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    Tahj E. Gomes

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ChicoFamilyLaw.Com is owned by Tahj E. Gomes, of the Chico, California law firm Washington & Heithecker.

Mr. Gomes was raised in Siskiyou County,  California.  He graduated from California State University, Chico with a degree  in Political Science in 1996, and obtained his Juris Doctorate and certificates in Public Interest and High Technology Law from Santa Clara University School of  Law in 1999.  During law school he interned in and directed the Consumer Law  Program at the East San Jose Community Law Center, worked in the legal  department at Computer Curriculum Corporation, and externed for Magistrate Judge  Patricia V. Trumbull at the U.S. District Court for the  Northern District of  California, in San Jose.  After law school, Mr. Gomes worked for three years at  Bergeson & Eliopoulos in downtown San Jose, where he specialized in business and intellectual property litigation and licensing.  During this time he also taught High Tech Moot court classes at Santa Clara University School of Law and  served on the advisory boards for the law school's High Tech Law Program and the  East San Jose Community Law Center.

In late  2002, Mr. Gomes returned to Chico, California, and joined the Law Office of Michael T. Shepherd, where he practiced insurance defense, personal injury, and general civil litigation before joining the firm of Washington and Heithecker in  September of 2004. Mr. Gomes has tried multiple bench and civil trials and  briefed and argued several appeals.  His law practice currently includes  insurance and medical malpractice defense, personal injury and general civil  litigation, family law, and business litigation and  drafting.

Mr. Gomes is admitted to practice in  the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of California,  and the U.S. Court of Appeal, for the Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the  Association of Defense Counsel (ADC), the State Bar of California, and the Butte  County Bar Association, and the Executive Committee for the Litigation Section of the California State Bar Association. Mr. Gomes is ranked 10 out of 10  ("Superb") by the Avvo Lawyer Ranking System, and was a "Top Contributor" to Avvo in 2012.  He was also selected as one of The Top  1% Trial Counsel for Medical Malpractice-2012 by MedicalMalpracticeLawyers.org, an independent website that is "dedicated to educating the public about their  rights and role in medical malpractice litigation."

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