Los Angeles

Local, national and multinational clients with interests in Southern California, the Pacific and worldwide regularly turn to our Los Angeles office for a diverse range of legal needs. The lawyers in this office move comfortably in the private and public spheres of business and government at the local, state, national and international levels with deep knowledge and experience in a wide range of industries including airlines, automotive, banking, healthcare, public and private finance, energy, media and entertainment, real estate, high technology and transportation. Our office counsels on working with governmental bodies in the areas of public finance, education, city redevelopment and political finance, where we have represented clients for many years.

Our Los Angeles lawyers practice in the areas of litigation including business, commercial, environmental, insurance coverage, international arbitration, intellectual property and product liability litigation; labor and employment law including regulatory compliance, management-labor relations, immigration and employment litigation; and corporate and transactional law including securities, technology licensing, taxation (domestic and international), real estate, lending and finance. Lawyers in our office have significant experience working with Japan-based companies and their US subsidiaries. Further information can be found on our Japan-US practice website (content in Japanese).

Opened originally in 1962, the Los Angeles office maintains the focus of its Graham & James predecessor, representation of global clients in their US business and legal affairs.

Many of our lawyers speak at least one language other than English including French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Working in tandem with lawyers in our firm's Asia-based offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo, our lawyers offer multiple perspectives – whether for a Pacific Rim corporation interested in the global marketplace, a business seeking entry into the Pacific Rim or a Europe-based firm seeking recovery on a breach of commercial contract in a US court. Our lawyers serve as leaders in the civic, business and legal communities and have been honored for their service pro bono with awards from the California Bar Association president and the Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award from Public Counsel.