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124 distinguished civil litigation attorneys in California, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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Civil Litigation

28720 Canwood St, Suite 200, Agoura Hills, CA 91301

Daniel Keller handles cases involving real estate law and litigation, construction defect, and environmental law. He has also focused his practice on personal injury, products liability and class action litigation. He is admitted in California, New York and New Jersey, and has represented clients in these and other jurisdictions. Mr. Keller has extensive experience litigating personal injury and mass tort cases including drug litigation, real property and environmental disputes, and premises liability, toxic torts and catastrophic injury cases in both state and federal courts yielding millions of dollars in compensation for his clients. Mr. Keller worked for many years for a large, international law firm in San Francisco and New York. During that time he represented several multi-national corporations in commercial and product liability litigation. He has represented developers and contractors in an around California in real estate matters, construction defect disputes, business litigation and transactional matters. Mr. Keller has also represented numerous energy, manufacturing, construction and real estate clients in environmental and toxic tort litigation, and regulatory matters. His experience includes representing clients in both state and federal courts in CERCLA, RCRA, CWA, CAA and Proposition 65 litigation. He has also represented clients in environmental disputes negotiating with and appearing before federal, state and regional agencies. Mr. Keller’s environmental law experience stems from his work as a biological technician at the California Department of Fish and Game, and a private consulting company, as well as his work in international environmental compliance at Tegee Chemical Company in Bremen, Germany. Mr. Keller also served as a volunteer attorney at the U.S. EPA in Washington, D.C. Mr. Keller has authored “Polluting Tenants: Protecting Yourself As A Property Owner,” PME Quarterly (January 1999) and also authored for the Law Review, Pacific Law Journal, Volume 27 (1995). Mr. Keller presented before the Gatersleben Institute of Plant Genetics and Taxonomy (June 25, 1993) on his taxonomical research. He has also presented a seminar on Mechanics’ Liens” before the Building Industry Association of the Delta (November 1998). Mr. Keller earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of the Pacific (B.A., 1990; M.S., 1994); his graduate degree in Biological Sciences focused on plant science. He earned his law degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1997) with distinction. Mr. Keller also attended George Washington University Law School where he completed course work towards an LL.M. degree in Environmental Law.

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David Castro

David Castro

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

4970 Rocklin Road, Suite 300, Rocklin, CA 95677

Mr. Castro prides himself on advocating aggressively on behalf of all clients. Over the course of his legal career, Mr. Castro has assisted in the resolution of hundreds of cases, resulting in several seven or eight-figure settlements and verdicts. For several years he worked for Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP as an attorney. Before joining Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP, Mr. Castro gained valuable experience and insight from other local law firms. Most recently, Mr. Castro worked with a premier defense firm in Sacramento and learned how the best and brightest defense attorneys approach business litigation, commercial law, insurance litigation, professional liability, employment law, personal injury, consumer lawsuits, and class actions. Mr. Castro began his legal career first as a law clerk and then an associate attorney at another Sacramento-based law firm where he gained considerable litigation experience exclusively representing injured victims. Today, Mr. Castro handles cases involving catastrophic injury, wrongful death, bad faith insurance litigation, civil rights violations resulting in personal injury, government tort claims, and products liability claims

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David Lin

David Lin

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

80 S Lake Ave suite 512, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA

David S. Lin is the founder and managing partner of the Law Offices of David S. Lin, specializing in representation of business clientele as well as individual plaintiffs in Southern California, and in foreign countries such as China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Lin has extensive legal experience, including numerous trials, which he has taken to successful verdicts and obtained significant monetary judgments on behalf of his clients. Lin is a graduate of Cornell University and Boston University School of Law. In addition to being a Super Lawyers honoree, Lin has also achieved numerous past accolades and award recognitions, including Pasadena Magazine’s Top Attorneys from 2012 through 2018 and Lawyers of Distinction for excellence in civil litigation in 2017 and 2018. After having worked at large, downtown Los Angeles law firms since 1991, Lin founded his own law firm in 2003. The firm prides itself on providing detailed, hands-on attention to its clients, whether large or small, and providing top-notch, big-firm legal services at a small-firm, competitive price. In today’s competitive business environment, the firm strives toward achieving the best possible results for its clients while maintaining the utmost integrity, confidentiality and professionalism in the handling and litigation of all cases.

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David Pierce

David Pierce

Distinguished Lawyer

Civil Litigation

15260 Ventura Blvd #1050, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, USA

Mr. Pierce is experienced in civil trial matters involving a wide range of cases with emphasis in construction defect and disputes, personal injury, including automobile accidents, and premises liability such as municipal, market, apartment and construction site accidents, employment-related issues, including wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination claims, retaliation and hostile work environment, and intentional conduct, along with contract negotiations and disputes, mechanic liens, professional negligence such as real estate broker errors & omissions, as well as other business and complex litigation matters.

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