Rossi Bret Attorney

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Bret R. Rossi is a Certified Specialist, Bankruptcy Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He represents both debtors and creditors in business and personal bankruptcies (Chapters 7, 11 and 13), and assists clients in commercial collection matters. He is also a certified Mediator who assists individuals and businesses with the resolution of a wide variety of disputes without resorting to litigation or arbitration. Mr. Rossi focuses his practice on business dispute resolutions and commercial collections. He represents businesses and individuals with disputes related to a wide range of matters including contracts, partnerships, corporate agreements, real estate and construction matters through negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation in both State and Federal Courts. We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code.

Mr. Rossi has practiced law in Sacramento since 1984, with a clientele ranging from individuals, sole proprietorships and partnerships to privately held and public corporations located throughout California, Oregon and Wisconsin. Some of his clients have included Kohler Company, The Pape Group of companies, GCR Truck Tire Center and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, as well a number of individuals and small business.

An experienced trial attorney, Mr. Rossi has served as lead trial attorney in numerous trials. He has significant expertise in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques such as negotiation, mediation, arbitration and pre-trial settlements and is a certified Mediator. More than 98 percent of his cases are successfully resolved without resorting to trial.

In addition to conducting his legal practice, Mr. Rossi serves as an arbitrator on the Sacramento County Bar Association's Fee Arbitration Panel, he is a volunteer settlement conference mediator and he assists with both the small claims court and the traffic court. He is a former Chairman of the Sacramento County Building Board of Appeals and has served on the Sacramento County Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.

Prior to opening the Law Offices of Bret R. Rossi, Mr. Rossi practiced law with the Sacramento law firm of Weintraub, Genshlea, Hardy, Erich & Brown, concentrating in business dispute resolution. He also practiced with Hefner, Stark & Marois and the Law Offices of John D. Bessey, where he handled business dispute resolutions, commercial collections and bankruptcy matters.

Mr. Rossi earned his law degree with distinction from the McGeorge School of Law in 1984. While in law school, he was a member of various honorary societies including Order of Coif and The Traynor Society. From 1983 to 1984, he was the Amicus Lex Scholar performing extensive research on the issue of tortuous contract breaches. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981 from the University of California, Berkeley.

Mr. Rossi is a member of the State Bar of California's Litigation Section, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and Sacramento County Bar Association's Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section and the Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum. He is also a member of Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity.

Mr. Rossi was born in Stockton, California and presently lives and works in Downtown Sacramento. He is an avid outdoor enthusiast who enjoys mountain biking, wake and snow boarding, water and snow skiing and many other recreational activities with his children and friends.