Joel S. Freeman
Construction · Oak View · Ventura County
Bar #177703 · Admitted 1995
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Searching for a construction attorney in Ventura County? Counsel for the build: defects, liens, delays, and contractor disputes. This page indexes the county's construction coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.
Venue matters. Construction cases from Ventura County are ordinarily heard at the Superior Court of California, County of Ventura. Between Los Angeles and the Central Coast; the county Hall of Justice in Ventura hears matters for Oxnard, the county's largest city, and the coastal plain.
Before comparing counsel, note the clock. Under Cal. Civ. Code § 8412, the governing period is mechanics liens: record within 90 days of completion (60/30 days after a notice of completion). 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 Ventura County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Construction Attorneys in California collects all 58 counties.
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).
Superior Court of California, County of Ventura.
County seat: Ventura
Courthouse at the county seat: Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009
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: ventura.courts.ca.gov
88 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list construction among their practice areas with an address of record in Ventura County.
84 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.
The roster concentrates in Westlake Village (33), Ventura (21), Simi Valley (7) and Newbury Park (5).
For 5, 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 1970 to 2021.
The employers most represented here are Slaughter, Reagan & Cole, LLP (3), Dicker & Dicker LLP (2) and Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbr (2).
Construction · Oak View · Ventura County
Bar #177703 · Admitted 1995
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Construction · Ventura · Ventura County
Bar #65914 · Admitted 1975
2 published opinions on record
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Construction · Simi Valley · Ventura County
Bar #82220 · Admitted 1978
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Construction · Thousand Oaks · Ventura County
Bar #244251 · Admitted 2006
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Construction · Ventura · Ventura County
Bar #306124 · Admitted 2015
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Construction · Ventura · Ventura County
Bar #125167 · Admitted 1986
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Construction · Westlake Village · Ventura County
Bar #115683 · Admitted 1984
1 published opinion on record
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Construction · Westlake Village · Ventura County
Bar #273719 · Admitted 2010
2 published opinions on record
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Construction · Westlake Village · Ventura County
Bar #115862 · Admitted 1984
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Construction · Thousand Oaks · Ventura County
Bar #176474 · Admitted 1995
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