Specialties
Litigation practice focuses on complex business, employment, anti-trust and unfair business claims, contract and real estate disputes, construction defects, torts (including defamation, personal injury and wrongful death cases), and intellectual property. Employment cases include wage and hour class-action, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and retaliation cases.
Transactional work involves entity formation, mergers, dissolution, and preparation or review of contracts and leases.
History
Established in 1977.
Dowling Aaron Incorporated has become the preeminent full-service law firm in central California, representing the diverse interests of a broad and sophisticated client base. The firm's success is due in part to our philosophy of personalized client service.
We believe the relationship between client and lawyer is unique, and that our clients' interests are best served by long-standing individual relationships.
Meet the Manager: Micah N.
Micah Nilsson is managing shareholder of the Bakersfield office and Co-Chair of the firm's Oil, Gas and Energy Practice Group. He is also a member of Employment Law Group.
Mr. Nilsson is an effective negotiator and has received numerous awards for his negotiations, trial advocacy and client counseling, including advancing to the nationals for the ABA Negotiations Competition. Mr. Nilsson enjoys working with entrepreneurial clients and has practical experience from starting and operating various small businesses.
Mr. Nilsson speaks Spanish.