Orange County

Orange County

Orange County, California is a thriving metropolitan area bustling with more than three million residents, making it the state’s second most populous county and the fifth largest county in the nation. Small- and middle-market businesses flourish in Orange County. It is one of California’s fastest developing regions, with one of the highest employment rates in the nation, employing tens of thousands of workers from surrounding Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties.

Our Orange County attorneys understand the dynamic nature of Orange County and the markets in which our clients do business. Our lawyers are innovative, business-focused and pragmatic, and many are licensed to practice law in more than one state, before state and federal courts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the International Trade Commission. We have active teams in a wide array of practice areas – including intellectual property, corporate and securities, litigation, land development and environmental law, tax, trusts and estates, and wealth management.

Orange County is home to one of the most successful technology clusters and economies in the country. With a thriving medical device industry, the county has attracted a large and growing concentration of semiconductor, biomedical, computer and electronics firms, making it the center of Southern California’s “Tech Coast.” Our intellectual property group – comprised of attorneys who are all registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark office – has experience and technical proficiency in a variety of fields, ranging from traditional electrical engineering and computer technology to biotechnology and medical devices. We are also active in the emerging field of nanotechnology, working closely with our local academic institutions to remain linked to the growing knowledge base on this subject.

Understanding the interdisciplinary nature of our clients’ business needs, our corporate team works closely with our IP team to connect start-ups and academic institutions with investment funds, promoting the growth of businesses coast to coast. Our corporate attorneys are experienced in the various areas of corporate, finance and securities law, including mergers and acquisitions, the representation of start-ups and seasoned companies (including numerous public companies), secured transactions and energy and project finance matters.

In addition, as the county has grown, real estate developers are facing increasingly complex compliance issues, and StayLaw’s Orange County office is home to an experienced group of attorneys who focus on Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Housing Act and building and life safety code defense litigation, and brownfield redevelopment.

At StayLaw, we take our civic duties to heart and value the opportunity to make contributions to our local community. We have recently worked pro bono to patent the inventions of two local elementary school students with the hopes of keeping the spirit of creativity alive in our younger generations. In addition, our attorneys have held leadership positions throughout the community. Our attorneys include the former chair of the Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Committee of the State Bar of California, the chair of the Restoration Advisory Board for the Redevelopment of MCAS El Toro, and a 2008 member of the Settlement Officer Panel of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. We are also involved in a number of organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Equality California, Public Law Center of Orange County, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Orange County.