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Phone: (805) 934-4600

Address: 2550 Professional Pkwy, Santa Maria, CA 93455

Website: http://www.kirksimas.com

O'Neil, Karen A, ATY

Family Law

Divorce
Guardianship
While in law school, Diana interned at the Department of Children and Families: Children’s Legal Services department, and the Probate Division of the Thomas E. Lawson Courthouse Center, where she gained valuable experience regarding dependency, and guardianship proceedings. She also interned as a research associate for the ACLU and spent several years volunteering as a Guardian Ad Litem.
Legal Separation
Recall we covered that a power of attorney can end upon the happening of a particular event. A power of attorney can likewise end by revocation by the principal; the principal or agent’s death or incapacity; or divorce, annulment, or legal separation of the principal and agent if they happen to be husband and wife.
Annulment

Criminal Law

Wrongful Death
The end result is a more expert, more efficient and more creative advocacy in the wide range of contexts in which trust and estate disputes can arise. Those include: claims for breach of fiduciary duty or the duty of loyalty, claims arising out of assets sales, environmental claims, investment claims, beneficiary disputes (such as involving contested heirship, pretermitted and adopted heirs), disputed creditor claims, judicial construction and modification of wills and trusts, will and trust contests, will and trust validity, claims involving capacity, undue influence, elder abuse, contested powers of attorney, contested accountings, fraudulent transfers, partition actions, spousal right of election issues, wrongful death recovery, family and estate management disputes, and conservatorships and guardianships.

Business and Corporate Law

Business Disputes
The Firm represents the full range of family and corporate owned local, domestic and international agricultural businesses. The Firm’s dedicated Ag Industry Practice Group attorneys employ a multi-disciplinary approach, integrating the Firm’s practices in general business law, real estate transactions, land use, entity formation and operations, management side employment law, and wealth preservation to provide ag industry clients with specialized legal counsel and effective solutions.
Business Transactions
Anthony currently focuses on civil litigation, general business transactions and estate planning. Though born in Baltimore, he is a long time California resident, having been raised in Napa.
Limited Liability Companies
Selecting the proper business entity involves detailed analysis of multiple tax, liability, management, and continuity goals. Kirk & Simas has over six decades of experience forming corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, sole proprietorships, family succession vehicles, joint ventures, and nonprofit entities for thousands of investors, operators, managers, and the families they come from across the broad range of the Central Coast’s key industries.
Trade Secrets
Unfair Competition
Central Coast commercial and agriculture related businesses, and the families behind them, are Kirk & Simas’ core clients. Accordingly, the Firm’s litigation team has extensive experience defending and prosecuting complex commercial and business disputes for business clients, including ones involving: unfair competition, breach of contract, breach of warranty or representation, fraud, bankruptcy claims, UCC liens, business dissolution disputes, negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, slander and libel, Prop 65, trade secret violations, and more.

Employment Law

Wrongful Termination
This assistance includes both designing policies and procedures aimed at effective and efficient compliance, and responding to litigation when it arises. If litigation is necessary, the Firm’s attorneys and staff are experienced in defending employers through all stages of proceedings before juries, judges, arbitrators and governmental agencies at the state, federal and appellate level, including matters involving: sexual harassment claims, wrongful termination, discrimination, wage and hours claims, administrative hearings, and retaliation claims.
Employment Contract
Firm attorneys routinely handle the full range of common and industry-specific transactions and documents – from simple non-disclosure agreements to complex employment contracts to multi-million dollar exclusive international distribution contracts.
Employment Litigation
Kirk & Simas’ well-regarded employment law attorneys have substantial experience representing employers across a diverse set of industries and a wide range of routine and complex employment issues, including...
Sexual Harassment

Property Law

Real Estate Litigation
Nov 30, 2021 | Real Estate Law Property line disputes between neighbors are very common. These disputes typically arise as a result of neighbors building new fences, structures, planting new trees or allowing the trees to grow beyond the boundary line. In some situations, a structure or fence has...
Premises Liability
Firm litigators are knowledgeable and experienced in a variety of complex dispute arenas, including: property, fire and casualty claims, title claims, motor vehicle accidents, construction defect, bad-faith litigation, toxic tort, environmental, and asbestos claims, professional liability, coverage opinion letters, employment, premises liability, general liability, and subrogation claims.
Construction Litigation
Firm attorney experience includes cases before arbitration panels and state, federal and bankruptcy courts and encompasses virtually every type of real estate-related dispute—from disputes concerning project financing, to construction litigation (claims among construction participants, as well as construction defect litigation), easements and title disputes, leases, restrictive covenants, ADA compliance, and disputes between commercial landlords and tenants, buyers and sellers, and participants within an ownership group.
Real Estate Transactions
While at USF, he gained experience interning with a firm in San Diego that specializes in business and real estate transactions. During his third year of law school, Anthony was hired as a law clerk for the California Public Utilities Commission where he learned the nuances of government regulation and specialized in energy law and telecommunications.
Eminent Domain
Kirk & Simas attorneys are involved every day in some of the largest and most sophisticated agricultural land transactions in the region including raw land acquisition, development and financing, short and long term agricultural leases, cooler and storage facility development, contracts and leases, land use permitting, zoning compliance, and conservation easements, real property, landlord-tenant, eminent domain, and easement disputes, environmental matters, including endangered species, water quality and contamination.
Easement
Land Use and Zoning
The Firm has participated in a wide variety of significant public projects and has advised a diverse range of public agencies on various matters, including: government operations, planning and zoning review, environmental quality review, statutory and regulatory compliance, adoption of local laws, public works projects, enterprise fund operations, labor issues, fiscal matters, contracts, and inter-agency agreements. The Firm’s attorneys also have extensive experience defending public agency clients against both injury and contract claims.
Landlord-Tenant Disputes
Jul 1, 2022 | Landlord Tenant Law Due to its expedited nature and straightforward statutes, there is seldom an eviction that hinges on a novel legal argument. Instead, as I often tell my clients, landlord-tenant law is all about procedure. Still, mistakes often result in having to start the entire...
Condominium Law
Firm attorneys structure condominium transactions, form associations, draft CCR’s, and advise clients on the day to day complex governance components of both general condominium law and the Davis-Stirling Act.

Health Law

Auto Accidents

Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning
Aug 30, 2022 | Estate Planning This article is the fourth in a series of articles designed to educate and inform the reader on the general concepts of conservatorships, when they may be necessary, and the considerations made by the Court in establishing them. As discussed in the third installment,...
Wills
Claims arising out of assets sales, environmental claims, investment claims, beneficiary disputes (such as involving contested heirship, pretermitted and adopted heirs), disputed creditor claims, judicial construction and modification of wills and trusts, will and trust contests, will and trust validity, claims involving capacity, undue influence, elder abuse, contested powers of attorney, contested accountings, fraudulent transfers, partition actions, spousal right of election issues, wrongful death recovery, family and estate management disputes, and conservatorships and guardianships.
Trusts
A practical and cost-effective approach to post-death estate and trust administration is as important as the underlying estate plan to ensuring proper and efficient transfer of family wealth. The Firm’s attorneys have extensive experience and knowledge in assisting clients with administration techniques and elections, including tax planning alternatives, statutory tax elections and disclaimers.
Power of Attorney
At times individuals will ask us what a power of attorney is. In short, a legal document that gives someone else the power to act for you
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