Rutan & Tucker lawyers are experienced and highly regarded experts, delivering sophisticated and superior client service and value in a wide-range of practice areas, markets and industries. Our lawyers enjoy what they do and appreciate the opportunity to help our clients achieve their goals. We recruit new lawyers from more than 30 top law schools nationwide. Many of our lawyers graduated with law school honors, including Order of the Coif, law review, or moot court, or held judicial clerkships prior to joining the firm. Many of our lawyers hold significant leadership positions in philanthropic, community and professional organizations.
Our lawyers have skill sets that are both broad and deep, with significant emphasis on working with clients to develop cost-effective solutions consistent with client goals. We use technology in all aspects of our practice and welcome collaboration with client in-house counsel, management or other resources to help clients manage their legal budget.
For many decades Rutan & Tucker has distinguished itself as the largest full-service law firm in Orange County, and today, our practice extends to Northern California through our Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, and nationwide.
Rutan & Tucker represents a broad spectrum of clients in many markets and industries including, for example, multi-national corporations, financial institutions, publicly traded companies, technology companies, private equity and venture capital funds, real estate developers and financers, construction companies, agricultural enterprises, cities and other public entities, hospitality companies, public/private partnerships, aerospace and defense contractors, educational institutions, family-owned businesses, individuals, non-profit organizations and pro bono clients.
We assist our clients with a wide-range of transactional, litigation, government, financial, intellectual property, real estate, employment, tax and international matters and can readily and efficiently bring expertise in each of these areas to bear on specific issues.
Rutan & Tucker’s Corporate group provides a wide array of transactional legal services to public and private companies, including representation in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial finance transactions, tax planning and intellectual property matters.
Our clients include public and private companies and their principals in a range of industries, including construction, energy, technology, information services, service industries, aerospace, healthcare and manufacturing. We represent these clients throughout their entire business life cycle. We often act as “general counsel,” assisting its clients in resolving legal issues surrounding business formation, business financing, strategic relationships, corporate partnering, corporate governance, tax planning, cross-border transactions and intellectual property protection.
PROVEN SUCCESS REPRESENTING EMPLOYERS IN ALL ASPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT LAW
Our Employment Group represents local, regional, and national employers across a wide spectrum of industries, in all aspects of employment law, and with an emphasis on the unique challenges facing California employers. Our client-centric, lean staffing structure provides clients with regular partner contact while maintaining cost-effective representation.
The growth of information-centered national and world economies places ideas, technology, information, and creativity at center stage in virtually every business enterprise. As a result of this growth, Intellectual Property issues have also been thrust onto center stage in commercial transactions, business planning and operations, and in business disputes. Rutan & Tucker assists its clients with every legal aspect of the creation, preservation, exploitation, and protection of Intellectual Property. The Intellectual Property and Technology Group attorneys advise publicly traded and privately-held companies, start-up and emerging growth companies, governmental entities, and individual clients upon the full range of these issues. Our expertise includes development, registration, licensing, transfer, and protection of Intellectual Property, and proprietary technology.
Our Litigation and Trial Group lawyers work closely with each client’s in-house counsel and executive team to clearly understand the client’s goals and develop winning strategies tailored to the needs of each case. Whenever appropriate, we utilize our client’s resources and we make cost-effective recommendations to deal with every phase of the litigation process. This allows our clients to resolve cases short of trial and appeal, by using motions to dismiss and for summary judgment, mini-trials of specific issues, and mediation. We take great pride in delivering superior value in the most cost effective way and guiding our clients to achieve their best outcomes.
A HISTORY OF ACCOMPLISHMENT, A FOUNDATION OF OUR SUCCESS
Real estate is in our roots at Rutan & Tucker, and it has played a vital role in the growth of our firm. While the majority of our transactions involve California property, we have also helped a host of national and international clients in a broad range of industries attain their real estate goals.
Whatever the opportunity or challenge, our depth of expertise and breadth of real estate experience ensure we see the whole picture. We take care of every detail to ensure a successful transaction—from assessing the pros and cons of each potential solution to drafting and negotiating all required documents.
Rutan & Tucker offers specialized services customized to the needs of our clients, which range from start-ups to large public companies that are industry leaders.
Rutan & Tucker has assembled a team of highly qualified professionals from several practice areas to provide representation to companies engaged in the fashion, apparel and beauty business. We have combined the talents and experience of our corporate and transactional attorneys, litigators, intellectual property lawyers, and employment and labor law practitioners to provide creative, effective and efficient solutions to the many complex legal and business issues that face apparel industry companies in the competitive global markets.
Rutan & Tucker’s Insurance Recovery and Coverage Counseling Group focuses on advising businesses and individuals in obtaining and evaluating insurance coverage, as well as on litigating and resolving disputed coverage claims. Our attorneys have extensive experience in all aspects of insurance coverage and related disputes, including those regarding property damage and business interruption losses [with recent experience specifically involving losses related to COVID-19]; professional indemnity (errors & omissions); professional liability; directors & officers liability; cyber risk losses; construction defects; products liability; employment-related liability; environmental liability; and government investigations.
We have successfully obtained or otherwise won claims related to wrongful denials of coverage on behalf of clients in all business sectors. As a result, clients seek our advice and representation in some of the most novel and difficult matters, requiring an intricate understanding of insurance law. Further, our experience and sophistication has placed us at the forefront of developing theories for coverage when new circumstances are presented. We work with our clients and their risk managers and insurance brokers to ensure the most efficient, customized, comprehensive, and cost-effective process in evaluating and securing insurance coverage and pursuing disputed coverage claims. Understanding the intricacies of insurance procurement, brokering, and coverage determinations, our clients look to us at every step in the insurance process.
