Barron Edward Ramos | Orange County Estate Planning Attorney

Barron Edward Ramos

Barron Edward Ramos – Senior Attorney

Mr. Ramos is a successful fifteen year litigator that has originated and litigated cases recovering nearly one billion dollars for his clients.

Education:

Juris Doctor, University of San Diego (1995)
Bachelor of Science (Business), University of Maryland (1986)

Areas of Practice:

Mr. Ramos has been at the forefront of litigation on a wide range of issues involving constitutional law, real estate, mortgage lending, mortgage servicing, insurance bad faith, contract disputes, unfair and deceptive business practices, wage and hour disputes, personal injury, premises liability, landlord-tenant, and construction defect. Mr. Ramos has served as trial counsel in several cases, appears in numerous appellate decisions, and has litigated in the California Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Publications and conferences:

Mr. Ramos has been featured on ABC, NBC, KUSI (San Diego), and on KPBS Radio. His work has been covered in the San Diego Business Journal, LA Times, OC Register, and Sacramento Bee. He is the author of Seeking A Safe Haven Under RESPA, Mortgage Banking Mag., May 2005, and Four Approaches to Correcting Credit Report Errors, National Mortgage Broker Mag., September 2004. Mr. Ramos appears in numerous published opinions in state and federal courts, including, among others, Norwest Mortgage, Inc. v. Superior Court (1999) 72 Cal. App. 4th 214 (due process limits to CA unfair competition law); Washington Mutual Bank v. Superior Court (2001) 24 Cal. 4th 906 (applying contractual choice of law clause in class certification context); Gibson v. World Savings & Loan Assn, (2002) 103 Cal. App. 4th 1291 (CA unfair competition law not preempted); Thornburg v. Superior Court, (2006) 138 Cal. App. 4th 43 (statutory cost limitations for medical records applies to third parties); Alvarez v. Ltd. Express, LLC, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58148 (SDCA)(granting motion to remand); Wamboldt v. Safety-Kleen Sys., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65683 (CAND) (limiting motor carrier overtime exemption); Perez v. Safety-Kleen Sys., (2008) 253 F.R.D. 508 (CAND) (granting class certification in labor dispute); In re Pre-Filled Propane, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106888 (WDMO) (granting approval of multi-district class action settlement); Estrella v. Freedom Fin. Ntwk, LLC, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26389 (NDCA) (analyzing whether debt settlement company violated California prorater statute)

Admissions:

California State Bar – 1995
Federal District Court – 1995

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