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Business Law Lawyers in Stanislaus County, California

Searching for a business lawyer in Stanislaus County? Counsel for businesses: forming the company, contracts and deals, and the disputes that follow. This page indexes the county's business law coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.

A food-processing and agricultural county at the Valley's center, with calendars heard in downtown Modesto and a new courthouse in progress. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

Before comparing counsel, note the clock. Under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337, the governing period is four years to sue on a written contract; two years on an oral contract (§ 339). 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.

This page is the Stanislaus County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Business Lawyers in California collects all 58 counties.

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

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.

Court of record

Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus.

County seat: Modesto

Main courthouse: Main Courthouse, 800 11th Street, Modesto, CA 95354

Help with forms without a lawyer: the court's self-help center (source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27).

Official court information, locations, and filing rules: www.stanislaus.courts.ca.gov

Business Law · Stanislaus County roster

95 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list business law among their practice areas with an address of record in Stanislaus County.

88 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in Modesto (83), Turlock (7), Oakdale (2) and Ceres (1).

6 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.

For 4, the registry records a language other than English, almost always from a firm website published in that language; that describes the website, not an attorney's own ability.

Admission years on this roster run from 1967 to 2026.

The employers most represented here are E. & J. Gallo Winery (6), Berliner Cohen LLP (4) and Berliner Cohen, LLP (3).

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Business Law matters in Stanislaus County

The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.

  • forming a corporation or LLC
  • drafting and reviewing contracts
  • buying or selling a business
  • partnership and operating agreements
  • raising capital and securities offerings
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • corporate governance and compliance
  • breach of contract
  • partnership and shareholder disputes
  • business fraud and misrepresentation
  • trade secret misappropriation
  • unfair competition
  • commercial lease disputes
  • collections and unpaid invoices
  • franchise agreements and disputes
  • corporate dissolution and buyouts

From the answer files

How long do I have to sue for breach of contract in California?Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337Are non-compete agreements enforceable in California?Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600How much does business litigation cost in California?Cal. Civ. Code § 1717

Business Law by city in Stanislaus County

Business Law in ModestoStanislaus County

Related counsel in Stanislaus County

Litigation Attorneys in Stanislaus CountyCal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 335.1, 337, 338, 339Intellectual Property Attorneys in Stanislaus County17 U.S.C. § 507(b)Tax Attorneys in Stanislaus County26 U.S.C. § 6501All practice areas in Stanislaus CountyCounty record

Business Law in nearby counties

Business Law in San Joaquin County119 attorneysBusiness Law in Calaveras County3 attorneysBusiness Law in Tuolumne County17 attorneysBusiness Law in Mariposa County3 attorneysBusiness Law in Merced County33 attorneysBusiness Law in Santa Clara County2,484 attorneysBusiness Law in Alameda County1,265 attorneysBusiness Lawyers in CaliforniaStatewide record

Source: Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337 · State Bar of California licensee records · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.

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