Our Team
Mathew Auric
Mathew is the owner of Auric Law Group whose practice focuses on business and commercial transactions and talent management. Before law, Mathew taught math and science and studied physics. He lives in Ojai with his daughter, Ella.
Bar Admission
California – 2013
Education
Santa Barbara/Ventura College of Law – 2012
Jurist Doctorate
Highest Honors, First in my class
University of California, Santa Cruz – 2002
Bachelor of Science, emphasis in Physics
Honors
Employment and Entrepreneurship
Attorney – Ojai, CA
Owner, 05/2013 to Present
Hypatia LLC – Ojai CA
Founder and Member, 05/2015 to Present
Hypatia is developing and commercializing intellectual property revolving around software.
Thrive Market – Ojai, CA
Board Member, 07/2013 to 07/2015
Board member from conception until $30mn capital raise in July of 2015.
Golden State Power Company – Ojai, CA
Technical Consultant, 07/2003 to 05/2013
Research and development of photovoltaic system design and free-standing photovoltaic structures.
Technician, 11/2003 to 09/2004
Installed photovoltaic systems for commercial and private applications. Specialized in free-standing photovoltaic structures.
Salt Water High LLC – Ojai, CA
Operations Manager, 02/2010 to 12/2012
Designing and implementing operations. The company is engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of eco-friendly surf products.
Art Clothing Company – Ojai, CA
Chief Financial Officer & Founder, 12/2005 to 12/2008
Manufacture and produce environmentally friendly clothing.
My Cellar – Bali, Indonesia
Partner, 12/2006 to 05/2007
Developed a consignment-based sales strategy in high-end luxury villas throughout Bali. Specifically oversaw the sales strategy, creation, and implementation of the business plan and supervised a staff of 7.
Teaching
The Besant Hill School of Happy Valley – Ojai, CA
High School Teacher, 9/2004 to 6/2006 and 09/2008 to 06/2010
Physics, Pre-calculus, and Geometry.
Oak Grove School – Ojai, CA
High School Teacher and College Counselor, 09/2007 to 07/2008
Pre-Calculus and Cultural Geography.
Bali International School – Bali, Indonesia
Teacher, 11/2006 to 07/2007
High School and Junior High; Subjects: AP Physics, Information Technologies as part of the International Baccalaureate Curriculum, Consumer Mathematics, Algebra, Advanced Algebra, and Geometry.
Academic Experience
Institute National de Fisica Nuclear – Italy
Researcher, 07/2003 to 10/2003
Designed a web-based MySQL data browser for the Fermi Gama Ray Space Telescope flight hardware and Tested Space Flight Qualification requirements for the project.
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics – Santa Cruz, CA
Laboratory Assistant, 01/2003 to 06/2003
Performed NASA electric qualification programs on Polyswitch resettable fuses for the Fermi project.
Electronic Technician, 02/2002 to 01/2003
Designed and implemented experiments for the electrical testing of Fermi. Oversaw training programs for new lab assistants.
Student Technician, 06/2000 to 12/2000
Designed data-acquisition software for electrical tests in the GLAST project
Physics Demonstration Lab Assistant, 04/1999 to 06/1999
Prepared and Presented demonstrations to University Of California of Santa Cruz physics students.
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Research Assistant, 04/2001 to 10/2001
Searched for meteoroid dust streams in the AMOR data set, associated dust streams to parent comets, conducted tests to assist in thesis paper, A Search for Comet Meteoroid Dust Streams.
Ryan Dolinar
Ryan Dolinar is of counsel to Auric Law Group LTD. and has been in the field of civil litigation for the past six years. His specialities include contract disputes, business litigation, personal injury, corporate law, family law, expungements, dependency law and civil defense. Ryan is a Ventura resident.
Bar Admission
California – 2013
Education
Santa Barbara/Ventura College of Law
Jurist Doctorate