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# Nestor Schnasse

Nestor Schnasse is the principal attorney at *Schnasse Law*. He has practiced law in California for more than 15 years and is based in Novato. He represents people who have been seriously hurt or lost a loved one in personal injury cases, including bicycle, auto, premises liability and government liability. He is also a cyclist who in his youth competed in international road-races throughout Europe and Australia. Bicycle cases are one focus of his law practice, an opportunity to draw on personal experience.

### Articles written by this author:

[![Electric bicycles: It has a motor, but in California it’s not a motor vehicle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/cover_ebike-1261633968_c24f0e6cddef734216a59f5869d7b50b.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-august/electric-bicycles-it-has-a-motor-but-in-california-it-s-not-a-motor-vehicle "Electric bicycles: It has a motor, but in California it’s not a motor vehicle")

## [Electric bicycles: It has a motor, but in California it’s not a motor vehicle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-august/electric-bicycles-it-has-a-motor-but-in-california-it-s-not-a-motor-vehicle "Electric bicycles: It has a motor, but in California it’s not a motor vehicle")

How e-bikes are classified and the legal rules of the road for this fast-emerging mode of transportation

[Nestor Schnasse](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nestor-schnasse "Nestor Schnasse")

[2022 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-august)