Appellate advocacy. It’s what we do. MPP’s team includes a past chair of the Appellate Courts Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, a former appellate judicial attorney for two of California’s most respected appellate justices, and a professor of appellate advocacy. This is experience you can trust.

With over 190 reported opinions, MPP plays a significant role in shaping California and federal law, and is highly respected in the appellate courts.

For details and contact information, click on the Appellate Advocacy practice area to the left of this panel.

We represent design professional firms of all sizes, including some of the largest engineering and architecture firms in both the region and the nation.

Our team includes qualified architects and engineers, which enables us to understand the issues faced by these professions. Paired with our vast trial experience, this allows us to propose resolution strategies that help our clients avoid prolonged litigation, as well as strategies to help prevent future lawsuits.

MPP attorneys have over 40 years of jury trial experience in federal and state courts. We have the resources and trial experience to manage, litigate and resolve issues encountered by architects and engineers.

For details and contact information, click on the Architect & Engineer Law practice area to the left of this panel.

Unique Depth of Experience

Our substantial and diverse experience in asbestos litigation sets us apart from other law firms. With 30 years of involvement in asbestos litigation, we have the resources, trial experience and commitment to manage, litigate and resolve any issue. We have handled or monitored the handling of over 5,000 asbestos claims in both federal and state courts.

Our attorneys have tried large numbers of asbestos jury trials to verdict including mesothelioma cases, resulting in successful jury verdicts and other favorable resolutions.

MPP represented a defendant in the first asbestos lawsuit filed in Los Angeles, and our attorneys were members of the first defense steering committee.

For details and contact information, click on the Asbestos Litigation practice area to the left of this panel.

MPP's Aviation & Marine attorneys represent all types of transportation clients. We provide advice and counseling to help avoid or reduce litigation. In cases where litigation is unavoidable, we offer focused and effective legal assistance.

We have experience representing aviation and marine clients before state and federal administrative agencies, as well as trial and appellate courts, in lawsuits pertaining to numerous types of transportation matters, including: cargo claims, products liability, personal injury, salvage, marine insurance, toxic torts, aircraft leasing and financing, employment disputes and regulatory compliance. 

For details and contact information, click on the Aviation & Marine Law practice area to the left of this panel.

Specializing in Business Counseling, Commercial Financing, Mergers & Acquisitions

We represent domestic and international businesses ranging from family businesses to Fortune 100 companies, and provide legal expertise in a wide variety of industries, including: Aerospace, Apparel, Banking, Construction, Entertainment and Media, Food Services, Health Care, Insurance, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Restaurants, Retail Chains, and Sports.

For details and contact information, click on the Business Transactions practice area to the left of this panel.

MPP has a diverse and sophisticated litigation practice at both the trial and appellate levels. We focus our defense on an aggressive and cost-efficient resolution of each dispute, honed by over 30 years experience. Our initial goal is success at the pre-trial stage (where many lawsuits can and should be won), but when within the client's interest, we will aggressively pursue their goals through trial.

Our clients include both public entities and private retail concerns such as: apartments, churches, department stores, hospitals, hotels, manufacturers, private homeowners, retailers, shopping malls and supermarkets.

For details and contact information, click on the Civil Litigation practice area to the left of this panel.

We represent clients ranging from Fortune 100 international and multinational corporations to small, closely-held family businesses in a wide range of industries.

Our attorneys handle the gamut of commercial litigation matters, including unfair competition, multi-party contractual disputes, class actions, securities fraud, antitrust, officer and director liability, as well as partnership and intra-corporate disputes.

For details and contact information, click on the Commercial Law, Intellectual Property & Unfair Competition practice area to the left of this panel.

A cornerstone of MPP’s practice is its broad and extensive construction law experience. We represent and counsel construction project owners, contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, design professionals and material suppliers in all phases and types of construction projects, including public, commercial, industrial and residential construction.

Our attorneys have tried and arbitrated hundreds of construction related claims, and mediated literally thousands of construction disputes.

For details and contact information, click on the Construction Law practice area to the left of this panel.

MPP provides full service employment representation to public and private employers of all sizes, from sole proprietors to Fortune 500 companies. For employers, avoiding litigation is a top priority. Our attorneys are experts in providing advice and counseling that help minimize the risk of litigation and provide the proper groundwork to defend against spurious litigation. In cases where employment litigation is unavoidable, we provide focused, fast, and effective legal assistance.

We represent clients before state and federal administrative agencies, trial and appellate courts in lawsuits pertaining to every type of employment matter.

For details and contact information, click on the Employment Law practice area to the left of this panel.

MPP specializes in managing clients’ legal and business affairs in the entertainment industry, including music, sports, art, motion picture and television.

Services are tailored to match the needs of each client, and vary depending on the size and nature of their business. We listen to our clients’ needs and advise to help protect their interests, as well as to minimize the effects of any disruption on their business.

For details and contact information, click on the Entertainment Law practice area to the left of this panel.

MPP has more than 30 years experience representing parties in environmental matters. Our environmental lawyers are experienced in all areas, including chemical and toxic exposure, contamination of land, water and air, Proposition 65 and Superfund litigation.

Our attorneys have served a wide range of public and private clients, and have appeared as counsel both in regulatory agency proceedings and in litigation involving alleged violations and permitting matters.

For details and contact information, click on the Environmental Law / Toxic Tort practice area to the left of this panel.

For over 30 years, MPP has represented public entities in such diverse areas as negligent performance of contracts, assault and battery, false arrest, intentional torts, taking of property, employment and racial discrimination, dangerous conditions of public property, violation of ministerial obligations, failure to discharge mandatory duties and inverse condemnation.

We understand the special legal environment in which public entities and special districts operate. We are well versed in the procedural and substantive defenses afforded to governmental entities by, for example, the California Tort Claims Act and the federal Civil Rights Act.

For details and contact information, click on the Government Liability practice area to the left of this panel.

We are one of the nation's leading law firms in the litigation of insurance coverage disputes, with decades of experience and long-standing success.

We have played a leading role in shaping California insurance law, and have achieved success in important state and federal appellate decisions.

Our experience includes: bad faith claims arising from construction defects; environmental damage; drug and chemical exposures; fire and theft losses; earthquake damage; investigation of first-party property claims.

For details and contact information, click on the Insurance Law practice area to the left of this panel.

MPP offers a wealth of experience in the field of lawyers’ professional liability. At the first sign of trouble, we advise and counsel attorneys on avoiding and mitigating potential claims. In the event that a claim occurs, we promptly assess our client's potential liability and explore a satisfactory resolution without the trouble and expense of litigation. If a claim turns into actual litigation, we are skillful and effective advocates for our clients.

In addition to both trial and appellate experience, we are particularly proud of our record of achieving early dispositive success by way of demurrer, motions for summary judgment and the California anti-SLAPP statute.

For details and contact information, click on the Lawyers’ Professional Liability practice area to the left of this panel.

We are one of the nation’s leading law firms specializing in the representation of both long term care facilities and health care facilities of all sizes.

For our clients, avoiding litigation is a top priority. Our attorneys are experts in providing advice and counseling that help both minimize the risk of lawsuits and provide the proper groundwork to defend our clients in such lawsuits. When complaints are actually filed, we provide focused, efficient and effective legal assistance.

With successes in over 500 civil actions, we have the extensive and necessary expertise to represent and protect our clients in litigation, mediation, arbitration, trial and appeal.

For details and contact information, click on the Long Term Care & Health Care practice area to the left of this panel.

MPP is one of the nation’s leading law firms specializing in pharmaceuticals, medical devices and biologics; we have represented clients for over 25 years as national, regional and local counsel.

Our experience ranges from service as national counsel for mass-tort litigation involving thousands of plaintiffs, to the handling of a single action involving a single plaintiff. Our clients are equally diverse, including an array of Fortune 500 companies with numerous products lines, as well as small start-ups with only one marketed product.

In addition to litigation, we provide our clients with counseling and risk management services.

For details and contact information, click on the Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices & Biologics practice area to the left of this panel.

MPP is one of the nation’s leading law firms specializing in products liability. Our attorneys have represented clients as national, regional and local counsel in both state and federal courts, and have directed litigation in a large number of venues and jurisdictions.

Our practice ranges from matters involving a single product in a single case, to class actions, coordinated litigation, and ‘mass tort’ litigation. We approach each case individually, and work with our clients to design a strategy that will successfully terminate litigation while simultaneously preserving their specific business objectives.

For details and contact information click on the Products Liability practice area to the left of this panel.

For over 40 years, MPP has represented lawyers, architects, engineers, construction managers, real estate brokers/agents, insurance brokers/agents, accountants, financial advisers and other licensed professionals.

Our many services include: loss prevention, risk management, contract review and transaction advice, as well as effective representation in all forms of litigation including mediation, arbitration and trial.

For details and contact information click on the Professional Liability practice area to the left of this panel.

MPP provides full-service real estate representation.

Our transactional team provides representation to real property owners, lenders, developers, and investors in the acquisition, entitlement, development, financing, leasing and disposition of real property assets, such as: apartment buildings, commercial and residential development projects, high rise offices, hotels, industrial properties, restaurants, and retail.

Our litigation team has extensive experience successfully representing investors, developers, title companies, lenders, mortgage bankers, landlords, tenants and contractors in complex litigation matters. Our real estate litigators take an aggressive but practical approach to our representation, and craft solutions to disputed issues.

For details and contact information, click on the Real Estate Law practice area to the left of this panel.