Philip Brian Avila

Attorney

Modesto Office
1104 12th Street
Modesto, California 95354
Telephone: (209) 576-1701
Facsimile: (209) 527-9753
E-mail: pavila@bortonpetrini.com

Philip B. Avila, is an attorney in the Modesto office of Borton Petrini, LLP. Phil did his undergraduate work at California State University, Fresno and went on to graduate school at California State University, Stanislaus, where he was conferred a Masters Degree in Public Administration graduating with honors. Following college, Phil completed his legal education at University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor degree in 1982.

Phil has practiced his entire career in Modesto serving clients throughout the San Joaquin Valley area. First as an associate and later as a partner and a sole proprietor, he has acquired a depth of knowledge in a wide and varied range of practice areas.

Phil presently emphasizes practice in landlord tenant law representing landlords in both commercial and residential unlawful detainer settings. This practice has naturally morphed into counseling his landlord clients in non-litigation contexts such as lease drafting, litigation avoidance, risk management, and business organization. He also has an extensive collection background numbering as his clients several collection agencies in the valley which specialize in medical collections.

At Borton Petrini, LLP, Phil has managed to keep his litigation skills honed. He has represented clients in defense of motor vehicle collisions, employment disability and discrimination suits, wrongful terminations, harassment and retaliation claims, defective products, and commercial contract claims. This litigation practice, especially in the employment field, has proven a fertile source of knowledge from which Phil has been able to properly advise employers on many aspects of employment law. He has often been a seminar speaker on the topics of sexual harassment, termination and hiring practices.

The client base that Phil has cultivated over the years ensures that he will continue to service their family practice needs. This includes practice in wills and trusts, estate planning, probate, health care decisions, and elder law.

Phil teaches civil procedure and employment law as a lecturer for the California State University, Stanislaus paralegal studies program.

Phil was born and raised in Modesto, California. He is married to Geeta and has one son, Ishan, a pilot in the United States Air Force and a daughter, Jyoti, a student at U.C. Santa Barbara.

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Education:

• California State University, Fresno, 1976
• California State University, Stanislaus, 1978
• University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1982

Admitted:

• State Bar of California, 1983
• U.S. District Court Eastern
• U.S. District Court, Northern

Business and Professional Associations:

• Stanislaus County Bar Association
• Past President, United Cerebral Palsy Association of Stanislaus County
• Alumni, Leadship Modesto Program
• Asociation of Defense Counsel of Northern California
• American Collectors Association
• Stanislaus County Employers Advisory Council
• California Society of Health Care Attorneys

Lectures and Seminars

• Guest Lecturer, Modesto Junior College, “Legal Aspects of Nursing Care.”
• Lecturer, California State University, Stanislaus, Paralegal Studies, “:Employment Law” and “Civil Procedure.”

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