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Timothy D. Reuben
Mr. Reuben's practice has concentrated on all types of
business and tort litigation, including real estate,
construction, entertainment, copyright and trademark, trust
and estates, employment, securities, antitrust, insurance,
unfair competition, professional negligence, and complex
civil matters.
Upon graduation from law school, he became a litigation
associate with Lillick, McHose & Charles (today known as
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman, LLP), then joined the
law firm of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman as an associate,
and became a partner with the Westside firm of Resch,
Polster, Alpert & Berger in 1987 where he headed the litigation department. He formed the
Firm in the Spring of 1992.
Mr. Reuben has also served as a Judge Pro Tem for the West Los Angeles Small Claims
Court and has taught Advanced Litigation Seminars on topics such as intellectual property
litigation, entertainment litigation and cross-examination. He has served as a member of the
L.A. County Bar Judicial Evaluation Committee and is on the L.A. County Bar Association
Fee Arbitration Program's Panel of Arbitrators. Mr. Reuben also is a Member of the
California State Bar Committee on Administration of Justice. In addition, he has served as
an Assistant City Attorney under the Trial Advocacy Program of the Los Angeles County
Bar. He has been admitted as a master trial lawyer into the Southern California Business
Litigation Inn of Court, and has served as its President as well as serving on its Executive
Committee and various subcommittees. Mr. Reuben is also Chairman of the In-House
Counsel Committee of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
Mr. Reuben was named to the list of "Los Angeles 2004 Super Lawyers" by Los Angeles
Magazine and has repeated this honor each year since, including in the current edition. He
is AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Education
Harvard Law School (J.D. 1980)
Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977)
The Hill School (cum laude,1973)
Recent Published Decisions
Grahm v. Superior Court, 132 Cal.App.4th 1193 (2005).
Publications
"Suing Lawyers for Conspiring with Their Clients Just Got Easier," Perspective, Los Angeles
Daily Journal (September 22, 2010) (Click here to read this article)
"How Does a Lawyer Know Who Speaks for a Corporate Client?" Perspective, Los Angeles
Daily Journal (July 29, 2010) (Click here to read this article)
"Corporate Counsel Clarity: 9th Circuit Defines the Client," Perspective, Los Angeles Daily
Journal (July 26, 2010) (Click here to read this article)
"A Sad Spectacle," Perspective, Los Angeles Daily Journal (June 25, 2010)
(Click here to read this article)
"Supreme Court SLAPPS for Lawyers," Perspective, Los Angeles Daily Journal (June 4,
2010)
(Click here to read this article)
"The Dangers Attorneys Face," Perspective, Los Angeles Daily Journal (May 20, 2010)
(Click here to read this article)
"A New Judicially Created Privilege for Lawyers?" Perspective, Los Angeles Daily Journal
(March 22, 2010)
(Click here to read this article)
"Balancing Duty of Loyalty & Free Speech," Perspective, Los Angeles Daily Journal (March
15, 2010)
(Click here to read this article)
“Inadvertent Disclosure," California Lawyer (March 2010)
"Class Action Fraud Takes the 'Class' Out of the Legal Profession," Los Angeles Daily
Journal (June 27, 2008)
(Click here to read this article)
"Rip, SUVS: Lawyers Should Lead by Example with Car Choices," Los Angeles Daily
Journal (June 18, 2008)
(Click here to read this article)
"Fee for Few" Los Angeles Daily Journal (February 28, 2008)
(Click here to read this article)
"Grahm v. Superior Court Reaffirms Kumar Under the UCCJEA" Family Law News (State Bar
of California, Family Law Section 2005)
“Insurers Should Be Barred From Using After-Acquired Evidence," Forum, Los Angeles
Daily Journal (November 23, 2004), co-author
"Conflicts, Conflicts," California Lawyer (August 2002), co-author
"BOMA Guidelines Affirmed," California Real Estate Journal (August, 2000)
"Sensible Support," California Business Law (February 22, 2000)
"Boon or Bane," Los Angeles Daily Journal, Verdicts & Settlements, Special Issue: The
Judiciary (May 7, 1999)
"Taking Advantage of Mistakes," Litigation, ABA (Spring 1997)
"Binding Arbitration: A System Fraught With Injustice," ADR Newsletter, Volume 6, Issue 11,
(October 1996)
"Abend v. MCI: An Author's Rear Window to Greater Profits," Intellectual Property
Newsletter, TIPS, ABA (Winter 1990)
"All This About A Breach Of Contract: Art Buchwald v. Paramount Pictures Corporation,"
Intellectual Property Newsletter, TIPS, ABA (Summer 1990)
"Use of the California Correction Statute in Defense of Media and Entertainment Clients;
Pitfalls and Problems," Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, Volume 19, No. 3, 1985
Bar Associations
Beverly Hills, Century City, Los Angeles County (Member, Litigation Section, Past Member,
Judicial Evaluation Committee) Bar Associations
American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section; Past Chair and Vice Chair,
Committee on Intellectual Property, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1990-1991)
Los Angeles Copyright Society
Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Member, Superior Courts Committee)
The State Bar of California (Member, Committee on Administration of Justice; Sections on
Litigation and Intellectual Property)
In addition
Tim is also a member of the California Lexington Group, the Harvard College Schools
Committee, Professional Network Group, Inc,and has been admitted as a Master Trial
Lawyer into the Southern California Business Litigation Inn of Court (Executive Committee).
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