About Phyllis
Phyllis Voisenat is a licensed attorney admitted to practice law in California in 1992, holding. She is the principal attorney at the Law Office of Phyllis Voisenat, located at 1101 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 201, Alameda, CA 94501. Her practice encompasses various jurisdictions, including the Ninth Circuit, Federal Circuit, and California state courts. She has been practicing law for over 33 years, serving clients throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
Ms. Voisenat earned her Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University School of Law. Prior to law school, she completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She graduated from Piedmont High School in 1980.
Her practice areas include business law, litigation, appeals, and collections. She represents entrepreneurs, small businesses, franchise owners, and partnerships in matters such as start-ups, leasing, operations, winding down, litigation, State Board of Equalization issues, city issues, business strategy, marketing, and social media law. Her practice encompasses all stages of litigation, including initial case evaluation, discovery, mediation, settlement negotiations, and trial proceedings in both state and federal courts.
Throughout her career, Ms. Voisenat has handled cases in the Superior Court of California for the County of Alameda, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She has also appeared before the California Court of Appeal on multiple occasions. Prior to founding her own firm, she worked as an associate at a mid-size litigation firm in Oakland for five years.
Ms. Voisenat is an active member of the State Bar of California and has been disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2023. She is fluent in English, allowing her to serve the diverse communities of the San Francisco Bay Area effectively.
