Practice Areas

• trials, appeals and arbitrations
• business and commercial disputes
• international business transactions
• cross-border labor, employment and outsourcing
• intellectual property, including copyright, trademark, patent, internet and licensing
• entertainment, including film, television and music production, distribution and talent
• partnership and corporate disputes, including shareholder disputes
• securities litigation, including brokerage disputes
• real estate
• attorney and accountant malpractice
• civil rights litigation

Norris & Galanter LLP is a law firm specializing in litigation and international business matters. We deliver the capabilities and quality of the largest law firms, along with the personal attention and cost-effectiveness of small firms.

The firm's founders, Donald G. Norris and Douglas F. Galanter, together have over 60 years of hands-on legal experience. As partners for many years in major national and international law firms, we gained the skill to address matters from straightforward contract disputes to complex class actions and large, multinational commercial disputes.

We have handled over 60 trials and appeals in California state and federal courts for both plaintiffs and defendants, including many jury trials, as well as numerous domestic and international arbitrations.

Our international practice includes advising on foreign business transactions, joint ventures, outsourcing, entertainment financing and real estate acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.

Because we are a small firm, our clients benefit from the direct involvement of senior attorneys, sensitive to the client's individual objectives and cost concerns. It is this combination of high-caliber experience and skill, together with attention to every client's needs, that consistently delivers superb results.