Lisa Perrochet

Defense of manufacturers against toxic tort, product liability, and consumer claims; defense of insurers in coverage and bad faith litigation; appeals involving medical malpractice and lawyers professional liability, including disqualification issues.

With a strong reputation for creativity and success in high stakes appellate litigation, Lisa Perrochet is sought out by clients for her considerable defense expertise regarding toxic tort and product liability claims; punitive damages claims; consumer claims against manufacturers, banks and other institutions; insurance coverage and bad faith litigation; as well as professional liability (medical and legal malpractice) and ethics matters, including attorney disqualification.

Lisa has represented clients in hundreds of appeals and writ proceedings, and has argued before the California Supreme Court and intermediate appellate courts throughout the state. She has also handled matters in other jurisdictions, including Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Hawaii.

Lisa is a partner at the firm and has more than 30 years specializing in civil appeals. Lisa has been a California State Bar Certified Appellate Specialist since the first year the State Bar offered certification in 1996. She is also on the board of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, and for many years has served as the editor of that organization's Verdict magazine.

Lisa's representative matters in the intermediate appellate courts are too numerous to list. In the California Supreme Court alone, Lisa has represented parties and amicus curiae entities in dozens of cases

American Academy of Appellate Lawyers

Association of Business Trial Lawyers

Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California

PilotLegis Risk Retention Group, Board Member (2001-present)

American Bar Association, Council of Appellate Lawyers (2001-present)

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Appellate Courts Section (1988-present), Executive Committee member; State Appellate Judicial Evaluation Committee (1997-2005)

Association of Southern California Defense Counsel, Board Member and Publications Chair (2001-present)

Federal Bar Association (1996-present)

Green Sheets: Notes on Recent Decisions (2001-present) regular feature in each issue of ASCDC's Verdict magazine

California Legal Bills: Privileged Until They Aren’t? (Jan. 10, 2017) Law360

Briefs Are All About The Words, Not Pages (Feb. 10, 2015) Daily J., p. 8

New Calif. Appeal Bond Rules Correct Outdated Process (Sept. 10, 2014) Law360, New York

Unpredictable Juries: When do their Miscues Constitute Misconduct? (Jan. 2012) Chartis Litigation Management Update

The Supreme Court of California Rules on Santa Clara Contingency Fee Issue - Backpedals on Clancy (July 2011) IADC Defense Counsel Journal

'Oasis West': What's a Lawyer to Do? (Apr. 18 2011) The Recorder [online exclusive]

Special Jury Instructions: When CACI Won't Cut It (Feb. 2011) Valley Lawyer p. 14

A Fine Line: The California Supreme Court Bars Statutory Trebling Of Restitutionary Awards In Private Party UCL Actions For Predatory Conduct Against Elders (Aug. 2010) Mealey's California Section 17200 Report, p. 19

Legal Ethics and Corporate Conflicts (Nov. 2006) California Lawyer

The Ethics and Legality of Jury Investigations (1st Quarter 2006) Verdict p. 38

California's "Little FTC Act": Benefitting Consumers, or Lawyers? (Dec. 4, 1998) Wash. Legal Found. Legal Backgrounder, Vol. 13, No. 46

Putting a Price on Partial Loss: A Case Stemming from the Northridge Earthquake, Cheeks v. California Fair Plan Assn., Creates No Fair Plan for Adjusting Partial Losses (Sept./Oct. 1998) S.F. Recorder Ins. Litig.

Writ Intake Procedures Cal. Civil Writ Practice (Cont.Ed.Bar 3d ed. 1996) ch. 2

What a Difference a Day Makes: Age Presumptions and the Standard of Care Required of Minors (1993) 24 Pac. L.J. 1323

No Chance for a Lost Chance of Recovery (Sept. 1992) L.A. Lawyer

Lost Chance Recovery and the Folly of Expanding Medical Malpractice Liability (1992) 27 Tort & Ins. L.J. 615

Soulliere v. Suzuki (2026) – California Court of Appeal reverses $41 million judgment in product liability case against motorcycle manufacturer due to evidentiary error and insufficient evidence of financial condition to support punitive damages.

Chan v. Zenith (2026) – California Court of Appeal reverses WCAB decision and reinstates trial judge’s order denying workers’ compensation coverage to employee who started a fight.

Maneri v. FCA (2025) – California Court of Appeal rules for automaker on several legal issues of first impression, reducing lemon law judgment and erasing more than $300,000 in attorney fees awarded.

Janisse v. Martin Luther King Healthcare (2025) – California Court of Appeal affirms a judgment following a defense verdict in a whistleblower retaliation and racial discrimination case.

Anaya v. Kia (2025) – California Court of Appeal affirms judgment in full for automobile distributor on assortment of warranty and consumer fraud claims.

Sandoval v. Pali Institute (2025) – California Court of Appeal holds that discussing gender inclusivity and pronoun usage in an educational setting is protected free speech that cannot support tort liability.

Zenith Insurance v. WCAB (Hernandez) (2025) – California Court of Appeal reverses Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board and holds that injury sustained by employee in vanpool on commute home is not compensable under the going and coming rule.

Aldaco v. FMC (2024) – California Court of Appeal rules that used vehicles sold with a remaining new car warranty balance are not “consumer goods” within the meaning of the Song-Beverly Act.

Rodriguez v. FCA (2024) – California Supreme Court rules that used vehicles sold with a remaining new car warranty balance are not “new motor vehicles” subject to the Song-Beverly Act’s refund-or-replace remedy.

Valdovinos v. Kia (2024) – California Court of Appeal reverses jury’s award of unrecoverable elements of restitution and affirms new trial on civil penalties in lemon law case.

Greisman v. FCA US, LLC (2024) – In partially published opinion, California Court of Appeal affirms order enforcing lemon law settlement that plaintiff’s counsel attempted to disavow.

Novoa v. Honda (2024) – California Court of Appeal denies plaintiff’s writ petition on the merits in lemon law arbitration dispute.

Chino Basin Municipal Water District v. City of Chino (2024) – California Court of Appeal rejects challenge to longstanding operating practices of water rights entity.

Ayers v. FCA (2024) – Horvitz & Levy persuaded the Court of Appeal to issue a published opinion that rejects a commonly used tactic to inflate attorney fee awards in lemon law cases.

Morgenthaler v. Zircon Corporation (2024) – California Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment for shipper of goods that hired trucking company whose driver caused an accident.