Buchalter, A Professional Corporation

Buchalter is a full-service business law firm with a history spanning over eight decades. The firm has been providing legal counsel to clients at every stage of their growth and development, assisting them in overcoming numerous legal challenges and making critical decisions. Buchalter's clients operate in a complex, diverse global economy governed by intricate laws and regulations, and they rely on the firm as advisers and business partners because the firm is fully engaged in their world. The founding principle of the firm is to provide clients with the best business solutions, and this principle continues to guide the firm's practice today.

Buchalter values each client relationship, recognizing that their success is also the firm's success. The firm's primary objective is to deliver the best possible results to clients in a timely manner with a sensitivity to cost, which has engendered client loyalty and contributed to the firm's growth. The firm's lawyers are skilled, resourceful, and accessible, and they are adept at responding to changes in the business environment. The firm's technological capabilities enable its lawyers to stay up-to-date with changes in case law and rules and to communicate effectively with clients, resulting in efficient and superior outcomes.

Buchalter has a cutting-edge platform that uses technology as a tool to advance the practice of law. The firm uses a meshed (NVPN) network to facilitate work among offices, Cisco VoIP telephony, and Video-over-IP conferencing. Seamless document sharing is enabled through FileSite, which is also used to create client extranets. The firm's litigation matters are supported by Concordance and Opticon, as well as LiveNote and Sanction. Unlike many other firms, Buchalter has the capacity to process e-Discovery in-house, reducing client costs.

Buchalter's lawyers are active members of the communities in which they live and work. The firm's founding partners instilled the value of leadership in the current generation of attorneys, who sit on the boards of prominent organizations and frequently teach and lecture. The firm actively participates in many associations and groups, including the Public Law Center, San Francisco Legal Aid Society, Practicing Law Institute, California State Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the LACBA Domestic Violence Project, the Sojourner Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Phoenix, and many others.

Buchalter is consistently ranked among the leading law firms by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, The Daily Journal, and the Los Angeles Business Journal. The firm is also ranked among the leading firms nationally by American Legal Media and the National Law Journal. Buchalter's commitment to reflecting and enhancing the rich diversity of the clients and communities in which it practices has been strong for over eight decades. The diversity of the firm's attorneys and staff provides clients with a broader array of creative talent and alternative thinking, which benefits all involved.

Locations	No. of Attorneys
Irvine, CA	62
Los Angeles, CA	126
Portland, OR	27
Sacramento, CA	21
Saint Helena, CA	3
Salt Lake City, UT	18
San Diego, CA	36
San Francisco, CA	37
Scottsdale, AZ	25
Seattle, WA	19

Practice Areas	No. of Attorneys
Bankruptcy	18
Corporate	49
Energy and Oil & Gas	8
Environmental and Land Use	4
ERISA/Executive Compensation	2
Finance - Banking	11
General Practice	2
Government	2
Government and Government Relations	1
Health Care	13
Insurance Coverage	2
IP	18
Labor & Employment	25
Litigation	145
Real Estate	60
Tax	5
Trusts and Estates	12