Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney in Los Angeles, CA

Attorney David W. Affeld is a founding partner of Affeld Grivakes LLP in Los Angeles, California. Serving a diverse range of clients throughout California, Nevada and select jurisdictions across the country, Mr. Affeld represents plaintiffs and defendants alike in complex legal matters involving the following:

·        Business disputes and commercial litigation

·        Intellectual property litigation

·        Employment litigation

·        Insurance coverage disputes

·        Legal malpractice actions

Mr. Affeld strives for acceptable settlements and regularly tries cases when reasonable settlements are not available. He has obtained numerous multi-million dollar judgments and defense verdicts at trial and arbitration for his clients. He has been the lead lawyer on multiple appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the California Courts of Appeal, and the California and Nevada Supreme Courts.

Among his notable successes, he obtained a judgment for nearly $17 million after arbitration of an insurance dispute for developers of a mixed-use project in Oakland; a settlement of $6.5 million on behalf of a homeowner against her insurance provider; a settlement after arbitration of $4 million for fire damage to a commercial property; and a jury verdict and legal fee award of $3.4 million in a race discrimination case.

A 1982 graduate of the University of California Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in physics, Mr. Affeld attended Cornell Law School, where he served as editor for the Cornell International Law Review. He obtained his Juris Doctor in 1985, and he is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, all California federal district courts, and the California Supreme Court and all lower California state courts.

Widely regarded as one of the top trial attorneys in the region, Mr. Affeld has earned numerous awards and honors for his professionalism and service, and he maintains an active involvement in his legal community through his memberships with various local, state and national bar associations.