FIRM PROFILE

ATTORNEYS


S. TIMOTHY BUYNAK

LANA J. CLARK

MICHAEL S. FAUVER

JOY E. MARGOLIS

DAVID W. SMITH

MINDY A. WOLFE

ALLIANCES

ADVISORIES

 

820 State Street, 4th Floor
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805.966.7000

 

  
 

Vision Statement

Buynak Law has established a new course for law practices.  Building upon excellent client service and legal experience, our practice focuses upon strategic legal and business leadership as well as client alliances.  Attorneys are expected to truly counsel their clients, be their trusted advisors and bond with them in every way.  Our clients are simply part of our everyday life--- our extended family, our neighbors, and our communities.

Attorneys at Buynak Law are entrepreneurial in their own right; creative, knowledgeable in business, life and the law; legally and practically solution oriented capable of providing counsel and leadership for clients.  Important qualities for Buynak Law’s attorneys are:

  • Ability to listen, understand, judge, and counsel clients; ability to provide a quick analysis strategic direction and leadership; adherence to high client service protocols;
  • Ability to be a trusted advisor for clients; bonding with clients and their businesses, their dreams;
  • Practical and legal creativity to solve and structure complex business and individual matters;
  • Business and tax knowledge and experience; entrepreneurial approach to life and the practice of law; knowledge of various industries; experienced in life and had life experiences; excellent time keeping and billing skills;
  • Dedication to ongoing personal growth, new knowledge; desire to discover; to constantly expand one’s abilities and knowledge
  • Aggressive practice approach; clear thinking and the capabilities of leadership and resolution in the face of dispute and conflict; ability to access and effectively use mediation, arbitration and litigation;
  • Ability to have fun within his/her practices, with clients, principals and team members; understanding internal cooperative spirit and teambuilding and the need for external aggressive, committed advocacy; and
  • Willingness to work, adopt professional lifestyle, internally and externally; be of service to our communities, our marketed industries and our clients;

Buynak Law is based in Santa Barbara County; it collaborates with Santa Barbara County-based businesses and individuals, their communities, as well as the communities’ cultural, economic, social and political trends.  Santa Barbara County is paradise in all respects, for those within it and for those viewing it from afar.  Its enjoyment is critical to the well being of everyone involved in Buynak Law, as well as his or her families and friends.  Giving back is far more important than receiving, as each of us, team members to attorneys, is a leader with unique talents that should be provided to the community for the highest good of those around us.