Napa, Calif.—Gaw Van Male, Napa-based estate planning and wine law firm has announced Liz Conemac, Erik Lawrence and Jeffrey Stephens as partners.
Conemac practices in the areas of basic and advanced estate planning and trust and probate administration. She is the chair of the Trust and Estates Section of the Napa County Bar Association and Treasurer for the Young Lawyer Division of the Napa County Bar Association and was named Young Lawyer of the Year for 2015. She joined the firm in 2002, working first as a receptionist, then as a legal assistant prior to attending law school. Conemac received her law degree from UC Davis School of Law in 2011 and was hired as an associate at the firm.
Lawrence practices wine law, mergers, sales, financing and acquisitions, business governance and operations and real estate law. He serves on the board of directors for the Napa Valley College Foundation and is a graduate of Leadership Napa Valley’s Class 24. He is a graduate of UC Davis where he received his bachelor’s and law degree. Prior to law school, he spent seven years as a commercial banker. Lawrence began his legal career in San Francisco, and later relocated back home to Napa where he initially worked for a local firm specializing in wine law. He served as in-house counsel for Trinchero Family Estates before joining GVM in 2014.
Stephens practices estate planning focusing on counselling clients in creating customized high-end estate and succession plans that integrate with the client’s existing investment and business structure. He is active in the community as a board member for Napa City-County Library Foundation and a committee member for Molly’s Angels of Napa County. After receiving his bachelor’s from Brigham Young University, he moved to Los Angeles and received his law degree from UCLA in 2009. After practicing in southern California, Stephens moved to Napa to join GVM in 2012.
Attorneys Dave Gaw and Nicholas Van Male founded Gaw Van Male in 1972. Over more than 40 years, the firm has grown to become one of Napa Valley’s premier law firms. Founder Dave Gaw developed the Gaw System™ of wealth preservation, and Gaw Van Male has become one of California’s leading estate planning firms. Gaw Van Male proudly lists some of California’s leading vineyard owners, winemakers, farmers and ranchers as clients, serving them in estate planning, wine and business law, succession planning and more.
