Contact Jim Gulseth for help with your business law needs.
James H. (Jim) Gulseth was born and attended high school in Devils Lake, North Dakota and graduated with an A.B. degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Jim earned his JD degree at the University of California Hastings School of Law in San Francisco and is admitted to practice in the State of California and before the Federal District Court, Northern District of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
He is a member of the Corporations, Business Transactions, Securities and Tax and Intellectual Property Sections of the State Bar of California. Jim’s reported cases include PACKER TRANSPORTATION CO v. USA, 596 F.2d 891; PLATTS v. SACRAMENTO NORTHERN RAILWAY, 253 Cal. Rptr. 269, 205 Cal. App. 3d 1025. Jim has assisted hundreds of business start ups, including many significant start-ups such as Pleasanton’s Phosistor Technologies, Inc., that raised over $15 million in Series A and B offerings.
Jim is a member of the State Bar of California, the Alameda County Bar Association, and a member and past President of the Eastern Alameda County Bar Association.
Jim is a member and a past President of the Rotary Club of Pleasanton and the Rotary Club of Pleasanton Foundation. He is also a founder and past member of the Board of the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce Community Foundation, a founder, past officer and past member of the Advisory Committee for Pleasanton Partnerships in Education, a member of the advisory board of Dublin Partnerships in Education, a member of the Board of the Museum on Main, a founding officer and director of Pleasanton Heat, a track and field and running club, and a member of the Berkeley Yacht Club.
Jim's practice areas iniclude asset protection, business contracts and transactions, business law, business start-ups and formation, corporation law and incorporation, limited partnership and family limited partnership law, limited liability company law, and real estate law and litigation.
Practice areas
45 years
45 years
45 years
45 years
45 years
Languages spoken
English
JGPC Business Law
5890 Stoneridge Drive # 102
Pleasanton, CA, 94588
JGPC Business Law
373 North L Street
Livermore, CA, 94551
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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CA | Active | 1974 | 06/12/2022 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 10 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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AV Preeminent Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2017 |
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2016 |
Top Rated Lawyers San Francisco's Legal Leaders | San Francisco Chronicle | 2015 |
AV Preeminent Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2014 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Managing Partner | JGPC Law | 1995 - Present |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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State Bar of California | Member | 1974 - Present |
Alameda County Bar Association | Member | N/A |
Eastern Alameda County Bar Association | Member | N/A |
State Bar of California, Business Law Section | Member | N/A |
State Bar of California, Taxation Section | Member | N/A |
State Bar of California, Trusts and Estates Section | Member | N/A |
Eastern Alameda County Bar Association | President | 1992 - 1992 |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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Eastern Alameda County Bar Association Newsletter | What Is A Limited Liability Company? | 2011 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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University of California, Hastings College of the Law | JD - Juris Doctor | 1974 |
University of California - Berkeley | AB - Applied Baccalaureate | 1971 |
Case name | Outcome |
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PLATTS v SACRAMENTO NORTHERN RAILWAY | |
PACKER TRANSPORTATION CO v. USA |
Robert Taylor, Business Attorney on May 25, 2017
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I endorse this lawyer, he is cost effective and has great integrity.
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