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Joel Primes, JD

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518 Sydling Ct. Sacramento, CA 95864 (916) 487-5453 email: joelprimes@yahoo.com

Joe Primes, JD, graduated from Santa Clara Law School in 1968.  Upon graduation he commenced employment with the California Department of Justice, Office of Attorney General.  His specialty is administrative law, with most of his cases involving the medical, dental and chiropractic professions.  He represented the California Department of Consumer Affairs agencies for 37 years, retiring in 2004.  Mr. Primes helped draft revisions to the California Administrative Procedures Act; CEB, California Administrative Hearing Practice book; and West''s California Code Forms, Business and Professions. He represented California licensing agencies in administrative hearings to establish a licensee''s unprofessional conduct.  Most of his legal work invovled litigation.  His legal actions were to protect the public from licensed professionals who violated the law or agency regulations. Mr. Primes now defends licensees accused of unprofessional conduct in administrative law cases.