CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT LAWYER

Ian Corzine

I am a California lawyer with 28 years of practice. I focus on employment law for California AI companies, founders, and tech workers. I also build AI tools for lawyers myself.

What I work on

• Layoffs and the California WARN Act, including the new rules for job cuts caused by AI.
• Noncompetes, non-solicits, and recruiting from other companies.
• Founders and early employees leaving a startup.
• Severance and separation agreements.
• AI tools in hiring, discipline, and firing.

Experience

• 28 years as a lawyer, including more than 20 years of California litigation, intellectual property and technology law, insurance defense, and general counsel work.
• Former federal judicial law clerk.
• Former Special Assistant United States Attorney. I tried criminal cases to verdict.
• Former California Executive Fellow.
• Former managing partner of West Corzine, LLP.
• I have tried civil cases to verdict in California superior courts.

AI and technology

I build platforms, workflows, and tools for lawyers with AI. My free tools are at iantools.com. I founded a legal document company, and I build legal technology and software products.

Admissions

• State Bar of California
• All four United States District Courts in California
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Education

• J.D., McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
• B.A., Communications

Find me

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Ian Corzine · California lawyer · San Francisco