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Mr. Carnes joined Wanger Jones Helsley PC as Of Counsel in 2025, after over a decade working for the well-known water law firm of Ellison, Schneider, Harris & Donlan LLP. Mr. Carnes’ practice focuses on water and natural resources law, including water rights and supply issues and related environmental issues such as compliance with the Endangered Species Act, California Environmental Quality Act, National Environmental Protection Act, and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

Mr. Carnes was born and raised in Sacramento. Mr. Carnes graduated Summa Cum Laude from California State University Sacramento with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance.
Thereafter, Mr. Carnes attended and graduated Order of the Coif from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.

Mr. Carnes enjoys outdoor activities and spends his free time with his daughter, Ava, and his three dogs.

Ms. Grady concentrates her practice on water rights and related areas of natural resources law.  She advises clients on all aspects of surface and groundwater rights and state and federal laws relating to the use and management of water resources.  Ms. Grady also represents clients in regulatory proceedings and in state and federal trial and appellate courts with a focus on water and environmental issues, including comprehensive groundwater adjudications. Following law school, Ms. Grady served as a law clerk for the Honorable Stanley R. Chesler of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Honorable Steven L. Lefelt of the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court.

Ethan Mora joined Wanger Jones Helsley as Of Counsel in 2024. His practice focuses primarily on commercial litigation and dispute resolution, with a particular emphasis in cybersecurity, privacy, fraud, breach of contract, and consumer protection-related claims. Mr. Mora serves clients across a wide range of sectors, including e-commerce, fintech, blockchain, digital media, healthcare, and agriculture.  Since joining Wanger Jones Helsley PC, Mr. Mora has been growing the transactional and corporate side of his practice, serving as a trusted legal advisor and providing sound guidance and counsel for clients in e-commerce and real estate, drafting and advising on privacy, cybersecurity, and various other online and internal policies and issues for both for-profit and non-profit companies.

Mr. Mora has developed a strong track record of efficiently and effectively resolving novel and complex matters through early-stage communications, exceptionally diligent investigations, negotiated settlements, alternative dispute resolution strategies, and zealous advocacy in both federal and state court litigations. He is a vigilant, hardworking, and creative legal advocate who is recognized by his clients as a practical and trusted legal advisor, and as a thought-leader and trailblazer in the fields of cryptocurrency, cyber threat prevention, and data breach response and mitigation strategies. Mr. Mora has developed an outstanding reputation for successfully obtaining favorable settlements and recoveries for his clients in some of the most challenging, unique, and high-stakes cases, involving highly technical and emerging issues.

Prior to joining Wanger Jones Helsley, Mr. Mora worked as a litigation associate for a V100 law firm in Los Angeles, before founding his own law office, The Law Office of Ethan Mora, where he primarily represented individual consumers, small businesses, and victims of cybercrimes in a wide array of cybersecurity and cryptocurrency-related matters, including the first “SIM Swap” cases ever prosecuted in the United States, as well as a high-profile and first-of-its-kind malware litigation involving the alleged theft of over $1,000,000 in Bitcoin.

Benjamin C. West joined Wanger Jones Helsley as an associate in 2018. His practice focuses primarily on representing businesses and individuals in all areas of commercial, real estate, and management-side employment litigation.

Mr. West received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he served as Executive Notes Editor for the Hastings Law Journal and competed as a member of the moot court team. He also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable William H. Orrick of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and to the Honorable Erica P. Grosjean of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Mr. West received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine in 2013.

Hunter C. Castro joined Wanger Jones Helsley as an associate in 2018.  His practice focuses primarily on land use, municipal law, regulatory compliance, and environmental law.  Mr. Castro regularly litigates complex land use, regulatory, environmental, and civil rights issues on behalf of both public and private entities.  He also has experience counseling and training public agencies and their employees regarding governance, policy, and ethics.  Prior to focusing on these practice areas, Mr. Castro represented many businesses and individuals in employment, labor, and commercial litigation.

Mr. Castro received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of California, Irvine – School of Law.  During law school, Mr. Castro worked in-house at a technology startup company.  Aside from the day-to-day legal tasks required to support a business, his work centered on preparing and maintaining internal compliance tools regarding both national and international advertising, laboratory testing, and point-of-sale regulations.  Following this position, Mr. Castro worked as a law clerk for Wanger Jones Helsley.  He received a Bachelor of Arts in both Political Science and Sociology from the University of California, Irvine.

Stephanie Hosman joined Wanger Jones Helsley as an associate in 2019.  Her practice focuses primarily on representing businesses and individuals in all areas of family, employment, and business litigation.

Ms. Hosman received her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Irvine – School of Law.  During her first summer of law school, Ms. Hosman served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.  Following this position, Ms. Hosman worked as a law clerk for Wanger Jones Helsley.  Ms. Hosman received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a minor in English from Hendrix College, in Conway, Arkansas in 2015.  Ms. Hosman also received a Graduate Certificate in Forensic Child Psychology from Missouri State University, in Springfield, Missouri in 2016.

Ian J. Quinn joined Wanger Jones Helsley as an associate in 2023.  His practice focuses primarily on family law and business bankruptcy matters.

Mr. Quinn earned his law degree from SMU Dedman School of Law in 2017, where he served as Articles Editor for the SMU Law Review.  During law school, he worked for the Federal Income Taxpayers Clinic.  He also served as an extern in the General Counsel’s office at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.  After law school, Mr. Quinn worked at boutique family law litigation firms in Dallas, Texas and Sacramento, California.

Mr. Quinn received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014.

 

Kevin W. Bursey joined Wanger Jones Helsley PC as an associate in 2025 after several years of specialized water law practice with Ellison Schneider Harris & Donlan LLP, where he assisted in representing a broad range of public and private water users.  His practice focuses on water rights and supply and environmental and administrative law. Mr. Bursey advises clients in interactions with the State Water Resources Control Board and other government agencies and represents clients in related civil and administrative litigation.  He is a member of Wanger Jones Helsley’s Fresno and Sacramento offices.

Mr. Bursey graduated from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law with a concentration in water and environmental law.  After law school he practiced for several years with a California-based agribusiness law firm.

He was born and raised in Madera County, where his family has farmed for generations.

Rachel L. Pombo joined Wanger Jones Helsley as an associate in 2021. Ms. Pombo received her Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Ms. Pombo received Witkin Awards in Global Lawyering Skills II and Trademark Law.  She was also a competitor for the Mock Trial team, a research assistant for the Moot Court team, and a Teaching Assistant for Global Lawyering Skills II. Ms. Pombo served on the board of the Environmental and Water Law society as well as the Trial Advocacy Association.

During her first summer of law school, Ms. Pombo worked as a law clerk for Brownstein, Hyatt, Ferber, Schreck. Following this position, Ms. Pombo worked as a summer law clerk at Wanger Jones Helsley PC after her second year of law school.

Ms. Pombo graduated Cum Laude with her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and a minor in International Relations from San Francisco State University in 2018.

Mr. Martin practices commercial and civil litigation, including cases involving construction defects and disruptions, contractual disputes, and employment issues including providing advice and representation to clients in regards to Cal/OSHA regulations, appeals, investigations, laws, and litigations. Mr. Martin’s practice also focuses on real estate transactions, including contract and easement preparation, negotiation, and review, along with the formation and maintenance of all types of business entities.  Mr. Martin’s practice areas have allowed him to work on civil rights cases, defamation cases, and criminal defense matters in both State and Federal venues.

Mr. Martin is a 6th generation Central Valley native with strong ties to the Valley’s agriculture and local businesses.  Prior to entering into law, Mr. Martin worked in the restaurant industry for over a decade, and is familiar with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) regulations and compliance.