Stuart Einbinder represents clients in a wide range of civil litigation matters in state and federal courts, and in administrative and ADR proceedings. He also has substantial experience representing clients in complex transactional matters. Stuart has particular expertise in the areas of construction, real estate, commercial transactions, energy, insurance, and government contracting. On the litigation side, he has extensively litigated construction scope, delay and defect claims, breach of contract disputes, product liability issues, bid protests, RICO issues, business torts, fraud claims, and insurance coverage disputes. On the transactional side, Stuart has significant experience negotiating and drafting construction and design contracts, software/technology licenses and manufacturing, reseller and distribution agreements.
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991)
- Order of the Coif
- University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., Political Science & Business Economics, magna cum laude, 1986)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of California
- United States District Court, Central District of California
Professional Memberships & Activities
- State Bar of California
- American Bar Association
- Orange County Bar Association
- Association of General Contractors
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Representative Presentations & Publications
- Recent California Case Law Impacting Construction Industry, Speaker, California Construction Law Update 2011, Snell & Wilmer, Costa Mesa, CA (October 2011)
- MBE/WBE Preferences in California Public Contracting, Co-Author, Under Construction (December 2010)
- Mandatory Disclosure Rule Imposes New Burdens on Government Contractors, Under Construction (January 2009)
- Beware of Harsh Penalties for Unlicensed Contracting in California, Under Construction (July 2008)
- Responsiveness Determinations Under Competitive Bidding, California Constructor: Journal of the Associated General Contractors of California (July 2007)
- Electronic Discovery and Litigation Readiness: Litigating Under the New Federal Rules, The Construction Superconference, San Francisco, California (December 2006)
- E-Discovery in Today's Construction Project, 2006 National Conference, The Construction Users Roundtable, Tucson, Arizona (November 2006)
- The Construction Manager At Risk by Contract or Conduct, The Construction Superconference, San Francisco, California (December 2005)
- The A/E's Duty to the Contractor, The Construction Superconference, San Francisco,
- California (December 2004)
- Risk Allocation: Changing Relationships Between Owners, Contractors and Design Professionals, 2004, National Conference, Construction Users Roundtable, Palm Springs, California (November 2004)
- Legal Issues Associated With Design-Build Contracting, Design-Build Forum, Sacramento, California (March 2003)
- Beyond The False Claims Act, The Construction Superconference, San Francisco, California (December 2002)
- ADR With Projects Involving Myriad Governmental Agencies, WCCC Annual Conference, Western Counsel of Construction Consumers, Irvine, California (February 2003)
- How To Effectively Mitigate Claims And Resolve Disputes, 2002 National Conference,
- The Construction Users, Roundtable, Naples, Florida (November 2002)
Other Professional Experience
- Chapman University School of Law, Adjunct Professor
- Crowell & Morning LLP, Partner
