Denise E. Chambliss
Partner
Denise E. Chambliss is a shareholder with the law firm of Hoge Fenton. At Hoge Fenton, she founded their Trust and Estate Litigation Practice Group, and continues to serve as the chair of the practice group. Ms. Chambliss has over 20 years of litigation experience, with a current concentration in contested Trust and Estate disputes. Ms. Chambliss earned her law degree at South Texas College of Law Houston and is licensed in the State of California; the US District Court, Northern California; and the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Chambliss has been recognized as a Super Lawyer since 2015, and is also nationally recognized as a Best Lawyer in trust and estate litigation. She is also a frequent author and presenter in this area of law.
Sara Shapero
Associate
Sara M. Shapero is a member of Hoge Fenton's Business Litigation Group and Family Law Group. She is an accomplished litigator who has represented clients through all stages of litigation, including case preparation and evaluation; discovery; motions; and trials. Ms. Shapero has significant experience with trial preparation and has second chaired several trials. She also has experience in mediation and successfully resolved many cases outside of Court involvement. Ms. Shapero received her J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law, where she earned the Public Interest and Social Justice Law Certificate. While at Santa Clara University School of Law, she received the Pro Bono Recognition Award all three years of law school, in part for her volunteer work at Catholic Charities, where she taught civic classes and assisted those seeking US citizenship. Prior to joining Hoge Fenton, Ms. Shapero was an associate attorney at a small boutique firm that concentrated on family and dependency law. Before that, she clerked for the Santa Clara County Family Court Supervising Judge Susan Bernardini, and also worked at the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office, where she focused on criminal law matters and assisting in the Special Trials Unit. Ms. Shapero is a member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association Family Law Section, Women Lawyer's Section, and Barristers Section. She has been a member of The Honorable William A. Ingram American Inns of Court since 2017.
