Paul E. Rice

Paul’s prior experience as a transactional business, real estate and tax lawyer gives him a significant advantage in litigating these areas of the law. He has tried over forty five jury and bench trials in Federal and State Court, as well as handling numerous binding arbitrations. His clients range from individuals to multinational publicly traded companies.

As a previous member of the State Bar of California Intellectual Property Section Trade Secrets committee, Paul am one of three authors of the Model Protective Order for use in Federal and State Courts.

Paul serves as a member of the State Bar's Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation which assists the Governor in the judicial selection process at the trial, appellate and Supreme Court levels.

Specialties: General Civil Litigation and Trial Work including business and commercial, trade secret, real estate, unfair competition, and significant personal injury cases.