Litigation Attorneys in San Mateo County, California

Counsel for civil lawsuits: filing, defending, trying and settling cases in California courts. In San Mateo County, that work runs through the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo. This directory presents litigation records from official State Bar of California data in neutral order.

Venue matters. Litigation cases from San Mateo County are ordinarily heard at the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo. The Peninsula county between San Francisco and Silicon Valley, home to San Francisco International Airport and the headquarters of several major technology companies; the Hall of Justice in Redwood City anchors its civil calendars.

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 San Mateo County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Litigation Lawyers in California collects all 58 counties.