Stephen Woodring Pearson
Business Law · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #48452 · Admitted 1971
3 published opinions on record
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The RegistryCentral Coast · California
Every business lawyer and business attorney listing on this page traces back to the State Bar of California's official roll, filtered to business law matters in Salinas. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.
Salinas is a city of roughly 163,000, and its business law matters are heard at the Monterey County Superior Court, Salinas. Monterey County Superior Court's main courthouse sits in Salinas, the county seat; the Salinas Valley's agricultural economy makes farm labor, wage-and-hour, and injury matters a defining share of the local docket.
One date controls everything that follows: four years to sue on a written contract; two years on an oral contract (§ 339), per Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337. Fraud claims run three years from discovery (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(d)); unfair competition claims under Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 run four years (§ 17208). Contractual limitation clauses can shorten these periods. Read the record below with that clock in mind.
This page is the Salinas chapter of the registry's statewide record · Business Lawyers in California collects every county and city.
Four years to sue on a written contract; two years on an oral contract (§ 339).
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337
Fraud claims run three years from discovery (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(d)); unfair competition claims under Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 run four years (§ 17208). Contractual limitation clauses can shorten these periods.
Superior Court of California, County of Monterey.
Main courthouse: Salinas Courthouse, 240 Church St., Salinas, CA 93901
For Salinas: Monterey County Superior Court, Salinas.
Court website · Self-help center · Source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27. Venue depends on the case; legal information, not legal advice.
50 active attorneys with an address of record in Salinas list business law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 361 active attorneys whose address of record is in Salinas.
By count, the practice areas most often listed by Salinas attorneys are criminal defense (116), business law (50), employment (48), real estate (46) and workers' compensation (45). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.
None of the 361 has yet claimed and verified their record here; every listing is the official record as published.
For 36 of the 361 active attorneys in Salinas, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (35), Persian (21), Punjabi (12) and Hindi (9). That describes the website, not the attorney's own ability; an attorney's profile says when they have confirmed a language themselves.
Reading the roster in Salinas. Business law is two crafts: transactional work (forming the company, negotiating and drafting contracts, raising money, buying or selling a business) and dispute work (suing or defending over a contract, a partnership falling-out, a trade secret). Say which you need. For a transaction, ask whether defined tasks can be done at a fixed fee and how the attorney works with your accountant. For a dispute, weigh whether the attorney has tried or arbitrated cases of your size and subject matter, and their read on venue: county superior court, a complex-litigation department, or contractual arbitration. Bring the contract, the formation documents and the correspondence trail to the first meeting.
Address of record in Salinas
Business Law · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #48452 · Admitted 1971
3 published opinions on record
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Business Law · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #180880 · Admitted 1995
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Business Law · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #67343 · Admitted 1975
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Business Law · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #121039 · Admitted 1985
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Business Law · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #173113 · Admitted 1994
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Business Law · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #94620 · Admitted 1980
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Business Law · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #96157 · Admitted 1980
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Business Law · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #342728 · Admitted 2022
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Business Law · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #88131 · Admitted 1979
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Business Law · Salinas · Monterey County
Bar #168222 · Admitted 1993
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The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.
No consumer matter was submitted to the registry's case review from Monterey County in the last 90 days. Consumers describe a matter; attorneys on the registry read it and decide for themselves whether to pursue it, and the registry assigns it to no one.
Salinas is in Monterey County, whose trial court is the Superior Court of California, County of Monterey. The court lists its main courthouse as the Salinas Courthouse, 240 Church St., Salinas, CA 93901. For Salinas: Monterey County Superior Court, Salinas. Where a particular case is filed depends on the case and the venue rules, and the court's website (https://www.monterey.courts.ca.gov) lists every location. This is legal information, not legal advice.
The Superior Court of California, County of Monterey runs a self-help center for people going to court without a lawyer: https://www.monterey.courts.ca.gov/self-help. It explains forms and procedures; it does not act as your lawyer.
50 active attorneys list business law among their practice areas on the registry with an address of record in Salinas, out of 361 active attorneys there. They are listed first in the roster on this page, in neutral order.
For 36 of the 361 active attorneys in Salinas, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (35), Persian (21), Punjabi (12) and Hindi (9). That describes the website, not the attorney's own ability; an attorney's profile says when they have confirmed a language themselves.
Yes. No consumer matter was submitted to the registry's case review from Monterey County in the last 90 days. Consumers describe a matter; attorneys on the registry read it and decide for themselves whether to pursue it, and the registry assigns it to no one.
Santa Barbara, Oxnard and San Luis Obispo; each lists the attorneys whose address of record is in that city first.
Legal information, not legal advice.
Source: Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337 · State Bar of California licensee records · Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, official court information read 2026-09-27 · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.
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