Samuel Lockhart

Samuel Lockhart

Business / Contracts, Business Formation, Commercial Real Estate, Construction, Elder Law, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor - Plaintiff, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Startups, Wills, Trusts, & Probate (Transactional/Litigation)

Murrieta, California

Personal Introduction

Attorney Samuel Lockhart earned his Juris Doctorate from Ohio State University after graduating from Brigham Young University with degrees in both Political Science and Korean. During his undergraduate studies, Mr. Lockhart joined the United States Army as a Korean Linguist, and graduated first in his class from the Defense Language Institute located in Monterey, California. Mr. Lockhart later trained to be a Counter Intelligence Special Agent at the U.S. Army Intelligence Center, located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Upon completing his training, Mr. Lockhart served an 18 month tour in Afghanistan. While deployed, he operated in the capacity of a training officer for the Operations Management Team that took him on missions across all of Afghanistan. Mr. Lockhart was also the Officer in Charge of a Tactical Human Intelligence Team that was able to collect critical intelligence that directly resulted in the capture of insurgents and their various weapons of war. Lawyer Samuel Lockhart is the Founding Attorney of Lockhart Law Firm. We are dedicated to the representation of Murrieta Business Owners, and provide skilled and knowledgeable legal counsel in all areas of Business Law.

Practice Composition

Transactional/Litigation

Education

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law JD (2008)
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University BA (2004)

Practice Summary

Lockhart Law Firm, APC works with small businesses in the areas of Civil Litigation, Business Transactions, Estate Planning, and Probate. Under those three umbrellas, we handle a variety of complex legal matters that derive from the operation of a business. We handle a variety of civil litigation including contract disputes, shareholder dissolution actions, suits for fraud and misappropriation, construction litigation, and employer-focused labor and employment litigation. In terms of Business Transaction, we negotiate commercial leases, purchase and sale agreements for small businesses - asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, membership interest purchase agreements, and general contract drafting. Our Estate Planning and Probate Department handles wills, trusts, succession planning, probate, probate litigation, trust litigation, will contests, and conservatorships.

Response Time

1 day

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Client Reviews

4.90/5.0 Aggregate Score (39 reviews)

Bar Admissions

California