Founded in 1909, Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP serves a diverse clientele of business, public and individual clients located throughout California and the United States. With offices in Oakland and Modesto, California, the firm advises clients on transactional and civil litigation matters in several related fields of law, including real estate; business; corporate; construction; eminent domain; employment; environmental; estate planning, trusts and probate; green business; insolvency, bankruptcy and creditors' rights; insurance; intellectual property; land use; public agency; taxation; and technology. As the first law firm in the country to have been certified as a green business, the firm has led the way in greening the legal industry. We represent traditional businesses as well as those in areas including green building and design, solar and renewable energy, environmental, clean tech, climate change, organics and natural products. - Certifed B Corporation - Bay Area Green Business Program certified (2003, 2007, 2010) - 1% For the Planet (Green Business Practice Group) - San Francisco Business Times Green Awards Finalist (2009) - National Law Journal "Mid-sized Law Firm Hot List" (2009) - San Francisco Business Times Corporate Philanthropy Community Partnership in Sustainability Award (2010)