Jeannette Witten
Hudson Martin, 26515 Carmel Rancho Blvd., Suite 200, Carmel, (831) 375‑3151, hudsonmartin.com
Jeannette Witten has practiced law for over 20 years; most of them at Hudson Martin, the oldest firm on the Central Coast. While Witten didn’t defend Steinbeck’s heir, Waverly Scott Kaffaga, when she sued her stepfather’s son, Thomas Steinbeck, for lost profits in the film adaptations of The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden, she represents lots of local agricultural businesses and individuals in different matters. They may be a little less Hollywood – things like intellectual property, licensing and copyright – but that’s a lot of crucial cases.