California
Supreme Court of California
U.S. Court Central District of California
Orange County Bar Association
Teddy T. Davis has practiced law in California since 2003. His practice focuses primarily on complex business litigation from pre-filing investigation through appeal. Mr. Davis has consistently achieved success representing clients in actions involving disputes concerning complex business matters, contracts, homeowners associations, product liability, and real estate.
In the course of representing his clients, Mr. Davis has acquired a broad range of legal experience, including significant trial and arbitration experience, where he has handled all aspects of litigation from the preparation of pleadings through settlement and judgment. Additionally, Mr. Davis has authored multiple briefs and motions and argued before the Court of Appeal. As a result of his efforts, the Court of Appeal have rendered decisions preserving Mr. Davis’s clients’ trial court victories and overturning judgments against them.
Immediately before joining The Kowal Law Group, Mr. Davis was an Associate at Thomas Vogele & Associates. Before that, Mr. Davis headed a litigation team at Helton Law Group that represented medical care providers in reimbursement disputes with health care insurance companies, and was a senior litigation associate at Enterprise Counsel Group in Irvine.
C&C Properties, et al. v. Shell Pipeline Co., et al. (E.D.Cal. 2019) (pipeline easement dispute resulting in $40 million judgment upon jury verdict in favor of client real estate developers)
#1 Verdict in California for Trespass and Top 20 Verdict for All Categories
Domingo Villas, Inc., et al. v. Tarnutzer (Cal.Ct.App. 2019) ($1.9 million judgment upon jury verdict reversed in favor of client real estate developer)
Yang v. Sui, et al. (San Bernardino Sup.Ct. 2018) ($10 million jury verdict in favor of client online retail business owner)
#1 Verdict in California for Fraud, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, and Conversion
Dohr v. Lintz (Cal.Ct.App. 2019) (complete defense of $25 million in claims against more than 20 defendants based on alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and fraud, including three appeals)
Shapiro v. Dohr (Cal.Ct.App. 2017) ($5.1 million judgment in promissory note dispute reversed in favor of client real estate developer)
Casey v. Ferrante et al. (C.D.Bkr. 2015) (invalidated QPRT trust in first-of-its-kind ruling in favor of client Chapter 7 trustee)
Peterson v. Rubio (Cal.Ct.App. 2015) (rescission ordered by Court of Appeal in favor of elderly client borrower)
Citizens for a Fair Trash Contract v. City of Los Alamitos (O.C.Sup.Ct. 2011) (invalidating city trash contract on behalf of client citizen group)
Choi v. Orange County Great Park Corp. (2009) 175 Cal.App.4th 524 (awarding attorneys' fees to client citizen group in suit enforcing public disclosure concerning the Irvine Great Park)
Tim Kowal, “Lack of statement of decision leads to reversal” CEB DailyNews (Dec. 14, 2023).
Tim Kowal, “How to Preserve Appellate Rights in Your Arbitration Agreement,” CEB (Nov. 9, 2023).
Tim Kowal, “Don’t Seek Default Without Notifying Opposing Counsel,” CEB (Oct. 26, 2022).
Tim Kowal, “Preparing the Appendix in Federal Appeals,” NALA, Q3 2022 Facts & Findings (Aug. 2022)
Tim Kowal, “Draft Your RFAs With Costs of Proof and Settlement in Mind,” CEB (May 13, 2022)
Tim Kowal (Presenter), “Preparing the Excerpts of Record for Federal Appeals,” NALA (Mar. 24, 2022)
Tim Kowal, “The Risks of Serving Too Many Interrogatories,” CEB (Sep. 24, 2021)
Tim Kowal, “Don't Fall Into the "No Statement of Decision" Trap,” CEB (Dec. 17, 2021)
Tim Kowal, “Making Sense of the California Supreme Court's Publication Rules,” CEB (May 21, 2021)
Tim Kowal, “Something You Didn't Know About 998 Offers,” CEB (Apr. 30, 2021)
Don't Be an Activist, Be a Neighbor: How to Persuade Your City Council, presented at the 12th Annual Golden West College Peace Conference: Peace and the Global Economy: Emerging Issues & Practical Solutions (Apr. 2018)
Timothy M. Kowal, Dirty Work: Disgorging the Profits of Trespassing Pipelines, Orange County Lawyer (Oct. 2017)
Who Will Redevelop Redevelopment?: Power and Pragmatism in California Redevelopment Law, 12 ALB. L. ENVTL. OUTLOOK J. 93 (2007)
Rethinking Eminent Domain: The Restitutionary Approach to Just Compensation, 9 CHAP. L. REV. 463 (2006) (Winner, First Prize, Pacific Legal Foundation, Seventh Annual Judicial Awareness Writing Competition, 2006)