Hanson Bridgett litigators provide custom solutions to help clients achieve results that matter. We balance cost effective litigation management tools with time tested techniques to find advantages during all phases of the dispute, whether it be discovery, trial, arbitration, mediation or otherwise. The firm’s litigation practice spans many substantive areas and includes deep experience at all levels of research and investigation, discovery, project management, alternative dispute resolution, trial, and appeal. When problems arise, we work closely with the client to identify and master the key issues and objectives, mapping a strategy for resolving the dispute in keeping with the client’s goals and means.
By taking a proactive approach, we identify and create choices for resolving disputes while helping the client to identify and manage the risks and benefits of each particular path. We are no strangers to the courtroom and have won many important victories that have generated headlines. However, time has shown that our greatest victories are those that came through the careful planning, strategic analysis and open communication that has produced satisfied, well informed, clients who continue to work with Hanson Bridgett.
Major Areas of Focus:
- Appellate
- Banking and Finance
- Commercial
- Construction
- Criminal
- Environmental
- Governmental/Public Agency
- Health Care and Senior Housing & Care
- Insurance Recovery
- Intellectual Property
- Labor and Employment
- Product Liability
- Real Estate
- Transportation and Logistics
- Trust & Estates
For a more in-depth overview of our approach, please refer to our litigation and dispute resolution brochure.
Publications
- As Firms Modernize, So Should Law on Conflicts
- Avoiding the Two-Front War: Simultaneous Litigation Against Plaintiffs and Insurers
- California Supreme Court Clears Way for Class Challenges to Local Taxes and Fees: McWilliams v. City of Long Beach
- California Appellate Court Clarifies Standard for Enjoining "Threatened" Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Notwithstanding Rejection of "Inevitable Disclosure" Rule
- Estate Tax Lapse: Crisis, Chaos and Disarray
- Drafting Commercial Arbitration Clauses
- Five Custodians and Five Search Terms: A step toward the responsible and targeted use of e-discovery
- Impact of Recent Supreme Court Arbitration Decisions on Enforceability of Health Care Arbitration Provisions in California
- An Interview with New Hanson Bridgett Partner, Brian Schnarr
- An Interview with New Hanson Bridgett Partner, Jennifer Marie Martinez
- An Interview with New Hanson Bridgett Partner, Emily Charley
- Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Proposition 218 Requirements to Franchise Fees
- Where A Party Makes Two CCP § 998 Offers And Both Are Rejected (Or Lapse), The Second Offer Does Not Extinguish The First For Purposes Of Cost Shifting.
- Chabaan v. Wet Seal, Inc., et al
- Proposed E-Discovery Rule To Test Document Retention Policies
- Insurance for Data Breach and Other Cyber-Attacks: What Every Company Should Consider
- New Electronic Discovery Bill signed by Governor Schwarzenegger June 29, 2009
- California Adopts Long-Pending Modifications to Proposition 65 "Clear and Reasonable" Warning Regulations
- New Ruling Affects Prelitigation Settlements of Wrongful Death Claims
- Montanile: A Cautionary Tale For ERISA Plans
- Risks of Using Social Media to Solicit Clients
- County's Exclusion Of Anti-Israel Bus Advertisement Did Not Violate 1st Amendment
- United States Supreme Court Strikes Down State Law Categorically Banning Pre-dispute Arbitration Clauses in Health Industry
- Labor Action at Retail Locations: Free Pass or Trespass?
- Attorney General Amends Settlement Guidelines in Proposition 65 Regulations
- Court Finds in Favor of Restaurants Seeking Coverage for Loss of Business Income
- Court Strikes Down Alameda Impact Fees in Boatworks, LLC v. City of Alameda
- U.S. Department of Justice Announces Elder Justice Task Force
- California Proposes Significant Change to Limit Use of Short-Form Proposition 65 Warning For Consumer Products
Brochures
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Creditor’s Rights and Bankruptcy
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Public Sector Litigation
- Appellate
- Class Actions
- Employment Class Actions
- Health Care Litigation
- Product Liability & Torts
- Trust & Estate Litigation
- Banking & Financial Services
Video
- Attorney Work Product Protections
- Green Chemistry in California
- Medical Damages in Personal Injury Defense
- Prop 65 for Non-California Companies