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Litigation Attorneys in San Mateo County, California

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

Venue matters. Litigation cases from San Mateo County are ordinarily heard at the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo. The Peninsula county between San Francisco and Silicon Valley, home to San Francisco International Airport and the headquarters of several major technology companies; the Hall of Justice in Redwood City anchors its civil calendars.

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 San Mateo 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 Mateo.

County seat: Redwood City

Main courthouse: Southern Branch: Hall of Justice and Records, 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063

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: sanmateo.courts.ca.gov

Litigation · San Mateo County roster

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

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

The roster concentrates in Redwood City (171), San Mateo (132), Menlo Park (90) and Burlingame (59).

7 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 43, 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 1960 to 2026.

The employers most represented here are Google LLC (11), Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (9) and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP (8).

The full San Mateo County roster · 598 attorneys with an active license and a litigation practice area: is listed by surname in the 3 sections below.

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Litigation matters in San Mateo 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 Mateo County, by surname

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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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