Dan Livingston

Dan Livingston

Business / Contracts, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor - Plaintiff (Litigation)

Irvine, California

Personal Introduction

Dan Livingston has successfully handled hundreds of civil litigation matters involving a wide range of commercial issues, and has tried numerous cases to verdict, judgment, or arbitration award. Building on his decades of experience as a skilled business litigator, Dan also serves as a private mediator or arbitrator for commercial litigation disputes. His firm, Payne & Fears LLP, is a leading employment and labor firm in California.

Practice Composition

Litigation

Education

Brigham Young University Law School
Brigham Young University Law School JD (1982)
Stanford University
Stanford University AB (1979)

Practice Summary

Dan Livingston has successfully handled hundreds of civil litigation matters involving a wide range of commercial issues, and has tried numerous cases to verdict, judgment, or arbitration award. Building on his decades of experience as a skilled business litigator, Dan also serves as a private mediator or arbitrator for commercial litigation disputes. Companies and individuals turn to Dan for his experience and judgment as a skilled trial attorney and for his long record of success in resolving complex business and real estate litigation disputes. His professionalism and legal skills are well known and clients trust his integrity and sound advice. Dan has brought victories to financial institutions, real estate developers, private equity firms, high-net-worth individuals, and manufacturers in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters. Dan is one of the leading business litigation attorneys in Orange County, having been consistently named in Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation and for nearly 20 consecutive years to the Southern California Super Lawyers list, including repeated recognition as one of the Top 50 Super Lawyers in Orange County. He is also listed as an AV Preeminent rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell®. Dan is a former President of the California New Motor Vehicle Board and a former member of the California Medical Board. Dan has also served as Chair of the Business Litigation Section of the Orange County Bar Association, as a member of the Board of Governors of the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and as Chair of the Orange County Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society.

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Bar Admissions

California