About Us

Founded in 1976, we are a firm of nineteen attorneys with total personnel of fifty.  Our attorneys average more than 25 years' experience in civil litigation, trial, and appellate practice.  The firm consistently has been rated “AV,” the highest rating possible for a firm, by Martindale Hubbell. 

The firm’s scope of work covers, from inception through trial and appeal, the handling of a broad range of defense cases, including Construction Defect and Injury Claims, Products Liability, Premises Liability, Environmental/Toxic Tort, Commercial Liability, Insurance Coverage Law, Trucking and Transportation Litigation, Section 1983/False Arrest Claims, Workers’ Compensation, Employment Discrimination/Wrongful Discharge, Professional Liability (healthcare, senior residential, attorney, accounting, architects/engineers, and insurance agents), Motor Vehicle Law, and Public Entity Defense.

We have developed long-standing client relationships with many national insurers.  In addition, we represent the self-insured interests of many businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, midsized, and small privately held companies. 

Our firm has a well-earned reputation for being exceptionally skilled, aggressive, and professional trial attorneys.  We pride ourselves on out-preparing and outworking the opposition, and we do so on a consistent basis.  These skills allow us to enjoy an excellent reputation with the courts and our adversaries, which enhances our ability to leverage results that consistently exceed client expectations.