If you need legal help with securities law matters in California, understanding the local legal landscape is the first step. California attorneys handle cases involving securities fraud, SEC investigations, broker-dealer compliance, investment disputes, and corporate disclosure, and the state's specific rules — from filing procedures in Superior Court to applicable deadlines — can directly shape the strategy and outcome of your case.

The statute of limitations for securities law matters in California is generally 4 years written, 2 years oral, though specific deadlines vary by case type. Cases proceed through Superior Court, and California's state laws may provide protections or requirements that differ from federal standards. The State Bar of California sets the professional standards for practitioners, and attorneys who focus on securities law in California bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

Choosing the right securities law attorney in California means evaluating more than just qualifications — it means finding someone who understands the local legal system and has handled similar cases. Use the profiles on this page to compare attorney experience, read client reviews, check office locations, and identify lawyers who offer free initial consultations. Taking the time to compare options can significantly affect your outcome.

For a detailed overview of how securities law law works in California — including key statutes, deadlines, and what to expect from the legal process — Read our complete guide to securities law law in California. If you're ready to take the next step, browse the attorney profiles below and reach out for a free consultation.

Marc Steven Applbaum - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Midway Law Firm APC
 4275 Executive Square Ste. 200 La Jolla CA 92037
(619) 993-0288
Univ of Southern Calif
English, Spanish
Bar #222511
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law
Steven Peter Small - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Steven P. Small
 2509 Santa Clara Ave Alameda CA 94501
(510) 865-2038
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Bar #39869
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Bankruptcy Consumer Law Criminal Law
Dallas Verhagen - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Fauver, Large, Archbald and Spray LLP
 820 State St 4th Floor Santa Barbara CA 93101
(805) 966-4225
Pepperdine University (2013)
Bar #312814
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law Communications & Internet Law
John Robert Armstrong - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Armstrong Law Group
 23232 Peralta Drive Suite 120 Laguna Hills CA 92653
(949) 942-6069
Creighton University (1993)
Bar #183912
U.S. Central District of California Bar
Suspended License
Verified
Agricultural Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
Nathan Mubasher - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Nathan Mubasher
 2621 Green River Rd Ste 105 PMB 403 Corona CA 92882
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Arabic
Bar #281645
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Consumer Law
Christopher Palileo Ayayo - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Ayayo Law Offices, APC
 4100 Campus Dr Suite 210 Newport Beach CA 92660
(949) 612-0340
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Bar #172594
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Estate Planning Gov & Administrative Law
William Richard Conklin - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of William R. Conklin
 643 Bair Island Rd Ste 200A Redwood City CA 94063
(650) 361-1163
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Bar #33779
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Agricultural Law Business Law Communications & Internet Law
Darryl Paul Rains - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Morrison & Foerster LLP
 755 Page Mill Rd Palo Alto CA 94304
(650) 813-5600
Columbia Law School (1982)
Bar #104802
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Consumer Law Criminal Law
Eugene Illovsky - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Illovsky Gates & Calia LLP.
 1611 Telegraph Avenue Suite 806 Oakland CA 94612
(510) 394-5885
Yale Law School (1983)
Bar #117892
State Bar of California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Business Law
David Scott Harrison - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bakhtiari & Harrison, P.C.
 9454 Wilshire Blvd 820 Beverly Hills CA 90212
(310) 499-4732
Univ of Southern Calif
English
Bar #206279
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Securities Law Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
Michael J Maloney - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Michael J. Maloney, P.A
 5450 Telegraph Road Suite 100 Ventura CA 93003
(805) 804-5393
Stanford University (1979)
Bar #90452
Florida Bar
Active License
Verified
Agricultural Law Business Law Construction Law
Harrison Pierce Kordestani - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Kordestani Legal Partners, Inc.
 8033 W Sunset Blvd Ste 798 Los Angeles CA 90046
(323) 628-7150
Boston University School of Law (1995)
Farsi
Bar #175220
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law
Sarah Jane T.C. Truong - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Perry Johnson Anderson Miller & Moskowit
 438 First street 4th floor Santa Rosa CA 95401
(707) 525-8800
University of California - Berkeley (2006)
Bar #314966
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Civil Rights Consumer Law
James Eric Kirkland - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Kirkland Law PC
 555 W. 5th Street 35th Floor Los Angeles CA 90013
(424) 265-7344
Pepperdine University School of Law (1987)
English
Bar #151215
California Bar
Inactive License
Verified
Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law Communications & Internet Law
David Young - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of David Young
 11845 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 1110 Los Angeles CA 90064
(310) 575-0308
Harvard University
English
Bar #55341
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Business Law Environmental Law
Joshua Alan Waldman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Burkhalter Kessler Clement & George LLP
 2020 Main St Irvine CA 92614
(949) 975-7500
Univ of Arizona
Bar #222859
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Employment Law Real Estate Law
Inna Efimchik - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
White Summers Caffee & James LLP
 541 Jefferson Ave Suite 100 Redwood City CA 94063
(650) 298-6014
University of California (2005)
English, Russian
Bar #239058
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Health Care Law Securities Law
Shannon Marie Eagan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Cooley LLP
 3175 Hanover St Palo Alto CA 94304
(650) 843-5000
Stanford Law School (2000)
Bar #212830
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Antitrust Law Business Law Securities Law
Martin Ross Sances - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Sances Law
 3736 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Suite 300 Lafayette CA 94549
(925) 284-2810
Colgate Univ
Bar #175779
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Communications & Internet Law Construction Law
Joshua Kroot - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Primary Law Group
 355 South Grand Avenue Suite 2450 Los Angeles CA 90071
(213) 677-0856
London School of Economics and Political Science (2008)
Bulgarian, English, French
California Bar
Unknown Status
Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy Business Law
Jay Nabil Razzouk - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Jay Razzouk, Lawyer at Law
 473 E. Carnegie Drive Suite 200 San Bernardino CA 92408
(909) 547-7299
Pepperdine University School of Law (2005)
English
California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Entertainment & Sports Law Securities Law
Eric C. Shedlosky - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Fenwick & West LLP
 801 California St. Mountain View CA 94041
(650) 335-7128
Northwestern University School of Law (2008)
New York Bar
Unknown Status
Antitrust Law Business Law Securities Law
Rand L. Stephens - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Rand L. Stephens
 1155C Arnold Drive Suite 278 Martinez CA 94553
(925) 757-1700
Unknown Status
Business Law Civil Rights Consumer Law
Eric Alan Isaacson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 6580 Avenida Mirola La Jolla CA 92037-6231
(858) 263-9581
Harvard Divinity School (2021)
Central District of California (federal) Bar
Active License
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Civil Rights
Robert Dunn - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Eimer Stahl LLP
 99 South Almaden Boulevard Suite 642 San Jose CA 95113
(408) 889-1690
The University of Chicago Law School (2007)
6th Circuit Bar
Active License
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Consumer Law
Isaac D Gradman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Perry, Johns, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP
 438 1st St 4th Floor Santa Rosa CA 95401-6390
(707) 525-8800
New York University School of Law (2005)
California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Securities Law Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
Luis Esparza - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 1129 State St 13 Santa Barbara CA 93101
Concord Law School (2011)
Spanish
9th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Bankruptcy Business Law Criminal Law
Gerry Harvey Goldsholle - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Advocate Law Group P.C.
 P.O. Box 835 Sausalito CA 94965
(415) 339-6510
Coll of William & Mary
English
Bar #154604
New York Bar
Active License
Verified
Asbestos & Mesothelioma Business Law Insurance Claims
James J Brosnahan Jr - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Morrison & Foerster LLP
 425 Market St SF CA 94105
(415) 268-7189
Harvard Law School (1959)
California Bar
Active License
Antitrust Law Business Law Criminal Law
Donald Bruce Marks - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Marks & Brooklier, LLP
 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite# 300 Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 772-2287
Queens Coll
English
Bar #43538
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Brad Andrew Hakala - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Hakala Law Group, P.C.
 One World Trade Center Suite 1870 Long Beach CA 90831
(562) 432-5023
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (2004)
Bar #236709
Texas Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Employment Law
Brett Gregory Evans - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Evans Law, PC
 155 N Riverview Drive Suite 223 Anaheim CA 92808
7149557444101
University of Washington School of Law (2004)
English
Bar #244213
9th Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Energy, Oil & Gas Law
Tad Michael Mailander - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Mailander Law Office
 945 4th Avenue Suite 311 San Diego CA 92101
(619) 239-9034
Thomas Jefferson School of Law (1985)
Bar #153570
Federal Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Securities Law
Richard Michael Aaron - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Fennemore Dowling Aaron
 8080 N PALM AVE FL 3,PO BOX 28902 FRESNO CA 93729
(559) 432-4500
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (1979)
Bar #88782
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Estate Planning Health Care Law
Greg L Beattie - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Veritas Corporate Law
 2030 Addison Street Suite 650 Berkeley CA 94704
(510) 550-8605
Harvard Law School (1977)
California Bar
Unknown Status
Business Law Intellectual Property Securities Law
Yoshito Yamamoto - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Yoshito J. Yamamoto
 1250 Oakmead Parkway Suite 210 Sunnyvale CA 94085
(408) 660-3928
Texas Wesleyan University (2005)
Japanese
Bar #250526
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Employment Law Securities Law
Benjamin Jonathan Fox - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Morrison & Foerster LLP
 707 Wilshire Blvd 6000 Los Angeles CA 90017
(213) 892-5207
UCLA School of Law (1997)
Bar #193374
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Business Law Consumer Law
Ryan K Bakhtiari - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bakhtiari & Harrison, P.C.
 9454 Wilshire Blvd Ste 820 Beverly Hills CA 90212
(310) 499-4732
Southwestern University School of Law (1998)
California Bar
Active License
Employment Law Securities Law
Terrance James Evans - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Duane Morris LLP
 One Market Plaza, Spear Tower Suite 2200 San Francisco CA 94105
(415) 957-3130
Loyola University School of Law (2002)
California Bar
Active License
Antitrust Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
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