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Ericka is a business law attorney whose practice includes:

• General Business Counsel (Buy and Sell Agreements; Non-disclosure agreements; Leases; Employment Agreements; Third party contracts; Corporate governance, including Shareholder/Director meetings)

• Entity Formation and Dissolution (Corporations; LLCs; Nonprofits; Professional organizations; Foreign entities; Benefit corporations)

• Entity Restructuring (Stock sales; Asset sales; IRC 338(h)(10) election stock/asset sales; Mergers & acquisitions; Reorganizations, including tax-free asset spin-offs under IRC 355 and 368)

• Stock Issuances (Stock sales; Stock options; Phantom stock plans)

• Business Licensing and Certifications (Contractor’s State License Board; Women Owned Business; Minority Owned Business; Disabled Veteran Business Entity)

Ericka is a graduate of University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D. 2008), and was accepted to the California State Bar in 2008. She attended University of California, Berkeley, receiving her B.S. in Business Administration and B.A in German in 2005.

Finally, from 2013-2019, Ericka has been recognized as one of Northern California’s “Rising Stars” in the respected legal publication of Northern California Super Lawyers, which is reserved for the top 2.5% of attorneys who are under 40 years old and have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.