About Antonio L. Cortés

Antonio L. Cortés offers over twenty-two years of business litigation and trial experience. His experience includes copyright infringement, real property and mortgage litigation, deed validity, real property partition, corporate control, contracts, fraud, government contracts, land title, large collections, breach of warranty, and trade secrets.
Mr. Cortés had litigated and tried cases in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, and the Republic of Palau.
Mr. Cortés has handled numerous copyright actions, including a jury trial in which he obtained a seven-figure copyright infringement verdict. He has litigated trade secret misappropriation cases involving computer software, biological processes, and bicycle-fork design, and patent and copyright infringement cases involving biological processes and computer software.
In Guam, he defended a Senator tried for civil and criminal contempt charges arising from civil disobedience in the U.S. District Court, prosecuted a six-billion yen mortgage fraud action, and prosecuted a Sunshine Act suit for a Gannet newspaper against a major government agency.
In Palau, Mr. Cortés successfully litigated the constitutionality of the Koror Constitution, obtained a Supreme Court ruling setting the Koror-Peleliu boundary to include Palau's famous Rock Islands within his client's jurisdiction, and litigated, then designed a successful settlement of, a land dispute between State and National Governments settling title to 65% of the land area in the State of Koror.

 

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Areas of Law

  • Litigation 1
    • Civil Litigation
  • Business Law 1
    • Business Litigation
  • Debtor and Creditor 1
    • Collections
  • Other 2
    • Copyright Litigation
    • Real Property Litigation

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Attorney
    Firm Name
    Smith Dollar PC
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Yue v. Chordiant Software, 75 Fed. R. Serv. 3d (Callaghan) 634 (N.D. Cal. 2009)
    Yue v. Chordiant Software, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58690 (N.D. Cal. 2009).
  • Pro Bono Services

    Wiley Manual Award for Pro Bono Work, 2009

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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1989, California
    U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
    1990, U.S. District Court, Central District of California
    1995, Republic of Palau
    1997, Guam
    1989, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Yale University Law School
    Class of 1989
    J.D.
    Other Education
    University of California, Berkeley
    A.B.
    Rhetoric

    University of California, Berkeley
    A.B.
    highest honors and highest distinction

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418 B Street, Fourth FloorSanta Rosa, CA 95401U.S.A.

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  • Is this attorney admitted to practice in any U.S. Federal Courts?
    Antonio L. Cortés is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and United States District Court for the Central District of California.
  • Does this attorney maintain a professional presence on any social networks?
    Yes, Antonio L. Cortés has a professional profile on LinkedIn.
  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Smith Dollar PC has 11 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Antonio L. Cortés attended Yale University Law School.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Smith Dollar PC was established in 2005.