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Litigation Attorneys in Santa Clara County, California

Looking for a litigation attorney near you in Santa Clara County? Explore the county record for litigation attorneys on the State Bar of California's official roll and review each profile for yourself.

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. Venue for most litigation matters arising in the county lies with the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, seated at San Jose.

Deadlines shape these cases before merits do · 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).

This page is the Santa Clara County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Litigation Lawyers 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 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

Litigation · Santa Clara County roster

1,117 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list litigation among their practice areas with an address of record in Santa Clara County.

1,095 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in San Jose (464), Palo Alto (293), Mountain View (69) and Santa Clara (59).

12 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 116, 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 2026.

The employers most represented here are Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (24), Cooley LLP (20) and McManis Faulkner (15).

Ivy Z. Yan

Litigation · San Jose · Santa Clara County

Bar #335938 · Admitted 2021

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The full Santa Clara County roster · 1,095 attorneys with an active license and a litigation practice area: is listed by surname in the 5 sections below.

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Litigation 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.

  • 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

Every litigation attorney in Santa Clara County, by surname

Abate – Danjou219 attorneysDavid – Hum219 attorneysHume – Menchaca219 attorneysMendezmazariegos – Schwartz221 attorneysSchwinn – Zumwalt217 attorneys

Litigation by city in Santa Clara County

Litigation in San JoseSanta Clara County

Related counsel in Santa Clara County

Business Lawyers in Santa Clara CountyCal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337Personal Injury Lawyers in Santa Clara CountyCal. Code Civ. Proc. § 335.1Employment Lawyers in Santa Clara CountyCal. Gov. Code § 12960All practice areas in Santa Clara CountyCounty record

Litigation in nearby counties

Litigation in San Mateo County598 attorneysLitigation in Alameda County1,079 attorneysLitigation in Stanislaus County70 attorneysLitigation in Merced County13 attorneysLitigation in San Benito County7 attorneysLitigation in Santa Cruz County66 attorneysLitigation Lawyers in CaliforniaStatewide record

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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