As one of Santa Barbara’s most established law firms, we offer comprehensive legal services across a broad spectrum of practice areas. Our attorneys bring reliable experience and a personal, service-oriented approach to every case we handle.
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Griffith & Thornburgh has a successful appellate practice in both state and federal appellate courts. We provide our clients with a wide range of appellate assistance. Whatever the issue or venue, we provide our clients with successful appellate representation. Our goal is to find the best solution to our clients’ problems at every stage of the litigation process.
For more than 100 years, the firm has successfully prosecuted and defended all types of civil cases in state, federal and appellate courts. Since the firm strives for cost-effective yet efficient representation, its approach to each individual action can range from aggressively litigating at trial to seeking appropriate alternative methods of dispute resolution through negotiation and settlement.
The firm has extensive litigation experience in the following areas:
The firm handles all types of corporate transactions, disputes, and litigation matters, including matters of corporate governance, restructuring, intellectual property, contracts, and real estate. We have expertise representing clients in a wide variety of industries. We work effectively with clients across a wide spectrum of size and complexity from local community companies to large national corporations.
The firm provides a wide range of services in the areas of estate planning, estate administration and probate. Its goal is to assist families in protecting and transferring their wealth while minimizing taxes and insuring that all of the client’s wishes and directives are met.
The firm’s expertise in estate planning includes the preparation of:
The firm also has handled many court and administrative proceedings relating to:
The firm provides legal services with regard to many aspects of intellectual property law, including trademark and trade secrets, and other legal theories for protecting its clients’ intellectual property rights, including the following:
The firm has successfully represented many individuals and families involved in controversies involving a wrong or damage to one’s person, rights, reputation or property arising from events or activities such as automobile accidents, defective products, intentional misconduct and negligence. The firm has obtained multiple seven-figure verdicts and settlements for clients in these cases.
Our attorneys and staff are sensitive to the physical and emotional pain that can accompany such litigation and we strive to achieve efficient, prompt results utilizing all necessary means, while still keeping an eye toward cost-effectiveness.