Attorney Biographies

Experienced Sacramento Attorneys

The attorneys at the Litchney Law Firm, P.C.  have decades of combined legal experience and the firm is one of the immediate area’s larger law firms in terms of clients assisted. Our attorneys are highly motivated, well-educated and provide immense value to clients of all types with varied needs. We work with a team of highly experienced and educated legal staff; comprised of an ex-bankruptcy trustee, paralegals, case managers and legal assistants.

We are able to understand our clients and their legal issues by really listening to them, and by knowing the right questions to ask and the correct steps to take. We stay abreast of legal trends and emerging issues through continuing education and involvement in our practice areas. The law firm’s vision is to demonstrate to the disenchanted client how highly motivated and service oriented attorneys can provide immense value and service to the client, making the clients experience as pleasant as possible depending on the circumstances.

At the Litchney Law Firm, our legal practice areas specialize in helping individuals and clients regain their lives today and secure their futures for tomorrow. We excel at guiding our clients through the often confusing maze of financial and legal decisions associated with our practice areas in order to create specialized solutions specific to each client’s needs that ensure the well-being of individuals and families and the accomplishment of important financial goals.

Sarah Litchney, Esq.

Founder, real estate attorney and Realtor/Broker, Sarah Litchney’s past experience includes, among others, assisting as counsel for a Bay Area chemical company and a prestigious fellowship with the National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C working with some of the nation’s top attorneys, CEO’s, heads of prestigious Universities and scientists. She also spent some time working with a Northern Californian Superior Court and District Attorney’s Office, for broad exposure to the many faces of the law before starting her own law firm in 2006.

A native Californian, Ms. Litchney attended the prestigious Cornell University, an Ivy League University, located in upstate New York. During her time at Cornell University Ms. Litchney achieved high marks and was the recipient of many distinguishing awards and scholarships. She was active on campus serving as University ambassador as well as within the Greek community and the associations affiliated with her area of study.

She returned to Northern California to attend law school at the highly regarded and esteemed University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, a top tier law school. Ms. Litchney obtained a certificate in Intellectual Property, was the recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and was nominated by the Dean and awarded the American Bar Associations Intellectual Property award for academic excellence in Intellectual Property studies. She was active on the campus in organizations affiliated with her area of study, as well as with the law school’s student bar association.

Her law firm places emphasis on the issues that are most relevant in today’s economy including Real Estate/Foreclosure including short sale negotiations and buying/selling real estate, Business and Corporate Law, Intellectual Property, Estate Planning, and Probate and Trust Administration.

Her experience in bankruptcy, real estate and short sales have made her someone who is sought out for interviews and to speak at many events, educational seminars etc. She has been interviewed for many articles by publications such as the Los Angeles Times, BusinessWeek, BBC, Mortgage Banking, Fox 40, Sacramento Parent, Sacramento Business Journal, THE Registry, Style Magazine and others. She was voted #7 (out of 50) in 2011 by Sacramento Business Journal and made the Inc. 500 list (#350 overall, #23 for consumer services) for 2011. She has also been voted the #1 Favorite Attorney in the area by Style Magazine readers 5 years in a row!

After working in the field of short sales for many years and seeing how damaging and destructive some real estate agents can be to homeowners and a real estate deal if they do not have the experience or knowledge required to properly negotiate a short sale, she decided to expand herself and her services to real estate as a broker as well as an attorney in order to better assist homeowners seeking short sales.  Founded in 2011, StoneCrest Realty  is a full service residential and commercial real estate brokerage. She represents developers, investors, and individual buyers and sellers and their funds in a wide range of matters including acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing, financing, short sales, general real estate transactions and foreclosures. Her clients range from individuals,  investors, corporations, and institutions across all asset classes of real estate, including residential, multi-family and commercial.

In her spare time she enjoys spending time with friends and family and being active in the outdoors.

 

 Laurie Alexander, Esq.

Ms. Alexander is a native Sacramentan and proud mother, and has lived in the area all of her life. Ms. Alexander graduated from Sacramento State University and attended Lincoln Law School in Sacramento. Ms. Alexander has extensive experience in many areas of law; including real estate law and foreclosure prevention, bankruptcy, and estate planning and trust administration. Ms. Alexander is very experienced with the legal issues and rules surrounding real estate, purchase money loans, recourse and deficiency judgments, short sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure and loan modifications as well as general negotiations for all debts. She is a trusted counselor and advisor for her estate planning clients and is able to guide them through planning for the inevitable as well as dealing with some of their darkest times with a compassionate nature.  She has been with the firm since 2007 and has counseled and advised thousands of clients.

Ms. Alexander has a great depth of experience, and in the past has worked at some of the finer law firms in the Sacramento area. She enjoys assisting clients in their hour of need; whatever the area of law.

Also a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California including their Estate Planning sections, the Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum, WealthCounsel Estate Planning Group, and other applicable membership groups, Ms. Alexander enjoys remaining up to date and educated on a variety of topics that impact our clients today. She prides herself on being a counseling-oriented attorney and maintains contact and even friendships with many of her past clients.

 

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We currently have offices in Roseville, Sacramento, Folsom, and Elk Grove, as well as we pride ourselves in serving clients in all of Northern California and Southern California. Our clients also come to us from the areas of Sacramento and Roseville including the communities of Sun City, Davis, Natomas, North Natomas, Elk Grove, Lincoln, Loomis, Rocklin, and Granite Bay.

Many clients are located in the cities of Auburn, Folsom, El Dorado Hills including the communities of Serrano, Shingle Springs, Placerville, Rancho Murrieta, Rescue, Orangevale, Fair Oaks, Antelope, Cameron Park, East Sacramento, West Sacramento, Rancho Cordova and Citrus Heights.

We also serve many clients through efficient time saving ways in communities including, Fairfield, Vacaville, Walnut Creek, Chico, Paradise, Marysville, Yuba City, Redding, Red Bluff, Stockton, Modesto, and Lodi. We also serve clients in the Southern California areas of Orange County, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego.

Our California attorneys also serve the communities in and around Sacramento County, Placer County, El Dorado County, Sutter County, Yolo County, Solano County, Yuba County, Butte County, San Joaquin County, and Santa Clara County.

Bankruptcy Law, Real Estate Law, Debt Forgiveness, Debt Settlement, Debt Negotiation, Sacramento Realtor, Bankruptcy, Ch. 7, Ch. 13, Short Sale, Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure, Foreclosure, Strategic Foreclosure, Buying Real Estate, Selling Real Estate, Mortgage Debt Settlement, Business Law, Incorporation, Contract Drafting, Buy and Sell, LLC, Corporate Requirements, Estate Planning, Living Trust, Irrevocable Living Trust, Special Needs Trust, Will, Pour Over Will, Power of Attorney, Medical Health Directive, Living Will, Deed, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secret.

The Litchney Law Firm and their attorneys serve professionals, executives, individuals, investors, inventors, companies and families with all of their legal needs. We currently have offices in Roseville, Sacramento, Folsom, and Elk Grove, as well as we pride ourselves in serving clients in all of Northern California and Southern California. Our clients also come to us from the areas of Sacramento and Roseville including the communities of Sun City, Davis, Natomas, North Natomas, Elk Grove, Lincoln, Loomis, Rocklin, and Granite Bay. Many clients are located in the cities of Auburn, Folsom, El Dorado Hills including the community of Serrano, Shingle Springs, Placerville, Rancho Murrieta, Rescue, Orangevale, Fair Oaks, East Sacramento, West Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, and Citrus Heights. We also serve many clients through efficient time saving ways in communities including, Fairfield, Vacaville, Walnut Creek, Chico, Paradise, Marysville, Yuba City, Redding, Red Bluff, Stockton, Modesto, and Lodi. We also serve clients in the Southern California areas of Orange County, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego.

For more information about bankruptcy law including Chapter 7, Chapter 13 and how to relieve debt, real estate issues including short sales and foreclosure, estate planning including living trusts, wills, power of attorneys, business and corporate law including formation, contract drafting and disputes, real estate law, intellectual property law including copyright, trademark, trade secret, licensing or to set up a consultation with one of our Sacramento lawyers, please contact the Sacramento attorneys at the Litchney Law Firm, P.C.. All legal consultations are strictly confidential under attorney-client privilege.

Our Sacramento attorneys also serve the communities in and around Sacramento County, Placer County, El Dorado County, Sutter County, Yolo County, Solano County, Yuba County, San Joaquin County, and Santa Clara County.

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