ABOUT US

We are a growing firm of litigation partners with large, national firm expertise and a shared commitment to providing better value to our clients through a highly efficient and effective approach to litigation practice. Our record evidences hundreds of favorable settlements and many successful verdicts and appeals, which have earned us the trust and respect of long-standing clients. 

While we are trial lawyers at heart and love the courtroom fight, we have a healthy respect for the resources required at every stage of the litigation process and counsel our clients on strategies that best suit their objectives. Whether this path requires substantive law and motion practice, or taking a matter to trial or arbitration, we have the breadth of experience, business sense, and understanding of today’s changing litigation environment to achieve the best possible result for each client.

Personal attention is a founding principle of our firm. We value our relationships with our clients and dedicate the time to fully understand the needs of each business and individual. We take seriously the responsibility of representing our clients with competence, integrity and good nature. This approach has earned us the respect of not just our clients, but opposing counsel, presiding judges and mediators alike.

Founding partners Wells Blaxter and Brian Blackman have more than 30 years of combined trial experience in complex litigation. Wells Blaxter founded BlaxterLaw in 2008 after more than a decade of litigation practice at large, national firms, beginning with the venerable San Francisco-based Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, LLP. Brian Blackman joined the partnership in 2015 after more than 15 years of litigation practice at large, national firms including Sheppard Mullin and Schnader Harrison, where he and Mr. Blaxter worked together for several years.