Hinman & Carmichael LLP

Hinman & Carmichael LLP has focused on the laws related to the production, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages since 1989 when Lynne Carmichael (an M&A partner with the San Francisco Brobeck firm) and John Hinman (the former General Counsel of the publicly traded Sonoma Vineyards venture that farmed over 2,000 acres of vineyards, owned and operated three wineries in two states and managed the then most significant direct to consumer wine business in the US)joined forces to provide specialty legal services to other law firms and alcoholic beverage licensees. Today, the firm is guided by John and his partners, Beth Aboulafia and Erin Kelleher, both leading experts in their fields.