Trial strategy is developed with the legal issues, evidentiary record and possibility of appeal in view from the beginning.
Trial & Appellate Counsel · Beverly Hills
When the record matters.
Philip Kaufler represents clients in complex civil litigation and appeals involving real estate, professional negligence, serious injury and estate controversies.
Established 1978 · Beverly Hills, California
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The Practice
Trial experience. Appellate perspective. One continuous strategy.
Philip Kaufler has represented clients in complex civil litigation for decades from Beverly Hills, handling real estate matters, professional-negligence claims, personal injury and estate-related controversies.
His appellate work includes more than 30 published California decisions touching elder abuse, public funds, professional conduct and access to court records.

Practice Areas
Focused representation across complex civil matters.
Trial and appellate litigation, real estate, professional-negligence, personal injury and estate disputes.
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Trial & Appellate Litigation
Representation in complex civil disputes at the trial and appellate levels, including briefing, oral advocacy, post-judgment strategy and record preservation.
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Real Estate
Disputes involving ownership, transactions, property rights and related claims.
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Legal Malpractice
Claims involving professional duties, standards of care and alleged legal negligence.
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Personal Injury
Serious injury matters involving negligence, contested liability and damages.
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Estate Disputes
Inheritance, fiduciary, elder-abuse-related and estate controversies requiring litigation.
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Selected Result
$12M jury verdict in a catastrophic injury matter.
Client-supplied Lawyers Weekly USA coverage reports a $12 million jury verdict in a Los Angeles County bus collision matter; comparative fault reduced the recovery to a $6 million net award.
Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Website content is informational and is not legal advice.
Appellate Depth
Published decisions and meaningful appellate work.
The practice is not defined only by verdicts and awards. Philip Kaufler’s appellate work includes published California decisions involving elder abuse, public access issues, professional conduct and other significant questions of law.

In the Record
Coverage, published decisions and matters that tell the fuller story.
Each case below includes a concise paragraph for context. Select that paragraph to open the complete website article and the related source record.
Explore all cases & articles →Lawyers Weekly USA · Sept. 12, 2005
Intoxicated Driver Wins Millions in Bus Accident
Attorneys Philip Kaufler and Arash Homampour secured a reported $12 million jury verdict for Ramone Melendez after a speeding Los Angeles County bus struck his pickup truck. The jury found Melendez 50% at fault, resulting in a reported $6 million net award.
Read full article →Metropolitan News Enterprise · May 3, 2004
$1 Million Award for Man’s Abuse of Mother Upheld
Attorney Philip Kaufler represented the granddaughter/respondent in an elder-abuse matter in which the Court of Appeal affirmed an approximately $1 million judgment and held that she had standing to sue.
Read full article →Los Angeles Daily Journal · May 19, 2020
Real-Life Drama — Deborah Pratt Matter
Client-supplied Los Angeles Daily Journal coverage reports that Philip Kaufler represented television producer Deborah Pratt in an accounting-malpractice matter and obtained a $2,474,752 arbitration award.
Read full article →Los Angeles Times · Jan. 3, 2014
Court Clears Former Schools Chief
Client-supplied Los Angeles Times coverage reports that an appellate panel reversed former Beverly Hills schools superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard’s felony convictions for misappropriating public funds.
Read full article →Los Angeles Times · March 1, 2005
Sealing of Divorce Files Ruled Illegal
A Los Angeles judge ruled that a California law broadly requiring divorce records containing financial information to be sealed violated the First Amendment. Philip Kaufler, representing Janet Burkle, was quoted supporting public access to the proceedings.
Read full article →Client-supplied case report · Result Sept. 6, 2017
Patrick Flannery v. Andrea Murray and American Contractors
Client-supplied case materials describe a dispute over a jointly owned horse-boarding ranch in which the defense prevailed on Flannery’s claims and Andrea Murray obtained $163,479 on an accounting cross-claim.
Read full article →Latest Articles
Recent reading from the practice and case record.
Original commentary and selected Cases & Articles appear together here, giving visitors one current reading stream across new insights and the firm’s case record.
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Estate / Elder Abuse
Estate of Lowrie — Standing in Elder-Abuse Litigation
The Court of Appeal held that a granddaughter with a contingent interest in her grandmother’s estate had standing to pursue an elder-abuse action, consistent with the statute’s protective purpose.
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Professional Responsibility / Business
BGJ Associates v. Wilson
The Court of Appeal held that an attorney-client business transaction was voidable where required written disclosures, advice to seek independent counsel and written consent were not provided.
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Attorney Fees / Family & Marvin Litigation
Lawyer’s Big Pay Day in Domestic Split Prompts Appeal
Client-supplied Daily Journal coverage discusses the attorney-fee dispute that followed Hillel Chodos’s representation of Navabeh Borman in dissolution and Marvin litigation. Philip Kaufler represented Chodos in the fee dispute.
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Discuss your matter.
For consultation inquiries, contact The Law Offices of Philip Kaufler in Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Fax 323-655-9655
Complex civil disputes

