Attorney Profiles

Michael D. Schley, Partner

Financial Institutions Regulation / Securities / Corporate / Business Law / Transactional Law

J.D., Hastings College of Law (1980)
B.A., Westmont College (1977)

Mr. Schley has almost three decades of experience in financial regulation and coporate business law. He also advises charities, private foundations and other exempt organizations on corporate governance and tax matters, and is a member of the California Bar's nonprofits committee. Mr. Schley has written federal banking regulations, has been General Counsel to a large NYSE-listed financial institution and has practiced with firms in New York, Washington, DC and Santa Barbara. He has authored or co-authored a report to Congress on the S&L crisis and articles on banking, business and tax-exempt law, and speaks on these subjects. Mr. Schley is a graduate of Hastings College of the Law (1980) and Westmont College (1977 magna cum laude).

	Author, speaker on business and nonprofit law topics
	Co-Founder, S.B. Business & Industry Associates
	Past Director & officer, Nonprofit Support Center, Transition House, Foundation for SBCC
	2001 Richard Abbe Humanitarian Award, S.B. County Bar
	Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America
	Contributer, CompassPoint Board Cafe
	Member, California Bar Committee on Nonprofit Organizations
	GLG Scholar (Gerson Lehrman Group Law Council)

 

Joseph F. Look, Partner

General Business / Estate Planning / Wills & Trusts / Real Estate / Tax Planning / Securities Compliance

J.D., Northwestern University (1978) B.A., Loyola University –  Chicago, IL (1975)

 Mr. Look practices in the areas of general business, estate planning, wills, trusts, probate and trust administration, corporate law, real estate, tax planning and transactions, securities compliance and private placement. He has practiced business law in Santa Barbara County for nearly three decades.

Mr. Look is also actively involved in community affairs and generously gives his time to non-profit projects. He is a Board Member of Valley Haven, senior day center, and serves as Pro Bono Counsel to Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People, a local service organization. He is also a former President of the Santa Ynez Valley Bar Association, former President and Board member of the Solvang Chamber of Commerce, former Board Member of the Solvang Lutheran Home, former Board Member of Threshold Ministries, a Christian service and evangelical ministry, and former Board Member of the Santa Ynez Valley Economic Forecast Project.

Ian M. Guthrie, Partner

Business Litigation / Physician Law

Pepperdine University School of Law (1980)
University of the Redlands(1975)

Mr. Guthrie has practiced for two decades in the Santa Barbara area. His practice has focused primarily on business litigation matters and physician law but also includes general business and contract work.

	Member: California Society for Healthcare Attorneys
	Counsel to the California Chapter of the American  College of  Emergency Physicians

Brett Locker, Partner

Business and Intellectual Property Transactions and Litigation

J.D., Loyola Law School – Los Angeles (1994)
B.A., UCLA (1991)

Mr. Locker practices predominantly in the areas of business transactions and litigation, including commercial contracts, corporate actions and intellectual property.  He has represented large and small entities engaged in new and old economy businesses.  Prior to joining Schley Look Guthrie & Locker LLP, Mr. Locker practiced with a prominent civil litigation firm, trying cases throughout Central and Southern California, and in a solo capacity, serving commercial clients in Santa Barbara and in Los Angeles.

	Anti-Defamation League; Santa Barbara / Tri-Counties Region, Regional Board of Directors 2007- present
	Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara,   Secretary and Member of Executive Committeee 2005-present
	Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, Board   of Directors 2000-present
	Named to Pacific Coast Business Times 40 Under Forty Class of 2003