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Stanley R. Escalante graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Southern California in 1989.  He went on to receive his law degree from the USC Law School in 1996 where he received the American Jurisprudence Awards in Real Estate Transactions (Dissertation Unit), Criminal Law and Gender Discrimination.  While at USC, he was a member of the prestigious Hale Moot Court Honors Program and on the Southern California Review of Law and Women’s Studies.

Mr. Escalante is a member of the Construction and Real Estate Sections of the Orange County (CA) Bar Association, as well as the Los Angeles County (CA), Clark County (NV) and the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel and the Defense Research Institute. 

In addition to all California and Nevada state courts, Mr. Escalante is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California and the District of Nevada; the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Escalante has taken and defended hundreds of depositions in the States of California and Nevada, participated in hundreds of mediations in the States of California and Nevada, arbitrated numerous cases and tried cases in both California and Nevada (including complex, multi-million dollar litigation).

Mr. Escalante also served as an Adjunct Professor at the Western State University College of Law, where he taught a course in Professional Skills.

 

Published Cases: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development v. Sky Meadow Association, 117 F. Supp.2d 970 (C.D. Cal. 2000).

 

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IN THE COURTROOM AND IN THE BOARDROOM

June 2010 - P.K. SCHRIEFFER LLP secures a defense verdict in San Diego County Superior Court in a broker fraud and professional liability jury trial.  After plaintiff's fire damage claim was denied by her insurer for non-payment of premium, plaintiff settled with the insurer and sued her insurance brokers for $900,000.  At trial, plaintiff sought recovery of her loss of investment in the burned out restaurant and lost profits.  Plaintiff claimed her signature was forged on an application, that the broker lied to the insurance company and that the broker caused the downfall of her family business.  The jury disagreed - finding in favor of the firm's clients on all counts.
 

In an action dismissed by Riverside Superior Court for failure to bring case to trial with 2 1/2 years, the firm successfully defeated plaintiff's second attempt to set aside the dismissal by arguing plaintiff failed to exercise due diligence in prosecuting his claim or seeking to set aside the dismissal.  After detailed investigation, the firm also proved to the court that plaintiff had made misleading statements in the declaration he provided in support of both motions. Before the dismissal, Plaintiff had refused offers of settlement in order prevent the execution of an unrelated judgment lien.
 

P.K. SCHRIEFFER LLP secured a dismissal for a waiver of costs on behalf of a commercial insurance company in breach of contract litigation filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court. Plaintiff insureds had sought recovery for commercial goods damaged in transit.  The litigation is continuing as to other defendants in the litigation.