Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney in Glendale, CA

Susan Barilich is a business litigation attorney based in Glendale, California. Ms. Barilich has over 35 years of experience handling a wide range of business litigation issues. She is the founder of Susan Barilich, P.C. and serves clients throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

In addition to business litigation, Ms. Barilich works with construction litigation, creditor-debtor rights, real estate litigation and other general litigation matters. Her cases involve bankruptcy proceedings, breach of fiduciary duty, contract disputes, fraud, homeowners’ association issues and land use disputes. In civil litigation, she represents clients on both the plaintiff and defendant sides. She is also an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association.

Ms. Barilich has vast litigation experience and has tried hundreds of jury trials in state and federal court over the course of her career. She has also handled numerous administrative hearings, arbitrations and bench trials.

Honoring her legal accomplishments, Martindale-Hubbell awarded Ms. Barilich an AV Preeminent* peer review rating. This is the organization’s highest available rating, reflecting her high ethical standards and superb legal ability.

Ms. Barilich graduated magna cum laude from Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree. She went on to graduate from the University of Houston Law Center. She is board certified in civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She holds licenses to practice law before all Texas state and federal courts, all California state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.  

Prior to opening her own law practice, Ms. Barilich was a partner at a boutique firm focusing on business transactions and litigation. She is a former city attorney and in-house attorney for two major companies.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.