Bradley S. Pauley
Partner

Brad Pauley joined the firm in 2003 and became a partner in 2009. He is admitted to practice in California state courts, the United States Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Pauley's appellate experience covers a broad range of substantive areas, including insurance coverage and bad faith, employment law, privacy, professional responsibility and constitutional law. He has argued cases before the California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal. Published opinions on which his name appears include Wilson v. 21st Century Insurance Company (2007) 42 Cal.4th 713, Reigelsperger v. Siller (2007) 40 Cal.4th 574, American Financial Services Assn. v. City of Oakland (2005) 34 Cal.4th 1239, Willdan v. Sialic Contractors Corp. (2007) 158 Cal.App.4th 47, Brand v. 20th Century Insurance Company/21st Century Insurance Company (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 594, and TBG Ins. Servs. Corp. v. Superior Court (2002) 96 Cal.App.4th 443.

In 2009, the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals honored Mr. Pauley by naming him one of the top 20 California lawyers under the age of 40. (Click here to read the article.)

Mr. Pauley has also developed an expertise in class action jurisprudence. Mr. Pauley has lectured on class action law, has been involved in numerous class action related appellate matters, and, on one occasion, assisted in obtaining a dramatic reduction in the size of a certified multi-state class following extensive briefing in the Court of Appeal.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Pauley was a litigation associate with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, where he worked on a broad variety of litigation matters.

Mr. Pauley is in charge of the marketing efforts of the American Bar Association's Council of Appellate Lawyers.

Mr. Pauley received his Bachelor of Arts and his Juris Doctor from the University of California at Los Angeles. While at UCLA, he served as Coordinating Editor for the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy.

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