Meet Our Attorneys

Robert S. Payne

Robert S. Payne
Partner

Robert S. Payne graduated from the Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1999. After graduation, he became the Assistant Law Librarian at the J. Reuben Clark Law School in Provo, Utah where he worked from 1999 to 2002. At the same time he worked as a contract attorney focusing on business transactional work and commercial litigation.

Carl R. Gustafson

Carl R. Gustafson
Partner

Carl R. Gustafson graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2007. In 2005, he was a legal intern for Global Justice in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he drafted sections of human rights situation reports and submitted them to the United Nations and other international bodies. Additionally, he researched issues of international jurisdiction and enforcement of international treaties.
Gustafson opened the Lincoln Law California offices and focuses his practice exclusively on bankruptcy law in the East Bay.