Profile - Matthew J. Liedle

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Company

Liedle & Larson LLP
12520 High Bluff Dr Ste 200
San Diego, CA 92130

Phone

(858) 369-7280

Member Bio

Matthew J. Liedle is a partner with the firm and an AV-rated attorney by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. Matt's practice includes the following practice areas: construction and surety, professional malpractice, business disputes, government tort and employment liability, personal injury (transportation, garage keepers, construction site accidents and premises liability claims) and environmental matters.

Matt has represented large commercial and residential developers, general contractors, subcontractors of all kinds, sureties, architects, engineers, product suppliers and manufacturers. Matt is familiar with every facet of construction litigation and claim resolution. For contractors, Matt has drafted and negotiated contracts and settlement agreements, prosecuted breach of contract claims, and collection and lien actions, pursued and litigated claims, both public and private, and defended contractors, design professionals and sureties in indemnity related actions. Matt has also defended construction design professionals in malpractice actions. Further, Matt has handled construction related appellate matters.

Matt is a member of the Surety Claims Association of Los Angeles and San Diego and Construction Financial Management Association (Board Member 2001 - 2003). Matt is an active participant in the Defense Research Institute and serves on its Alternative Fee Arrangement and Billing Task Force and the Scaffolding, Crane and Aerial Device sub-group of DRI’s products liability committee. Matt is an admitted member of Claims and Litigation Management Alliance which promotes the highest standards of litigation. Also, Matt was selected by his attorney colleagues as a 2012 San Diego Top Attorney.

Matt has represented business owners and companies in complex contract disputes and dissolution actions and governmental entities and numerous law enforcement professionals in tort claims, excessive force actions and employment related Fair Employment Housing Act ("FEHA") cases.

Matt has also represented numerous professionals in malpractice actions including insurance brokers, architects, engineers and real estate brokers and agents. Matt is familiar with standard of care related issues and related professional activity.

Matt's arbitration and trial experience includes actions involving construction defects, contract, surety and labor disputes, professional malpractice, public works claim prosecution, construction accidents, inverse condemnation, government tort liability and FEHA claims, including cases involving complex building and soils issues, as well as other high exposure personal injury matters.

Matt is a magna cum laude graduate of St. Louis University (B.A., 1980) and Western State University College of Law (J.D., 1986). Matt is a member of the San Diego County Bar Association and State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the Southern and Central United States District Courts of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Matt is a frequent speaker at seminars and was a featured speaker at West Coast Casualty's 2005, 2008, and 2011 Construction Defect Seminars attended by 1,200 professionals. Matt is a trained mediator and in 1982 assisted founding the University of San Diego School of Law Mediation Center.

Matt was named a Top Lawyer in Construction Law by San Diego Magazine, March 2013, and in Super Lawyers in California, 2013 and 2014. Only 5 % of the attorneys in San Diego receive this honor.

Firm Information

Liedle, Lounsbery, Larson & Lidl, LLP is dedicated to addressing and solving a wide variety of legal issues for our clients to assist them in achieving their business objectives. Our litigation and resolution skills enable us to maintain extraordinary standards of practice.

We are dedicated to quality work and client service. We understand that we are a service organization as well as a provider of legal expertise. We handle matters collaboratively with our clients to meet their goals. In the work we undertake, we strive to exceed our clients' expectations.

We provide a spectrum of consulting and litigation services, focusing on contract disputes, surety and construction matters, professional liability, employment, product liability, transportation claims and government liability lawsuits.

We also handle a wide range of general liability defense matters and complex business litigation for various types of clients, including sole proprietorships, mid-sized firms and companies and large corporations.

We work to keep our clients out of court but are prepared to bring our talent and resources to the courtroom when a client's business success depends on aggressive and results-oriented litigation.

With our corporate clients, we coordinate and work closely with general or staff counsel on all case handling aspects. We understand the necessity for consistent communication and strategic planning to ensure the best possible dispute outcome.

As to fee structures, we are flexible and will consider alternative fee arrangements for appropriate matters.

Liedle, Lounsbery is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell Publishing Company—the highest possible rating for skill and ethics—and is member of the Defense Research Institute.

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Practice Areas
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Casualty
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
General Litigation
Government Enforcement and Corporate Compliance
Governmental Liability
Industry-Wide Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation
Products Liability
Professional Liability

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