Meissner Joseph Palley & Ruggles, Inc.

Attorney John J. Meissner, Jr.

Bar Admissions:

• California, 1977

Education:

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California
  
  • LL.M.
• Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California
  
  • J.D.
• University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Attorney Irving B. Joseph

Bar Admissions:

• California, 1981
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1982
• U.S. Tax Court, 1982

Education:

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, 1981
  
  • J.D. and LLM
  • Honors: Order of the Coif and Traynor Society
• San Diego State, San Diego, CA, USA, 1975
  
  • B.S.
  • Major: Accounting

Attorney John B. Palley

Jurisdictions:

• Utah, 1995
• California, 1994

Education:

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, May, 1994
  • J.D.
• Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, May 1991
  • B.A.
  • Major: International Business
  • Honors: Dean’s List, Semester in London, President Delta Sigma Phi

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Sacramento Estate Planning Council, Member
• Rotary Club of Roseville, Member
• Roseville Chamber of Commerce, Member
• Placer County Bar Association, Member
• Active 20-30 Club #1, Past Active Member

Attorney Amy H. Ruggles

Bar Admissions:

• California, 1997

Education:

• Pacific McGeorge School of Law
  • J.D.

Attorney Jennifer S. Rouse

Bar Admissions:

• California, 1998

Education:

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, May, 1998
  
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Alumni Scholarship
  • Honors: Gary V. Shaber Memorial Scholarship
  • Honors: James Foundation Scholarship
  • Honors: AmJur Award for Jurisprudence
• Pacific Union College, Angwin, California, June, 1995
  
  • B.S.
  • Honors: History Faculty Award, 1995
  • Honors: Steven J. Seeley III Classic Croquet Tournament Champion, 1993
    
    • Honors: Phi Alpha Theta-History Honor Society
• Honors: Sigma Tau Delta-English Honor Society
  
  • Honors: Academic Administration Employee of the Year, 1992 & 1993
  • Major: History & Government
  • Minor: Business Administration

Attorney Ulises Pizano-Diaz

Bar Admissions:

• California

Education:

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
  • J.D.

Attorney Jessica F. Uzarski

Bar Admissions:

• California

Education:

• University of California at Davis School of Law, Davis, California
• Oakland University
  
  • Honors: magna cum laude

Attorney Edward A. Smith

Bar Admissions:

• California

Education:

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, 1988
  
  • J.D.
• UC Davis, 1984
  
  • B.A.

Attorney Angela C. Thompson

Bar Admissions:

• California

Education:

• University of California Law School

Attorney Mauriah Conway

Bar Admissions:

• California, 2004

Education:

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, 2003
  
  • J.D.
• Furman University, 1999
  
  • B.A.

Attorney N. Aaron Johnson

Bar Admissions:

• California, 2010
• Idaho, 2007

Education:

• University of Idaho College of Law, Boise, Idaho, Boise, Idaho, 2007
  
  • J.D.
• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009
  
  • LL.M.
  • Major: Taxation
• Brigham Young University, 2004
  
  • B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Attorney Svetlana Osokina

Bar Admissions:

• California

Education:

• McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California
  
  • J.D.
• Sacramento State University
  • B.A.
• American River College

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