About Us
Committed to Outstanding Service
Bohemian Best of 2023 | March 28, 2023
SMT is pleased and grateful to announce that we have won 3 “Best of” awards in the Bohemian
In the more than 25 years since its founding…
our law firm has grown to 24 attorneys plus support staff dedicated to providing personalized and responsive client service. From start to finish, we believe in being people-focused and making sure that each client feels listened to and valued. We want our clients to have confidence that any problem given to us will be handled with efficiency and the utmost consideration.
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Community Engagement
SMT is people-focused and we try to meet the needs of our clients and staff and contribute to a better world. The attorneys and staff at SMT are dedicated to improving our community and supporting the organizations that enrich our lives and help those in need.
It’s very important to us to support and give back to the community. As a firm and as individuals, we serve on boards, volunteer our time, contribute our money, and share our knowledge. We have the ability to help, and this support comes back in the form of an enhanced community. SMT attorneys and staff are involved with many different organizations that touch the community in many ways. Click on the tabs to the right to see lists of some of the organizations we are involved in. Our staff members receive one day off each year to volunteer for a nonprofit organization.
Boards of Directors & Executive Committees
- Analy High School Education Foundation
- DSLC (Disability Services and Legal Center)
- Forget Me Not Farm Children’s Education Services
- Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
- MOVES (Minimizing Occurrences of Violence in Everyday Society)
- Sonoma County Bar Association Civil Bench Bar Section
- Sonoma County Bar Association Business Law Section
- State Bar of California, Intellectual Property Section
- United Way of the Wine Country
Community
- Active 20-30
- American Cancer Society Relay for Life
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- American Heart Association
- Bay Area Council, Environmental Committees
- Becoming Independent
- Business Environmental Alliance
- California Stewardship Program
- Catholic Charities Family Support Center, Adopt a Family Program
- Community Foundation Sonoma County
- Congregation Shomrei Torah
- COTS (Committee on the Shelterless)
- DSLC (Disability Services and Legal Center)
- Face to Face
- Families with Children from Asia
- Girl Scouts of Northern California
- Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Sonoma County
- Human Race
- Humane Society of Sonoma County
- International Order of the Rainbow for Girls
- Keegan Leadership Committee
- Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation
- Legal Aid of Sonoma County
- Listening for a Change
- Maria Carrillo High School Band Boosters Board
- Maria Carrillo High School Fine Arts Committee Board
- Maria Carrillo High School Project Grad
- MOVES (Minimizing Occurrences of Violence in Everyday Society)
- NAHREP (National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals)
- National Association of Estate Planners and Councils
- NCCWB (Northern California Center for Well-Being)
- North Coast Builders Exchange
- Petaluma Arts Center
- Petaluma Chamber of Commerce
- Petaluma People’s Service Center
- REACH Parent Foundation
- Rebuilding Together Santa Rosa
- Redwood Empire Chinese Association
- Redwood Empire Estate Planning Council
- Redwood Empire Food Bank
- Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce
- Santa Rosa Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force
- Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Foundation
- SAY (Social Advocates for Youth)
- Sonoma County Alliance
- Sonoma County Bar Association
- Sonoma County Bar Association, Business Law Section
- Sonoma County Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
- Sonoma County Innovation Council
- Sonoma County Legal Secretaries Association
- Sonoma County Women in Law
- Sonoma Land Trust
- Soroptomists International
- Santa Rosa Community Health Centers
- Speak Up Campaign
- State Bar of California Trusts and Estates Section
- State Bar of California Intellectual Property Law Section
- Twin Hills Educational Foundation
- United Way of the Wine Country
- Volunteer Center of Sonoma County
- Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
- YWCA of Sonoma County
Courts
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
- Arbitrators
- Demurer Facilitators
- Discovery Facilitators
- Judges ProTem
- Mediators
- Neutral Evaluators
- Pro Bono Counsel
- Settlement Conference Panelists
Teaching & Seminars
- Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California
- Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley
- Empire School of Law
- Faculty of Law, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Lorman Educational Services
- Marin General Hospital
- NAHREP (National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals)
- North Coast Builders Exchange
- PASCO (Personnel Association of Sonoma County)
- Santa Rosa Junior College
- Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
- Sonoma County Bar Association
- Sonoma State University Legal Assistant Program
- Sonoma State University School of Business
- State Bar of California
- Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa
- University of San Francisco School of Law
- Windsor School District
Best Place to Work in 2023 | September 8, 2023
/0 Comments/in Announcements /by SMT GroupWe are pleased and grateful to announce that the North Bay Business Journal has selected SMT for the sixth consecutive year as one of the Best Places to Work in the North Bay. JOIN OUR TEAM
Welcome Our New Attorney | July 27, 2023
/0 Comments/in Announcements /by Ellie PoeSMT is pleased to announce that Shawn R. Loring has joined our firm as an associate attorney.