Our Team

Meet Our Attorneys

George Grellas

George Grellas

Founding Counsel

For over 25 years, George has practiced business, corporate, commercial, and intellectual property law in Silicon Valley and has served as a business and corporate lawyer for a broad range of startup and business…

Dhaivat Shah

Dhaivat Shah

Partner

Dhaivat H. Shah has spent his entire private sector career representing public and private companies, their executives and their boards in complex litigation, regulatory investigations and internal investigations.

David Siegel

David Siegel

Partner

David is an unusual startup lawyer in having done sophisticated legal work in both transactional and litigation matters: he is an accomplished startup lawyer and litigator who has extensive experience…

Mital Makadia

Mital Makadia

Partner

Mital Makadia is a trusted advisor to startup founders, serving as outside general counsel to early-stage and growth-stage technology companies across a wide range of industries. She works closely with founders…

Titus Lin

Titus Lin

Associate Attorney

Titus is a transactional associate with Grellas Shah. A member of the firm since 2011, Titus has represented domestic and international clients on a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, including securities compliance…

Erin Adrian

Erin Adrian

Associate Attorney

Erin Adrian is an associate attorney at Grellas Shah, where she focuses on commercial litigation. Ms. Adrian has handled a wide range of complex litigation matters, including complex contract, copyright, trade secret…

Seth Kugler

Seth Kugler

Associate Attorney

Seth Kugler focuses on complex commercial litigation including disputes related to corporate governance and breach of fiduciary duties, trade secret and IP misappropriation, breach of contract, real estate, and defamation….

Katherine Hart

Katherine Hart

Associate Attorney

Katherine Hart is a transactional associate with Grellas Shah. A member of the firm since 2017, Katherine advises clients on a range of transactional matters, including corporate governance, equity financings…

DA Zhuang

Da Zhuang

Associate Attorney

Da Zhuang is a transactional associate with Grellas Shah. A member of the firm since 2019, Da advises clients on a wide range of transactional matters, including equity financings, corporate governance, M&A, technology transactions…

Paul Horstmann

Paul Horstmann

Of Counsel

Paul is of counsel with the firm. As a patent attorney who focuses on patent prosecution, Paul has been on the front lines of patenting technological advancements in computers and electronics for nearly a quarter century. He has worked on behalf…

MARK GRAYSON

Mark Grayson

Associate Attorney

Mark Grayson is an associate attorney at Grellas Shah, where he focuses on commercial litigation and intellectual property. Mark handles a wide range of litigation matters, including disputes involving complex contract, employment…

Vivi Lee

Vivi Lee

Associate Attorney

Vivi Lee is an associate attorney at Grellas Shah, where she focuses on commercial litigation. Ms. Lee has handled a wide range of complex litigation matters, including complex contract, corporate governance, fraud and other matters.…

Seth Kugler

Leon Liu

Associate Attorney

Leon Liu is a associate attorney with Grellas Shah. A member of the firm since 2021, Leon advises clients on a range of transactional matters, including corporate governance, equity financings, and M&A transactions….

Joseph W. Guzzetta

Joseph W. Guzzetta

Of Counsel

Joseph W. Guzzetta is an attorney with Grellas Shah, LLP. His practice is two-fold – he is a litigator and counselor in privacy law. Mr. Guzzetta has been successfully trying cases in California courts and non-judicial venues for…

Sara Townsend

Sara Townsend

Associate Attorney

Sara Townsend practices intellectual property litigation. She has appeared in proceedings in federal and state courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board regarding patents, trade secrets, copyrights…

Jack Bussell

Joe Palmieri

Intellectual Property Associate

Joe graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law, where he was a member of the High Tech Law Journal and received a High Tech Law Certificate. He received his M.S. in physics from Boston College. Joe’s practice…

Jack Bussell

Jack Bussell

Associate Attorney

Jack Bussell is an associate at Grellas Shah, practicing with a focus on commercial litigation. Jack has litigated a wide range of matters, including co-founder disputes, complex contract…

Ryan Plesh

Ryan Plesh

Associate Attorney

Ryan is a litigator whose experience includes advisory and transactional work as well, with a focus on intellectual property law. Ryan is experienced in trade secret, trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust, corporate, contract, and employment matters.

Omer Netzer

Omer Netzer

Seasoned Attorney

Omer is a seasoned attorney with a proven track record of providing practical, strategic advice and counsel to stakeholders on a variety of corporate law and transactional matters in the emerging companies and venture capital ecosystem.