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Efren A. Compeán 
Pasadena, California
Principal
phone (626) 577-9500
fax (626) 577-0813

Mr. Compeán has over 20 years of broad based experience as a litigator. His practice focuses on complex business litigation, professional liability, employment practices, and product warranty litigation. He has litigated hundreds of matters involving a variety of issues, including accountants' liability and legal malpractice, employment discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, unfair competition, business torts, shareholder and partnership disputes, product liability and product warranties, real estate transactions, and intellectual property. He has successfully resolved numerous cases in favor clients through trial and dispositive motions. Mr. Compeán has also briefed and argued many appeals in both state and federal appellate courts. Several of these cases have resulted in important decisions on issues such as the scope of an accountant's duties to limited partners, the application of res judicata following the arbitration of disputes, and the priority of liens between competing lenders.

Areas of Practice:
Complex Business Litigation
Accountants' Liability
Legal Malpractice
Employment Litigation
Appellate Practice
Product Liability and Warranty Litigation
Bar Admissions:
California
U.S. District Court Central District of California
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education:
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1985)
   Member, Chicano Law Review


University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1982)


Representative Cases:
First Fidelity Thrift & Loan Association v. Alliance Bank, (1998) 60 Cal.App.4th 1433
Shelton v. Rancho Mortgage & Investment Corporation, (2002) 94 Cal.App.4th 1337
Richard B. Levine, Inc. v. Higashi, 131 Cal.App.4th 566, (2005) 32 Cal.Rptr.3d 244
Professional Associations & Memberships:
American Bar Association
State Bar of California
   (Litigation)
   (Real Estate)
   (Labor and Employment)
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Mexican American Bar Association
National Hispanic Bar Association
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel


Experience. Problem Solving. Integrity.
Pasadena Office
225 South Lake Avenue
Suite 1400
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: (626) 577-9500
Fax: (626) 577-0813

Westlake Village Office
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Suite 201
Westlake Village, CA 91362
Tel: (805) 446-4141
Fax: (805) 446-4135

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