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Litigation Attorneys in El Dorado County, California

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

A Sierra county split by Echo Summit: courthouses in Placerville and South Lake Tahoe serve the foothills and the lake basin respectively. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

The law also keeps time: 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) under 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). The plaque below carries the citation; the roster that follows carries the rest.

This page is the El Dorado 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 El Dorado.

County seat: Placerville

Main courthouse: Placerville Main Street Branch, 495 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667

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.eldorado.courts.ca.gov

Litigation · El Dorado County roster

47 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list litigation among their practice areas with an address of record in El Dorado County.

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

The roster concentrates in El Dorado Hills (23), S Lake Tahoe (9), Placerville (5) and Cameron Park (3).

2 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.

Admission years on this roster run from 1972 to 2020.

The employers most represented here are Becker Nelson Center & James (2) and Caulfield Law Firm (2).

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Litigation matters in El Dorado 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

Litigation by city in El Dorado County

Litigation in South Lake TahoeEl Dorado County

Related counsel in El Dorado County

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

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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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