Law Office Of Keith H. Rutman

I am a civil and criminal trial lawyer with 23 years of significant litigation experience in state and federal courts, including but not limited to case investigation, drafting pleadings and motions (including major successful summary judgment motions), discovery practice (depositions, interrogatories, document production, admissions and pre-trial orders), trial court motion practice, alternate dispute resolution, jury trials (from jury selection through closing argument) and appellate practice (oral arguments before U.S. Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District). I also have experience in prosecuting and managing complex litigation and conducting administrative hearings.

I am admitted to practice before all courts in the State of California, and in addition am admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits; and U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California, the Eastern District of Michigan, and the Districts of Colorado, Arizona and District of Columbia.