California Office
530 Lytton Avenue, 2nd fl
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 650-617-3472
Fax: 650-617-3201
Northern California has long been a strong area for legal services in support of entrepreneurial activity. Palo Alto is the front door of Silicon Valley.
Brenda Lutton-Coronado
Brenda Lutton-Coronado joined Assigned Counsel as our client development representative in 2008 with the opening of our Southwest and West offices. She has more than 17 years of corporate sales experience in Alaska, California and Arizona, spanning wireless communications, compensation software, and digital recording applications for the legal and law enforcement industries. Brenda has spent the majority of her career working with senior-level executives and government officials in client companies and organizations across the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.
Brenda is a 1989 graduate of Northern Arizona University and resides in Cave Creek, Arizona with her husband, son and crew of rescued animals, including horses, dogs, cats and chickens.
Debra Vinikour, Esq.
Debra Vinikour is the recruiting attorney consultant for Assigned Counsel’s Southwest and West offices. Debra received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review, and her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University.
Debra has more than five years of legal recruiting experience, placing attorneys in both temporary and permanent positions. Previously, she was the recruiting attorney for Assigned Counsel’s Chicago office, and is delighted to continue her association with the company.
Debra began her career in New York, working as a corporate associate for two mid-sized general practice firms. She then moved in-house, working as a senior counsel at a semi-public housing finance institution in Virginia and Chicago, then a major consumer credit and credit card company, in the Chicago suburbs. She has also worked as a career management consultant with a major out placement firm, helping individuals with career transitions.
Debra and her husband live in Redwood City, California, along with their Great Pyrenees dog. Her hobbies include running, playing the piano and enjoying the beautiful California scenery.


