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Litigation Attorneys in San Diego County, California

Looking for a litigation attorney near you in San Diego County? Explore the county record for litigation attorneys on the State Bar of California's official roll and review each profile for yourself.

Venue matters. Litigation cases from San Diego County are ordinarily heard at the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego. California's second-most-populous county; its superior court hears matters at the downtown Central Courthouse and regional centers in Vista, El Cajon, and Chula Vista.

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 San Diego 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 San Diego.

County seat: San Diego

Main courthouse: Central Courthouse, 1100 Union Street, San Diego, CA 92101

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.sdcourt.ca.gov

Litigation · San Diego County roster

3,044 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list litigation among their practice areas with an address of record in San Diego County.

2,984 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in San Diego (2,354), Carlsbad (125), La Jolla (113) and Encinitas (61).

41 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 206, 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 1964 to 2026.

The employers most represented here are Cooley LLP (18), Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP (17) and California Department of Justice (15).

The full San Diego County roster · 2,984 attorneys with an active license and a litigation practice area: is listed by surname in the 15 sections below.

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Litigation matters in San Diego 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 San Diego County, by surname

Aannestad – Benito199 attorneysBenjamin – Carosi199 attorneysCarothers – Delange200 attorneysDelariosheiman – Field199 attorneysFindley – Grimes198 attorneysGrinberg – Howell199 attorneysHoy – Knapp199 attorneysKneisel – Mani199 attorneysManifold – Moreau199 attorneysMoreira – Parker201 attorneysParkman – Rhoads197 attorneysRicardo – Scott200 attorneysSeal – Stones198 attorneysStormoen – Walter200 attorneysWalters – Zuspan197 attorneys

Litigation by city in San Diego County

Litigation in San DiegoSan Diego CountyLitigation in Chula VistaSan Diego County

Related counsel in San Diego County

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

Litigation in nearby counties

Litigation in Orange County3,544 attorneysLitigation in Riverside County463 attorneysLitigation in Imperial County7 attorneysLitigation Lawyers in CaliforniaStatewide record

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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