Since 1996, we have advised founders, businesses, investors and families on their most important transactions, projects, planning and disputes.
Reicker Pfau was founded in 1996 as a full-service firm offering corporate, real estate and land use, litigation, employment and trusts and estate planning. Our goal was simple: the finest legal representation, delivered with an efficient, problem-solving approach. Today we are firmly established as the premier law firm in Santa Barbara.
Our Story
Our attorneys trained at leading national and global firms and chose to build their practices in Santa Barbara. The result is a boutique with experienced, qualified attorneys who handle sophisticated matters; the kind of legal depth you would expect from a much larger firm, delivered with the focus, efficiency, and continuity of a boutique.
When you engage a Reicker Pfau attorney, that attorney takes ownership of your matter and stays with it.
Meet Our PeopleBusiness-minded and full-service by design, we build lasting partnerships with our clients.
We advise high-growth businesses from idea to exit. From entity formation and financing to mergers and acquisitions, investment management and tax, we provide business-focused counsel at every stage. We also serve as day-to-day advisors on the operational realities of running a business, including equity incentives, commercial contracts, employment counseling, risk management and the planning that helps our clients scale the right way.
Learn More about CorporateWe advise employers, executives and business owners on the full range of workplace matters, including hiring, agreements, compensation, discipline and terminations. We help clients meet wage and hour, leave and anti-discrimination requirements, and we draft the agreements, handbooks and covenants that keep businesses protected. When disputes arise we bring practical judgment to every matter, working to manage risk and resolve problems before they grow.
Learn More about EmploymentWe help individuals, families and business owners plan for the future and protect what they have built. We prepare wills, trusts, powers of attorney and health care directives, and we design plans that address tax, succession and the transfer of wealth across generations. We bring care and practical judgment to every matter, helping clients provide for the people and causes they value most.
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We work with developers, owners and partners on major real estate projects, including acquisitions, development, entitlements and financing. We have the knowledge and experience at every level of government, federal, state and local, to help our clients bring their projects to life.
Learn More about Real Estate & Land UseWe represent businesses, property owners, investors and government entities in high-stakes disputes in business and commercial, labor and employment, real property and trade secret litigation. We are equally at home opposite a local practitioner or a national firm, calibrating our approach to the matter, not the opposition. We bring both firm advocacy and judgment to every matter, always seeking practical outcomes that protect what our clients have built.
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We bring the depth and experience of a national firm with the judgment, efficiency and continuity of a boutique.
If you have questions or need legal guidance, get in touch.
Though our roots are here, our clients are everywhere. We represent individuals and businesses across California, the country and the world.
