DAVID C. GRANT, Partner

David C. Grant enjoys a reputation as one of the premier lead trial attorneys in Orange County, with thirty-three years trial experience and over twenty-seven years experience alone in Orange County Superior Court.  Mr. Grant from time to time has served as co-panelist with a number of Orange County jurists on continuing education programs, is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell reflecting the highest level of legal ability and ethical standards in the opinion of the bar and judiciary and is annually featured as one of Southern California’s “Super Lawyers” by Los Angeles Magazine.

Recently, at the successful defense conclusion of a lengthy and complex real estate and fraud jury trial in Santa Barbara Superior Court, Santa Maria Branch, a senior and highly respected judge made the following comments on the record concerning Mr. Grant:

“THE COURT: You’re one of the best lawyers.  I want to tell you, your style, your knowledge of the scholarship was wonderful, and you should know that.

MR. GRANT: Thank you.

THE COURT: This is a backwater, maybe, but not really.  We get lawyers here from Fresno, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento all the time, and I mean our cases are filled with out-of-town lawyers, and from big cities and big firms, and, you know, you’re right up there at the top of them, and I really appreciated your courtesy during the trial.

MR GRANT: Thank you, Your Honor.”

Personal:
Born May 18, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, California; 1981, U.S. Tax Court. 

Education:
Colgate University (A.B., 1969); Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., cum laude, 1972).

Editor-in-Chief, Loyola University of Los Angeles Law Review, 1971-1972; Member, Alpha Sigma Nu. Member, St. Thomas Moore Law Honor Society.

Lecturing:
Moderator, CEB Program on Provisional Remedies, 1976.  Panelist, CEB Program on Real Estate Broker Practice, 1979, 1981.  Panelist, CEB Program on Civil Trial Practice, 1985, 1987, 1989.  Panelist CEB Real Property Institute Program, 1989.  Moderator, CEB Program on Construction Law, Contracts and Disputes, 1989.  Moderator, CEB Program on Real Property Remedies, 1991, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2005.  Judge Pro Tem, Orange County Superior Court, 1983-2003. 

Trial Compendium:
A confidential list of clients, case descriptions and judges will be provided on request.

• OVER 70 CASES TO VERDICT OR JUDGMENT FROM 1972 THROUGH THE PRESENT.
  
• MANY OTHER COMPLEX CASES SETTLED AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF TRIAL.
  
• OVER TWENTY-FIVE AWARDS IN BUSINESS, REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION “BINDING” ARBITRATIONS.
• 12 EMINENT DOMAIN VERDICTS; 4 INVERSE CONDEMNATION VERDICTS.

Los Angeles Superior Court

Approximately 22 Jury Verdicts and 5 Court Judgments

• Breach of Contract; Trade Secret Misappropriation
• Fraud
• Breach of Fiduciary Obligations
• Fraudulent Conveyance
• Eminent Domain; Inverse Condemnation
  

United States District Court, Central District

1 Verdict and 1 Court Judgment

• Class Discrimination Claims 
• Fraud and Breach of Contract

Orange County Superior Court

Approximately 16 Verdicts (including defense verdict in Class Action limited partnership dispute)

11 Court Judgments and Successful Defense Before Trial of Statewide Class Action Limited Partnership Investment Fraud Action

• Class Action Defense
• Breach of Contract
• Pursuit of Athlete Agents Fees and Defense of Counterclaims
• Fraud
• Alter Ego
• Breach of Fiduciary Obligations
• Business Torts
• Punitive Damages
• Class Wide Residential Ground Lease Dispute
• Unfair Competition

San Diego Superior Court

2 Verdicts and 1 Phase One Court Judgment

• Fraud; Breach of Fiduciary Obligation 
• Breach of Contract
• Construction Defect

San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura & Santa Barbara Superior Courts

Approximately 6 Verdicts and 3 Court Judgments

• Breach of Contract; Declaratory Relief
• Fraud; Defamation; Interference
• Partition
• Residential/Commercial Construction Defect

Bakersfield Superior Court

1 Court Judgment

•  Shopping Center, CC&Rs Dispute

1 Jury Defense Verdict and 1 Court Defense Judgment

• Breach of Contract
• Fraud