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Business Law, Estates & Trusts, Creditor Bankruptcy, Insurance Defense, Commercial Law
Our firm's history dates back to 1936 when Les Cleary and William Zeff formed Cleary and Zeff. Both respected leaders in the legal community, Les Cleary was a co-founder of The American College of Trial Lawyers and William Zeff was appointed as a Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge in 1965. Throughout our history and various name changes, for such reasons as the appointment of Edward Dean Price to the Federal Bench, as well as the appointment of former partners Hurl W. Johnson, Thomas D. Zeff and Nan Cohan Jacobs to the Stanislaus County Superior Court, our firm has continuously been listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Directory of Preeminent Lawyers. Currently, there are four lawyers in the firm. They are Robert W. Crabtree, Walter J. Schmidt, Michael R. Dennis, and Eric D. Capron.