Burton E. Falk
Senior Attorney
5900 Canoga Avenue, Suite 450 Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Ph: (818) 992-9999 | Fax: (818) 992-9991
Burton E. Falk has been practicing law since 1981, and has substantial business litigation experience, including insurance coverage, bad faith and defense work.
Mr. Falk has been a partner in two business litigation law firms, where he was responsible for significant case management and supervision of a variety of complex litigation matters. His substantive expertise has included intellectual property, fraud, unfair competition, wrongful termination, real estate, healthcare, partnership dissolution and family law, as well as insurance matters.
Prior to joining RPNA in 2008, Mr. Falk worked as an in-house attorney and legal consultant for more than 10 years at an innovative legal compliance and ethics eLearning company. At this organization, Mr. Falk consulted in-house counsel at many Fortune 500 and Global 1,000 companies regarding critical litigation, transactional and compliance research issues, both nationally and internationally.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Successfully litigated the federal court case defense of Guthy-Renker to a favorable settlement.
Obtained a $4.1 million settlement against a savings & loan and two accountancy corporations in a conversion (embezzlement) case brought by a medical practice against an office manager and others.
Second-chaired 4.5 month bench trial in Bakersfield, California. Obtained a $1.6 million award against O’Melveny & Myers agribusiness client in fraud lawsuit regarding the sale of an almond farm.
Successfully settled a record royalty litigation matter against Michael Jackson and Sony Records.
COMMUNITY
Arbitrator for California Youth Authority (1980s)
Judge Pro Tem – Small Claims Court (1980s)
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“5 out of 5” AV® Preeminent™ overall peer rating by Martindale Hubbell, one of the most prestigious lawyer information organizations in the country
The Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ are an objective indicator of a lawyer’s high ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada
One of “Southern California’s Top Rated Lawyers” for 2013, produced by American Lawyer Media
EDUCATION & AFFILIATIONS
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1981
- Research Assistant to Professor Whitmore Grey in Contracts and Uniform Commercial Code
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, 1978
Bar & Court Admissions
- California, 1981
- U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California
Associations
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
- Los Angeles County Bar Association