Best Litigation Attorneys in San Jose

2022

Aziz Yellin

• Civil Litigation

Aziz Yellin is a landlord-tenant litigation firm serving clients in San Jose and the surrounding areas. It handles multi-tenant claims for wrongful eviction, retaliation, uninhabitability, and familial size discrimination. Abid Aziz, one of the attorneys at the firm, leads housing workshops at Santa Clara Law’s Katherine Alexander Law Foundation and is a volunteer at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley. Aziz Yellin has secured jury verdicts in excess of $20 million for its clients and also has an office in San Francisco.

Berliner Cohen LLP

• Civil Litigation

Berliner Cohen, LLP, provides representation to individuals and businesses in the litigation of probate, real estate, and insurance-related cases. Serving San Jose, the firm advises clients on the possible consequences of these disputes and guides them in the processes involved in the litigation. Its attorneys have extensive experience in federal and state trials, administrative hearings, and arbitration. They have represented clients from different industries, such as banking, health care, manufacturing, and real estate. One of the partners in the firm, Susan E. Bishop, currently handles mostly employment law disputes.

Computerlaw Group

Computerlaw Group is a practice in Palo Alto that handles intellectual property protection and computer industry litigation. The firm is formerly known as Russo & Hale, and it takes the service mark, “Lawyers for the Internet Economy.” One of the firm's accomplishments involves plaintiff representation in Shoenduve Corp. v. Lucent Technologies.

Dominion Law Group

Dominion Law Group is a practice in San Jose that concentrates in divorce and family law. The firm handles matters like legal separation, domestic partnership, child custody, child and spousal support, property settlement, and domestic violence. The firm also deals with post-divorce actions, such as judgment enforcement, and it promotes collaborative law that helps resolve marital dissolution issues and other conflicts amicably. The principal attorney holds a family law specialist certification from the State Bar of California Board of Specialization.

Gates Eisenhart Dawson

Gates Eisenhart Dawson is a law firm in San Jose that provides litigation services, strategic counseling, estate planning and trust administration, and representation in the areas of business and real estate law, landlord-tenant law, and employment law. The attorneys have more than 90 years of combined legal experience, and one of their notable cases is Oliver, et. al. v. Crediford that involves the largest-ever verdict in Santa Clara County.

Greenfield Draa & Harrington

Greenfield Draa & Harrington is a business litigation firm in San Jose that serves clients from Silicon Valley and the Bay Area. The practice began in 1980, and some of its litigation lawyers in San Jose have been working together for more than two decades. The firm litigates high-stakes business cases, as well as general commercial, real estate, and bankruptcy cases. The firm also handles employment, professional liability, and family law matters.

John F. Bradley, Jr. Attorney at Law

• Civil Litigation

John F. Bradley, Jr., Attorney at Law, helps clients in San Jose with civil law disputes. Since 1993, Bradley has been assisting clients in varying stages of the litigation process, including discovery, settlement, alternative dispute resolution, trial proper, and enforcement of judgments. Cases covered range from debt collection to labor commissioner awards. His past successes include a default judgment in a breach of contract suit, and the enforcement of a judgment against a bankrupt defendant.

Law Offices of Bob Camors

• Civil Litigation

Law Offices of Bob Camors represents San Jose businesses and individuals in various litigation matters. The firm focuses on corporate, business, and intellectual property cases. It helps find resolutions for commercial, construction, and contractor disputes, as well as landlord-tenant and lease conflicts. In addition, the firm's attorney tries fraud, trust and probate, employment, and intellectual property lawsuits. Camors Jr. received the Ten Year Service Award from The Pro Bono Project of Santa Clara County.

Law Offices of Timothy D. Henry

The Law Offices of Timothy D. Henry is a practice in San Jose that provides probate litigation and estate planning services. An experienced and skilled litigation attorney in San Jose, Henry practices in a variety of areas, including estate administration, powers of attorney, probate, and more. He offers a gentle, understanding approach to preserving each client’s unique family dynamic. The Law Offices of Timothy D. Henry offers free evaluations.

McManis Faulkner

McManis Faulkner is a law firm of civil litigation lawyers in San Jose that handles both litigation and conflict resolution. Some of the firm's representative clients are Apple Computer, IBM, Symantec, eBay, Greyhound Lines, and Disney Company. The practice also serves the County of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara County Superior Court, Santa Clara County Bar Association, American Youth Soccer Organization, California Spine Institute Medical Center, and Stanford University. The practice belongs in the 2016 US News & World Report's Best Law Firms list.

Nick Heimlich Law

• Commercial Litigation

Based in San Jose, Nick Heimlich Law aggressively represents individuals and business owners in both federal and state courts. The firm handles civil litigation for cases that involve corporate theft, trademarks, real estate disputes, breach of contract, franchise law, and business and partnership disputes. It also offers legal advice in business law matters, including corporate governance, leases, and business sales and asset purchase agreements. Founder Nick Heimlich recovered over $45 million in settlement for a breach of contract case on behalf of his client.

Nopar & Associates

Nopar & Associates is a practice in San Jose and Palo Alto that holds a Martindale-Hubbell “AV Preeminent” rating. The firm's team of civil litigation lawyers in San Jose has more than 30 years of providing business litigation and transactional services to clients, such as stakeholders of start-ups and parties to a franchise agreement, and it handles court action or alternative dispute resolution. The practice also deals with trade secrets, unfair competition, and commercial disputes.

Payne IP Law

Payne IP Law is an intellectual property litigation practice in San Jose that represents clients in federal courts and before administrative bodies. The founding litigation attorney in San Jose is a former chair of the State Bar of California's Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee and Litigation Interest Group, and the American Intellectual Property Law Association's Patent Litigation Committee and Trademark Remedies Reform Study Group, and he is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. The firm handles disputes concerning trade secrets, copyright, unauthorized dealership, and related matters.

PBR Legal

• Civil Litigation

PBR Legal offers its services in the San Jose metro and the surrounding areas. It provides representation for clients dealing with issues arising from business or intellectual property, real property, or personal property rights. The firm accepts clients involved in eviction procedures, whether they are landlords, owners, property managers, or tenants. On the other hand, it also provides legal representation to tenants who are being treated or evicted unfairly. Phillip B. Rose, the firm's founder, earned his Juris Doctorate in 2010.

Penrose Chun & Gorman

Penrose Chun & Gorman is a law firm in Santa Cruz that engages in civil litigation. A client writes, “I have been represented by [one of the founding attorneys] since 1998, during which time he has successfully settled various complex family estate probate issues for me.” One of the firm's accomplishments is obtaining a $2.5 million judgment against a family matriarch, who has masterminded the disappearance of a relative and the theft of his estate.

Richard G. Maul

Richard G. Maul is a litigation attorney in San Jose, who represents clients in business and real estate, commercial collection, and landlord-tenant law matters. Mr. Maul holds a Martindale-Hubbell “AV Preeminent” rating for his competence and high ethical standards, and he offers a free 30-minute consultation.

SAC Attorneys

SAC Attorneys is a law firm in San Jose that handles civil litigation, business and corporate law, intellectual property, and immigration matters. A client, who filed a copyright infringement case against an influential co-author and a large publishing company in New York, says, “Not only was I satisfied with the ultimate outcome, which resulted in the full credit of my own rights, but I am equally grateful because [the firm] took my case and defended it appropriately and ethically.”

Tobener Ravenscroft

• Civil Litigation

Tobener Ravenscroft represents residents of San Jose in litigation. The firm handles cases involving landlord harassment, wrongful eviction, and demands for repair. Settlements ranging from $425,000 to $1,050,000 have been obtained in eviction suits for over 20,000 clients. Joseph Tobener has been practicing for more than 20 years. He focuses on tenant rights, and he has spoken about it for the Alameda Bar Association. In addition, he is an adjunct professor at the San Francisco State University.

Wade Law Group

Wade Law Group is a well-established firm of litigation attorneys with eight main and satellite offices serving clients throughout California. The firm has extensive experience handling a wide range of disputes in several areas of law, including business, family, probate, and real estate. Operating in state and federal courts, the law firm has successfully resolved high-profile cases and achieved multi-million dollar settlements and awards for its clients. The Wade Law Group also practices personal injury law and handles appeals.

WealthPLAN

WealthPLAN is a law practice in San Jose that is “dedicated to family wealth preservation.” The firm engages in trust litigation and administration, probate administration, and representation in estate, succession, and gift tax planning matters. The firm also handles guardianships, conservatorships, tax controversy, and related matters.

Wessels Law Firm

• Trust Litigation
• Civil Litigation

Founded in 1993, Wessels Law Firm is a law practice that renders legal representation in the San Jose metro area. The practice areas it helps with cover estate planning, real estate litigation, commercial litigation, and probate litigation. The commercial litigation service it offers include breach of contract concerns and partnership disputes. Its sole attorney, Kai H. Wessels, graduated cum laude with his Juris Doctorate. He has held a position in the Executive Committee of Estate Planning and Probate at the Silicon Valley Bar Association.

Willoughby, Stuart, Bening & Cook

Willoughby, Stuart, Bening & Cook is a law firm in San Jose that engages in business litigation, mediation and arbitration, and appellate practice. The firm has more than 25 years of experience in handling insurance, legal malpractice, and other matters, and it provides defense in cases involving California's Proposition 65 or the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. All four founding principals have been in The Best Lawyers in America® lists for at least eight consecutive years.