Jewell J. Hargleroad

The founder of her own law firm, Jewell J. Hargleroad is an astute and highly skilled attorney for her clients in Hayward, California, and throughout the East Bay. Her varied practice encompasses the areas of civil litigation at both the trial and appellate levels as well as business and contracts, including government contract law, probate disputes and real property matters.Ms. Hargleroad received her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1981. Following her undergraduate education, she worked as an election examiner for Region 32 of the National Labor Relations Board before beginning her legal studies at the University of San Francisco School of Law. While in law school, Ms. Hargleroad served as a judicial extern to the chief justice of the Supreme Court of California, allowing her to hone her legal research and writing skills. She was also a member of the University of San Francisco Law Review prior to being awarded her Juris Doctor in 1987. Admitted to practice in California, Ms. Hargleroad is also admitted to practice law before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.Ms. Hargleroad's strong legal abilities have led to her obtaining numerous successful results for her clients, including winning a dismissal of a bankruptcy petition that had been filed in bad faith in order to avoid a conditional judgment. She is and has been a member of several legal organizations, including past member of the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco, past member and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Environmental Section of the Alameda County Bar Association, the San Francisco Queen's Bench Bar Association and the  Bar Association of San Francisco, and California Women Lawyers.