SUMMARY
Michele L. Gamble is a trial attorney in the firm’s Orange County office, having joined the firm in 2001 and becoming a partner in 2006. Her practice focuses on general civil litigation, business litigation, property rights litigation, contract negotiation, professional liability defense, and construction law with an emphasis on risk management and representation of design professionals. Ms. Gamble has represented both public and private entities
in civil litigation matters involving wrongful death, property damage, serious personal injury, and allegations of breach of contract, negligence, copyright infringement and intentional misconduct. She has also successfully litigated Not for Profit Directors & Officers’ claims. She has resolved hundreds of cases through mediation, arbitration, and both bench and jury trials, having obtained multiple winning jury verdicts for clients.
Ms. Gamble has authored numerous legal articles and regularly gives presentations to clients and the professional organizations with which she is associated on a wide variety of topics, including work-life balance, professional women’s issues, litigation case studies, risk management, profit planning, indemnity, contract negotiation and copyright infringement. In 2008, Ms. Gamble received a Presidential Citation from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for service to the architectural profession. She has been repeatedly recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine based on peer recognition and professional achievement and has achieved a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating which is held by less than 10% of attorneys and is awarded to only those lawyers with the highest ethical standards and professional ability in the nation. She has a reported appellate decision, Delon Hampton & Associates, Chtd. V. Superior Court, 227 Cal.App.4th 250 (2014) in which the Second District Appellate Court issued a decision in favor of Ms. Gamble’s design professional client relative to the patent defect statute of limitations.
Ms. Gamble is the founder of the firm’s Health and Wellness Committee, the Co-Chairperson of the firm’s Design & Construction Professionals’ Committee and an active member of the firm’s Diversity Committee which obtained and maintains the firm’s Mansfield Rule Certified Plus rating.
Ms. Gamble received her Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Santa Clara University in 1994 and her Juris Doctor from University of San Diego School of Law in 1997.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- State Bar of California
- Association of Women Architects
- American Institute of Architects
- Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
- Speaker to American Institute of Architects, architectural and engineering firms, and other professional organizations
- Society of Women Engineers