Brendan J. Begley

Brendan J. Begley is an appellate lawyer at Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation who focuses on civil appeals, writs, litigation, and labor and employment law matters. He is a Certified Appellate Law Specialist through the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. His experience includes employment disputes, trust and probate litigation, anti-SLAPP matters, commercial disputes, civil rights cases, and personal injury appeals. He has served as lead appellate counsel in more than 70 cases.

Brendan earned his J.D., with honors, from the University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law. He worked as a law-review writer during his legal studies. He received his B.A., cum laude, from California State University, Sacramento. He attended the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law before completing his J.D., earning admission to the Roger J. Traynor Honor Society based on his academic ranking.

Brendan handles appellate briefing, oral arguments, writ petitions, post-trial issues, and requests for further review. His appellate work spans the California Courts of Appeal through the US Supreme Court. He previously clerked for Justice John M. Gerrard of the Nebraska Supreme Court and Judge Connie M. Callahan of the Ninth Circuit. His litigation background includes class actions, depositions, dispositive motions, mediation, trials, and employment claims involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination.

Brendan J. Begley is admitted in California and before the US Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit. His federal admissions extend to all four US District Courts in California. He leads an Appeals and Writs group and has served in leadership roles with the Sacramento County Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Section. His recognition includes Best Lawyers in America and Northern California Super Lawyers.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation
• Member, California State Bar
• President, Sacramento County Bar Association, Appellate Practice Section
• Member, Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court
• Member, Meritas, Sacramento

Licensed State

• California

Education

• University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• California State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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