General Information
Overview
UNRIVALED TRIAL LAWYERS
Keller Anderle Scolnick is among the premier boutique trial firms in California for all kinds of business litigation. We thrive on the tough cases: the ones where your company, fortune or liberty are on the line.
Members of Keller Anderle Scolnick have over 400 jury trials among them, with an unparalleled record of success. We square off against some of the nation’s largest firms. Our practice focuses on high-stakes litigation of all types – the really difficult cases — including commercial, intellectual property, securities, real estate, legal malpractice, antitrust, insurance recovery/bad faith, white collar, class action, entertainment/sports, trusts/estates, and partnership/shareholder.
We see ourselves as old-fashioned barristers who can try any kind of case, and we’ve proven it time and again. On offense, we’ve won over $1 billion in verdicts and judgments for plaintiffs. On defense, we’ve defeated high-stakes claims in the hundreds of millions. Our diverse firm of women and men of many ethnicities and cultures includes some of the best minds in the profession – and some of the most intuitive.
We pair seasoned advocates from both sides of the criminal justice system with lawyers trained in the nation’s biggest and most prestigious firms. Attorneys from Wachtell, Paul Weiss, Davis Polk, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Cleary Gottlieb, O’Melveny & Myers, and Munger Tolles & Olson team up with former federal public defenders, a deputy attorney general and a deputy district attorney, who among them have tried hundreds of cases. The result is lawyers who speak the language of jurors and understand judges’ expectations — backed by superb law and motion work.
Our preparation is done with trial in mind. We don’t run up billable hours for their own sake. We use pre-trial discovery to support and craft our story at trial. We don’t make needless motions, take irrelevant depositions or engage in unwarranted adversarial jousting. We invest our time and energy in furthering our strategy. Everything we do is aimed at a successful outcome.
Most cases never make it to trial. But great trial lawyers get the great settlements. When the other side knows you try and win cases, are meticulously prepared and relish the battle, the client gets maximum value. The opposite is true, too – when the other side knows you have no track record at trial and smells blood in the water, settlement values plummet.
WOMEN-OWNED LAW FIRM
We are proud to be a 100% Women-Owned Law Firm. Keller Anderle Scolnick is certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), ), #2005125905, and the Supplier Clearinghouse, #14030036. We are also a member of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) and the Microsoft supplier diversity program.
RECOGNITION/AWARDS
Attorneys at the firm have also been recognized nationally and statewide, including:
- Chambers USA and Chambers Global, recommended in General Commercial Litigation and Trials
- American College of Trial Lawyers, two Keller Anderle & Scolnick Fellows
- The Legal 500, recommended as one of just 70 “leading trial lawyers” in the United States
- Lawdragon Hall of Fame
- The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, four Keller Anderle & Scolnick attorneys selected
- The Lawdragon Legends
- The Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, seven Keller Anderle & Scolnick attorneys selected
- Benchmark Litigation “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America,” “Top 20 Trial Lawyers in California” and “Top 250 Women in Litigation”
- Benchmark Litigation “Litigation Star,” four Keller Anderle & Scolnick attorneys selected
- The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals “Top 100 Lawyers in California,” two Keller Anderle & Scolnick attorneys selected
- The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals ”Top Women Lawyers in California”
- The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals “Top White Collar Lawyers in California,” two Keller Anderle & Scolnick attorneys selected
- The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, “California’s Leading Commercial Litigators”
- 2018 inductee into the California Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame
- Litigation Counsel of America, five Keller Anderle & Scolnick Fellows
- The Best Lawyers in America®, six Keller Anderle & Scolnick attorneys selected
- Super Lawyers, ranked #1 Super Lawyers Southern California for two consecutive years, Top Five six years
- Super Lawyers, eight Keller Anderle & Scolnick attorneys selected
Rankings
Keller Anderle Scolnick LLP is metro ranked in 7 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
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About Our Clients
Keller Anderle Scolnick represents individuals, closely-held corporations, and some of the nation’s largest corporations. Our representative clients include:
- AIG
- AT&T
- Auerbach Acquisition Associates II, Inc.
- Broadwood Investments
- Cashcall
- Chubb
- Don Callender
- Intel
- Kevin Spacey
- MassMutual
- MGA Entertainment
- Microsoft
- Snoop Dogg
- Standard & Poors
- Western Digital
Select Clients
- AIG
- AT&T
- Auerbach Acquisition Associates II, Inc.
- Broadwood Investments
- Cashcall
- Chubb
- Don Callender
- Intel
- Kevin Spacey
- MassMutual
- MGA Entertainment
- Microsoft
- Snoop Dogg
- Standard & Poors
- Western Digital
Rankings
Regional Rankings
Practice Areas
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Litigation - Insurance
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Securities
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Trials
Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
Client Comments
Demographics
Awards
- CLAY Awards (California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year): Litigation (2012), White Collar Defense (2018), Municipal Law (2019)
- Chambers USA: Highly Regarded in General Commercial Litigation
- Legal 500 – Dispute Resolution; Leading Trial Lawyers
- The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, “Top Boutique Firms”
- U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2023 “Best Law Firms,” rated “Tier 1” in Orange County, California for Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, and White Collar Criminal Defense
- Benchmark Litigation “Recommended Firm”
- The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals “Top Plaintiff Settlements – 2019”
- The Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals “Top Verdicts” (2018, 2023)
- CVN “The Most Impressive Defense Verdicts of 2018”
- Certified as a Women-Owned Business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), #2005125905, and the Supplier Clearinghouse, #14030036.