About Brian
Brian Lance trained at the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he completed his legal education before entering practice. His time in law school coincided with the period when many California litigation attorneys were sharpening trial skills and learning courtroom procedure, and he carried that training into his early work.
He began practicing at Cartwright Law Office in 2014. That early stage of his career gave him regular exposure to client intake, case preparation and courtroom appearances. Colleagues from that period recall a steady stream of civil matters that required hands-on management from filing through trial.
In 2019 he joined Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery. At that firm he continued handling litigation and took on cases that required coordination across multiple stages of litigation. His role there has included drafting pleadings, taking and defending depositions, and arguing motions in California state courts. He is admitted to practice in California and before the Ninth Circuit, which has allowed him to work on appeals as needed.
Outside the office he is active in professional groups that center on trial practice and consumer law. He holds memberships in the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association and Consumer Lawyers of California. He is listed as a Super Lawyers Rising Star and appears in the National Trial Lawyers Top Forty Under Forty listings. Those affiliations reflect a pattern of involvement in organizations that focus on civil trials and consumer protection litigation rather than membership in exclusively transactional groups.
Peers describe his approach as methodical. He tends to break complex files into discrete issues and address them one at a time. That approach shapes how he prepares for hearings and trials and how he communicates case posture to clients. Today he practices at Abbey Weitzenberg Warren and Emery, where he continues to handle civil litigation and trial matters and represents consumers in civil claims.
