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Business Law Attorneys in Napa County, California

Counsel for businesses: forming the company, contracts and deals, and the disputes that follow. In Napa County, that work runs through the Superior Court of California, County of Napa. This directory presents business law records from official State Bar of California data in neutral order.

A North Bay county whose economy centers on the Napa Valley wine industry and its hospitality sector; the superior court sits in the city of Napa, and wildfire-related insurance and property matters have recurred on its docket. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of Napa · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

The law also keeps time: four years to sue on a written contract; two years on an oral contract (§ 339) under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337. Fraud claims run three years from discovery (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(d)); unfair competition claims under Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 run four years (§ 17208). Contractual limitation clauses can shorten these periods. The plaque below carries the citation; the roster that follows carries the rest.

This page is the Napa County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Business Attorneys in California collects all 58 counties.

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

Four years to sue on a written contract; two years on an oral contract (§ 339).

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337

Fraud claims run three years from discovery (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(d)); unfair competition claims under Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 run four years (§ 17208). Contractual limitation clauses can shorten these periods.

Court of record

Superior Court of California, County of Napa.

County seat: Napa

Main courthouse: Historic Courthouse, 825 Brown Street, Napa, CA 94559

Help with forms without a lawyer: the court's self-help center (source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27).

Official court information, locations, and filing rules: www.napa.courts.ca.gov

Business Law · Napa County roster

113 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list business law among their practice areas with an address of record in Napa County.

110 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in Napa (87), Saint Helena (14), Calistoga (8) and American Canyon (2).

3 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.

Admission years on this roster run from 1967 to 2025.

The employers most represented here are Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty (11), GVM Law, LLP (4) and Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty (3).

The full Napa County roster · 110 attorneys with an active license and a business law practice area: is listed by surname in the 1 sections below.

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Business Law matters in Napa County

The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.

  • forming a corporation or LLC
  • drafting and reviewing contracts
  • buying or selling a business
  • partnership and operating agreements
  • raising capital and securities offerings
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • corporate governance and compliance
  • breach of contract
  • partnership and shareholder disputes
  • business fraud and misrepresentation
  • trade secret misappropriation
  • unfair competition
  • commercial lease disputes
  • collections and unpaid invoices
  • franchise agreements and disputes
  • corporate dissolution and buyouts

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Every business law attorney in Napa County, by surname

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Source: Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337 · State Bar of California licensee records · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.

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