Complex Litigation

BartkoZankel is a boutique high-end law firm specializing in national and international complex litigation and investigations.

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Transactional Real Estate

BartkoZankel handles the full range of real estate matters for clients, including tenants, property owners and commercial developers nationwide.

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Intellectual Property

For years, BartkoZankel attorneys have achieved outstanding results for their clients in diverse areas of intellectual property litigation.

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Patent Litigation

As part of our Intellectual Property practice, BartkoZankel patent litigators routinely represent both plaintiffs and defendants in trial courts throughout the United States.

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Real Estate Litigation

BartkoZankel has extensive experience litigating real estate disputes of all kinds on behalf of property owners, landlords, tenants, developers, property managers, brokers, real estate investors, real estate partnerships, REITs, mortgage banks, lenders, borrowers and guarantors.

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Enforcement and Data Privacy

Our attorneys have expertise in defending clients, both in the private and public sectors, in high-stakes privacy litigation and enforcement matters.

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Recognizing Our History | Focused on the Future

BartkoZankel, established 40 years ago, is a top 20 boutique law firm specializing in national and international complex litigation and investigations, as well as real estate and franchising transactions. We are a 40‑lawyer firm dedicated to the strategic cutting-edge representation of our clients in California, nationally and internationally.

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BZBM Selected as Top 20 Boutique Law Firm by The Daily Journal

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Bartko Firm Spearheads Dismissal of All Claims Against a Former Prime Minister of Egypt

BARTKO FIRM SPEARHEADS DISMISSAL OF ALL CLAIMS AGAINST A FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF EGYPT September 17, 2021: Bartko firm spearheads dismissal of all claims against our client, a former Prime Minister of Egypt, in an Alien Tort Claim case pending in Washington D.C.—winning by proving up immunity based on the United States’ recognition of complex […]

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Ben Riley Ranked By Chambers As Top California Lawyer in Both Intellectual Property and Trust and Estate Litigation

BEN RILEY RANKED BY CHAMBERS AS TOP CALIFORNIA LAWYER IN BOTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRUST AND ESTATE LITIGATION July 2021 Benjamin K. Riley, a principal and executive committee member of Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller, has received 2021 top California lawyer rankings from Chambers in two, disparate areas of litigation. In May 2021, Chambers USA […]

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Bartko Secures Trial Victory in $250+ Million Alleged Oral Promise Case

BARTKO SECURES TRIAL VICTORY IN $250+ MILLION ALLEGED ORAL PROMISE CASE Bartko Zankel clients, the Co-Trustees of the Robert A. Naify Trust, won a complete victory after a court trial held in February and March 2021.  The Petitioner, Christina Cortese, alleged that her stepfather, Robert Naify, orally promised to leave her a golf course in […]

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