Charles Pereyra-Suarez - Los Angeles, CA

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Charles Pereyra-Suarez Overview

Charles Pereyra-Suarez has handled a broad range of civil and criminal matters during more than three decades of practice. Mr. Pereyra-Suarez's experience includes complex business litigation, white collar criminal defense, real estate, employment, healthcare, environmental, antitrust, civil rights and First Amendment representation. As a "neutral" in alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") matters, he also has conducted many mediations and arbitrations of litigation and business disputes.

Mr. Pereyra-Suarez has served as a litigation partner in two national law firms, as a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, and as a trial and appellate attorney in the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. Additionally, he has been active in numerous professional, educational and civic endeavors as a board member, lecturer, author, law professor and judge pro tem. A native of Uruguay, South America, he is fluent in Spanish.

Utilizing the experience gained in civil litigation and white collar criminal defense matters, Mr. Pereyra-Suarez has represented clients who have faced parallel proceedings in criminal, civil and administrative forums. He has negotiated global dispositions of such matters in cases involving alleged healthcare fraud, procurement fraud, bank fraud, consumer fraud and environmental crimes.

Mr. Pereyra-Suarez's litigation and client counseling experience allows him to mediate or arbitrate a wide variety of cases. Moreover, his work as an ADR neutral has included resolution of notable "high-stakes" matters. He has acted as an arbitrator, and as the chair of three-arbitrator panels, in connection with significant multi-million dollar disputes.

Mr. Pereyra-Suarez received his B.A., magna cum laude, in 1970 from Pacific Union College. In 1975, he received his J.D. from the Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, where he was a member of the Ecology Law Quarterly and the Moot Court Board. He is admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia, federal trial and appellate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Pereyra-Suarez has received extensive dispute resolution training in many subject areas.

Practice Areas

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Complex Business Litigation
• White Collar Criminal Defense
• Real Estate
• Employment
• Healthcare
• Environmental
• Antitrust
• Civil Rights
• First Amendment Representation

Languages

• Spanish

Bar Admissions

• California, 1975
• District of Columbia, 1980
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1985

Other Affiliations

• Los Angeles County Bar Association, International Law Section, 2007 - Present (Member, Executive Committee)
• Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2005 - Present (Discovery Referee)
• U.S. District Court Attorney Settlement Officer Panel, 2004 - Present (Member)
• Professional Liability Issues, 2003 - Present (Expert Witness)
• ADR Services, Inc., 2006 - 2008 (Mediator and Arbitrator)
• American Arbitration Association, 2002 - Present (Mediator and Arbitrator)
• Los Angeles County Superior Court ADR Panel, 2002 - Present (Mediator and Arbitrator)
• Southern California Mediation Association, 2002 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution, 2002 - Present (Member)
• U.S. Magistrate Judge Selection Committee, 2000 - 2005 (Member)
• Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1999 - 2002 (Lawyer Representative)
• Pacific Union College, 1997 - 2009 (Member, Board of Trustees)
• Whittier Law Review Health Law Symposium, Fraud Issues, 1996 - 1998 (Moderator)
• Federal Civil Practice, Federal Bar Association Annual Seminars, 1994 - 1998 (Panelist)
• State Bar Program on Federal Criminal Practice, 1995 (Panelist)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association Program on Federal Civil Practice, 1995 (Panelist)
• State Bar Program on Demonstrative Evidence Techniques, 1994 (Moderator)
• Hispanic National Bar Association Convention, Federal Criminal Practice, 1993 (Panelist)
• The State Bar of California, 1992 - 1995 (Member of Criminal Law Section Executive Committee)
• The State Bar of California, Criminal Law Section, 1992 - 1995 (Chair, Federal Courts Subcommittee)
• Corinne Seeds University Elementary School, UCLA, 1993 - 1997 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Boalt Hall Alumni Association, 1990 - 1993 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Western Center on Law and Poverty, Inc., 1988 - 1994 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Central District of California, Federal Indigent Criminal Defense Panel, 1988 - Present (Member)
• Community Youth Gang Services Project, 1986 - 1990 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1986 - 2000 (Member, Federal Courts Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1991 - 1993 (Chair, Criminal Practice Subcommittee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Fee Arbitration Panel, 1986 - Present (Arbitrator)
• Los Angeles County Municipal and Superior Courts, 1986 - 1998 (Judge Pro Tem)
• Charles Pereyra-Suarez, 1984 - 1986 (Sole Practitioner)
• Cleland House of Neighborly Services, 1982 - 1986 (Member, Board of Directors)

Education

• University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, May, 1975
  J.D.
  Honors: Member, Ecology Law Quarterly
  Honors: Member, Moot Court Board
  Honors: Clinical Semester -- LEAA Criminal Justice Management Training Program
  Honors: Invitee, UCLA Law Review, 1970 - 1971
• Pacific Union College, Angwin, California, June, 1970
  B.A.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Editor-in-Chief, Campus Chronicle
  Honors: Awarded Highest "All American" Honor Rating by Associated Collegiate Press
  Honors: President, Senior Class
  Honors: President, Foreign Languages Club
  Honors: Member, Student Senate
  Honors: Student-Faculty Council
  Major: History
  Major: Rhetoric and Public Address

Past Positions

• Davis Wright Tremaine, Partner, 1995 - 1998
• McKenna & Cuneo, Partner, 1986 - 1995
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Senior Litigation Associate, 1982 - 1984
• U.S. Attorney's Office, Los Angeles , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, 1979 - 1982
• U. S. Justice Department, Trial and Appellate Attorney, Civil Rights Division, 1976 - 1979
• Hon. William H. Webster, Special Advisor to the Los Angeles Police Commission, Deputy General Counsel, 1992
• Western Center on Law and Poverty, Inc., Staff Attorney, 1976
• Alameda County Public Defender's Office (Part-Time Law School Employment), Law Clerk, 1975
• San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., Legal Intern, 1971 - 1973

Pro Bono Activities

• Legal Commentator, Univision Spanish-Language Radio Station KTNQ 1020 AM (Los Angeles), 2007 - 2008

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Environmental Criminal Defense Strategies, Law Education Institute, 1993 - 1994
• Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, Southwestern University School of Law, 1990 - 1993

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Address

445 S. Figueroa Street
Suite 3200


Union Bank Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1651

Phones

213-623-5923

Faxes

213-623-1890

Emails

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Offers Free Initial Consultation

Yes

Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Websites

http://www.cpslawoffices.com
http://www.cpsarbitration.com
http://www.mediate.com/cpereyra

Articles

"Litigation Issues in Fraud and Abuse", (Co-Author), Whittier Law Review, 1997

"Ring Around the White Collar: Defending Fraud and Abuse", (Co-Author), Whittier Law Review, 1996

California Practice Handbook; Pretrial Disposition, (Co-Author), Matthew Bender & Co., 1993

"Enhanced Criminal Sanctions for Workplace Safety Violations", (Co-Author), The Complete Lawyer, Spring, 1993