Jules focuses his appellate experience across many areas including product liability, toxic tort, commercial litigation, real estate, employment and government liability.
Jules works closely with clients and trial teams, consulting on pre-trial and trial strategy, evidentiary issues, and post-trial motions, preparing and arguing complex motions which are expected to be appealed. His goal is to ensure the best pathways for clients long before the appellate process begins. On significant cases, he supports the trial team at trial by ensuring that the trial record will preserve all arguments and issues beneficial to firm clients for later appeals.
A Certified Specialist in Appellate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, Jules has practiced law for 41 years, focusing on appellate law for 28 of them. He served as chairman of the appellate practice group at a previous California law firm for more than a decade and has handled or supervised more than 350 matters in appellate courts nationwide. He briefs and argues cases frequently in all six districts of the California Court of Appeals, the California Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In addition to litigation of product liability and environmental tort matters, Jules has represented companies in trial court and on appeal in many cases involving commercial disputes, intellectual property, employment matters, insurance coverage, professional liability, government liability, and real estate and securities fraud.
He has handled appellate matters for companies and organizations including 3M Company, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, AIG, Citibank, City of Los Angeles, BorgWarner MorseTEC, Metalclad Insulation LLC, United Minerals and Properties, Inc., Honeywell International, Inc., JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Terex, Exxon Mobil, Pep Boys, U-Haul International, Inc., CertainTeed, Bombardier Recreational Products, Purolator Filtration Products, Maxim Crane, Air Products & Chemical, Macerich, Coleman Company, Flowserve US, Edward Valve, Peoplesoft, Hyundai, Searles Valley Minerals, Grubb-Ellis, Jon Douglas Co., Procter & Gamble, Zhongce Rubber Group, Ltd., Sichuan Tyre & Rubber Co., Ltd., Cannondale Bicycle, Glaxo Welcome (GlaxoSmithKline), DHL Express (USA), AB Ludwig Svensson, Broan-Nutone, Pacific, Gas & Electric Company, Cyprus Mines, Imerys Talc, ArvinMeritor, Inc., Health Net of California, Inc., and BBiTV.