obtain bankruptcy relief under chapters 7, and 13, or various real estate foreclosure prevention work-out options such as, pre-foreclosure sale, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, short sale, debt negotiation and settlement, trustee sale date postponement, reinstatement after foreclosure, unlawful detainer actions etc. Our attorneys have helped thousands of clients just like you find relief and obtain a fresh start and solution to their problems.
Sarah Litchney, Esq
Founding attorney and CEO, Sarah Litchney’s past legal experience includes, among others, assisting in Intellectual Property and Business Law matters as counsel for a Bay Area chemical company and a prestigious fellowship with the National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C working with some of the nation's top attorneys, CEO's, heads of prestigious universities and scientists. She also spent some time working with a Northern Californian Superior Court and District Attorney’s Office, for broad exposure to the many faces of the law. She is also a licensed California Real Estate Broker.
A native Californian, Ms. Litchney attended the prestigious Cornell University, an Ivy League university, located in New York. During her time at Cornell University Ms. Litchney achieved high marks and was the recipient of many distinguishing awards and scholarships. She was active on campus serving as University ambassador and active within the Greek community and the associations affiliated with her area of study.
She returned to Northern California to attend law school at the highly regarded and esteemed University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, a top tier law school. Ms. Litchney obtained a certificate in Intellectual Property, was the recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and was nominated by the Dean and awarded the American Bar Associations Intellectual Property award for academic excellence in Intellectual Property studies. She was active on the campus in organizations affiliated with her area of study, as well as with the law school’s student bar association.
As a busy CEO dealing with the administration and management aspects of running a busy law firm with multiple locations, she does not have the time to meet with all of the firm's potential clients and limits herself to those that are particularly complex, or to assist the other attorneys at the firm. With several attorneys with extensive experience in a wide range of legal areas, you can rest assured that we can assist you with any of the matters in which we practice including Bankruptcy, Real Estate/Foreclosure Prevention, Contract Law, Business Law, Litigation, Landlord/Tenant, Intellectual Property including Patent Law and Estate Planning and Trust Administration.
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Laurie Alexander, Esq.
Ms. Alexander is a native Sacramentan and proud mother, and has lived in the area all of her life. Ms. Alexander graduated from Sacramento State University and attended Lincoln Law School in Sacramento. Ms. Alexander has extensive experience in many areas of law; including real estate law and foreclosure prevention, bankruptcy, and estate planning and trust administration. Ms. Alexander is very experienced with the legal issues and rules surrounding real estate, purchase money loans, recourse and deficiency judgments, short sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure and loan modifications as well as general negotiations for all debts.
Ms. Alexander has a great depth of experience, and in the past has worked at some of the finer law firms in the Sacramento area. She enjoys assisting clients in their hour of need; whatever the area of law.
Also a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California, the Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and other applicable membership groups, Ms. Alexander enjoys remaining up to date and educated on a variety of topics that impact our clients today. She prides herself on being a counseling-oriented attorney and maintains contact with a lot of her past clients.
Lucas Garcia, Esq.
Mr. Garcia was born and raised in the Pacific North West and moved to California to begin his legal education after completing his Bachelor’s degree in History at the University of Washington. He attended one of the nation’s top law schools at the University of California at Davis, King Hall Law School for his Juris Doctor Law degree. Mr. Garcia is an experienced and well-respected bankruptcy and real estate attorney. He is an excellent negotiator, counselor and manager. He has extensive experience counseling and representing clients in bankruptcy actions in Federal Court in all Districts of California, many of which involved foreclosure and real estate actions and issues. Mr. Garcia is also very experienced with the legal issues and rules surrounding real estate, purchase money loans, recourse and deficiency judgments, short sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure and loan modifications as well as general negotiations for all debts. He has advised businesses and business owners both in bankruptcy actions and otherwise in many areas of the law.
An expert in negotiations Mr. Garcia has established himself as one of the region’s finest attorneys in effective client advocacy. In an effort to improve attorney-client relationships and negotiations on behalf of the client, he founded the official King Hall Negotiation Team which focuses on client representation through counseling, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution. As the President and Team Captain of the Negotiation Team, he emphasized to team members the importance of diligent representing clients and understanding how to solve the client’s situation quickly, cost effectively, with a positive outcome.
Mr. Garcia’s previous legal experience includes working for the Sacramento and Placer County District Attorney’s Offices and for the California Attorney General’s Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse, with a heavy focus on assisting elderly victims who have been defrauded and mishandled by people who were in a position of care and trust. Mr. Garcia prides himself on working tirelessly on his client’s behalf to provide significant positive outcomes. He now finds great satisfaction in using his legal expertise and negotiation skills and tactics to help clients with their critical Bankruptcy and Real Estate matters.
A proud member of the California State Bar, the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum, and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and other applicable practice area membership groups Mr. Garcia enjoys keeping up to date on the current trends and issues in real estate and bankruptcy as well as helping people find debt relief under the federal bankruptcy code and work through the real estate issues of today’s economy. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his wife, and taking long trips on his Harley.
He assists our clients in a variety of legal areas including bankruptcy matters and legal hearings as well as intellectual property.
He is an experienced and successful attorney having served as the managing partner of a large Silicon Valley intellectual property law firm for ten years and as the Senior Director of Intellectual Property and Patent Counsel for Macrovision Corporation in Santa Clara, CA. After graduating from U.S.C. in Los Angeles, CA with a B.S. in Computer Science, he worked as a software and systems engineer for about ten years prior to attending law school.
In 1989, he joined the law firm of Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor, and Zafman LLP and became Managing Partner of the Sunnyvale office, the largest office of the Blakely firm. During his 15 years with the Blakely firm, he prosecuted, licensed, and enforced patents and patent applications primarily related to computer systems, Internet technology, digital rights management, and software products for a variety of Silicon Valley clients, including Intel, Apple, eBay, and Cisco.
While at Macrovision, he was responsible for managing, monetizing, enforcing, and licensing Macrovision’s substantial patent portfolio. He has served as expert witness and litigation support counsel in several patent litigation matters. He is a registered patent attorney and a member of the state bars of California and the State of Washington.
Laurie Alexander, Esq.
Ms. Alexander is a native Sacramentan and proud mother, and has lived in the area all of her life. Ms. Alexander graduated from Sacramento State University and attended Lincoln Law School in Sacramento. Ms. Alexander has extensive experience in many areas of law; including real estate law and foreclosure prevention, bankruptcy, and estate planning and trust administration. Ms. Alexander is very experienced with the legal issues and rules surrounding real estate, purchase money loans, recourse and deficiency judgments, short sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure and loan modifications as well as general negotiations for all debts.
Ms. Alexander has a great depth of experience, and in the past has worked at some of the finer law firms in the Sacramento area. She enjoys assisting clients in their hour of need; whatever the area of law.
Also a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California, the Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and other applicable membership groups, Ms. Alexander enjoys remaining up to date and educated on a variety of topics that impact our clients today. She prides herself on being a counseling-oriented attorney and maintains contact with a lot of her past clients.
Lucas Garcia, Esq.
Mr. Garcia was born and raised in the Pacific North West and moved to California to begin his legal education after completing his Bachelor’s degree in History at the University of Washington. He attended one of the nation’s top law schools at the University of California at Davis, King Hall Law School for his Juris Doctor Law degree. Mr. Garcia is an experienced and well-respected bankruptcy and real estate attorney. He is an excellent negotiator, counselor and manager. He has extensive experience counseling and representing clients in bankruptcy actions in Federal Court in all Districts of California, many of which involved foreclosure and real estate actions and issues. Mr. Garcia is also very experienced with the legal issues and rules surrounding real estate, purchase money loans, recourse and deficiency judgments, short sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure and loan modifications as well as general negotiations for all debts. He has advised businesses and business owners both in bankruptcy actions and otherwise in many areas of the law.
An expert in negotiations Mr. Garcia has established himself as one of the region’s finest attorneys in effective client advocacy. In an effort to improve attorney-client relationships and negotiations on behalf of the client, he founded the official King Hall Negotiation Team which focuses on client representation through counseling, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution. As the President and Team Captain of the Negotiation Team, he emphasized to team members the importance of diligent representing clients and understanding how to solve the client’s situation quickly, cost effectively, with a positive outcome.
Mr. Garcia’s previous legal experience includes working for the Sacramento and Placer County District Attorney’s Offices and for the California Attorney General’s Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse, with a heavy focus on assisting elderly victims who have been defrauded and mishandled by people who were in a position of care and trust. Mr. Garcia prides himself on working tirelessly on his client’s behalf to provide significant positive outcomes. He now finds great satisfaction in using his legal expertise and negotiation skills and tactics to help clients with their critical Bankruptcy and Real Estate matters.
A proud member of the California State Bar, the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum, and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and other applicable practice area membership groups Mr. Garcia enjoys keeping up to date on the current trends and issues in real estate and bankruptcy as well as helping people find debt relief under the federal bankruptcy code and work through the real estate issues of today’s economy. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his wife, and taking long trips on his Harley.
He assists our clients in a variety of legal areas including bankruptcy matters and legal hearings as well as intellectual property.
He is an experienced and successful attorney having served as the managing partner of a large Silicon Valley intellectual property law firm for ten years and as the Senior Director of Intellectual Property and Patent Counsel for Macrovision Corporation in Santa Clara, CA. After graduating from U.S.C. in Los Angeles, CA with a B.S. in Computer Science, he worked as a software and systems engineer for about ten years prior to attending law school.
In 1989, he joined the law firm of Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor, and Zafman LLP and became Managing Partner of the Sunnyvale office, the largest office of the Blakely firm. During his 15 years with the Blakely firm, he prosecuted, licensed, and enforced patents and patent applications primarily related to computer systems, Internet technology, digital rights management, and software products for a variety of Silicon Valley clients, including Intel, Apple, eBay, and Cisco.
While at Macrovision, he was responsible for managing, monetizing, enforcing, and licensing Macrovision’s substantial patent portfolio. He has served as expert witness and litigation support counsel in several patent litigation matters. He is a registered patent attorney and a member of the state bars of California and the State of Washington.
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