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Litigation Lawyers in Napa County, California

Searching for a litigation attorney in Napa County? Counsel for civil lawsuits: filing, defending, trying and settling cases in California courts. This page indexes the county's litigation coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.

Venue matters. Litigation cases from Napa County are ordinarily heard at the Superior Court of California, County of Napa. A North Bay county whose economy centers on the Napa Valley wine industry and its hospitality sector; the superior court sits in the city of Napa, and wildfire-related insurance and property matters have recurred on its docket.

Deadlines shape these cases before merits do · 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).

This page is the Napa County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Litigation Attorneys 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 Napa.

County seat: Napa

Main courthouse: Historic Courthouse, 825 Brown Street, Napa, CA 94559

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.napa.courts.ca.gov

Litigation · Napa County roster

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

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

The roster concentrates in Napa (50), Saint Helena (6), Calistoga (2) and American Canyon (1).

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.

For 1, 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 1974 to 2025.

The employers most represented here are Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty (5), Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty (5) and Coombs & Dunlap LLP (2).