Attorney Barbara May has lived on the Monterey Peninsula for most of her life. She is a graduate of Monterey High School and Monterey College of Law, and she attended Monterey Peninsula College and Sonoma State University. Before receiving her juris doctorate and admission to the California Bar in 2002, she was a legal secretary and paralegal for over 30 years in Monterey County. Prior to forming the Law Office of Barbara J. May, Ms. May was a partner in the firm of May & Garibay, LLP. She worked as an associate attorney at the Monterey firm of Bohnen, Rosenthal & Dusenbury, where she practiced civil litigation, family law, probate, conservatorship and estate litigation.
Amy Spiering was born and raised on the Monterey Peninsula and attended Santa Catalina School until 1997 when she left the area to attend the University of California at Berkeley. Amy graduated in 2002 from UC Berkeley with a double major in political science and rhetoric. She spent a summer in Washington D.C. interning for Congressman Sam Farr before moving to San Francisco and attending the University of San Francisco. She received her juris doctor and masters of business administration from the University of San Francisco. After receiving her license to practice law, she moved back to Monterey to work at the Law Office of Barbara J. May.
