MacGregor & Berthel (AV) is a boutique litigation law firm in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles specializing in insurance bad faith defense, high technology trade secrets, employee piracy, entertainment and general business litigation.
From a two lawyer start-up in 1994, the firm has grown to ten attorneys, supported by a staff of skilled paraprofessionals and experienced legal secretaries in the high-rise business community of Warner Center.
From the start, the firm made a concerted effort to utilize the spectacular potential of legal technology to streamline the litigation process and increase productivity. The result has been a litigation practice that is efficient, focused and responsive, with a success rate in terms of cases won at trial or through motions and cases settled favorably to our clients unsurpassed by any firm in the field.
The firm's principals, Gregory Michael MacGregor and Deborah A. Berthel, were senior litigators with a successful Beverly Hills law firm where they learned the art of litigating business cases with a thorough understanding of the business interests of their clients.
Their philosophy today is that such an in-depth understanding is indispensable to successfully handling civil litigation, from both the plaintiff's and the defendant's perspective, and is the best way to avoid the risks and costs of "runaway" litigation.
Their skill and judgment in understanding the commercial context of the disputes they are called upon to handle allows them to analyze a litigation dispute quickly and thoroughly, promptly identifying and separating out those matters appropriate for swift settlement from those more advantageous to take to trial.