Wallace C. Doolittle

Educational Background

BA Political Science; BA Philosophy, San Francisco, State University; Graduation year: 1985

JD: DePaul University School of Law; Graduation Year: 1989

Bar Memberships: Illinois, 1991; California, 1992

Areas of Practice

All areas of complex litigation, including commercial and business litigation; complex family law and dissolution cases; banking and insurance litigation.

Wallace has extensive trial and arbitration experience, including recent favorable jury verdicts in Alameda and Sonoma Counties.

Biographical Information

Wallace is a native Californian, who attended college in the San Francisco Bay Area and has practiced law here in the Bay Area since 1992. Prior to practicing law, Wallace worked as a legal assistant for Richard J. Idell, A Law Corporation in San Francisco and Sears Mortgage Securities Corporation in the Chicago, Illinois area.

James Downs
(Of Counsel)

Educational Background

BA Political Science, San Francisco State University; Graduation year: 1985

JD: University of San Francisco School of Law; Graduation Year: 1988

Bar Memberships: California, 1989

Areas of Practice

James has worked for Wallace C. Doolittle for a number of years in all areas of complex litigation, including commercial and business litigation; complex family law and dissolution cases; banking and insurance litigation. James has extensive motion and deposition experience, as well as trial, arbitration and appellate experience.

Biographical Information

James is a native Californian, who attended college in the San Francisco Bay Area and has practiced law here in the Bay Area since 1989.

Meet the Staff

Alana Montano

Alana obtained her private investigator license in 2005 and spent her early career with an emphasis on civil, corporate, and intellectual property investigations. In 2020, she joined Doolittle Law as a Paralegal to assist clients through all stages of their case. Alana maintains her active private investigation license and applies these skills and credentials to assist clients with all facets of their cases.

Memberships

• National Federation of Paralegal Associations
• Sacramento Valley Paralegal Association
• International Association of Financial Crimes
• International Association of Interviewers
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• The 100 Club of Contra Costa County

Mike McBull

Mike McBull is our valuable process serving partner. He is the founder of Coast to Coast Legal Services LLC (formed in 1965). Mike has worked with our firm since 2004. With 22 years of industrial experience, Mike has successfully delivered the most important legal documents to the related party at a timely manner. Our clients trust Mike and we rely on him to push the legal process forward in the most efficient way.

Daniel Etler

Daniel is our senior legal assistant. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from UC Santa Cruz. Daniel joined the firm 7 years ago. He oversees the entire line of service we provide to our clients and he works very closely to our attorneys and other team members. Daniel assisted a lot of our most important clients with onboarding, legal documents preparation, court filing and all the other related correspondence. Our clients love Daniel as he is always willing to listen and provide them with the best solutions.