Simon LeBleu
Associate
Simon A. LeBleu's practice area focuses on estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer planning, as well as trust administration and probate. He received his J.D. from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law and his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of San Francisco School of Law. In addition to his practice, Mr. LeBleu is an adjunct professor of law at University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, where he teaches estate and gift tax. He also serves on the board of directors for a number of non-profits, including the Vacaville Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club and the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce.
Paul Cliff
Director
Paul Cliff’s practice is focused on drafting and implementing agreements concerning the development, leasing, acquisition, disposition, and financing of real estate. After graduating cum laude from Claremont McKenna College in 1986, Mr. Cliff briefly pursued an advanced degree in mathematics before enrolling at USC law school in 1987, graduating in 1990. His first employment was with the business department of a statewide firm based in Bakersfield, followed by a couple of years with a small business litigation firm in Santa Barbara. After that, Mr. Cliff joined former colleagues from Bakersfield to join a start-up law firm in Riverside. After over 20 years where he rose from associate to full equity partner in that firm, he moved over to the San Bernardino office of Gresham Savage. In 2022, Mr. Cliff and the majority of his Gresham Savage colleagues joined Fennemore Craig as it expanded its California footprint.
Judith Y. Tang
Director
Judith Tang has over 29 years of experience providing comprehensive estate planning and trust & estate administration services to high-net-worth clients. She is a director and a co-vice-chair of the trusts and estates practice at Fennemore. Ms. Tang is one of very few Certified Specialists in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization who speaks fluent Cantonese and conversational Mandarin. Ms. Tang graduated with high honors from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in Japanese Studies. She earned her J.D. at University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly known as Hastings). Ms. Tang was appointed to the Executive Committee of the California Lawyers Association's Trusts and Estates Section, and has been recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyer and a Top Woman Attorney from 2010 to 2024. She is an author and speaks on estate planning topics for the California Lawyers Association, State Bar of California, CEB, East Bay Trusts & Estates Lawyers, and Alameda County Bar Association.
Neal A. Parish
Director
With a professional background in planning and economics, including master’s degrees in city planning and transportation engineering, Neal Parish offers private and public agency as well as private clients a unique mix of real estate and land use knowledge, experience and insight. He counsels on a range of matters, including real estate transactions and agreements, easements and title issues, land use permitting, public projects and service contracts, and serving as public agency general counsel. For private industry and individual clients, Mr. Parish negotiates, drafts and analyzes agreements for real estate transactions, including leases, purchase and sale contracts, easements and related agreements, and subdivision documents including CC&Rs. He also assists clients with land use and related permitting issues, including CEQA, zoning, and other regulatory matters. Mr. Parish also serves as general counsel to public agencies, advising on a broad range of issues, including compliance with applicable laws such as the Brown Act, Public Records Act, and the Political Reform Act. Mr. Parish holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from UCLA, master’s degrees in City Planning and Transportation Engineering from UC Berkeley, and he received his J.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Law. He joined what is now known as Fennemore Wendel (previously Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean) as a clerk in 1997 during his final semester of law school, and has been with the firm ever since. Since 2002, Mr. Parish has served as a chapter author and/or update author for CEB publications including “California Easements and Boundaries: Law and Litigation,” “Office Leasing: Drafting and Negotiating the Lease,” and “Retail Leasing: Drafting and Negotiating the Lease.”
