Richard P. Mendelson
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Land Use & Zoning, Business Law
1455 First Street, Suite 301, Napa, CA 94559
About Richard P. Mendelson
Practice Areas
- Land Use & Zoning
- Business Law
Education
- Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1982J.D.
- Oxford University, 1977M.A.
- Harvard University, 1975B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Magdalen College, Oxford
Representative Cases
- Bronco v. Jolly
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 1982
Other Affiliations
- International Wine Law Association (Founding Member)
- International Wine Law Association, 1992 - 1995 (President)
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Beta Kappa
Articles
Published Works
- Napa Valley Viticulture: A Farmer’s Outlook November, 2011
- Editor, Wine in America: Law and Policy, May 2011
- Author, From Demon to Darling: A Legal History of Wine in America, June 2009
- “The 30 Year Itch: Changing Rules on American Viticultural Areas and Geographic Brands,” CLE Wine, Beer and Spirits Law Conference, 2008
- “Twenty-First Amendment Jurisprudence,” Yale Law School, 2008
- “Wine and Intellectual Property,” CEB Wine Law Forum, 2008
- “Wine Law in America,” UC Davis Wine Executive Program, 2007
- Wine Law in California, 2006
- The Napa Valley: An Emblematic California Coastal Vineyard Landscape, 2004
- “Regulation of Enological Practices and the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade,” International Wine Law Association, 2003
- Richard Mendelson and John Trinidad Co-Author Chapter for “La vigne, le vin et le droit/Du local au global: Mélanges en l’honneur de Robert Tinlot”, 09/17/2021
- Author, Spirit in Metal (Val de Grâce 2011)
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- Business Law
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