General Information

Year founded: 1975
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Overview

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For 50 years, top companies have counted on Stradling to have the right team and skills to meet their toughest challenges 24/7, 365 days a year.

Stradling is a leading business law firm with more than 110 lawyers providing experienced counsel in critical transactions and disputes from 12 offices across California, Colorado, Nevada, Texas, and Washington. Stradling’s size, structure, and culture provide big-firm counsel with small-firm flexibility and responsiveness. That deliberate focus on client success has helped the firm attract and retain many of the most accomplished lawyers in their fields. The Stradling teams work together to provide clients with innovative solutions to their corporate and securities, finance, private equity, litigation, M&A, employment, tax, venture capital, intellectual property, healthcare regulatory, consumer regulatory, privacy and data security, bankruptcy, environmental, real estate, and public finance needs.

Helping Companies at Every Stage of Growth

Originally founded to help Southern California’s most innovative emerging growth companies, Stradling’s corporate team represents high-growth businesses at all stages. This includes helping with company formation, angel and seed financing, venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, IPOs, follow-on offerings, and debt financings. We have a deep bench of securities and governance attorneys who regularly advise emerging public companies, including those with $100MM - $1B market caps. Our public company clients benefit from our pragmatic, efficient, and scalable approach.

Most recently, Pitchbook ranked Stradling among the Top 25 Most Active Law Firms in VC Deals in the country for 2021.The Legal 500 has also recognized Stradling’s Securities Litigation, M&A, and Venture Capital practice groups since 2019 in its U.S. edition.

Litigation Strategies that Help Keep Companies on Track

Stradling’s business litigation team helps companies resolve disputes that could otherwise cripple a business or damage brand reputation. The firm works on a broad spectrum of matters, including securities class actions, M&A litigation, consumer litigation, trade secret and unfair competition cases, intellectual property disputes, and government investigations. Stradling’s experienced trial lawyers have tried cases before judges and juries in state and federal courts across the United States. They also help clients address the day-to-day issues that businesses face, including contract disputes and employment matters.

Providing Bond and Underwriting Counsel for Vital Infrastructure

The firm’s nationally recognized public finance lawyers represent municipalities and public agencies in finance and redevelopment transactions throughout the western region. The team’s work in helping to revitalize and build affordable housing units, commercial space and municipal infrastructure has earned Stradling consistent recognition among the top bond, disclosure, and underwriter's counsel firms in California and across the country.

Stradling's clients, both public and private, are engaged in a variety of industries, including technology, life sciences, consumer products, food and beverage, finance, and real estate.

Amgen (NAS: AMGN), Deckers Outdoor (NYS: DECK), Edwards Lifesciences (NYS: EW), Western Digital (NAS: WDC), Block (NYS: XYZ), the State of California, and the City of Los Angeles are among the firm’s many current clients who rely on Stradling for ongoing strategic advice and as a meaningful network of business relationships critical to their long-term growth and success.

Rankings

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP is nationally ranked in 1 practice areas and metro ranked in 16 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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National Rankings

Tier 3
Tier 3 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Metro Rankings

Austin
Tier 2 for Bet-the-Company Litigation
Tier 2 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 2 for Litigation - Patent
Tier 3 for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Los Angeles
Tier 1 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Rankings

National Rankings

Tier 3
Tier 3 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Regional Rankings

Austin
Tier 2 for Bet-the-Company Litigation
Tier 2 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 2 for Litigation - Patent
Tier 3 for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Los Angeles
Tier 1 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Orange County
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Corporate Law
Tier 1 for Litigation - Municipal
Tier 2 for Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
Tier 2 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tier 2 for Land Use and Zoning Law
Tier 2 for Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Tier 2 for Litigation - Securities
Tier 2 for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tier 2 for Municipal Law
Tier 3 for Litigation - Intellectual Property
Tier 3 for Litigation - Real Estate
San Diego
Tier 2 for Corporate Law
Tier 3 for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Seattle
Tier 2 for Municipal Law
Tier 3 for Public Finance Law

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
  • Antitrust Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • CleanTech Law
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Copyright Law
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
  • Food and Beverage Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Antitrust
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Litigation - Municipal
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
  • Litigation - Securities
  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Municipal Law
  • Public Finance Law
  • Qui Tam Law
  • Securitization and Structured Finance Law
  • Tax Law
  • Technology Law
  • Trade Secrets Law
  • Trademark Law
  • Venture Capital Law
  • Water Law
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP has 27 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.
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Client Comments

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Main Location

Newport Beach, CA
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600
Newport Beach, CA 92660
United States
949-725-4000 Call our Newport Beach, CA location at 949-725-4000 Get Directions Get directions to our Newport Beach, CA location

Office Locations

Los Angeles, CA
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 1450
Los Angeles, CA 90067
United States
424-214-7000 Call our Los Angeles, CA location at 424-214-7000 Get Directions Get directions to our Los Angeles, CA location
San Francisco, CA
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 4200
San Francisco, CA 94104
United States
415-283-2240 Call our San Francisco, CA location at 415-283-2240 Get Directions Get directions to our San Francisco, CA location
Las Vegas, NV
3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500
Las Vegas, NV 89169
United States
702-786-0880 Call our Las Vegas, NV location at 702-786-0880 Get Directions Get directions to our Las Vegas, NV location

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