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Address
100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 950
Santa Monica, California 90401 (Los Angeles Co.)
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(Main Office) Where experience and qualifications count, Knickerbocker Law Corporation P.C., with its strong leadership and its outstanding group of associates, has excelled in servicing the needs of clients on a trial and appeal level. Richard L. Knickerbocker, formerly the City Attorney of Santa Monica, the firm's founder, is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocates as a Certified Civil Trial Advocate and the State Bar of California as a Certified Appellate Specialist. He has been designated a Super Lawyer by Los Angeles Magazine three years in a row, and has obtained the highest coveted rating by Martindale-Hubble. His recent wins in the California Supreme Court and Court of Appeals as well as his membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum for individual verdicts in excess of one million dollars suggest that where money and success count, this should be the firm of choice. Statement of PracticeAppellate Law, Civil Trial Practice, Municipal and Administrative Law, Bad Faith Insurance Practice, Business Law, Civil Rights, Real Estate, Environmental, Tort, Antitrust, Labor Litigation, Contracts, Employment Law, Medical Malpractice, White Collar Crime, RICO, Fraud, Criminal Regulatory Violations, Business Crime Defense, Bankruptcy Litigation. Firm Size: 1
Richard L. Knickerbocker (Member) born Santa Monica, California, May 13, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, California, U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Ninth Circuits, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern and Central Districts of California, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Psychology, 1960); University of Southern California (J.D., 1963; LL.M., 1971). Author: "After the Claim is Made," Conference at Risk Management Santa Monica, California, September 25, 1975; "Commentary and Update On Inverse Condemnation of Air Easements, Real Estate in Midcentury Transition, Taxation and Trends," American Bar Association, 1974; "Government Tort Reform In California," National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, Washington D.C., July 1978; "Liability Insurance-Available Alternatives," City Attorney's Spring Meeting, Newport Beach, California, May 1976; "Look Out The Condominiums Are Coming Again," League of California Cities Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, 1973. Former: Clinical Professor, Municipal Law, Southwestern University School of Law; Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, University of West Los Angeles; Instructor, Advanced Real Estate Law, El Camino College; Instruction, Business of Law, Santa Monica College. Lecturer, Continuing Education of the Bar Lecturer Real Estate Law on Governmental Approvals in the Subdivision Process, Commercial Leases and Mechanic's Liens. Former: City Attorney and City Prosecutor, City of Santa Monica; Deputy and Senior Deputy City Attorney, City of Torrance; Advisor, Planning Commission and Civil Service Commission and Chief of Civil Litigation; Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Superior Court; Chairman, Office of Criminal Justice Planning Ad Hoc Committee, White Collar Crime and Consumer Affairs; Member, California Assembly Advisory Committee, Governmental Tort Reform; Delegate to State Bar. Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum for Multiple Verdicts in Excess of 1 Million Dollars. Member: Santa Monica, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Local Government, Real Estate and Litigation Sections; Former Member, Committee on Administration of Justice); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Reported Cases: Santa Monica Airport Ass'n v. City of Santa Monica, 481 F. Supp. 927, Aff. 659 F 2d. 100; Regents of the University of California v. Bradford, 225 Cal. App. 3d, 972 (1990); Citizens v. Rancho Palos Verdes, 155 Cal. App. 3d, 225 (1984); Jaoude v. British Airways, 228 Cal.App. 3d. 1137 (1991); American Association of Women, et al. v. Board of Trustees of California State University, (1959) 31 Cal. App. 4th 702; South Bay Building v. Riviera Lend-lease (1999), 72 Cal.App. 4th 111; Mathieu v. Norrell Corp. 115 Cal. App. 4th 1174, 10 Cal. Rptr.3d 52 (Cal.App. 2 Dist., 2004); In re Marriage of Geraci, 144 Cal. App. 4th 1278 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006); Shin v. Ahn, 141 Cal. App. 4th 726 (Cal. Sup. Ct.). Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Business Law; Civil Rights; Real Estate; Employment Law; Medical Malpractice; White Collar Crime; Bankruptcy Litigation.Email: Richard L. Knickerbocker
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