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Litigation Lawyers in Pasadena, California

Counsel for civil lawsuits: filing, defending, trying and settling cases in California courts. In Pasadena, that work runs through Los Angeles County's courts. This directory presents litigation records from official State Bar of California data in neutral order.

The Pasadena Courthouse on Walnut Street serves the San Gabriel Valley's northwest corridor, and the city is also home to Division One of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District. For litigation cases, venue ordinarily lies with the Los Angeles County Superior Court: Pasadena Courthouse · which is why counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

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 Pasadena chapter of the registry's statewide record · Litigation Lawyers in California collects every county and city.

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 · Los Angeles County

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

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

For Pasadena: Los Angeles County Superior Court: Pasadena Courthouse.

Court website · Self-help center · Source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27. Venue depends on the case; legal information, not legal advice.

Litigation · Pasadena roster

411 active attorneys with an address of record in Pasadena list litigation among their practice areas on the registry, out of 2,222 active attorneys whose address of record is in Pasadena.

By count, the practice areas most often listed by Pasadena attorneys are litigation (411), business law (394), employment (331), personal injury (268) and estate planning (213). A count of listings, not a measure of skill.

2 of the 2,222 have claimed and verified their record here; every other listing is the official record as published.

For 107 of the 2,222 active attorneys in Pasadena, the registry holds a firm website published in a language other than English; by count, Spanish (93), Chinese (17), French (5) and Armenian (5). That describes the website, not the attorney's own ability; an attorney's profile says when they have confirmed a language themselves.

Reading the roster in Pasadena. Litigation is a process craft, and the useful questions are practical: how many cases like yours the attorney has taken through discovery and to trial or arbitration, which courthouse they appear in, and who will actually handle the hearings. Ask for an early read on likely cost against the amount in dispute, whether mediation is realistic, and how fees are structured: hourly, contingency, or a blend. If you have been served, bring the summons and complaint and note the date of service; the time to respond runs from service, not from when you read it.

Address of record in Pasadena