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Litigation Lawyers in Butte County, California

Searching for a litigation attorney in Butte County? Counsel for civil lawsuits: filing, defending, trying and settling cases in California courts. This page indexes the county's litigation coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.

Venue matters. Litigation cases from Butte County are ordinarily heard at the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. A Sacramento Valley county seated in Oroville, with Chico as its largest city; the 2018 Camp Fire, which destroyed the town of Paradise, kept insurance and rebuilding matters on the local docket for years.

Before comparing counsel, note the clock. Under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 335.1, 337, 338, 339, the governing period is two years for personal injury (§ 335.1); four years on a written contract (§ 337); three years for property damage and fraud (§ 338); two years on an oral contract (§ 339). A defendant served with a summons generally has 30 days to respond (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 412.20(a)(3)). Injury claims against a public entity first require a written government claim within six months (Gov. Code § 911.2).

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

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

Two years for personal injury (§ 335.1); four years on a written contract (§ 337); three years for property damage and fraud (§ 338); two years on an oral contract (§ 339).

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 335.1, 337, 338, 339

A defendant served with a summons generally has 30 days to respond (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 412.20(a)(3)). Injury claims against a public entity first require a written government claim within six months (Gov. Code § 911.2).

Court of record

Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

County seat: Oroville

Courthouse at the county seat: Butte County Courthouse, One Court Street, Oroville, CA 95965

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.butte.courts.ca.gov

Litigation · Butte County roster

36 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list litigation among their practice areas with an address of record in Butte County.

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

The roster concentrates in Chico (25), Oroville (5), Gridley (4) and Magalia (2).

1 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 2, 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 1963 to 2023.

The employers most represented here are Minasian Law, LLP (3), SacValleyLaw LLP (3) and Feist Griffith LLP (2).

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Litigation matters in Butte County

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

  • filing a civil lawsuit
  • defending a lawsuit
  • responding to a summons and complaint
  • discovery and depositions
  • motions and injunctions
  • jury and bench trials
  • mediation and settlement
  • arbitration hearings
  • limited civil cases up to $35,000
  • complex and multi-party cases
  • class actions
  • post-trial motions
  • enforcing and collecting a judgment

Related counsel in Butte County

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Source: Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 335.1, 337, 338, 339 · 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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