 TAMARA L. HARPER
Attorney
IN HOUSE LEGAL COUNSEL
Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Harper served as Director of Corporate Compliance for Kinko's Service Corporation, Inc., now FedEx Kinko's, and served as in house corporate counsel to one of California's largest labor staffing corporations focusing upon employment law, ERISA regulations and EEOC compliance.
LITIGATION AND TRIAL COUNSEL
Ms. Harper has extensive experience in all aspects of litigation in state and federal courts, administrative hearings, appeals, arbitrations and mediations.
"You were highly recommended to my family
by the Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles and
the Bar Association. As a person who has been
through civil litigation, I can truly see the
quality of attorney that you are. I am grateful
that God has placed you in our path. Most lawyers
get immune to people's feelings. "
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- Elizabeth Lavin
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As a previous general partner and running a firm with four offices and a staff of fifteen, she has conducted trials and hearings in the California Superior Court, Appellate and District Courts, calling both Ventura and Los Angeles her home courts. Ms. Harper also has experience in litigation before the Santa Barbara Superior Court while serving as counsel and associate attorney to Santa Barbara corporations and a Santa Barbara law firm.
Ms. Harper has civilly prosecuted perpetrators of domestic violence through a Department of Justice grant under the Violence Against Women Act protecting victims of domestic violence. She has argued cases before the United States Hague Court in matters of international child abduction, the California Court of Appeals, District Court, 9th circuit and California Superior Court. Ms. Harper has published case law in the area of the admissibility of DNA evidence post mortem to establish intestate inheritance rights for purposes of probate.
LEGAL COUNSELING AND ADVICE
Ms. Harper's practice emphasizes advising clients proactively on all aspects of labor and employment law issues, including wage and hour and overtime compliance, employment handbooks, and investigations and audits.
She also advises business entrepreneurs on intellectual property registration and protection, corporate governance and compliance, asset protection and investment counseling.
"I just wanted to take a moment to thank Tamara
L. Harper for the great services provided
to our company in the last couple of years.
I really appreciate the quick responses and
can do attitude. You have gone above and beyond
the normal call of duty in your problem solving.
I am very impressed with the personal service
you have given to our business."
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-Bill Weiss,
CEO
Weiss RCFE, Inc
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Ms. Harper has represented a diverse group of clients raging from entrepreneurs, investors, franchise owners, inventors, and small to mid-size companies in the wholesale, retail, insurance, restaurant, medical, auto, agricultural, wine and real estate industries in new business formation, financings through Private Placement Memorandums and Uniform Franchise Offering Circulars, sales and dissolutions, intellectual property registration and protection, and matters relating to corporate governance, executive compensation, labor law disputes and employment administrative hearings before the DOL, DLSE, and other administrative agencies.
Ms. Harper's experience includes eclectic and extensive work with over fifteen years trial experience in the areas of business law, copyright and trademark law, estate planning, probate, employment law, administrative hearings, domestic violence prosecution, civil and family law litigation. She also practices before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Trademark Trial and Appeals Board.
MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
"Harper
& Associates was extremely helpful, professional
and attentive to our needs at the Ventura County
Police and Sheriff Pride Bowl Association. If
it wasn't for them we would not have accomplished
our goal as an association to become a non-profit
organization."
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- Senior Deputy Scott Duffner
Past President/Director
Ventura County Police and Sheriff
Pride Bowl Association
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Ms. Harper is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, 9th Circuit, and California Supreme Court and practices before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Trademark Trial and Appeals Board. She is a member of the Ventura and Los Angeles County Bar Associations, and Business and Intellectual Property Sections of the State Bar of California. She is a member of the CPA Law Society, Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, Kiwanis International, and Daughters of the American Revolution Member and Mother Daughter Cameo Club Lifetime Member. Ms. Harper is a proud Supporter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. She is a Graduate of Ventura College of Law; Marymount College; Regent's College, London, England; and La Reina High School. She has lived abroad and enjoys traveling to different countries and has been a resident of the Conejo Valley since childhood.
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