J. Warren Rissier counsels on defense of class actions and other complex commercial litigation, with emphasis on consumer actions, securities, professional liability, and real estate disputes. Warren successfully represents individual and corporate clients in proceedings in California courts and other jurisdictions across the country, as well as in arbitrations and government investigations. Warren leads the firm’s litigation Mass Arbitration Working Group.
Warren is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, and for more than a dozen years‚ has been recognized as a “Southern California Rising Star” or “Southern California Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers in the areas of Securities Litigation and Class Action & Mass Torts. Warren is a past president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and served on its Board of Governors for nine years (2006–2014). Warren has also held various leadership positions at the firm and is presently the leader of litigation associate staffing nationwide, working with a team of 24 assignment partners across the firm’s offices.
Class Action Defense
Mass Arbitration Defense
Accountant Defense
Awards
Recognized, Commercial Litigation, Los Angeles, The Best Lawyers in America (2023-2024)
Recognized, Litigation – Securities, Los Angeles, The Best Lawyers in America (2016–2024)
Recommended, Dispute resolution: Appellate, The Legal 500 US (2019)
Member, Law Firm of the Year, Securities Regulation, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2019)
Recognized, Securities Litigation and Class Action & Mass Torts, Southern California Super Lawyers (2011–2019)
Top 20 California Lawyers Under 40, Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal (2010)
Super Lawyers, Southern California Rising Star, Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine (2006–2010)
Member, Order of the Coif, University of Southern California Law School (1998)
Merit Scholarship, University of Southern California Law School (1998)
Southern California Law Review, University of Southern California (1997)
Community Service
President, Board of Directors, Heart of Los Angeles Youth (2014–2016), Audit Committee Chair (2011–2013), Board Executive Committee (2017-present), and Board member (2006–present)