Terry B. Bates | Professionals

tbates@reedsmith.com

Los Angeles
T: +1 213 457 8012

Terry is a litigation partner with substantial first chair trial experience for both plaintiffs and defendants. He is a member of Reed Smith's Complex Litigation Group where he serves as Deputy Practice Group Leader. He also is a member of Reed Smith's Diversity and Inclusion Committee's firm wide Advisory Board, having previously served as the Los Angeles Office Diversity Committee Partner engaged in assisting in the firm's implementation of policies and practices designed to enhance diversity and inclusiveness, and a member of the Los Angeles Office Recruiting Committee, engaged in selecting and developing its new attorneys.

Terry has extensive litigation management and first chair trial experience in state and federal courts, managing cases from inception through trial, as well as parachuting in during the final stages of litigation to negotiate settlements or take matters to trial. His recent trial verdicts include a defense verdict following a seven day jury trial in 2017 and a plaintiff $5.76 million verdict in 2018. His practice has a special emphasis on representing corporations, officers and management-level employees in all types of significant litigation matters involving contract, employment, financial services, and real estate and development/construction disputes.

He has been lead/first chair trial counsel in matters for, among others, Bank of America, IKON Office Solutions, M&T Bank, Post Modern Edit, LLC, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Southern California Edison, Spirit Realty, Toyota Motor Credit, numerous individuals and corporate officers and several dozen premier national level law firms, as well as lead counsel in class action matters for Southern California Edison Company, Talent Partners and The U.D. Registry.

Credentials

University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1984, J.D., Note Editor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Journal
University of California, San Diego, 1981, B.A., Political Science, Economics minor, Chinese Studies minor

California

All State Courts - California
U.S. Court of Appeals - First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals - Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court - Central District of California
U.S. District Court - Northern District of California
U.S. District Court - Southern District of California
U.S. District Court - Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court - District of Colorado
U.S. District Court - Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. Tax Court

State Bar of California: Special Master 1992 – current; Former Member Fee Arbitration Executive Committee
Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Pro Tem, 1991 - 2007
Los Angeles County Bar Association; Prior State Bar Delegate and various former committee positions, including Barristers' Executive Committee member, Fee Arbitration Committee Chair and State Appellate Judicial Evaluation Committee
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Board of Directors, 2003 - 2018

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