Attorneys

Hedding Street Office

Attorney Name

Assignment

Tony LoPresti

County Counsel

Areas of Direct Supervision:

  • Board of Supervisors​
  • Civil Grand Jury (w/ Kavita Karayan)
  • County Executive
  • Legislation and CEO - Office of In​tergovernmental Relations
  • Management Auditor

Board Committees:

  • Finance and Government Operations Committee (w/ Steve Mitra)
Kavita Narayan

Chief Assistant County Counsel

  • Chief Assistant responsibilities
  • County Executive’s Office – Division of Equity and Social Justice and Reentry Services Supervision
  • County Executive's Office - Office of Emergency Management
  • Civil Grand Jury Supervision (w/ Tony LoPresti)
  • Public Safety and Justice Team Supervision (County Communications, District Attorney’s Office, Medical Examiner-Coroner, Office of Emergency Management, Office of Reentry Services, Office of the Sherriff, Pretrial Services, Probation Dept., Public Defender’s Office)
  • Social Justice & Impact Litigation
  • Other Duties as Assigned

Board Committees:

  • Public Safety and Justice Committee

Boards & Commissions:

  • Re-Entry Network
  • SCC Emergency Operational Area Council

Boards & Commissions Oversight:

  • Anti-Terrorism Approval Authority
  • Asset Forfeiture Fund Oversight Comm.
  • Commission on the Status of Women
  • Community Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring Committee
  • Community Corrections Partnership
  • Domestic Violence Council
  • Human Rights Commission
  • Santa Clara County Cal-ID Remote Access Network Bd.
Robert M. Coelho

Assistant County Counsel

  • CEO –  Occupational Safety & Environmental Compliance Supervision
  • Education Law (Labor & Employment)
  • Employee Services Agency (Administration, Benefits, Executive Services, Human Resources, Labor Relations Supervision)
  • ESA Executive Services
  • Equal Opportunity Division
  • Fairgrounds Management Corporation Supervision
  • Labor & Employment Team Supervision
  • Office of the County Hearing Officer Supervision
  • Surveillance-Technology Ordinance Use Policies Supervision

Board Committees:

  • Finance and Government Operations Committee (for ESA and EOD items)

Boards & Commissions:

  • Commission on Equal Access and Employment Opportunity

Boards & Commissions Oversight:

  • County of Santa Clara Defined Contributions Plans Committee
  • Development Review Board
  • Hate Prevention and Inclusion Task Force
  • Human Trafficking Commission (member)
  • Juvenile Justice Commission
Michaela L. Lewis

​Assistant County Counsel

  • CEO – Chief Privacy Officer; Information Security; Data Oversight, Management, & Evaluation; Learning Organization
  • Child and Family Protection Team (juvenile dependency cases) Supervision
  • Data Sharing and Privacy Issues
  • Department of Child Support Services
  • Education Law Supervision
  • FIRST 5 Santa Clara County Supervision
  • HHS Ethics, Privacy, and Compliance Office
  • Human Services Supervision (Office of Supportive Housing and Social Services Agency (excluding Adult & Elder Protection court-related matters)

Board Committees:

  • Children, Seniors & Families Committee

Boards & Commissions Oversight:

  • Child Abuse Prevention Council
  • Senior Care Commission
  • Social Services Advisory Commission
  • Veterans Commission of the County of Santa Clara
  • Youth Task Force
​Steve Mitra

Assistant County Counsel

  • California Public Records Act (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)
  • CEO – Sustainability (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)
  • Contracting and Procurement
  • Ethics, Conflicts, and Political Reform Act (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)
  • Finance, Government Operations, and Technology Team Supervision (Assessor’s Office, Clerk of the Board, Clerk-Recorder, Controller-Treasurer, Dept. of Tax and Collections, Facilities and Fleet, Fire Districts, Library, Procurement, Registrar of Voters)
  • Redevelopment Dissolution
  • Special Districts
  • Whistleblower Program 

Board Committees:

  • Finance & Government Operations Committee (w/ Tony LoPresti)

Boards & Commissions Oversight:

  • Board of Plumbing Examiners
  • Citizen's Advisory Commission on Elections
  • County Treasury Oversight Committee
  • Measure A (2008) Citizens' Oversight Committee
  • Measure A (2016 Housing Bond) Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee
  • Personnel Board
  • Planning Commission
  • Sister County Commissions
  • Vehicle Accident Review Board
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Elizabeth G. Pianca

Assistant County Counsel

  • California Public Records Act (w/ Steve Mitra)
  • CEO – Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
  • CEO – Sustainability (w/ Steve Mitra)
  • Community Protection Team Supervision
  • Environment and Land Use Team Supervision (Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Environmental Health, Parks and Recreation Department, Planning and Development Department, Roads and Airports Department)
  • Ethics, Conflicts, and Political Reform Act (w/ Steve Mitra)

Board Committees:

  • Housing, Land Use, Environment, and Transportation Committee

Boards & Commissions Oversight:

  • Airport Land Use Commission
  • Airports Commission
  • Animal Advisory Commission
  • Assessment Appeals Board
  • County Community Resources Group for Stanford University
  • Historical Heritage Commission
  • Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee
  • Integrated Pest Management Technical Advisory Group
  • Parks and Recreation Commission
  • Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission
  • Roads Commission
  • San Martin Planning Advisory Committee
  • South County Joint Planning Advisory Committee
  • Sustainability Commission
Douglas M. Press​

​Assistant County Counsel

  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation Supervision
  • Claims Administration Supervision
  • Health & Hospitals Team Supervision (Behavioral Health Services, Community Health, County Hospitals, Custody Health Services, Emergency Medical Services, Public Health, Valley Health Plan)
  • Jail Reform & Custody Operations Team Supervision
  • Legislation (w/ Tony LoPresti)
  • Writs and Appeals Oversight

Board Committees:

  • Federal Affairs Advocacy Task Force
  • Health and Hospital Committee

Boards & Commissions Oversight:

  • Behavioral Health Board
  • Emergency Medical Care Committee
  • Health Advisory Commission
  • HIV Commission
  • Homeless Healthcare Advisory Board
  • Race and Health Disparities Community Board
  • Santa Clara County Inmate Welfare Fund Committee

Attorney Name

Assignment

Bryan K. Anderson
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
​James K. Ayden​
  • Education Law (labor and employment issues)
  • Employee Services Agency - Benefits, Hiring
  • Fairgrounds Management Corporation Labor and Employment
  • Labor & Employment
  • Occupational Safety and Environmental Compliance

Boards & Commissions:

  • County of Santa Clara Defined Contributions Plans Committee
Hannah Begley
  • Social Justice and Impact Litigation Fellow
Jamila Benkato
  • Community Protection
  • Finance and Government Operations team projects 
  • Registrar of Voters (w/ Mary Hanna-Weir)
Mark F. Bernal
  • Assessor Litigation
  • Assessor’s Office (w/ Robert Nakamae)
  • County Hearing Officer
  • Independent Defense Counsel Office
  • Public Defender’s Office

Board & Commissions:

  • Code Enforcement Appeals Board
​Winifred Botha
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
Xavier M. Brandwajn
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
Valerie Brender
  • Community Protection
​John A. Castro
  • County Hospital Facilities PSAs and PAs
  • County Sanitation District No. 2-3
  • Public Works
  • Roads Department

Boards & Commissions:

  • Comprehensive County Expressway Planning Study Policy Advisory Board
  • Roads Commission
Gregory J. Charles
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
Nancy J. Clark
  • County Communications
  • ESA – Human Resources
  • Labor & Employment
  • Learning and Employee Development
​Claire Cormier
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
Samuel J. Cretcher
  • Labor & Employment 
  • Surveillance-Technology Ordinance Use Policies
Nick DeFiesta
  • Environment and Land Use team projects
  • Finance and Government Operations team projects
Wesley Dodd​
  • County Hospitals (w/ Theresa Fuentes and Jennifer Sprinkles)
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Health and Hospital IT Contracts
  • Health and Hospital Physician Contracts
  • Healthlink Implementation / Data Migration for OCH/SLRH
  • Medical Staff (w/ Theresa Fuentes)
  • Valley Health Plan (w/ Jenny Sprinkles)

Boards & Commissions:

  • Emergency Medical Care Committee
Katherine Erickson
  • Human Services Team
  • Jail Reform and Custody Operations Team
Robert D. Fannion
  • Clerk-Recorder 
  • Conflicts & Political Reform Act
  • Department of Tax and Collections General Advice
  • Finance and Government Operations projects
Aaron Forbath
  • Environment and Land Use team projects
  • Finance and Government Operations team projects
  • Real Property
Theresa J. Fuentes

Lead​ Deputy

  • Lead for Health & Hospitals Team
  • County Hospitals (w/ Wes Dodd and Jennifer Sprinkles)
  • Medical Staff (w/ Wes Dodd)

Boards & Commissions:

  • Santa Clara County Health Care Reform Implementation Stakeholders' Working Group
Emily Garcia
  • Labor & Employment
Juliana Goldrosen
  • Finance and Government Operations
  • Technology, Data Security, and Privacy
​Andrew Gottlieb
  • Intellectual Property (w/ Robert Nakamae)
  • Technology, Data Security & Privacy
  • Technology Services & Solutions (w/ Robert Nakamae)
​Susan P. Greenberg​
  • Social Justice & Impact Litigation
  • Writs and Appeals
Nathan A. Greenblatt
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
Shreya Gupta
  • Health and Hospitals Team Projects
  • Jail Reform and Custody Operations
Mary Hanna-Weir
  • Annual Reporting on Non-Cooperation with Identity-Based Registries and Internment Activities
  • Clerk of the Board (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)
  • Conflicts & Political Reform Act
  • County Executive’s Office – Office of Gender- Based Violence Prevention
  • County Executive’s Office – Office of LGBTQ Affairs
  • County Executive’s Office – Office of Women’s Policy
  • Education Law
  • Registrar of Voters

Boards & Commissions:

  • Child Abuse Prevention Council
  • Commission on the Status of Women
  • Domestic Violence Council
  • Human Rights Commission
  • Human Trafficking Commission
  • Sister County Commissions (Florence, Hsinchu, Moscow)
  • Task Force on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Glenn Hanzlick
  • Technology, Data Security, and Privacy
​Kim H. Hara

Lead Deputy​​

  • Lead for Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
  • Assessor’s Office Oversight
Aryn P. Harris
  • Civil Grand Jury
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
  • Jail Reform and Custody Operations
Shana Heller
  • County Executive’s Office – Office of ReEntry Services
  • Education Law
  • Public Safety and Justice Team
Stephanie M. Jackson
  • Finance, Government Operations, and Technology
  • Public Safety and Justice
Meredith A. Johnson

​Lead Deputy​

  • Lead for Social Justice and Impact Litigation
  • Department of Family and Children’s Services Advice (w/ Nandini Iyer and Laura Underwood)
  • Social Services Agency – General Advice, Office of Research and Evaluation (w/ Michaela Lewis)
Harjit Kaur
  • Education Law

Kimberly J. Kernan

  • Real Property
Melissa R. Kiniyalocts

​Lead Deputy​ County Counsel

  • Lead for Jail Reform and Custody Operations
  • Custody Health Services
  • Library Joint Powers Authority
  • Medical Examiner/Coroner

Boards & Commissions:

  • Vehicle Accident Review Board

Erin Kunze

  • Equal Opportunity and Employment Investigations
  • Labor and Employment
Jenny S. Lam
  • County Executive’s Office - Office of Emergency Management (back-up to Kavita Narayan)
  • Education Law
  • Public Health Department (w/ Jessica Mar)
  • Social Justice & Impact Litigation

Boards & Commissions:

  • HIV Commission
Sterling S. Larnerd
  • Public Safety and Justice Team
Michael J. Leon Guerrero​
  • Labor & Employment
​Tara C. Lundstrom
  • Pretrial Services
  • Public Safety Legislation
  • Technology, Data Security & Privacy
Lauren Lystrup
  • Education Law
  • Labor & Employment
Jessica E. Mar
  • Health & Hospitals Privacy and Compliance
  • Public Health Department (w/ Jenny Lam)
  • Social Justice & Impact Litigation
Jose L. Martin
  • Civil Rights, Torts, and Employment Litigation
José L. Martinez
  • Civil Rights, Torts, and Employment Litigation
Elizabeth G. Morgan
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
Robert A. Nakamae
  • Assessor Litigation
  • Assessor’s Office (w/ Mark Bernal)
  • Intellectual Property (w/ Andy Gottlieb)
  • Procurement Department (w/ Sara Ponzio)
  • Technology Services and Solutions (w/ Andy Gottlieb)
Rajiv Narayan
  • Social Justice & Impact Litigation Fellow
Rachel Neil
  • Social Justice & Impact Litigation
Willie Nguyen
  • Community Protection
  • Environment and Land Use projects
  • Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency (Agriculture & Environmental Management and Department of Environmental Health)
  • Vector Control District

Boards & Commissions:

  • Animal Advisory Commission
  • Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission
​Lesley Pak
  • County Executive’s Office General Contracts
  • Finance Agency: Administration and Controller/Treasurer
  • Santa Clara County Financing Authority
  • Santa Clara County Tobacco Securitization Corporation
  • Silicon Valley Tobacco Securitization Authority

Boards & Commissions:

  • Assessment Appeals Board (w/ Jerett Yan)
  • 2008 Measure A Citizens’ Oversight Committee
  • County Treasury Oversight Committee
Angelica Pe Benito
  • Labor & Employment
Bonnie Phan
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

Jeremy Pilaar

  • Finance and Government Operations projects
  • Health System Finance

Boards & Commissions:

  • Citizens' Advisory Commission on Elections
Sara J. Ponzio
  • Blood Test Petitions
  • Collections (DTAC, ESA, SSA, and County Hospitals)
  • County Hospitals Subrogation
  • Procurement Department (w/ Robert Nakamae)
​Marcelo Quiñones

Lead ​Deputy​

  • Lead for Education Law Team
  • Lead for Public Safety and Justice Team
  • Census 2020
  • Probation Department (w/ Mona Williams)
  • Santa Clara County Office of Education
  • Social Justice & Impact Litigation

Boards & Commissions:

  • Community Corrections Partnership
  • Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
  • Juvenile Justice Systems Collaborative
  • Youth Task Force
Ravi Rajendra​
  • County Executive’s Office – Office of Cultural Competency
  • County Executive’s Office – Office of Immigrant Relations
  • County Executive’s Office – Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
  • FIRST 5 Santa Clara County
  • Social Justice & Impact Litigation

Boards & Commissions:

  • Juvenile Justice Commission
​Lizanne Reynolds​​
Lead ​Deputy​
  • Environment and Land Use projects
  • Finance and Government Operations projects
  • Planning and Development Department (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)

Boards & Commissions:

  • Airport Land Use Commission
Alicia M. Roll
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
Michael L. Rossi

​Lead Deputy

  • Lead for Community Protection Team
Stephen H. Schmid
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
Michael C. Serverian
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
Masa Shiohira​

Lead Deputy

  • Lead for Labor and Employment Team
  • ESA – Labor Relations
  • Fire Districts (labor and employment)
Kanwalroop Kaur Singh
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
  • Public Safety and Justice Team
Miriam Sondag
  • Office of Supportive Housing (real property)
  • Real Property

Min-Kuk Song

  • Equal Opportunity and Employment Investigations
  • Labor and Employment
Jennifer S. Sprinkles
  • Behavioral Health Services Department (w/ Megan Wheelehan)
  • CEO – Employee Wellness Program
  • Community Health Services
  • County Hospitals (w/ Theresa Fuentes and Wes Dodd)
  • Health & Hospitals Ethics
  • SCVMC Institutional Review Board
  • Valley Health Plan (w/ Wes Dodd)
  • Valley Homeless Healthcare Program

Boards & Commissions:

  • Health Advisory Commission
  • Homeless Healthcare Advisory Board
Cristina Stella
  • Environment and Land Use projects
  • Finance and Government Operations projects
Relic Sun
Lead Deputy​
  • Equal Opportunity Division
  • Labor and Employment
Josh D. Tosney
  • Legislation and Legislative Advocacy
Laura Trice
  • Appeals
  • County Counsel's Office Contracts
  • Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring
  • Social Justice and Impact Litigation

Boards & Commissions:

  • Community Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring Committee
Elizabeth Vissers
  • Community Protection
  • County Executive's Office - Integrated Pest Management
  • CPUC Proceedings and Public Safety Power Shutoffs
  • Environmental and Land Use team projects
  • Parks and Recreation Department
  • Planning and Development Department projects

Boards & Commissions:

  • Integrated Pest Management Technical Advisory Group
  • Parks and Recreation Commission
Aaron Voit
Lead Deputy​
  • Health and Hospitals team projects
  • Human Services team projects
  • Office of Supportive Housing
​Robin M. Wall
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
Jennifer Wang
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
Megan Wheelehan
  • Acute Psychiatric Services Division (EPS/BAP)
  • Behavioral Health Services Department (w/ Jenny Sprinkles)

Boards & Commissions:

  • Behavioral Health Board
Mona M. Williams
  • Education Law
  • Probation Department (w/ Marcelo Quinones)
​Karen M. Willis
  • County Executive’s Office – Office of Asset and Economic Development
  • Facilities and Fleet Department Real Property
Sonia Wills
  • Community Protection
  • Environmental and Land Use projects
Stefanie Wilson
  • Community Protection
  • Social Justice & Impact Litigation
Jerett Yan
  • Environment and Land Use projects
  • Finance and Government Operations projects
  • Santa Clara County Digital Equity Consortium

Boards & Commissions:

  • Assessment Appeals Board (w/ Lesley Pak)

Julian Street Office

Attorney Name

Assignment

Gita C. Suraj

​​Assistant County Counsel​

  • Adult and Elder Protection Team Supervision (Public Administrator/Guardian/Conservator, Adult Protective Services, Financial Abuse Specialist Team)
  • County Counsel Office Fiscal and IT Operations
  • Industrial Disability Retirement Appeals Supervision
  • Workers’ Compensation Team Supervision

Attorney Name

Assignment

​Kristin W. Baker​
  • Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
  • Representation of Department of Family and Children’s Services in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings
​G. Allen Brandt
  • Representation of Public Administrator / Guardian / Conservator in Probate, Conservatorship, and Related Proceedings
Howard G. Frank​
  • Representation of Public Administrator / Guardian / Conservator in Probate, Conservatorship, and Related Proceedings
Henry K. Gaus

Lead Deputy

  • Lead for Workers' Compensation Team 
  • Workers' Compensation Claims Department General Advice
  • Workers’ Compensation Claims
  • Industrial Disability Retirement Appeals
Mark A. Gonzalez​

​Lead Deputy

  • Lead for Adult and Elder Protection Team
  • 8102 Petitions (Sheriff/DOC)
  • Financial Abuse Specialist Team (FAST)
  • Representation of Public Administrator / Guardian / Conservator in Probate, Conservatorship, and Related Proceedings
Kevin M. Hammon
  • Representation of Department of Family and Children’s Services in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings
Brian R. Holdaway
  • ​Workers’ Compensation Claims and Subrogation
Nandini K. Iyer​
  • Department of Family and Children’s Services Advice (w/ Meredith Johnson and Laura Underwood)
  • Representation of Department of Family and Children’s Services in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings
Hilary T. Kerrigan

​Lead Deputy

  • Lead for Child and Family Protection Team
  • Representation of Department of Family and Children’s Services in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings
Erin Emily Pritchard Liem​
  • Representation of Department of Family and Children’s Services in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings
Bhavit Madhvani​
  • Representation of Department of Family and Children’s Services in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings
Jessica E. Pentland​​
  • Financial Abuse Specialist Team (FAST)
  • Representation of Public Administrator / Guardian / Conservator in Probate, Conservatorship, and Related Proceedings
​​Matthew E. Stanek​
  • Workers’ Compensation Claims
Laura M. Stornetta
  • Workers’ Compensation Claims
Braeden L. Sullivan
  • Jail Reform and Custody Operations
  • Representation of Department of Family and Children’s Services in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings
​Jennifer A. Tsou
  • Workers' Compensation Claims
​Laura E. Underwood
  • Department of Family and Children’s Services Advice (w/ Meredith Johnson and Nandini Iyer)
  • Representation of Department of Family and Children’s Services in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings
Avril D. Vazquez
  • Representation of Department of Family and Children’s Services in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings
Kimberly B. Warsaw
  • Representation of Department of Family and Children’s Services in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings
John L. Winchester, III
  • Independent Defense Counsel Office

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