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Business Law Lawyers in Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara County. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.

Venue matters. Business law cases from Santa Clara County are ordinarily heard at the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The heart of Silicon Valley; its superior court's complex civil division hears many of the technology industry's trade secret, employment, and corporate disputes.

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 Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara.

County seat: San Jose

Main courthouse: Downtown Superior Court (DTS), 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

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: santaclara.courts.ca.gov

Business Law · Santa Clara County roster

2,544 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list business law among their practice areas with an address of record in Santa Clara County.

2,483 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in Palo Alto (871), San Jose (707), Mountain View (220) and Santa Clara (177).

11 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 317, 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 1964 to 2026.

The employers most represented here are Cooley LLP (104), Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (75) and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (38).

The full Santa Clara County roster · 2,480 attorneys with an active license and a business law practice area: is listed by surname in the 15 sections below.

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Business Law matters in Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara County, by surname

Abbe – Bissada160 attorneysBlacuttunderwood – Chen182 attorneysCheng – Degraw153 attorneysDejarnette – Filter161 attorneysFingerman – Hammer164 attorneysHammond – Jeffries163 attorneysJensen – Kwok173 attorneysKwon – Loomer173 attorneysLopez – Min164 attorneysMir – Ortiz159 attorneysOssi – Reed168 attorneysReedy – Shakoori156 attorneysShao – Thaler163 attorneysThandi – Wessel170 attorneysWeston – Zuro171 attorneys

Business Law by city in Santa Clara County

Business Law in San JoseSanta Clara County

Related counsel in Santa Clara County

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

Business Law in nearby counties

Business Law in San Mateo County1,353 attorneysBusiness Law in Alameda County1,265 attorneysBusiness Law in Stanislaus County88 attorneysBusiness Law in Merced County33 attorneysBusiness Law in San Benito County10 attorneysBusiness Law in Santa Cruz County119 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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