Buchalter

Legal Services | California, USA
tel: 949 760 1121 | fax: 949 720 0182
18400 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800 | Irvine | California | 92612 | USA

Main Contacts

Adam J. Bass

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Martin P. Florman

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Overview

Buchalter is a full-service business law firm that has been teaming with clients for eight decades, providing legal counsel at all stages of their growth and evolution, and helping them meet the many legal challenges and decisions they face. Our clients are engaged in a diverse global economy governed by complex laws and regulations, and they trust us as advisers and business partners because we are involved in their world. They rely on our forward-thinking to help them resolve problems before they arise.

At Buchalter, we practice in that spirit.

Our founding principle-providing our clients with the best business solutions-continues to lead us. We value each client relationship, recognizing that their success is our success. Our overarching goal-getting the best results for the client in a timely manner with sensitivity to cost-has engendered client loyalty, and the firm has grown from that loyalty.

Our lawyers are accessible, resourceful, skillful and adept at responding to change. Our technological capabilities keep case law and rule changes at our fingertips and client communications current, enabling us to create efficient, superior outcomes.

We strongly believe that technology is a tool that furthers the practice of law and have used that belief to develop a cutting edge platform for our firm. We use a meshed (NVPN) network to facilitate work among offices, Cisco VoIP telephony and Video-over-IP conferencing. Sharing documents is seamless through FileSite, which is also utilized to create our Client Extranets. To support our litigation matters, we use Concordance and Opticon, as well as LiveNote and Sanction. Unlike many firms, we have the capacity to process e-Discovery in-house, reducing client costs.

Buchalter lawyers are also active members of the communities in which they live and work. Leadership is a value the founding partners practiced and passed on to the current generation of attorneys. Our lawyers sit on the boards of prominent organizations, teach and lecture frequently. We actively participate in many associations and groups including the Public Law Center, San Francisco Legal Aid Society, Practicing Law Institute, California State Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the LACBA Domestic Violence Project, the Sojourner Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Phoenix and many others.

Buchalter is consistently ranked among the leading law firms by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, The Daily Journal and the Los Angeles Business Journal. It is also ranked among the leading firms nationally by American Legal Media and the National Law Journal.

Buchalter's commitment to reflecting and enhancing the rich diversity of the clients and communities in which we practice is more than eight decades strong. The firm's diversity of attorneys and staff provides clients with a greater array of creative talent and alternative thinking, benefiting all.

Lawyers Worldwide: 476

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Partners

Artin  Betpera

Artin Betpera

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Farah  Bhatti

Farah Bhatti

Shareholder
Paul L.  Bressan

Paul L. Bressan

Partner Emeritus
Jason  Brooks

Jason Brooks

Shareholder
Lee C.  Cheng

Lee C. Cheng

Shareholder
Joanne N.  Davies

Joanne N. Davies

Shareholder
Steven  Di Saia

Steven Di Saia

Shareholder
Caroline  Djang

Caroline Djang

Shareholder
Anne Marie  Ellis

Anne Marie Ellis

Shareholder
Martin P.  Florman

Martin P. Florman

Shareholder
Jason E.  Goldstein

Jason E. Goldstein

Shareholder
Peggy  Hosking

Peggy Hosking

Shareholder
Eric  Kennedy

Eric Kennedy

Shareholder
Mitchell  Kim

Mitchell Kim

Shareholder
David A.  Lurker

David A. Lurker

Shareholder
Damaris L.  Medina

Damaris L. Medina

Shareholder
Michael L.  Meeks

Michael L. Meeks

Shareholder
Peter  Rho

Peter Rho

Shareholder
Joshua M.  Robbins

Joshua M. Robbins

Shareholder
Philip  Schroeder

Philip Schroeder

Shareholder
Mark M.  Scott

Mark M. Scott

Shareholder
Roger  Scott

Roger Scott

Shareholder
Matthew L.  Seror

Matthew L. Seror

Shareholder
Stephanie  Shea

Stephanie Shea

Shareholder
Scott O.  Smith

Scott O. Smith

Shareholder
Robert J.  Stemler

Robert J. Stemler

Shareholder
J. Rick  Taché

J. Rick Taché

Shareholder
Douglas E.  Wance

Douglas E. Wance

Shareholder

Of Counsel

Robert M.  Dato

Robert M. Dato

Of Counsel
Benjamin C.  Deming

Benjamin C. Deming

Senior Counsel
Jeffrey   Farano

Jeffrey Farano

Special Counsel
Derek R.  Guizado

Derek R. Guizado

Senior Counsel
Kathleen   Juniper

Kathleen Juniper

Of Counsel
Ashley  Milnes

Ashley Milnes

Senior Counsel
Tricia A.  Pham

Tricia A. Pham

Senior Counsel
Paul  Tobin

Paul Tobin

Of Counsel
Brandon Q.  Tran

Brandon Q. Tran

Senior Counsel

Articles

The DOL Announces New Overtime Exemption Rule Increasing the Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees

By: Leah Lively and Alexandra Shulman On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced a final rule, “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional (EAP), Outside Sales and Computer Employees,” increasing the salary threshold for an employee to qualify for exempt status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The final rule takes effect on July 1, 2024. The DOL estimates that 4 million workers who are currently classified as exempt under the FLSA will become newly non-exempt and, therefore, entitled to overtime...

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Impacts California Developers

April 23, 2024 By: Alicia Guerra, John Epperson, and Braeden Mansouri On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision that may have major impacts on developers in California, although the degree of impact will depend on how lower courts interpret that decision. In Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, the Court ruled that a traffic impact fee imposed by the County of El Dorado based on a fee schedule in the County’s General Plan was a violation of the Takings Clause in the U.S. Constitution...

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Press

Buchalter San Diego’s Growth Featured in Law360 Pulse

Office Snapshot: Buchalter Grows At Swift Pace In San Diego April 25, 2025 By: James Mills When Buchalter PC opened its San Diego office in March 2018 with two lawyers, firm CEO Adam Bass hoped the office might reach about 25 attorneys after six years. Instead the office located in the 655 West Broadway building in the city's downtown hit that number after only three years, and now it has 50 attorneys. "San Diego for us was a natural place. We never hesitated" to open in the city, Bass said. "I just didn't think that we would grow at the pace we grew...

Buchalter’s San Diego Office Growth Featured in The Recorder

There’s Something in the Water: San Diego Is Once Again a Hot Market for National Law Firms April 22, 2024 By: Ronald E. Wood and Dale Durham San Diego has the popular image of an idyllic seaside university and beach town, protected by the U.S. Navy and nearby Marines. Yet, its siren song continues to lure some of the nation’s largest corporate law firms even as others have pulled up stakes and departed...

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