Top Intellectual Property Lawyers in LOS ANGELES | 127 available
127 Intellectual Property lawyers are available in LOS ANGELES, California, including Troy Slome, Victoria L. Boesch, Vincent Look, and Walter Mosley. These lawyers are rated between 4.2/5 to 4.6/5 and 43% provide free consultation.
Intellectual property cases in Los Angeles typically resolve within 6 to 30 months, depending on complexity, court schedules, and whether the case proceeds to trial.
LOS ANGELES Court Backlog
Estimated pending IP cases in local courts range from 50 (low) to 250 (high), reflecting fluctuations in filings and court processing speeds.
Intellectual Property LOS ANGELES Filing Volume
Los Angeles sees an estimated 35 to 80 new intellectual property cases filed monthly, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
Intellectual Property Case Outcomes
Approximately 60% of IP disputes settle before formal litigation, 35% after filing but before trial, and around 15% reach a verdict at trial.
Practice Areas: Entertainment, Business, Personal Injury, Intellectual Property, Employment
Mr. Mosley leads both the Corporate and Entertainment, Media & Technology practice groups at Mosley & Associates where he participates in a broad-based corporate, securities, real estate, finance, intellectual property, sports, media, arts, fashion and entertainment practice. He represents issuers, funds, investment banks, high-net worth individuals and small businesses in a variety of corporate finance, film finance, private equity, merger and acquisition and corporate advisory matters. Mr. Mosley handles trademark, copyright, licensing and general corporate matters as well as representing talent, producers, production companies and labels in film, music, television and fashion projects. He also negotiates marketing, endorsement and other campaigns for his varied sports and entertainment clients. As a litigator, Mr. Mosley has defended both public and private billion dollar acquisitions, as well as a SEC investigation related to option back-dating. As a watchdog, he provides transparent checks and balances for his entertainment clients, monitoring the actions and deals of the sports agents, managers, business managers, accountants and agencies. To that end, he has brought cases against business managers and large bookkeeping firms for fraud, mismanagement of funds and breaches of fiduciary duty for his entertainment clients.
Professional Experience. Mr. Stoner began his legal career as a litigation associate with the law firm of Lillick McHose & Charles (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP) and became a full equity partner in 1987. He left Pillsbury in 2000 to join Hennigan Bennett & Dorman LLP, a nationally recognized litigation firm based in Los Angeles. In 2006, Mr. Stoner was one of the founding partners of Yuhl Stoner Carr LLP. While at the Pillsbury Winthrop, Hennigan Bennett and Yuhl Stoner Carr firms, Mr. Stoner specialized in complex commercial litigation and his practice included cases involving emerging companies, securities, contracts, intellectual property, business torts, real estate litigation and employment disputes.. Mr. Stoner passed the CPA exam the summer between college and law school and uses his accounting and economics background effectively in his commercial litigation practice. He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, State Bar of California, and Association of Business Trial Lawyers.. Educational Background. William E. Stoner graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wittenberg University in 1978 with a B.S. degree in Economics and Accounting. He earned his Juris Doctor from Duke University in 1981 where he was member of the Duke Law Journal editorial board from 1980-81. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1981 and the Illinois State Bar in 1982.. Personal Interests. Mr. Stoner is an avid skier, golfer, youth softball coach, and lives with his wife and three of their children in La Canada, California.. Pro Bono, Charitable and Civic Activities. Mr. Stoner is currently President of the La Canada High School Spartan Boosters and previously served as Vice President Baseball in the LCBSA Association. He was a board member of the La Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation for six years and is active in the La Canada Presbyterian Church.. Mr. Stoner has served as a Judge Pro Tem in the Los Angeles Superior Court and has provided pro bono legal services to a variety of charitable organizations including Los Angeles Child S.H.A.R.E. While at Pillsbury Winthrop Mr. Stoner was Managing Partner of the firm’s Southern California Pro Bono program.
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