Roger J. Brothers

Roger Brothers is a graduate of the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D. 1984), and was accepted to the California State Bar in 1985. He attended California State University, Hayward, receiving his B.A. in 1980.

Mr. Brothers is a business and real estate attorney whose practice includes:

• General counsel services, including corporate counsel, business and succession planning and debt and equity financing.

• Transactional counsel services, including mergers and acquisitions, entity formation and operation, reorganizations and general commercial transactions.

• General counsel to high net worth clients concerning family succession planning including serving clients as “Family Office” CEO.

• Risk management services, including business/corporate litigation, construction litigation, real estate litigation, commercial landlord-tenant litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

• Real estate transactional counsel services, including purchase and sale of commercial real property, commercial leasing and related transactions.

Mr. Brothers also serves as mediator in disputes involving business, real estate and construction matters.

Mr. Brothers has authored business law articles including, “Acting as Counsel for Small Corporations” and “SOX Coming to a Privately Held Corporation Near You”, “Limiting the Adverse Effects of Employee Competition Following California’s Invalidation of Non-Competition Agreements”, “Succession/Exit Planning Issues and Considerations” and “Top Ten Succession Planning Considerations and Issues for Professionals.”

Mr. Brothers is fluent in Spanish.

Mr. Brothers has also been recognized in the respected legal publication of Northern California Super Lawyers for the years 2016-2021.

Publications

• ALERT - The California Consumer Privacy Act Updated May 2020

• Alert - UPDATED Qualifications and Application Procedures for CARES Act Relief Programs

• Alert - Qualifications and Application Procedures for CARES Act Relief Programs

• Brothers Smith LLP Announcement - Safety and Health Priority

• ALERT PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CALIFORNIA CORPORATIONS CODE

• California's Consumer Privacy Act

• Administrative Dissolution of California Domestic Corporations and LLCs

• New California Rules of Professional Conduct for Corporate Counsel

• Covenants Not to Compete

Professional Memberships

• State Bar of California

• Contra Costa County Bar Association (Corporate Counsel/Business Attorneys, board member, Real Estate and ADR Sections)

• San Joaquin County Bar Association (Business and Litigation Sections)

• Solano County Bar Association