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Battle-tested trial lawyers who fight to win.

People hire us to protect what is most important to them. And at PS Trials, we understand that sometimes the best defense is a good offense.

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TRIAL PRACTICE

By most estimates, over 90% of lawsuits settle before trial. PS Trials is built to handle the ones that won't. Winning trials is what we do.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Our firm handles all aspects of IP infringement litigation. Whether the dispute involves patents, copyrights, trademarks or trade secrets, we help our clients keep what is theirs.

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CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

From the art and fashion world, to Hollywood idea theft lawsuits, to disputes involving development and royalties for video games, VFX, VR/AR, our trial lawyers are called upon to go to bat for clients throughout the creative industries.

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DEFAMATION

PS Trials helps its clients navigate the challenging and legally complex waters created when defamation and online harassment collide with First Amendment rights to free speech.

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COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

When the company is on the line, businesses call PS Trials to win the case. Breach of contract, fraud, fiduciary duties, boardroom brawls, business breakups; we do it all.

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INSURANCE

Dealing with insurance companies is often a key part of litigation. Whether its fighting for coverage or suing for bad faith, PS Trials helps its clients handle their most important insurance issues.

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OUR PHILOSOPHY

Strategy. Execution. Persistence. Victory.

We strive to be incisive with our advice and relentless in achieving our clients' objectives.

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Our team of trial lawyers has worked together for years and pulls from a deep bench.

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Warner Chappell, Martinelli and the Discovery Rule in Copyright Cases; the Supreme Court Declines to Pour Out “Bad Wine of Recent Vintage,” For Now

By Morgan E. Pietz and Matthew A. Trejo† The statute of limitations for copyright infringement is three years.  17 U.S.C. § 507.[1]  […]

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Pietz & Shahriari, LLP Seeks Justice for Victims of Little Tokyo Art Complex Fire

Partner Cyrus E. Shahriari is lead counsel in a civil lawsuit recently filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of […]

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Pietz & Shahriari Obtain Dismissal of Copyright Claim in Fabric Case

Infringement cases brought by companies that purport to own copyrights in fabric designs have proliferated over the past ten years. In the […]

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