ABOUT US

For more than 20 years our attorneys have been suc­cess­fully advis­ing individuals, entre­pre­neurs, prop­erty own­ers, exec­u­tives, and investors.

The team at Figueroa Law Group is pas­sion­ate about help­ing clients achieve their goals, whether through suc­cess­fully nego­ti­at­ing con­tracts and trans­ac­tions, argu­ing clients’ cases in court or achiev­ing advan­ta­geous set­tle­ments. Our expe­ri­ence is not lim­ited to the Court­room and in addi­tion to our lit­i­ga­tion and cor­po­rate expe­ri­ence our attor­neys have exten­sive expe­ri­ence in the field of Trusts and Estates, Land Use and Real Prop­erty Law, Intel­lec­tual Prop­erty Rights and Cannabis and Alco­hol related industries.

We rec­og­nize that, as lawyers, we not only have a com­mit­ment to zeal­ously rep­re­sent­ing the inter­ests of our clients and to pro­vid­ing excep­tional, timely ser­vice, we also have an oblig­a­tion to give back to our community.

As part of that, we vol­un­teer for numer­ous com­mu­nity projects, includ­ing serv­ing on non-profit boards and advi­sory coun­cils, as well as vol­un­teer­ing to serve our com­mu­nity through appoint­ment to coun­cils, com­mis­sions, and boards.

One impor­tant way that our firm demon­strates our com­mit­ment is our ded­i­ca­tion of two days of ser­vice per year. Our firm rec­og­nizes Mar­tin Luther King, Jr. Day and Cesar Chavez days as days of ser­vice, and mem­bers of the firm are encour­aged to spend those days work­ing on projects in their respec­tive com­mu­ni­ties for the bet­ter­ment of everyone.

At Figueroa Law Group, we believe that we can do well by doing good. We excel at delivering the highest level of service to our clients, as not only continually evolving experts in our field, but also as well rounded individuals with a healthy work life balance.

Your Trusted Legal Advisors

James F. Scafide – Principal Partner

Jim has been prac­tic­ing law for more than twenty years, and has served in a num­ber of chief advi­sory roles, includ­ing serv­ing as the Gen­eral Coun­sel for a pub­lic com­pany and a Divi­sion Chief for the Mass­a­chu­setts Attor­ney Gen­eral. Jim brings a wealth of both pub­lic and pri­vate sec­tor expe­ri­ence. He has worked on sophis­ti­cated busi­ness trans­ac­tions, includ­ing a multi-million dol­lar acqui­si­tion of a multi-national com­pany. Hav­ing drafted OEM man­u­fac­tur­ing agree­ments, inter­na­tional licens­ing agree­ments, joint devel­op­ment agree­ments, and other sophis­ti­cated transaction-related doc­u­ments, He is extremely famil­iar with the intri­cate nuances of busi­ness trans­ac­tions. Jim is also adept at com­plex civil lit­i­ga­tion, hav­ing appeared numer­ous times before civil courts and reg­u­lat­ing agen­cies and enti­ties.

Certifications

• Member California State Bar

• Member Massachusetts Bar Association

• Licensed to practice in all State and Federal Courts in Massachusetts and California

• Professor at Cal Lutheran and SB Colleges of Law

Education

• Harvard Law School (LL.M.)  

• Boston College Law School (JD) magna cum laude

• Harvard Kennedy School of Gov­ern­ment, (MA)

• Kent State Uni­ver­sity (BA)

Tyler Sprague – Partner & Attorney

Tyler’s inter­ests in the legal realm cen­ter around busi­ness and land use law with an empha­sis on the laws and reg­u­la­tions sur­round­ing craft brew­eries. He is on the board of Inspired Works, a non-profit orga­ni­za­tion located in the Santa Ynez Val­ley and was pre­vi­ously a mem­ber of the William L. Gor­don Inns of Court in Santa Barbara.

Tyler spent a powerful 5 years as a wild­ land Firefighter/ EMT for the State of Cal­i­for­nia in the foothills of the north­ern Sierra Nevada Moun­tains spe­cial­iz­ing in tech­ni­cal res­cue and fire management. When he is not work­ing or study­ing Tyler fol­lows a num­ber of pur­suits in the spirit of the mod­ern renaissance-man: tend­ing to his ever-expanding veg­etable gar­den, explor­ing fer­men­ta­tion through brew­ing and dis­till­ing, as well as mak­ing his own char­cu­terie and cheese.

Certifications

• Member California State Bar

• Member Cen­tral Dis­trict Fed­eral Court of California

• Licensed to practice in all State Courts in California and Federal Courts

Education

• Santa Barbara College of Law (JD)

• University of California Santa Cruz (B.A)