Attorneys At Law
Burton, Volkmann & Schmal, LLP, was founded in 1997, as a successor firm to Gassett, Perry & Frank, where John Burton, Tim Volkmann and Tim Schmal had practiced together for fifteen years. Our firm's attorneys have over 95 years of collective litigation experience and a twenty-three year history of representing clients on the Central Coast and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Burton, Volkmann & Schmal, LLP, is committed to providing its clients with high quality, effective legal representation. Our firm's attorneys have an extensive and well-documented history of success at trial and on appeal, and are skilled in the utilization of all forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
Burton, Volkmann & Schmal's employment services include litigation, advice, arbitrations and personnel hearings, labor relations, investigations and training.
Burton, Volkmann & Schmal is proud of its clients which include insurers, major corporations, municipalities, school districts and local businesses. Our attorneys have represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of claims including governmental tort liability, professional negligence, products liability, employment matters, wrongful termination/sexual harassment claims, and intellectual property.
Burton, Volkmann & Schmal has an extensive litigation practice. Our attorneys defend cities, counties, and special districts in every stage of litigation, from the filing of a DFEH or EEOC Complaint, through motion practice, trial and appeal.
Burton, Volkmann & Schmal attorneys have a thorough understanding of the unique legal, operational and political issues facing public agencies that allow us to work closely with our clients to protect their legal interest, and achieve a result that is cost effective and appropriate from both a public policy and human resources perspective.
All three of our firm's partners - Messrs. Burton, Volkmann and Schmal - have individually received this highest possible rating for an attorney - "AV" - from the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory, a distinction achieved by less than ten percent (10%) of all attorneys in the State of California, for the past eight years in a row. That ranking is based on a review by peer attorneys, and has qualified them for listing in the Register of Preeminent Attorneys.