Law Firm Overview

Horvitz & Levy LLP is the largest firm in the United States specializing in civil appellate litigation.  The firm was founded in 1957 by Ellis Horvitz and since has grown to over 30 lawyers. The firm is based in Encino. All our partners and senior associates have extensive civil appellate experience, and our newer attorneys receive intensive training in appellate practice after joining the firm.

As lead counsel or as amicus curiae in appellate matters, we regularly represent manufacturers and other business organizations, the insurance industry, the entertainment industry, the health care industry, public entities, and business and professional trade associations.  Among our areas of practice are insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, healthcare, entertainment law, employer liability, toxic torts/product liability, legal malpractice, and punitive damages. We also provide pro bono appellate services to a number of local and national nonprofit organizations.

As reported by the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Horvitz & Levy has an outstanding record of success in obtaining reversals or reductions of judgments against its clients, and we appear more frequently in civil cases in the California appellate courts than any other firm in California. Since 1990 we have participated in over 90 cases before the California Supreme Court. 

Horvitz & Levy LLP has achieved particular success in challenging punitive damages awards. In fact, during the past decade the firm has obtained the reversal or reduction of over $1.4 billion in punitive damage awards it has challenged on appeal. With respect to punitive damages awards, we have obtained the reversal of over $.95 of every dollar of punitive damages assessed against our clients.

Horvitz & Levy LLP has received top rankings in the 2007 edition of Chambers and Partners' USA, widely recognized as one of the primary arbiters of achievement in the legal profession. The firm was also ranked #1 in appellate law in both the United States and California in the 2007 Annual Guide to Appellate Law published by The Best Lawyers in America.

Areas of Practice

• Class Actions
• Employer Liability
• Entertainment Law
• First Amendment/Anti-SLAPP Statute
• Healthcare
• Insurance Coverage/Insurance Bad Faith
• Legal Malpractice
• Pro-Bono
• Punitive Damages
• Toxic Tort/Products Liability
• Unfair Competition Law
• US Supreme Court Practice

West Practice Categories

Unfair Competition, Freedom of Speech, Employment Law -- Employer, Entertainment, Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Bad Faith, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions, US Supreme Court, Products Liability Law, Legal Malpractice, Toxic Torts