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Business Law Attorneys in Santa Monica, 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 in Santa Monica. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.

Westside civil matters are heard at the Santa Monica Courthouse on Main Street; the city administers its own rent control charter amendment, one of the strictest in California, which drives a distinctive landlord–tenant docket. For business law cases, venue ordinarily lies with the Los Angeles County Superior Court: Santa Monica Courthouse · which is why counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

One date controls everything that follows: four years to sue on a written contract; two years on an oral contract (§ 339), per 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. Read the record below with that clock in mind.

This page is the Santa Monica chapter of the registry's statewide record · Business Lawyers in California collects every county and city.

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 · Los Angeles County

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

Courthouse at the county seat: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

For Santa Monica: Los Angeles County Superior Court: Santa Monica Courthouse.

Court website · Self-help center · Source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27. Venue depends on the case; legal information, not legal advice.

Business Law · Santa Monica roster

517 active attorneys with an address of record in Santa Monica list business law among their practice areas on the registry, out of 1,957 active attorneys whose address of record is in Santa Monica.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Santa Monica attorneys are business law (517), litigation (324), employment (207), real estate (198) and intellectual property (197). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

2 of the 1,957 have claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 65 of the 1,957 active attorneys in Santa Monica, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (55), Chinese (28), Arabic (22) and French (21). That describes the website, not the attorney's own ability; an attorney's profile says when they have confirmed a language themselves.

Reading the roster in Santa Monica. Business law is two crafts: transactional work (forming the company, negotiating and drafting contracts, raising money, buying or selling a business) and dispute work (suing or defending over a contract, a partnership falling-out, a trade secret). Say which you need. For a transaction, ask whether defined tasks can be done at a fixed fee and how the attorney works with your accountant. For a dispute, weigh whether the attorney has tried or arbitrated cases of your size and subject matter, and their read on venue: county superior court, a complex-litigation department, or contractual arbitration. Bring the contract, the formation documents and the correspondence trail to the first meeting.

Address of record in Santa Monica