About
Tom Lallas, Esq. has acquired a vast array of trial and mediation experience in his 49-year career as a trial lawyer and principal of Levy, Small & Lallas (LSL). Founded in April 1975, LSL has been a premier Southern California boutique law firm, specializing in representing commercial lenders, institutional clients, and entrepreneurs in complex business litigation. Mr. Lallas and his LSL attorneys have provided exceptional legal services to major institutional clients and entrepreneurs, in a practical, cost-efficient, and effective manner, resulting in stellar results and favorable outcomes.
Mr. Lallas has represented institutional clients, entrepreneurs, real estate investors, tech companies, professionals, and commercial lenders in trials, arbitrations, and disputes involving commercial litigation, lender litigation, and bankruptcy matters. His commercial litigation experience spans real estate (including construction and construction defects, condominium and single-family home tract development projects, partnership and investment properties, purchase and sale transactions, lease residential homes, apartment buildings, hotels, commercial buildings, shopping centers, mobile home parks, and brokerage transactions); business torts (including fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, and unfair competition); closely held partnership and company disputes; employment-related actions; class actions; personal torts; probate litigation; franchise disputes; entertainment matters; lender-related matters; intellectual property; accountancy litigation; insurance litigation; and international transactions.
Education & Training
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 1975 (Stanford Law Review 1974–1975; Marion Rice Kirkwood Moot Court Champion — Best Brief & Oral Advocate 1974; Sergeants at Law Trial Advocacy 1975; Prosecutor, Campus Judicial Panel 1974–1975)
- B.A., Stanford University, 1972 (Economics, with Honors)
- ABA 26th Annual Dispute Resolution Spring Conference (San Diego, April 2024)
- 10 ABA CLE mediation webinars (March 2021–January 2024)
Organizations & Affiliations
- State Bar of California
- American Bar Association (Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Financial Lawyers Conference
- Bankruptcy Forum
- Managing Partners Roundtable
Additional Bar Admissions
- United States Supreme Court
- Ninth Circuit
- Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court — Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of California
- Admitted pro hac vice in New York, Illinois, Hawaii, and Arizona