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Litigation Attorneys in Fresno County, California

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

The San Joaquin Valley's legal center: the B.F. Sisk Courthouse, the Fifth District Court of Appeal, and the Eastern District's Fresno division all sit downtown. Venue for most litigation matters arising in the county lies with the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno, seated at Fresno.

Before comparing counsel, note the clock. Under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 335.1, 337, 338, 339, the governing period is 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). 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 Fresno 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 Fresno.

County seat: Fresno

Main courthouse: Fresno Superior Courthouse Downtown Location, 1100 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, CA 93724

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.fresno.courts.ca.gov

Litigation · Fresno County roster

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

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

The roster concentrates in Fresno (261), Clovis (8), Fowler (2) and Coalinga (1).

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 15, 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 1969 to 2026.

The employers most represented here are McCormick Barstow et al LLP (13), Wanger Jones Helsley PC (12) and McCormick Barstow LLP (10).

The full Fresno County roster · 272 attorneys with an active license and a litigation practice area: is listed by surname in the 1 sections below.

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Litigation matters in Fresno 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 Fresno County, by surname

Adams – Zoldoske272 attorneys

Litigation by city in Fresno County

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Related counsel in Fresno County

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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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