Buchalter, A Professional Corporation

Chief Executive Officer: Adam J. Bass

400+ Attorneys Serving You In 17 Practice Areas and 30+ Industry Specialties

Offices

Denver, Los Angeles, Napa Valley, Orange County, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Scottsdale. Seattle

Firm Overview

Since the firm’s inception in 1933, Buchalter has established itself as a full-service law firm that provides counsel to clients at all stages, and helps them navigate any legal challenges and decisions they may face. Clients are engaged in a diverse global economy governed by complex laws and regulations, and trust the firm as advisers and business partners.

Main Areas of Practice

Commercial Finance

Buchalter's Commercial Finance attorneys represent the most dominant institutions in the commercial finance market. The firm has practiced in the commercial finance area since its inception in 1933. Through this representation, Buchalter participates in and shapes the most sophisticated and novel transactions in the market.

Corporate

The Buchalter Corporate Practice Group is among the premier law practices of its kind, spurred by dedication to its clients and a deep understanding of their businesses. Buchalter Corporate attorneys provide expert, results oriented counseling to help clients—from entrepreneurial and emerging growth companies to publicly-traded national corporations—navigate the challenges and opportunities they encounter.

Energy & Natural Resources

Buchalter’s Energy and Natural Resources attorneys are highly experienced in providing practical advice to clients on transactional, compliance and regulatory matters.

Government, Regulatory & Administrative

Buchalter’s Government, Regulatory and Administrative Law Practice Group has developed a multi-disciplinary practice advising both public and private sector clients at the local, state and federal level. Clients include private developers, public agencies, financial institutions, and other primary stakeholders in infrastructure-related projects, including P3 projects.

Health Care

Buchalter’s Health Care attorneys provide timely, expert and business-oriented counsel to clients in every aspect of the health care industry, including health systems, hospitals, independent practice associations, medical groups, physicians, provider trade organizations, health care lenders and drug and device companies.

Insolvency & Financial Law Group

Buchalter has had a comprehensive national Insolvency and Financial Law practice for eight decades that has successfully represented clients through complex proceedings in all economic climates.

Intellectual Property

Buchalter’s Intellectual Property attorneys are experts in copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and privacy and security restrictions pertinent to protecting employee and customer data. This highly specialized and knowledgeable team assists and guides its national and international clientele to realize the full value of their intellectual property assets in the ever-shifting, competitive IP landscape.

Japan Practice

Buchalter’s Japan Practice has been providing legal, corporate and transactional advice to businesses and individuals conducting business in Japan, and Japanese businesses conducting business in the United States, for over three decades. With a deep understanding of Japanese culture and practices, we pride ourselves on providing practical and effective advice and enjoy a highly-respected reputation in the Japanese markets.

Labor & Employment

Buchalter attorneys partner closely with clients to provide broad, protective counsel that minimizes risk exposure. Buchalter’s critical risk-management solutions allow clients to focus on managing their businesses while the firm manages the details of their employment problems.

Litigation

Buchalter litigators have successfully represented clients across industries, regions and of every business size. Among them are banking and financial institutions, petroleum companies and energy companies, local, national and international businesses—both public and private, government entities, start-ups, entrepreneurs and individuals, in a wide range of matters.

Privacy & Data Security

Buchalter’s Privacy and Data Security attorneys help clients navigate local, state, federal, and international privacy and data security laws. Buchalter attorneys address multi-state and multi-national compliance issues and industry-specific self-regulatory frameworks. They guide clients through data breaches, hacks, investigations, penalties, and litigation.

Products Liability

Buchalter's Products Liability Practice Group includes highly experienced attorneys who handle the highest stakes litigation, the most significant class actions, and the most difficult regulatory problems for their clients. Consisting of more than 20 trial lawyers, class action specialists, and regulatory attorneys, the practice group is trial-tested and versatile.

Real Estate

Buchalter's real estate work involves all types of real estate projects—office, hotel, multifamily and industrial. The firm also represents both purchasers and sellers in connection with real estate acquisitions and dispositions, and both landlord and tenants in connection with commercial leases.

Tax, Benefits, & Estate Planning

Buchalter’s Tax, Benefits and Estate Planning Practice Group provides tax planning and business structuring for corporations (both public and private), pass-through entities, individuals, trusts and estates.