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| | Location: Wells Fargo Bank Building, 2030 Main Street, Suite 1600, Irvine, California 92614-7257, (Orange Co.) | | |
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| Grant, Genovese & Baratta, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice with Emphasis in Areas of Real Estate, Business, Insurance, Construction, Partnership, Banking and Securities Related Litigation and General Business Transactional Advice and Representation. | | Year Established: 1991 | Firm Profile:
Grant, Genovese & Baratta, LLP offers its clients dedicated, sophisticated and hands-on litigation and transaction services with respect to business, insurance coverage, real estate, employment, corporate, construction, partnership and class action matters. The firm was selected for inclusion in Martindale-Hubbell's prestigious "Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers" among the top 5% of U.S. law firms. Each of the firm's senior partners have attained Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for legal ability and general ethical standards in the opinion of the bar and judiciary. The firm's senior litigation partners, David C. Grant and James M. Baratta, have over seventy years of actual complex trial experience. They both have been voted "Super Lawyers," representing the top 5% of the bar in Southern California. David Grant was formerly the senior partner and founding head of the litigation department at the Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco and San Diego firm of Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory and has taken over ninety complex cases to verdict of judgment. James Baratta was one of the founding partners of the Los Angeles insurance and defense firm, Daniels, Baratta & Fine. He has taken over one hundred cases to judgment and verdict. He specializes in insurance coverage and tort litigation and has been lead counsel in all phases of insurance law, including policy formation, coverage consultation, claim negotiation, trial and appeal. The added dimension of Michael J. Genovese brings to the firm over thirty years of business and real estate transactional experience. | | Firm Size: 25 | | PARTNERS | | David C. Grant, (P.C.) (Member) born Culver City, California, May 18, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, California; 1981, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Colgate University (A.B., 1969); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Alpha Sigma Nu. Member, St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. Voted Super Lawyer, 2006-2008. Member, 1970-1972 and Editor-in-Chief, 1971-1972, Loyola University of Los Angeles Law Review. Author: "Note," 5 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 611. Moderator, CEB Program on Provisional Remedies, 1976. Panelist: CEB Program on Real Estate Broker Practice, 1979, 1981; CEB Program on Civil Trial Practice, 1985, 1987, 1989; CEB Real Property Institute Program, 1989. Moderator: CEB Program on Construction Law, Contracts and Disputes, 1989; CEB Program on Real Property Remedies, 1991, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2005. Judge Pro Tem, Orange County Superior Court, 1983-2003. Member: Orange County, San Diego and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: David C. Grant, (P.C.) | | Michael J. Genovese (Member) born Long Beach, California, September 24, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, California; 1977, U.S. Tax Court; 1978, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Northern Arizona State University (B.S., in Accounting, 1972); Western State University (J.D., 1976). Member: Orange County and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Business and Real Property Sections). Practice Areas: Business Transactional; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Entity Formation. Email: Michael J. Genovese | | James M. Baratta (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, January 19, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 1969); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., cum laude and with honors, 1972). Pi Gamma Mu. Member, St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. Voted Super Lawyer, 2008. Comment Editor, Loyola University Law Review, 1971-1972. Associate Editor, Defense Dialogue, a Monthly Publication of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, 1975-1981. Author: Reliance v. Emerson, 5 Loyola Law Review, 426. Co-Author: California Construction Law Manual, 2nd Edition, p. 460, McGraw-Hill Book Co-Shepherds, Inc., 1977, 1979, 1980 and 1981 supplements; Attorneys Guide to California Construction Contracts and Disputes, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1979, 1980 and 1981 supplements. Member: Board of Trustees: Curtis School, 1994-1996; All Saints Episcopal School, 1990-1992. Member: Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association; Los Angeles Superior Court Arbitration Panel, 1980. Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County, Orange County and American Bar Associations; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates; Defense Research Institute (Member, Insurance Law Committee). Reported Cases: State Farm General Ins. Co. v. Majorino (2002) 99 Cal. App. 4th 974; Pardee Constr. Co. v. Insurance Co. of the West, 77 Cal.App.4th 1340 (2000); Maryland Casualty Co. v. Nationwide Ins. Co., 65 Cal.App.4th 21 (1998); State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. W.C.A.B., 16 Cal.4th 1187 (1997); Youngblood v. Board of Supervisors, 22 Cal.3d 644 (1978); Eden v. Van Tine, 83 Cal.App.3d 879 (1978); San Diego Bldg. Contractors Assn. v. City Council, 13 Cal.3d 205 (1974); CEEED v. California Coastal Zone Conservation Com., 43 Cal.App.3d 306 (1974); San Diego Coast Regional Com. v. See the Sea, Limited, 9 Cal.3d 888 (1973); Baum Electric Co. v. City of Huntington Beach, 33 Cal.App.3d 573 (1973). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith; Torts; General Litigation. Email: James M. Baratta | | Gordon G. May (Member) born Salt Lake City, Utah, September 20, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, California; 1994, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1997, Colorado; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: Pepperdine University (B.A., Economics, cum laude, 1990); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 1993). Extern, Federal Trade Commission, Los Angeles, California. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Trial Advocacy. Member: Orange County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation. Email: Gordon G. May | | Lance D. Orloff (Member) born Bakersfield, California, January 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, California. Education: University of California at Davis (A.B., with honors, 1981); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 1984). Legislative Intern, State Senator David Roberti, 1980. University of California Student Lobby, 1979-1981. Extern to Hon. Ronald S.W. Lew. Judge Pro Tem, California Court of Appeals, Los Angeles, 1984. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles County Municipal Court. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Los Angeles County Superior Court. Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates Inns of Court (Member, Los Angeles Chapter); Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Furlough v. Transamerica Ins. Co., 203 Cal.App.3d 40 (1988); Murat v. Centennial Ins. Co., 253 Cal.Rptr. 914 (1988); Koenig v. Foote, 21 Cal.Rptr.2d 820 (1993); Collin v. American Empire Ins. Co., 21 Cal.App.4th 787 (1994); Dalrymple v. United Services Auto. Assn., 40 Cal.App.4th 497 (1995); Singer v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Assn., 116 F.3d 373 (9th Cir. 1997); Maryland Cas. Co. v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 81 Cal.App.4th 1082 (2000); Coufal Abogados v. AT&T, Inc., 223 F.3d 932 (9th Cir. 2000); D.W. Mercer, Inc. v. Valley Fresh Produce, Inc., 146 F.Supp.2d 1274 (M.D.Fla. 2001); Haynes v. Farmers Ins. Exchange, 32 Cal.4th 1198 (2004); Butler-Rupp v. Lourdeaux, 134 Cal.App.4th 1220 (2005); Butler-Rupp v. Lourdeaux, 154 Cal.App.4th 918 (2007); Edmonson Property Management v. Kwock, 156 Cal.App.4th 197 (2007); Ramirez v. Nelson, 44 Cal.4th 908 (2008). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith; Torts; Appellate; Trademark Infringement. Email: Lance D. Orloff | | Robin A. Webb (Member) born Santa Monica, California, April 8, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989); University of Southern California Law Center (J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Moot Court Honors Program. Voted Super Lawyer, 2005, 2006, 2008. Member: Orange County and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: National Distribution Agency v. Nationwide (1997) 117 F.3d. 432; Pardee v. Ins. Co. of the West (2000) 77 Cal.App.4th 1340. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Civil Litigation. Email: Robin A. Webb | | Catherine Convy (Member) born San Francisco, California, October 3, 1957; admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: Douglass College of Rutgers University (B.A., Business Administration and Psychology, 1979); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Managing Editor, Pepperdine Law Review, 1994-1995. Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Catherine Convy | | Christopher S. Dunakin (Member) born Elyria, Ohio, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: University of California at Davis (B.A. Economics, with honors, 1994; B.A. Communication, with highest honors, 1994); Ohio State University College of Law (J.D., 1997). Phi Beta Kappa. Public Service Fellow, Ohio State University. Recipient: Departmental Citation in Communication, University of California at Davis; Student Honors, Legal Ethics, Ohio State University. Member: State Bar of California; Orange County Bar Association; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: State Farm General Ins. Co. v. Majorino (2002) 99 Cal. App. 4th 974. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith; Torts; Civil Litigation. Email: Christopher S. Dunakin | | Marcus G. Larson (Member) born Inglewood, California, December 16, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania; 2000, California. Education: Pepperdine University (B.A., Political Science, 1994); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member, Tulane Journal of International & Comparative Law, 1996-1998. President and Vice President, 1995-1997, International Law Society. Member, Founding Executive Board Member, Technology & Intellectual Property Society & Journal, 1996-1997. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Copyright. Email: Marcus G. Larson | | Ronald V. Larson (Member) born Los Angeles, California, July 21, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: California State University, Fullerton (B.A., cum laude, 1992); University of California, Davis (J.D., 1995). Adjunct Law Professor, Trinity Law School, 1999-2006. Member: State Bar of California. [Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army Reserve, 1996—]. Reported Cases: Millikan vs. American Spectrum Real Estate Services California, Inc. (2004) 117 Cal.App.4th 1094. Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Email: Ronald V. Larson | | Harry A. Safarian (Member) born Yerevan, Armenia, August 25, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, California; U.S. District Courts, Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of California. Education: California State University, Northridge (B.S., Business Management and Finance, 1996); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 1999). Dean's List. Recipient, American Jurisprudence and First Honor Awards. Member, Loyola Law School Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1997-1998. Co-Author: California Construction Defect Litigation Manual, 1998. Listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, 1996. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California; California Minority Counsel Program; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Languages: Armenian. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Business Litigation; Appellate Practice; Construction Law; Products Liability; Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death. Email: Harry A. Safarian | | —————————— | | Cindy M. Chon (Associate) born Guam, December 22, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Economics/ International Area Studies, magna cum laude, 1998); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, International Law Journal, 1999-2001. Extern U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Boston, Massachusetts. Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California; California Minority Counsel Program. Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Cindy M. Chon | | Jeffrey P. Magwood (Associate) born Santa Monica, California, August 4, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Political Science, 1996); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Order of the Coif. Recipient, American Jurisprudence and First Honors Awards, Legal Research and Writing. Member, Loyola Entertainment Law Review, 1998-2000. Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California. | | Stelios A. Chrisopoulos (Associate) born Sacramento, California, February 24, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, California; U.S. District Courts, Northern, Eastern, Southern and Central Districts of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Political Science, 1997); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 2001). President, Student Bar Association, 1999-2001. Member: State Bar of California. Languages: Greek. Email: Stelios A. Chrisopoulos | | Michael Sean Frey (Associate) born Long Beach, California, December 29, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, California; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., Economics, 1998); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 2001). Scott Moot Court Honors Board, 2001. Deans Honor List, 1999-2001, Pi Kappa Pi. Extern, Hon. Stephen J. Hillman, Magistrate, United States District Court, Central District. Member: Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Constitutional Law. Email: Michael Sean Frey | | Jason S. Roberts (Associate) born Concord, Massachusetts, February 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: Indiana University, Bloomington (B.A., Political Science and History, 1997); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 2002). Member: Orange County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith; Torts; Construction Law; Civil Litigation. | | Milton V. Fajardo (Associate) born Santa Ana, El Salvador, July 22, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: California State University, Northridge (B.A., cum laude, Political Science, 1997); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2000). Editor, Loyola International Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Construction Defect; Civil Litigation. | | Jenifer A. Pearl (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, California and U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: Stetson University (B.A., Sociology, 1996); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: Orange County Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section); State Bar of California. | | Travis J. Burch (Associate) born Oceanside, California, January 30, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, California and U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of San Diego (B.A., Political Economics, cum laude, 1998); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2001). Dean's Honor List 2000 & 2001. Staff Writer, International Law Review, 2000 & 2001. Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Federalist Society; Anti-Defamation League (Civil Rights and Government Affairs Committee). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense. | | Aaron J. Mortensen (Associate) born Mission Viejo, California, June 5, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., History, 2002); Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University (J.D., 2006). Moot Court Honors Program. President, Moritz Law Student Bar Association, 2005-2006. Recipient, Moritz Leadership Award, 2006. Public Service Fellow with Distinction. Member: Orange County Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Division); State Bar of California. | | M. Mendel Trapedo (Associate) born Johannesburg, South Africa, December 7, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, New York and California. Education: University of the Witwatersrand (B.Com., Finance and Law, 1999; LL.B., 2001); University of Southern California Gould School of Law (LL.M., 2006). Member: State Bar of California; New York State Bar Association. | | Ryan Z. Keller (Associate) born San Jose, California, January 25, 1976; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Philosophy, Business Specialization, 1997); University of San Diego (J.D., 2006). Member, Moot Court Honors Program. Member, University of San Diego Law Review. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Email: Ryan Z. Keller | | Tony Jay-Lun Cheng (Associate) born Taipei, Taiwan; admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Molecular Cell Biology, 2000; B.A., History, 2000); University of Southern California Law Center (J.D., 2004). Member: State Bar of California. Languages: Mandarin Chinese. | | Amanda R. Collopy (Associate) born Newport Beach, California, January 5, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., Business Administration; Finance Specialization, 2004); Chapman University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Notes Editor, Chapman Law Review (2005-2007); Extern, Associate Justice Kathleen O'Leary, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2006). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Amanda R. Collopy | | Ana M. Thomas (Associate) born Santiago, Chile, May 8, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A., cum laude, Criminology, Law and Society, 2004); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Email: Ana M. Thomas | | Yeun C. Yim (Associate) born Oxnard, California, May 31, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A., Economics, cum laude, 2003; B.A., Political Science, 2003); Boston University (J.D., 2007). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of California. | | OF COUNSEL | | Virginia Gute Genovese (Of Counsel) born Pasadena, California, June 17, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, California; 1978, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974; J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Transactional; Corporate; Real Estate; Entity Formation. |
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