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Brandon Stracener helps clients navigate an array of complex disputes across the full range of civil litigation in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration and mediation. Mr. Stracener has experience representing public agencies, non-profits, and private entities in land use, real estate, municipal law disputes, and constitutional law claims, including novel legal issues.

His past experience includes the spectrum of complex commercial litigation, representing clients working on innovative technology and in the fields of data privacy, trade secrets, trademark, copyright, contract, anti-trust, and business torts.

His past successes have included securing judgment on and defending against claims exceeding $1 million, obtaining a full grant of or defending against requests for preliminary injunction, filing amicus briefs for winning parties at the appellate level, and obtaining all of a client’s requested relief through pre-litigation negotiation without the need for a lawsuit.

As an author of several publications on constitutional law issues, including California constitutional law, Mr. Stracener has become a resource for media comment and interviews throughout the state for insight on a variety of legal topics. He has appeared on television news and talk radio, including NPR. His work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal, an Icelandic newspaper, multiple law journals, and on law.com. He contributes to SCOCAblog, covering the California Supreme Court, and he maintains a role as Senior Research Fellow at the California Constitution Center.

Mr. Stracener’s familiarity with the courtroom is rooted in his past experiences working for judges at several courts. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller, District Judge at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, and the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, District Judge at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Mr. Stracener also externed for the Honorable Consuelo María Callahan, Circuit Judge at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Honorable Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California.

Recognizing the importance of effective written advocacy, Mr. Stracener has shared his insights as a Lecturer in Advanced Legal Writing at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He promotes clear, brief, and powerful writing that actually persuades the decisionmakers in a given matter.