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Construction Attorneys in Los Angeles County, California

Counsel for the build: defects, liens, delays, and contractor disputes. In Los Angeles County, that work runs through the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. This directory presents construction records from official State Bar of California data in neutral order.

Home to roughly a quarter of all Californians, Los Angeles County operates the largest unified trial court in the nation, with dozens of courthouses from Lancaster to Long Beach. Venue for most construction matters arising in the county lies with the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, seated at Los Angeles.

Deadlines shape these cases before merits do · mechanics liens: record within 90 days of completion (60/30 days after a notice of completion) (Cal. Civ. Code § 8412). Suit to foreclose the lien must follow within 90 days of recording (Cal. Civ. Code § 8460). Defect claims run four years for patent defects (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337.1) and ten for latent (§ 337.15).

This page is the Los Angeles County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Construction Lawyers in California collects all 58 counties.

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

Mechanics liens: record within 90 days of completion (60/30 days after a notice of completion).

Cal. Civ. Code § 8412

Suit to foreclose the lien must follow within 90 days of recording (Cal. Civ. Code § 8460). Defect claims run four years for patent defects (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337.1) and ten for latent (§ 337.15).

Court of record

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

County seat: Los Angeles

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

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.lacourt.ca.gov

Construction · Los Angeles County roster

1,336 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list construction among their practice areas with an address of record in Los Angeles County.

1,316 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in Los Angeles (661), Pasadena (74), Woodland Hills (58) and Long Beach (54).

8 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 74, 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 1958 to 2025.

The employers most represented here are Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (13), Gibbs Giden (10) and Orbach Huff & Henderson LLP (10).

The full Los Angeles County roster · 1,316 attorneys with an active license and a construction practice area: is listed by surname in the 6 sections below.

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Construction matters in Los Angeles County

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

  • construction defects
  • mechanics liens and stop notices
  • contractor payment disputes
  • unlicensed contractor claims
  • delay and change order disputes
  • home improvement contract disputes
  • construction site injuries
  • CSLB licensing complaints
  • subcontractor disputes
  • bond claims

From the answer files

What are the mechanics lien deadlines in California?Cal. Civ. Code § 8412Can an unlicensed contractor collect payment in California?Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 7031How much does a construction attorney cost in California?Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6148

Every construction attorney in Los Angeles County, by surname

Abbasi – Cochran218 attorneysCoddington – Groza218 attorneysGubbins – Lau217 attorneysLauderdale – Ortega220 attorneysOrtmann – Sherman217 attorneysShin – Zwierlein226 attorneys

Construction by city in Los Angeles County

Construction in Los AngelesLos Angeles CountyConstruction in Long BeachLos Angeles CountyConstruction in PasadenaLos Angeles CountyConstruction in Santa MonicaLos Angeles County

Related counsel in Los Angeles County

Real Estate Attorneys in Los Angeles CountyCal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(b)Business Lawyers in Los Angeles CountyCal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337Insurance Attorneys in Los Angeles CountyCal. Ins. Code § 2071All practice areas in Los Angeles CountyCounty record

Construction in nearby counties

Construction in Kern County28 attorneysConstruction in San Bernardino County50 attorneysConstruction in Orange County815 attorneysConstruction in Ventura County84 attorneysConstruction Lawyers in CaliforniaStatewide record

Source: Cal. Civ. Code § 8412 · 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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