Civil Litigation
Robert Lawrence
Senior Partner, Lawrence Bartels LLP · Irvine, CA
Robert Lawrence is a civil litigation attorney and senior partner at Lawrence Bartels LLP in Irvine, California.
Robert Scott Lawrence was admitted to the State Bar of California on June 6, 2000, and holds an active license (bar number 207099) [1]. He is a senior partner at Lawrence Bartels LLP in Irvine, a business litigation firm he founded in 2019 [2].
His practice covers a range of litigation matters, from commercial disputes to white collar criminal defense. He represents clients in federal and state courts in cases involving copyright and trademark infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, securities violations, bank fraud, tax fraud, toxic torts, unfair competition, and civil and criminal racketeering, and he also handles commercial mediation and arbitration.
Before founding Lawrence Bartels LLP, Lawrence was a partner at several West Coast litigation boutiques [2], including Finlayson Toffer Roosevelt & Lilly from 2017 to 2019. He earned his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1995 [1] and a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego in 1991.
Lawrence is AV Preeminent peer-review rated through Martindale-Hubbell [2] and has been selected for inclusion in California Super Lawyers each year from 2019 through 2025 [3]. He was recognized by Best Lawyers in 2024 and 2025 for commercial litigation, and was ranked among Orange County attorneys in litigation by Los Angeles Magazine (2019) and in intellectual property by OC Register Metro (2014) [2].
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