LItigation lawyers in California Mark Chatow to Mary Cataldo

Firm: Chatow Law

23 Corporate Plaza Drive Suite 150 , Newport Beach , California 92660

Practice Areas: Litigation

I am a native of Southern California, and  live in Newport Beach, CA.

Firm: Law Offfice of Mark F Sullivan

2625 Townsgate Road, Suite 330 , Westlake Village , California 91361

Practice Areas: Litigation

Mr. Sullivan has over forty years of litigation experience in multiple state and federal trial and appellate courts as well as before administrative agencies.  His trial experience includes federal tort and contract litigation, aviation liability, products liability, securities fraud litigation, and other complex litigation.  He is admitted and licensed to practice law in California, New York, Michigan, Hawai’i and North Carolina.  He is an experienced and active general aviation pilot with a commercial and multiengine rating.. Mr. Sullivan represents both individuals and businesses and does not limit his practice to only being a plaintiff’s or defendant’s counsel.  His diverse background includes litigation of serious personal injury cases (including cases in maritime law,) military court-martial representation, public and private sector labor arbitrations, public utilities commission proceedings in multiple states and federal Merit Systems Protection Board appeals.  Mr. Sullivan has a notable academic background ( summa cum laude and #1 in his class at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., honors graduate of the nationally-ranked University of Michigan Law School) and prides himself on being willing to “take on” non-routine cases that require scholarship and diligent lawyering.. Mr. Sullivan is highly qualified to provide mature, competent counsel to business leaders on a broad range of federal and state law issues, including issues in the states other than California in which he is licensed.  Prior to early retirement and entering private practice in 2000, Mr. Sullivan had a full career as a senior in-house counsel with a major telecommunications company.  In addition to being a corporate officer of and the lead litigation lawyer for a large publicly-traded company, Mr. Sullivan was the “go to” expert on California employment law for that company’s law staff, serving as president of the California Employment Law Council and as an employment law lecturer to lawyers and human resource specialists.. During his corporate career, Mr. Sullivan simultaneously served in increasingly responsible positions as a judge advocate in the Naval Reserve Law Program.  Mr. Sullivan’s Navy duties included service overseeing a staff of lawyers providing wills and related advice to Navy and Marine Corps families, as well as duty as a command legal adviser on major staffs in California and Hawai’i and in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy.

Firm: BRYNER CROSBY, APC

780 Roosevelt , Irvine , California 92620

Practice Areas: Business , Condemnation & Eminent Domain, Employment & Labor , Real Estate , Securities , Trademarks, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Graduate of Loyola Law School practicing business litigation for 20+ years

Firm: Ford Walker Haggerty & Behar

One World Trade Center , Long Beach , California 90831

Practice Areas: Civil , Construction , Personal Injury, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Representation of clients in all aspects of civil litigation including pre-litigation settlement, mediation and arbitration, and proceedings through trial and appeal. Nearly 20 years of experience with litigation, arbitrations, mediations and trials for civil matters in both California State and/or Federal Courts and have resolved disputes with favorable dispositions for my clients.

Firm: Arent Fox LLP

555 W 5th St 48th Flr , Los Angeles , California 90013

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation

Firm: Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro

Two Embarcadero Center , San Francisco , California 94111

Practice Areas: Civil , Real Estate , Litigation

Firm: McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP

5 River Park Pl E , Fresno , California 93720

Practice Areas: Litigation

Mr. Oller has been with McCormick Barstow since 1990. He has tried cases involving issues of discrimination, crop loss, general negligence, retaliation, and wrongful termination. His representation of professionals has included attorneys, insurance agents, hospitals, and physicians. Mr. Oller has handled a multitude of different employment matters, including the defense of class actions. He represents clients in State and Federal Court and at administrative hearings. He assists employers in the investigation of potential employment claims and provides training on employment related issues. Mr. Oller serves as a Judge Pro Tempore and mediator for the Fresno County Superior Court. He also serves as an arbitrator for the Fresno County Attorney Fee Arbitration Program. He has handled numerous appeals in both State and Federal Court. Mr. Oller is admitted to practice law before all California State Courts, U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Northern Districts of California, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Firm: The Yocca Law Firm LLP

19900 Macarthur Boulevard , Irvine , California 92612

Practice Areas: Litigation

My wife and three children are long-time Orange County residents.  We love our community, going to Rams and Angel games, and spending time together.

Firm: Klein & Wilson

4770 Von Karman Avenue , Newport Beach , California 92660

Practice Areas: Civil , Litigation

A seasoned trial attorney and skilled negotiator, Mark B. Wilson has won nearly every case he has tried and arbitrated. Mr. Wilson lost only one jury trial and obtained a complete reversal on appeal. Mr. Wilson represents clients in federal and state courts in a variety of matters, including business litigation, legal malpractice, real estate, trade secrets, unfair competition, copyright infringement, construction disputes, and commercial unlawful detainer.. Mr. Wilson’s victories include a $2.25 million jury verdict in a premises liability case, a $1.85 million dollar jury verdict in a breach of shareholder agreement case, a $1.8 million binding arbitration award in a legal malpractice case, a $1.4 million jury verdict in a copyright infringement case, a complete defense verdict in a partnership dispute where the client’s existence was at stake, and a complete defense verdict in an indemnity case where millions of dollars were at issue. His settlements include recovering $97 million in a breach of trust case, $3 million in a commercial construction dispute, $2.8 million in an employment dispute, $2.1 million in a legal malpractice action, and $2 million in a lease dispute. He has recovered over $18.5 million in legal malpractice cases.. As a meticulous attorney, Mr. Wilson brings to court an eye for detail and a sense of organization essential to winning complex trials.. The Daily Journal, the most widely read legal industry publication, named Mr. Wilson as one of California’s Top Professional Responsibility Lawyers. In 2019, OCTLA named Mr. Wilson “Trial Lawyer of the Year” in legal malpractice. OCTLA previously named Mr. Wilson as a finalist for the “Business Litigation Trial Lawyer of the Year.”. Mr. Wilson has been selected to the Southern California Super Lawyers® list since 2005. Since 2017, he has been on the Super Lawyers® Top 50 Orange County List. Since 2019, he has been on the Super Lawyers® Top 100 Southern California List. Mr. Wilson was recognized as one of the elite trial attorneys in Orange County by OC Register Metro magazine. He achieved an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, denoting the highest level of professional excellence from his peers. Since 2015, Mr. Wilson has been listed in Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. In 2021 and 2023, Best Lawyers named Mr. Wilson “Trial Lawyer of the Year” in trade secrets law.. Mr. Wilson was the Chair of the Orange County Bar Association’s (“OCBA”) Business Litigation section, the largest section in the OCBA. Mr. Wilson was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (“OCTLA”) and remained on the Board for several years. In addition, OCTLA twice-recognized Mr. Wilson as “Board Member of the Year” for his contributions to the organization and the legal profession.. From 2016 to 2020, Mr. Wilson was a California State Bar Special Deputy Prosecutor, prosecuting State Bar complaints when the State Bar had conflicts of interest. From 2018 to 2023, Mr. Wilson served on the Board of Governors of the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. From 2016 to 2022 Mr. Wilson served on the Loyola Law School Board of Directors.. Mr. Wilson is a frequent lecturer to bar organizations on modern trial techniques and legal ethics and has authored several articles on trial practice. In 2018, the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization certified Mr. Wilson as a specialist in legal malpractice law. There are only four attorneys in Orange County who have this specialization.. In 2020, Mr. Wilson was selected to America’s Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators®. Selection to America’s Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify the nation’s most exceptional trial attorneys in high-stakes business litigation matters.. Mr. Wilson obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in 1988 and graduated from the University of Southern California in 1985. He was selected to be on Loyola’s Moot Court team and participated in Loyola’s trial advocacy program which U.S. News and World Report ranked as a top 10 in the nation. Mr. Wilson began trying cases in law school in a program sponsored by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Firm: De Castro West et al

10960 Wilshire Blvd 14FL E , Los Angeles , California 90024

Practice Areas: Business , Debtor/Creditor Rights, Real Estate , Litigation

Mark L. Share is an AV-rated litigator and real estate attorney. His complex litigation practice includes representing clients in state and federal courts and arbitrations in real property and business disputes. He guides clients through sophisticated business transactions. Mr. Share counsels commercial and residential property owners, business entities, and executives.

Firm: Buchalter Nemer

1000 Wilshire Boulevard , Los Angeles , California 90017

Practice Areas: Civil , Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Law Office of Meyers and Burnett

16168 Beach Blvd Ste 140 , Huntington Beach , California 92647

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: MK SMITH

9891 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 200 , Irvine , California 92618

Practice Areas: Litigation

I am a licensed attorney in California and Utah. I am a shareholder at the law firm of MK SMITH specializing in business litigation and transactions, contract disputes and negotiations, employment law, business structuring and formation, ownership and shareholder disputes, public and private construction and development disputes, real estate, network marketing disputes, and intellectual property. I obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Justice Studies with a Minor in Business Administration from Arizona State University in 1999. While there, I served as a legislative intern for the State Bar of Arizona. Ireceived a Juris Doctorate degree from California Western School of Law in 2002, and was the recipient of the Award for Academic Excellence in Constitutional Law II. I was admitted to the California Bar in 2002 and the Utah Bar in 2012, and am admitted to practice law before all state and federal courts in California and Utah, as well as the Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals. I have represented various corporate clients in both transactional and litigation matters, including software companies, private works and public works contractors, advertising companies, restaurants, nutritional supplement companies, payroll companies, network marketing distributors, factoring companies, collection companies, debt-settlement companies, and commercial lenders. Some of my professional successes include: (1) successfully defending at trial the owners of a multi-million dollar nutritional supplement company against ownership and employment related claims by a former owner and manager (Quadri v. Alkayali (Orange County Superior Court)); (2) successfully defending at trial a multi-million dollar nutritional supplement company in Federal court against trademark infringement claims and obtaining a jury verdict awarding the trademark and damages to the client (Collagen Nutraceuticals, Inc. v. NeoCell Corporation (United States District Court, San Diego California)); (3) representing the founders and owners of a software company in an ownership and employment dispute and obtaining discovery sanctions against a large law firm in excess of $7, and achieving a successful settlement of the case; (4) obtaining a successful settlement of over $1,000, representing a subcontractor on a large public works project against the general contractor and surety for amounts owed for extra work performed (Alliance Streetworks, Inc. v. SJB Group, Inc., Safeco Ins. Co. of America, et. al.); (5) successfully defending a general contractor at arbitration against a multi-million dollar construction defect claim while prevailing on a counter-claim for money owed for work performed and recovering attorneys’ fees and costs (Community of Christ v. Austin Jones Corp.); and (6) obtaining a successful judgment at trial for securities fraud and breach of contract and recovering an award of over $350, for attorneys’ fees and costs.

Firm: Robertson & Associates, LLP

32121 Lindero Canyon Road , Westlake Village , California 91361

Practice Areas: Construction & Development, Business, Environmental and Natural Resources, Defective and Dangerous Products, Litigation

Firm: Chapman & Intrieri, L.L.P.

2236 Mariner Square Drive Third Floor Suite 300 , Alameda , California 94501

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Construction , Insurance , Labor , Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Real Estate , Toxic Substances, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Levy, Small & Lallas

815 Moraga Drive , Los Angeles , California 90049

Practice Areas: Corporate , Litigation

Firm: Law Offices of Mark S. Eisenberg & Associates

222 Pacific Coast Highway , El Segundo , California 90245

Practice Areas: Litigation

Mark S. Eisenberg is an experienced trial lawyer whose broad background includes business and commercial litigation, real estate, construction, professional liability, trade secrets/unfair competition, insurance disputes and personal injury.. Mr. Eisenberg received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1986 and his Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law with Moot Court honors in 1990. He has served as the Co-Chair of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Solo and Small Firm section, and is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Barristers, where he served as founder and Co-Chair of the Senior Law Day Committee and the Senior Citizens’ Legal Handbook Committee. When he’s not practicing law, Mr. Eisenberg plays the trumpet in several musical organizations, including the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic, The Big Band of Barristers Jazz Band, the UCLA Alumni Band, the Pacific Palisades Oom Pa Pa Marching Band, where he is now in his 30th year as its Music Director, and Slave to Rhythm, an 8-piece funk/soul cover band.. In 1997 Mr. Eisenberg formed the Law Offices of Mark S. Eisenberg & Associates, a boutique firm specializing in civil litigation, arbitration, mediation and all forms of alternative dispute resolution, with emphases on business, commercial, professional liability, unfair competition, real estate and tort matters. The firm is dedicated to providing effective personalized litigation and legal services to each of its clients, institutional and individual alike. As a result, Eisenberg & Associates has developed extensive experience in numerous areas of civil litigation, arbitration, mediation and in private dispute forums throughout the State of California. Eisenberg & Associates also provides a variety of transactional services to its clients, such as drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements and contracts, structuring business transactions, and forming and advising partnerships, corporations and other business associations.. While Eisenberg & Associates has the proven skills, depth and experience to handle complex and technical multi-party litigation, we routinely handle the medium and smaller pieces of litigation as well. Regardless of the size or complexity of a dispute, Eisenberg & Associates works closely with each of its clients to identify its particular litigation goals and objectives and then carefully plan and execute an appropriate litigation strategy to meet them. As part of that process, an appropriate fee arrangement is established, ranging from traditional hourly fees and contingent fee arrangements, to creative non-traditional arrangements, including "blended" fee agreements. Whenever possible, Eisenberg & Associates works with its clients to identify and minimize risks which may lead to litigation. Members of the firm are active in the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County and the Beverly Hills Bar Associations and many charitable and service organizations.

Firm: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

12544 High Bluff Dr Ste 300 , San Diego , California 92130

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

501 West Broadway , San Diego , California 92101

Practice Areas: Litigation, Class Action Defense, Food and Beverage, Mortgage Banking

Firm: Chatow Law

23 Corporate Plaza Drive , Newport Beach , California 92660

Practice Areas: Business Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Contracts, Corporate Law, Internet Law, Labor & Employment, Litigation