Ian R. Greensides
Ian R. Greensides has been practicing law since 2004. Ian has actively successfully defended and litigated many cases to trial, including several successful appeals.
As your attorney, he will provide you with the information to make your decisions based on the law and facts.
Ian was the President of the Sunnyvale Cupertino Bar Association from 2020 through 2023.
Ian recently served as Interim Executive Director of People Acting in Community Together (PACT), a community organizing non-profit that advocates for social and economic justice. PACT fights for equity for tenants, affordable housing, justice system reform, and police accountability.
Before becoming an attorney, Ian worked in financial services, advising individuals regarding investments, insurance, lending, retirement, and college planning. He also taught as an insurance licensing instructor in the South Bay.
Ian earned his Juris Doctor from John F. Kennedy School of Law, his Masters in Public Administration from California State University East Bay, his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of California at Berkeley, and he also attended the College of San Mateo, earning his Associate of Arts degree in English.
Ian is active in as a community volunteer. He has also served as the President of the Cupertino Rotary Housing Corporation and has served on the Board of Directors for nonprofit organizations including the Fremont Union High School District Foundation (Sunnyvale), Campfire USA Golden Empire Council, the Lake Vera Mutual Water Company. He has served on the City of Pleasant Hill's Rehabilitation Loan Committee, and was a Commissioner for the City of Pleasant Hill's Schools and Education Advisory Commission. Ian was also a co-founder of Camp Saint Francis and served as its director for 16 years.
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- We used the law services of Mr. Greensides several times. He worked with us on creating a will, a family trust and transferring property to the trust. Working with him has been a frictionless experience throughout. He did not waste our time and was efficient in getting the information he needed. ...
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We Were Very Happy With Their Service and Would Not Hesitate to Recommend Them to Others
We were moving overseas for a work assignment and needed to set up a Trust, execute Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney. It was a compressed timeframe as our move was booked. Greensides Law provided fantastic service to ensure the information was captured, the documents were created, executed... - Not only did Ian give me solid, helpful advice regarding that case, he also saved our family nearly $50,000 in attorney's fees. If you want to hire a mean, unprincipled, aggressive, unskilled, and costly attorney, Ian is NOT your man. He has an extremely strong moral compass, and a non-challengin...
- After many years of being in need of an attorney I finally met a great attorney who knows what he is doing. With the great knowledge and expertise and willingness to help I am happy to highly recommend Ian R. Greensides. He is highly intelligent, detail oriented, quick in getting back to you. I...
- I've been around attorney's my whole life. My mom worked for the DA in New York and my wife is a court reporter. We had Ian handle two real estate cases for us, recommended Ian to a family member for a real estate issue and recommended Ian to a neighbor as well. Everyone was thrilled by the wa...
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