Porter Simon, A Professional Corporation

Porter Simon's attorneys have expertise in a broad range of practice areas. Our firm's philosophy is to serve our clients' legal needs by providing effective and prompt solutions, from business planning to litigation. Our attorneys are skilled at identifying and solving problems, with an eye toward developing long term solutions to ensure future success.

With offices in both California and Nevada, our firm welcomes new clients in all practice areas.

• We are proud to announce that, effective May 1, 2012, with the merger of his firm into ours, Tahoe City attorney Louis A. Basile has become a partner in Porter Simon. Lou, whom we consider to be one of the finest attorneys in the Truckee-Lake Tahoe region, has practiced law for 33 years in Tahoe City, and will continue to practice in his current Tahoe City office as a branch of Porter Simon.
  
  We believe that the addition of Lou, and his staff, to our family of lawyers and staff will provide further depth to our litigation and real estate/general business practice groups, and will solidify Porter Simon's reach from Truckee to the North Shore of Lake Tahoe. It will also allow us to more effectively, efficiently, and conveniently provide legal services to our Lake Tahoe based clients through our new Tahoe City office under Lou's auspices.
  
  We anticipate that we will schedule a get-together at our new Tahoe City office as soon as the weather is more agreeable, and we hope all of you will drop by to meet our new partner.


• Porter Simon is proud to announce that partner Pete Cuttitta was elected to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates ("ABOTA"), an honor extended only to those attorneys who have demonstrated exceptional skill in trial advocacy over many years, and many jury trials, which achievement was recently recognized by the Tahoe Truckee Bar Association more >


• Partner Jim Porter was awarded Truckee Citizen of the Year for 2011 by the Truckee Interclub

• Sierra Sun's Law Review,"'Strong Smell' of Marijuana Justifies A Hotel Room Search"  more >
  - In People v Rosland Nadine Torres the Second District Court of Appeal found the 'strong smell' of marijuana in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel and evidence of a burglary was not sufficient evidence to search the hotel room, as a marijuana offense in California is a minor matter with a $100 fine, not the 'exigent circumstance' necessary for a warrantless home or hotel room search.
• Washoe County Bar Association's Monthly Newsletter, Must Unlicensed Contractor Return Hard-Earned Payments?  more >
  - California means business when it comes to protecting its citizens from unlicensed builders. Under Business and Professions code 7031, unlicensed builders may not recover for their labor and materials even if they do a perfect job. But worse yet, as upheld in Alatriste v Cesar's Exterior Designs, Inc, an unlicensed builder must return money paid by an owner.