Attorneys

Devin E. Murtaugh
Partner
Devin handles general civil litigation and probate litigation, and has tried numerous cases to verdict throughout Southern California. Most of his cases involve buisness, real estate, construction and inheritance disputes. He is also the firm's appellate practitioner. He has lectured for the AIA Orange County, and is a member of the Orange County Bar Association and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Outside the office, he plays and occasionally coaches flag football, and is one of the longest-serving captians in Orange County's Beach City Sports Leauge.
Education: Vassar College (B.A., 2009), University of Southern California (J.D., 2013)
Bar Admissions: California, Ninth Circut Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California
Representative Matters:
• Obtained a defense verdict in a dispute over 20 years of apartment rental profits (jury trial);
• Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a major structural-engineering firm in an alleged design-malpractice case (jury trial);
• Obtained a defense verdict in a real estate partition action (court trial);
• Obtained a judgment of nonsuit in a Marvin v. Marvin “palimony” action (jury trial);
• Obtained a defense verdict in a partnership business-opportunity dispute (court trial);
• Obtained a defense verdict in a business-defamation case (jury trial)
• Obtained a $2 million reduction in damages on an elder-abuse jury verdict;
• Obtained a $1.2 million reduction in damages on a partnership-dispute court judgment;
• Successfully appealed a court judgment modifying a family trust to alter the distribution of a family home;
• Vacated a $770,000 judgment for lack of personal jurisdiction.