Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Jonathan David Rapore is Of Counsel to Gilchrist & Rutter. He is a litigator with more than 25 years of trial and appellate experience representing plaintiffs and defendants, individuals and corporations, particularly in the areas of contract breach and enforcement, fraud, franchising, real estate, surety bonds and other commercial matters. He has tried, or handled arbitrations in, more than 50 cases and has argued more than 15 appeals in various federal and state courts.

Mr. Rapore is the author of "Venue Selection: A Bemuddled Fuddle", ABA Franchise Lawyer Journal (2002); "Franchise Currents", ABA Franchise Law Journal (1999 and 2000); and "Selecting the Proper Forum to Enforce One's Choice of Forum", ABA Franchise Law Journal, (1998).

Mr. Rapore received his J.D. degree from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley and his B.A. cum laude from University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned Dean's List and Distinguished Departmental Honors. 

Before entering private practice, Mr. Rapore served as Law Clerk to the Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California. Mr. Rapore has also served as Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Municipal Court, and as Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, at Hastings College of Law, University of California.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Franchise Litigation
• Contract Litigation
• Complex Business Litigation
• Commercial Contracts
• 20% of Practice Devoted to Transactional Matters

West Practice Categories

Contracts, Franchising, Entertainment, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Editor, "Franchise Law Journal"; Member, Forum on Franchising)
• California State Bar Association (Member, Franchise Law Committee)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• "Hot Topics in Franchising: What You Need to Know Today", ABA Annual Meeting and Educational Forum for Legal Professionals
• "Who Pays?: Liability & Responsibility", ABA Forum on Franchising and ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education
• "What are the Alternatives in Alternative Dispute Resolution", ABA Forum on Franchising (1996)
• "Trial Advocacy" (Adjunct Professor), Hastings Trial Institute, Hastings College of Law, University of California

Past Employment Positions

• Central District of California, Assistant U.S. Attorney
• Hastings College of Law, University of California, Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy
• ABA Franchise Law Journal, Articles Editor
• Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Pro Tem

Education

• Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1970
  J.D.
• UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1967
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Dean's List, Distinguished Departmental Honors

Published Works

• Venue Selection: A Bemuddled Fuddle, ABA Franchise Lawyer, February, 2002
• Franchise Currents, ABA Franchise Law Journal, Summer, 2000
• Franchise Currents, ABA Franchise Law Journal, Summer, 1999
• Selecting the Proper Forum to Enforce One's Choice of Forum, ABA Franchise Law Journal, Summer, 1998

Address

Professional Corporation
1299 Ocean Blvd.. Suite 900
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Phones

310-393-4000

Faxes

310-394-4700

Emails

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Websites

http://www.gilchristrutter.com