Adante Pointer

Adante Pointer was admitted to the State Bar of California on May 13, 2005, and his license is active ^[1]. He is a partner at Pointer & Buelna, LLP - Lawyers For The People, located on Filbert Street in Oakland, and his self-reported practice area with the State Bar is civil rights ^[1].

Pointer's firm represents people in police misconduct, civil rights, and personal injury cases and offers free consultations ^[2]. The firm's results include a $21 million jury verdict in Mondragon v. City of Fremont for the family of a sixteen-year-old who was shot and killed by Fremont police officers, a $12 million recovery in Terry Baker v. City of Oakland arising from an intersection collision with a police vehicle, and a $9.5 million settlement with the County of Alameda ^[2]. His Avvo profile lists civil rights, personal injury, and criminal defense among his practice areas ^[3].

Pointer earned his Juris Doctor in 2003 from UC Hastings College of the Law, now UC Law San Francisco ^[4], and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2025 he returned to his law school to speak with students about the legacy of Black attorneys and the fight for justice ^[4].