Charlton, Katherine L.

Prometheus: is a different kind, a better kind, of law firm. Prometheus: is a professional San Francisco Bay Area law firm providing aggressive, intelligent, and affordable legal representation in Civil Litigation, Transactions, and Mediation in the following areas of law: (1) Family and Child Custody Law (Divorce, Collaborative Divorce, Child Custody Rights, Restraining Orders, LGBTQ Issues, Property and Asset Division, and Community Property), (2) Criminal Defense Law for Violent Felonies, Sex Crimes, Drug Possession, DUI, and White-Collar Criminal Defense, (3) Business Law and General Counsel representation, Litigation Prevention Strategies, Partnership Agreements, Fiduciary Duties, Corporate Structure Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Incorporation, Breach of Contract Lawsuits, and Investor Fraud Lawsuits, (4) Employment Law, Hostile Work Environment, Workplace Discrimination, and Sexual Harassment, (5) Intellectual Property Lawsuits (Patent, Copyright, Trademark, and Trade Secret Litigation), (6) Real Estate Law, including Transactions, Breach of Contract, Investment Fraud Lawsuits, Mortgage Foreclosure, Mortgage Modifications, and related Bankruptcies, (7) Estate and Probate Law, Estate Portfolios, Wills, Trusts, Charitable Trusts, and Probate Litigation, and (8) Education Law, Teacher Contracts, Negligence, and School Bullying lawsuits. Attorney Aly Ebrahimzadeh, Esq. aggressively and intelligently represents Plaintiffs and Defendants in the various Superior Courts of California and the Federal Courts in Central and Northern California, serving clients in and around the geographic areas of Santa Cruz, San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, and Palo Alto, California.

Prometheus: provides legal representation for our clients throughout the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas. For your convenience, we can meet with our clients and other attorneys in elegant offices positioned in main cities around the Bay, including in San Jose, Santa Cruz, Oakland, Palo Alto, San Rafael, Walnut Creek, and San Francisco, California. Public transportation such as BART, CalTrans, MUNI, METRO, and the VTA is within minutes of each of these locations. For prospective clients, we generally only provide Phone-Based Initial Consultation Appointments.

Skilled, Experienced Attorney Serves Diverse Client Base

Our California law firm's founder, attorney Mr. Aly Ebrahimzadeh, Esq., is a skilled and experienced lawyer whose fluency in several languages, including English, Spanish, Farsi, French, Italian, and basic German, allows him to work directly with a diverse client base.

We represent plaintiffs and defendants, individual litigants, and corporations in high-stakes lawsuits and alternative dispute resolution hearings in the superior courts and federal courts throughout the Monterey Bay and San Francisco Bay Area, including the Federal District Court of Northern California and the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. We also offer general counsel legal representation for corporations in various industries, including construction, computer software, information technology, real estate, fashion, food and beverage, and retail.

Committed to Social Justice

Whether our law firm's attorney is providing you with the peace of mind of full scope legal representation or you are receiving targeted and affordable limited-scope representation, we are here to help you. We are committed to favorably impacting the lives of working-class people and small businesses in our community through social activism and legal advocacy. Our distinguished attorney will leave no stone unturned in his efforts to seek justice on behalf of his clients.

Serving clients throughout the areas of San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Palo Alto, and Santa Cruz, California attorney Aly Ebrahimzadeh has regularly appeared on radio stations and progressive television, providing free attorney consultations to minority and low-income individuals. He has also provided legal commentary on complex and current environmental and constitutional issues that affect civil rights and justice. Mr. Ebrahimzadeh has worked closely with nonprofit activists in and around Santa Cruz, San Jose, San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland, California, including with Earthjustice and Communities for a Better Environment, as well as formerly serving as Assistant General Counsel for Education Not Incarceration.

Mr. Ebrahimzadeh has served as a member-at-large of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco National Lawyers Guild, and he is a member in good standing of the Alameda County Bar Association and the Santa Clara County Bar Association.

Mr. Ebrahimzadeh serves as the General Counsel for MaPhone, LLC, a mobile phone software company employing groundbreaking technology in GPS navigation systems and mobile telephony. He has also served as the outsourced General Counsel for Lac Qui Parle Design, a graphic design company.

Mr. Aly Ebrahimzadeh, Esq. is a juris doctor graduate of the distinguished top-tier University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, a proud recipient of the coveted Witkin and CALI Awards for outstanding legal scholarship, a Member In Good Standing of the State Bar of California, and a Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society graduate of Brandeis University, a top-ranked national university which dignified him with the full four-year tuition merit-based Justice Louis D. Brandeis Scholarship.

Learn how our social justice law firm can help you find a practical solution to your legal problem. We offer brief free initial consultations via phone as well as half-hour and full-hour paid consultations during which we can discuss your case and you will learn how California attorney Mr. Aly Ebrahimzadeh, Esq. can help you.

Past and Present Professional Affiliations of Attorney Aly Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.

Founder and President, Ethos Pathos Logos
National Lawyer's Guild, Board of Directors
Iranian-American Bar Association
Alameda County Bar Association (ACBA)
Santa Clara County Bar Association
Santa Cruz County Bar Association
San Mateo County Bar Association
ACBA, Volunteer Legal Svcs. Corp.
California Lawyers for the Arts
American Bar Association
US Federal Court, Northern District of CA
US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Testimonials for California Attorney Aly Ebrahimzadeh, Esq.:

Judge Volkmann said:
"EXCELLENT", "ZEALOUS", and "OUTSTANDING JOB".
- Judge Timothy Volkmann, Santa Cruz County Superior Court, CA, Comments about Mr. Ebrahimzadeh's representation for the Defense in a Victorious Business Lawsuit, January 2011.

"The county tried to steamroll me with a ten day hearing notice and there were only three days left by the time I found Aly. Aly got up to speed on the law and the particulars and gave more than able representation. The county tried every trick in the book, but Aly held them to their own rules and won the case. It was a marvel to watch. He was professional and passionate and on my side. He was brilliant, both on the law and on his courtroom tactics. How many attorneys are more concerned that they not offend the court (officials, prosecutors, bureaucrats and even judges), rather than to give 100% for their clients? Aly did a great job standing up to them and I look forward to his help in the future, should need arise."
- Testimonial from a Property Law Client, September 20, 2011.

"In California, anyone can sue anyone for any reason. I was a defendant in a million dollar civil suit and attacked for four years before the trial was actually scheduled to begin in earnest. I only had a few months to prepare a defense and was absolutely blessed to find Aly Ebrahimzadeh in my "eleventh hour." I suppose there are two critical points in our lives when we need a lawyer – the first of these is any time we find ourselves in trouble already, and the second is when we have the smarts to prepare in advance for things that can cause us trouble down the road. I had the opportunity to work with Aly in both arenas and I highly recommend him, without reservation, to you. Aly has all the characteristics that one needs in an attorney – but rarely finds as one package. Aly is highly intelligent and has a remarkable ability to absorb volumes of information in a very short period of time. Beyond the benefits of being able to keep costs to a minimum for this kind of review, he comes out the other side having not missed a single important point. He is immediately on target about what the information is – and more importantly what it means to you. In my case I had 26 lbs of pleadings – a totally overwhelming volume for anyone – but not for Aly. Aly has a superior absorption and recall ability that regularly left me speechless. The comfort I found in trusting my trial outcome to Aly was reinforced with every interaction. He was brilliant in the courtroom, assuming control and extracting the real truth from those who absolutely did not want to give it. He is alive and passionate and at all times I felt that the case was every bit as important to him as it was to me. With Aly, I won my case on every single issue and every single point. Prometheus was a champion of mankind, known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. Aly Ebrahimzadeh chose his firm's name well; he certainly possesses the wily intelligence but instead finds real hope and gives it to those who need it. He is my lawyer for life! Do yourself the favor of getting to know him."
- Client Testimonial after Successful Trial, February 2, 2011.

"Aly is a passionate advocate who will fight tooth and nail for his clients. While he is an aggressive litigator, he never abandons reason and will always keep his eyes on the path to the best result. I highly recommend Aly, not only as a tough and dedicated lawyer, but as a person."
- Josh Bryan, Attorney-at-Law, Walnut Creek, CA, December 6, 2010.
 
". . . the Olympic performance of the Prometheus Law Firm to date must be shared with anyone who is in the need of an attorney who has the Brass Spheroids that will reassure you that you have made the right choice in finding a lawyer. Aly Ebrahimzadeh, Esq. has been our attorney in a case that a lot of other families are facing or soon to experience, "Wrongful Foreclosure." My wife and I were in need of assistance with our Mortgage, so we tried to get a loan modification via the Home Affordable Modification Program. After a year of being ignored, lied to, watching my hair turn gray, and basically being beaten up by "Big Banking," we found a guy to take our side and be the David against this modern day Goliath. We all know lawyers are expensive but I believe in buying the best, pay once cry once, having peace of mind from driving a Mercedes and not a Toyota. Aly has the experience, knowledge, and determination one should want and demand in an attorney. Reading the E-mails/ letters he has been writing on our behalf is like watching a 100 yard kick-off return by an athlete on steroids but you don't care because he's on your team. We aren't out of the woods yet but we have total and complete confidence that we will prevail. 'We are high-stepping on the 10' . . ."
- Client Testimonial, August 16, 2010

"I liked your way of doing things better than [other lawyers] . . . I will always be grateful to you for originally offering me your reduced hourly rate – and even more so for reaching out to me one more time when you suspected that I could not afford it. You're obviously a real advocate with a heart, helping regular people get through injustices that happen in their daily lives . . It has been wonderful getting to know you. Thank you again for doing God's work, offering to provide payment schedules or whatever so that I can have the services that I needed at a very accessible price . . . I will never forget that."
- A Father's Testimonial after the end of a Successful Family/ CPS Matter, September 24, 2009.

"I just wanted to thank you for your time, you really built up my confidence and gave me hope. You made me feel like I have a chance to make things right. I felt like I didn't know how to defend myself because of my wife and her attorney. I feel like you are the right person to represent me . . . I feel like at this time I have no other choice and I need to start taking care of myself. I wish I would have found you earlier . . ."
- Client Testimonial after an Initial Consultation, Feb. 5, 2010.

"Thank you, Aly, for the excellent quality of legal representation that you provide my company every week. As a startup, we are blessed to have a General Counsel attorney like you – your sharp work, lightning speed, intelligent strategizing, and affordable rates give us the edge we need to beat the big boys!"
- Software Business CEO Client Testimonial during Representation in Intellectual Property and Contractual Transactions, March 21, 2009.

"An Exceptional Law Firm:
Last year, I encountered two different legal matters, one civil involving Greyhound Transportation, and another a criminal matter for a misdemeanor charge. Mr. Aly Ebrahimzadeh, Esq. is the attorney who helped me on both matters. He settled the civil matter efficiently and to my satisfaction, provided excellent legal research and writing, was very tenacious with the opposing party, and charged me very little for the work. Better still, for the criminal matter, he had it dismissed within minutes before the judge in Oakland, CA Superior Court. Within half an hour, we were enjoying a cappuccino at the downtown Oakland Farmer's Market. He's funny, professional, and brings a lot of relief to stressful situations. His law firm focuses on Social Justice, and handles Criminal Law, Family Law, Property, Wills, Trusts, and Business litigation, transactions, and mediation. I'm having my Estate Portfolio drafted by Aly as well, and so far it looks amazing. It includes more than any other I've seen in looking around for a comprehensive Estate Portfolio, including a Charitable Trust, a Living Will, a Pour-Over Will, etc., and each one of these is incredibly specific in its details – exactly what the Doctor ordered! I highly recommend Prometheus: A Social Justice Law Firm. They have five offices throughout the Bay Area in Oakland, San Francisco, Campbell, Palo Alto and Newark, and their rates are specifically tailored to the client and their matter, so they're designed to be very affordable."
- Client Testimonial, Feb 9, 2009

"Aly, wow. You have done more in 24-48 hours than I could ever imagine possible. I'm actually speechless. I've read your [work] over and over and I just want to thank you for all the research, thought and strategy that went into all that work. THANKS! . . . I actually got some hope today after 2 plus years of trying to just be treated with some respect and dignity . . ."
- Personal Injury Client Testimonial, July 9, 2010.

"I had a fantastic experience with Mr. Ebrahimzadeh. He went above and beyond what I had expected. I was faced with a very serious situation involving an unemployment overpayment and accusations of making false statements. The Judge said the documents Mr. Ebrahimzadeh prepared for my case were so thorough that they made the case simple for him to decide, and he ruled in my favor. Mr. Ebrahimzadeh is a straight shooter and will not waste your time or jerk you around. He responds to calls and e-mails promptly. I would recommend Mr. Ebrahimzadeh to all my friends and family, the services he offers are well worth the price."
- Client Testimonial, August 16, 2010.

"Mr. Ebrahimzadeh puts to rest all of the stereotypes about lawyers being the scourge of society and has completely renewed my faith in the profession. He is accessible, professional, personable, knowledgeable, trustworthy and affordable, and by utilizing his services early on I have gained incredibly invaluable advice that will save me thousands over the course of the future. He is available to meet whatever needs I may have at all times, easy to talk to and incredibly competent. I recommend him with no reservations whatsoever to anyone seeking legal counsel across any of the areas within his range of services."
- Client Testimonial, September 5, 2010

"I have consulted with Mr. Aly Ebrahimzadeh, Esq. on several occasions. On each occasion, I found his assistance to exceed my expectations. The primary reason for a consultation is to get an educated assessment of the legal matter at hand. Be it in person, or via phone consultation, Mr. Ebrahimzadeh attentively listens to the legal matter at hand and dissects the issues to explain how the legal aspect applied to each issue. He stays unbiased and focuses on explaining the legal strengths and weaknesses of the matter at hand. The legal picture he presents is complete and thorough, which allows a client to make guided decisions on the course of action. Decisions taken in haste can prove disadvantageous and Mr. Ebrahimzadeh's sincere input was extremely helpful in making the right decisions. Mr. Ebrahimzadeh is meticulous in reading and evaluating the subject of the legal matter, which always results in a well-informed client. The synergy between a well-informed client and his/her attorney makes the handling of the case more efficient for both the parties. Mr. Ebrahimzadeh's broad knowledge of various legal matters and willingness to accommodate schedules makes him my first preference when I seek advice on legal matters."
- A Client's Testimonial, September 25, 2010.

"Aly, you did a really good job of representing us. Not only that, I know that you were right there with us, you really wanted us to keep the house and win. I really appreciate all your efforts. You're very smart and I would want you on our side any day, and you're there and you're loyal, and you're a great devil's advocate and you're a realist and there are so many great qualities. I really appreciate your efforts and it really did make a difference."
- Client Testimonial, December 20, 2010.