Litigation cases in Los Angeles typically take 9 to 36 months from filing to resolution, depending on complexity, court backlog, and settlement likelihood.
Los Angeles Court Backlog
The Los Angeles court system often manages a backlog ranging from 15,000 to 40,000 pending litigation cases, which can affect scheduling and timelines.
Litigation Los Angeles Filing Volume
Estimated new litigation filings in Los Angeles range from 1,200 to 2,500 cases per month, reflecting the city's large population and active legal market.
Litigation Case Outcomes
Approximately 35% of disputes resolve before formal litigation, 25% settle after filing but before trial, and about 10% succeed at trial; outcomes vary by case type.
915 Wilshire Blvd Ste 1650 , Los Angeles , California 90017
Practice Areas: Litigation
Eli Gordon is the Managing Partner of the Business Real Estate Group in Los Angeles. Mr. Gordon has been recognized as one of the leading real estate litigation defense attorneys in Los Angeles and has represented some of the largest property owners and managers in the country in high stakes litigation. Mr. Gordon is the Chair of the Affordable Housing Practice Group at Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP and has been a distinguished member of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) government affairs committee.. Mr. Gordon joined Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP in 2006 as a law clerk while attending Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California. Mr. Gordon then joined KTS as an Associate Attorney in 2007 and, after exhibiting an exemplary record of results for his clients, was named Partner in 2014.. Mr. Gordon’s practice has focused primarily on defending complex litigation matters filed in state and federal court against owners and managers of residential and commercial real estate including, but not limited to, mass Plaintiff habitability disputes, fair housing disputes, wrongful eviction claims, breach of lease actions and other matters in the business and real estate arena. Mr. Gordon’s work in prosecuting commercial breach of lease complaints has led to judgments totaling in the millions of dollars for his clients. Mr. Gordon has handled several high profile appellate matters and has presented argument before the California Court of Appeals, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.. Mr. Gordon is also an active member of the California Apartment Association, the Institute of Real Estate Management and the California Self Storage Association.
633 West 5th Street , Los Angeles , California 90071
Practice Areas: Litigation
Frank Ozello has been practicing law for over 25 years, and serves as Senior Counsel at Layfield & Barrett. He has extensive experience in numerous areas including complex and catastrophic personal injury and large general liability cases, often related to personal injury, products liability, professional liability, premises liability, elder abuse, traumatic brain injury and major spinal injury cases, auto accidents, insurance bad faith, construction defects, class actions, employment litigation, sexual harassment and business litigation.. Mr. Ozello is admitted to practice law in New York and California and practices in all State and Federal courts throughout California as well as various courts across the United States. Before representing plaintiffs full-time at Layfield & Barrett, he primarily represented defendants and therefore has valuable understanding of defense strategies, which he utilizes to secure millions in settlements for his clients.. Mr. Ozello represents clients in many insurance-related matters with an emphasis on litigation and trials on both National and local State and Federal court levels. His expertise extends beyond the courtroom having also taught and lectured in the fields of insurance and insurance bad faith.
1180 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 610 , Los Angeles , California 90035
Practice Areas: Litigation
As a litigator since 1984, I have tried nearly 60 jury trials to verdict, over 30 as an Assistant District Attorney for the State of Alaska (1984-86) and the remainder as a Civil Personal Injury and Business trial attorney.. My practice consists primarily of Elder Abuse, Personal Injury, Legal Malpractice, Business and Probate. Beit Din (Jewish religious court trials) as well. While most cases do settle, your attorney must have the ability and confidence to go to trial when the other side is unwilling to negotiate a fair settlement. I can carry the job through to its just end, including by trial if necessary. In addition, I consistently provide pro bono legal services to elderly and needy persons and organizations who cannot afford necessary legal services.. I have volunteered as a Judge Pro Tem in the Los Angeles Superior Courts for over 10 years and as a volunteer Arbitrator for LASC more than 15 years.. I served on the Board of Directors of my synagogue, Beth Jacob Congregation of Beverly Hills, and volunteered as a lay leader there. I regularly donate blood at Cedars-Sinai Hospital.. During college years I worked as a Park Ranger (law enforcement division) in Yosemite, Sequoia & Yellowstone National Parks, when I first became interested in the law, and I was an Emergency Medical Technician. I was also a First Aid/CPR Instructor. Recently I retired from voluntary communal service as a First Responder EMT with Hatzolah of Los Angeles.. I'm not only an honest and ethical litigator, but as demonstrated, I give to my community and I have a big heart. Give me a call on my cell phone: .
355 S Grand Ave Ste 2850 , Los Angeles , California 90071
Practice Areas: Defective Products, Litigation, Insurance, Mediation, Personal Injury, Defective and Dangerous Products, Defective and Dangerous Products
1900 Avenue Of The Stars Ste 2100 , Los Angeles , California 90067
Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Construction , Contracts, Entertainment & Sports , Housing & Construction Defects, Labor , Landlord & Tenant, Real Estate , Litigation
1801 Century Park East,Suite 1201 , Los Angeles , California 90067
Practice Areas: Litigation
For over 25 years, Farhad Novian, the Managing Partner of Novian & Novian LLP, has advised, counseled and represented California businesses and individuals in a broad range of corporate and business transactions and disputes. These matters have been resolved or adjudicated at the state or federal level through court trials, jury verdicts, at arbitration, at mediation or informally. In so doing, Farhad has built and manages a highly capable and skilled team of corporate, litigation and transactional attorneys providing legal services to the Novian clients, all at competitive rates.. Farhad’s business counseling and litigation advocacy skills have successfully resolved or adjudicated disputes and matters involving breach of contract, business fraud, copyright and trademark, defamation, entertainment law, hospitality, labor and employment, licensing, partnership, real estate, trade secret misappropriation and right of publicity violations. Farhad has also garnered success in representing numerous privately held and publicly traded companies on transactional matters in the corporate, entertainment, hospitality, real estate and technology fields from the start-up funding phase, to operations, to mergers and acquisitions.. Farhad earned a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from UCLA in 1981. He received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School Los Angeles, in 1984. In 1988, the brother combination of Farid and Farhad founded Novian & Novian and has remained consistently strong players in the legal community since then. For close to two decades, Farhad has enjoyed recognition as an “AV” rated lawyer via the peer-review system established and administered by Martindale-Hubbell, with “AV” being the highest rating for “legal ability” and “faithful adherence to the professional standards of conduct and legal ethics of the legal profession, professional reliability and diligence . . . .”. Farhad is active in state and federal bar associations and regularly lectures at UCLA on real estate and hospitality law and has participated in the “Boardroom Series” lectures on corporate structuring matters before young entrepreneurial professionals. As a community participant, Farhad is a member of the Board of Directors of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills and a volunteer in several other community organizations. He has two young sons and enjoys playing tennis during his off hours and is an avid art enthusiast.
2029 Century Park East , Los Angeles , California 90067
Practice Areas: Litigation
Founder and principal of Rome & Associates, A.P.C., Eugene Rome is an accomplished litigator and transactional attorney representing clients in both the United States and abroad in the areas of intellectual property law, domain name disputes and art law. He also possesses a wealth of experience in entertainment and business litigation.. Mr. Rome represents clients in matters involving Internet disputes as well as financial and electronic payment processing. For example, recently, Mr. Rome obtained a $2.4 million verdict with $1.45 million in punitive damages in a breach of oral agreement and fraud case arising out of a failed referral relationship in the complex international payment processing space. Mr. Rome has also prosecuted several payment processing disputes against foreign banks, during which he successfully established jurisdiction over the foreign banks in the United States and secured favorable settlements with the banks’ co-defendants.. Mr. Rome serves as outside counsel to domain name registrars, web service providers, lead generator companies and other Internet businesses. In a mass typosquatting case, he procured a $1.3 million judgment against all registrants of the infringing domains as well as individuals and companies monetizing the infringing domains. His domain name practice includes representing clients in intellectual property, compliance issues and other legal proceedings involving:. · Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). · Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). · Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). · Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM) and analogous state law provisions. In addition to his work in Internet and business law, Mr. Rome has developed a niche in art law. Serving as co-counsel, he provided case strategy, discovery and litigation support in securing an $800,000 judgment in a forged artwork case on behalf of a Parisian art gallery. He has also litigated ownership issues to prominent Warhol works, represented partners in art promotion disputes and handled insurance disputes arising out of damaged and stolen art.. Mr. Rome is admitted to practice in California, both in federal and state courts. He is fluent in Russian and speaks conversational French.
3435 Wilshire Boulevard , Los Angeles , California 90010
Practice Areas: Litigation
Elliot Rosenberger is a 2014 graduate of the UCLA School of Law. Since establishing his law practice, his clients have included a multinational health care provider, a global absence management administrator, a credit union, a new media production company, a clinical laboratory staffing agency, a digital venture capital marketplace, a blockchain performance engineering company, an SEO firm, other attorneys, investors, and tenants.. During law school, Elliot clerked for the Complex Litigation Section of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office and the Enforcement Department of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He was co-chair of the Public Interest Law Fund, a student-run organization at UCLA dedicated to heightening and engaging the UCLA legal community’s commitment to public interest law. After law school, Elliot completed the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) fellowship program of the Los Angeles Chapter, where he worked alongside ABOTA attorneys at the law firms of Panish, Shea & Boyle LLP and Ballard, Rosenberg, Golper & Savitt LLP, and for a Los Angeles Superior Court judge. He has served as a volunteer attorney with the Employment Rights Project at Bet Tzedek Legal Services and as a staff attorney at the Eviction Defense Network, where he provided free and low-cost legal advice and representation to low-income residents of Los Angeles County.. Elliot is co-Editor-in-Chief of the PIABA Bar Journal -- a publication of the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association that publishes articles authored by highly respected arbitration practitioners, experts, and law school professors -- and Secretary of the Financial Planning Association of Los Angeles. He grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and is fluent in Spanish.
1880 Century Park East. , Los Angeles , California 90067
Practice Areas: Civil , Litigation, Litigation
Gerard ("Gerry") Fox graduated from Georgetown Law School, magna cum laude, and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond. Mr. Fox has acted as lead trial counsel for clients such as Vivendi, Clear Channel and Dow Chemical. Gerry has also represented a wide variety of high net worth individuals, privately owned companies and high profile entertainers including Madonna, James Gandolfini, Anita Baker, Rush Limbaugh, Art Neville and the Isley Brothers.. Mr. Fox started his career at Covington & Burling, followed by Kaye, Scholer, before forming his own litigation boutique, Fox & Spillane. It was at Fox & Spillane that Mr. Fox achieved and honed his trial skills during the twelve year history of his firm. He is a fierce advocate who brings a passion to each and every matter in order to drive a favorable resolution. His trial practice takes him to courts throughout the country.. Mr. Fox has represented both plaintiffs and defendants and brings to each matter on which he is retained a firm understanding of how "the other side is thinking." He believes in mapping out a wide range of strategic options at the beginning of a case, fitting the case strategy within the client's overall set of business goals and budgets, and then getting to a "leverage point" quickly, in order to position the case for a favorable close position for his client. It is his firm belief that preparation, sound judgment, and timely execution are the keys to bringing about a cost effective and winning result in a commercial litigation matter. He works on both an hourly and, when merited, a pure or modified contingent fee basis.. Mr. Fox has handled substantial matters in the following industries: music, televison and motion picture, infomercial, media, video game, talent management, family wealth and trusts and estates, investment banking and security,oil and gas, sports, modeling, clothing, radio, real estate, chemical products, securities, banking, and medical device products.
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