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.

• January 8-17, 2010
  Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics more>
• January 27, 2010
  Wells Fargo along with several local professionals will be hosting an educational forum focusing on important Trust/Estate Planning issues as well as a Tax Law Update for 2010 and you are invited to attend!more>

• Porter Simon is proud to announce that Brian C. Hanley has become partner in the firm. Brian will focus his practice on business and real estate law and is licensed to practice in both California and Nevada.
• Porter Simon is pleased to announce that attorney Dennis W. De Cuir has joined the firm as of counsel. Dennis brings more than 35 years of experience in the litigation and public law practice areas. His experience includes water and power development projects, power project construction and financing issues, utility franchise, certificate and competitive challenges, and ad valorem property taxation litigation.
• Porter Simon was voted "Best Law Office" and Partner Jim Porter was voted "Best Attorney" in the Best of 2009 publication brought on by Bonanza and the Sierra Sun.
• Porter Simon is proud to announce that attorney Timothy D. Casey has joined the firm as of counsel and expanded its practice to include intellectual property and technology transactions. Tim brings more than 20 years of experience in the intellectual property and technology transactions practice areas. His extensive experience includes 10 years in Silicon Valley, and 10 years in Washington, D.C. and New York City as both in-house counsel to major technology companies and in private practice at large law firms.
• Porter Simon is pleased to announce that attorney Joseph W. Tillson has joined the firm as of counsel. Joe is a Certified Specialist in Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Law by the State of California. Mr. Tillson will be working from our South Lake Tahoe office and brings more than 25 years of experience to Porter Simon.
• Partner Jim Simon was named Truckee Citizen of the Year for 2008 by the Truckee Interclub.
• Partner Jim Simon was named Volunteer of the Year for 2008 by the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce.
• Porter Simon, PC, and John L. Shadek are proud to announce the formation of their Professional Association to provide the highest quality legal services in the Incline Village, Nevada region. more >

• Sierra Sun's Law Review, "CHP Officer Shot During Routine Stop"  more >
  - CHP Officer Andrew Stevens was shot in the face when walking up to a car in Woodland, California on a routine traffic stop. The shooter Brendt Volarvich had a .357 Magnum given to him by his buddy Gregory Fred Zielesch for murdering another person. Zielesch's conviction for murder was upheld by the Court as 'a foreseeable result of a conspiracy to commit murder." The fact that courtroom spectators wore commemorative buttons depicting Officer Stevens was not a ground to overturn the jury verdict. Life in prison for both, as deserved.
• The Writ, "California Court Bans Secondhand Smoke in Common Areas...Only in California"  more >
  - In Birke v Oakwood Worldwide (2009) 169 Cal App. 4th 1540, California's Second District Court of Appeal laid out the elements of a public nuisance and found that five year old Melinda Birke stated a cause of action because the apartment complex where she and her parents lived allowed unrestricted smoking in the outdoor common areas.