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Business Law Lawyers in San Diego County, California

Every business lawyer and business attorney listing on this page traces back to the State Bar of California's official roll, filtered to business law matters arising in San Diego County. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.

California's second-most-populous county; its superior court hears matters at the downtown Central Courthouse and regional centers in Vista, El Cajon, and Chula Vista. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

Deadlines shape these cases before merits do · 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.

This page is the San Diego County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Business Lawyers 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 San Diego.

County seat: San Diego

Main courthouse: Central Courthouse, 1100 Union Street, San Diego, CA 92101

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.sdcourt.ca.gov

Business Law · San Diego County roster

3,823 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list business law among their practice areas with an address of record in San Diego County.

3,698 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in San Diego (2,732), Carlsbad (220), La Jolla (169) and Encinitas (90).

38 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.

For 292, the registry records a language other than English, almost always from a firm website published in that language; that describes the website, not an attorney's own ability.

Admission years on this roster run from 1956 to 2026.

The employers most represented here are Cooley LLP (83), Latham & Watkins LLP (65) and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (34).

Nicholas J. Brooks

Business Law · San Diego · San Diego County

Bar #349771 · Admitted 2023

Speaks Spanish, Portuguese · Taking new clients (attorney stated)

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The full San Diego County roster · 3,695 attorneys with an active license and a business law practice area: is listed by surname in the 26 sections below.

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Business Law matters in San Diego 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

From the answer files

How long do I have to sue for breach of contract in California?Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337Are non-compete agreements enforceable in California?Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600How much does business litigation cost in California?Cal. Civ. Code § 1717

Every business law attorney in San Diego County, by surname

Abbene – Babin147 attorneysBach – Bimbattimattos143 attorneysBinder – Buckley151 attorneysBuckner – Chen143 attorneysCherner – Curran124 attorneysCurry – Downer155 attorneysDowns – Feron138 attorneysFerrante – Gephart138 attorneysGerais – Guerena144 attorneysGuerra – Herrera140 attorneysHerron – Jaffe140 attorneysJagolinzer – Killeen142 attorneysKim – Lashbrook156 attorneysLastomirsky – Lux154 attorneysLv – Mcgill134 attorneysMcgovern – Morketter145 attorneysMoro – Odgers144 attorneysOdonnell – Petrovic143 attorneysPettit – Redd138 attorneysReddy – Rubash143 attorneysRudge – Sedio142 attorneysSefaboakye – Soldner132 attorneysSoleimanpour – Tauer143 attorneysTaylor – Verdugo136 attorneysVernon – Wilson153 attorneysWindisch – Zyman127 attorneys

Business Law by city in San Diego County

Business Law in San DiegoSan Diego CountyBusiness Law in Chula VistaSan Diego County

Related counsel in San Diego County

Litigation Attorneys in San Diego CountyCal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 335.1, 337, 338, 339Intellectual Property Attorneys in San Diego County17 U.S.C. § 507(b)Tax Attorneys in San Diego County26 U.S.C. § 6501All practice areas in San Diego CountyCounty record

Business Law in nearby counties

Business Law in Orange County4,352 attorneysBusiness Law in Riverside County543 attorneysBusiness Law in Imperial County18 attorneysBusiness Lawyers in CaliforniaStatewide record

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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