Advocating for Everyone from Entrepreneurs to Multi-national Companies since 2001
Based in Newport Beach, CA, but litigating cases across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, Blakeley Law represents clients big and small. Our firm specializes creditors’ rights and commercial litigation. Whether you’re a small business owner or general counsel, CFO, director of credit, credit manager to a large company. We bring passion and extensive experience and professionalism to every case and customize our support to your individual needs and concerns. We take great pride in the work that we do - special attention to detail - and always fighting the good fight.
Mr. Blakeley was the lead commercial litigation and collection and attorney for Google across the U.S. in state, U.S. Bankruptcy and District Court cases, and Western Union in California for many years where he built a law firm with offices in California, Delaware and New York.
Mr. Blakeley has won a number of appeals before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit, in the District Courts in California, Delaware, Illinois and Washington. He routinely handles cases across the nation, including matters in the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. His work also transcends international boarders with representation of clients in trans-national litigation ranging from Canada to Mexico.
Blakeley’s current and former clients include:
ABC Supply, Alcoa, Allied Building Products, Allstate Floral & Craft, Bemis, Blue Ocean Partners, Boise White Paper, Catalyst Paper, C&H Sugar, Cargill, Char-Broil, ConAgra Foods, Con-way Freight, CH Robinson, ConAgra Foods, E. & J. Gallo Winery, Export Development Canada (EDC), Ford Gum, Foster Farms, Gallo Vineyards, G3 Enterprises, Google, Greenheart Farms, Hasbro, Hormel Foods, ICOM, Jenni-O Turkey, International Paper, Kelly Spicers, Kawai, Kraft Foods, Makita, Medtronic, Nishimoto Trading, Oracle, Pacific Sea Food, Packaging Corp of America (PCA), Pride Mobility, Quicksilver, RBC Bank, Rohm and Haas, Roth Staffing, Samsung Semiconductor, TaylorMade, Tropitone Furniture, United Rentals, U.S. Foods, Ventura Foods, West Fraser, Western Union and Young Electric Sign Company.
Individual clients have included notable athletes Luc Robitaille and Lenny Dykstra.
Areas of Practice
Commercial Litigation and Collections
Commercial litigation and collection cases (amounts from $10K - $10MM) from the demand stage through prejudgment remedies (writs of attachment and possession), summary judgment, trial to post-judgment enforcement
Intellectual Property and Related Claims
Fraud, trademark infringement, defamation, theft of trade secrets, and other related claims.
Preference Litigation
Prosecution and defense of bankruptcy and state law preference claims (Mr. Blakeley has defended more than $100,000,000 in claims).
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– Ernest Hemingway