Stuart W. Price
Litigation Partner
Stuart W. Price is a trial lawyer. He tries contract disputes, unfair competition claims, lending disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, and matters involving employee theft and embezzlement. Prior to joining Forward Counsel, Stuart was a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, one of the largest law firms in the world. Stuart previously served as Managing Partner of its Orange County office. During his tenure, based on confidential employee input, the office won Best Place To Work In Orange County.
Stuart has more than thirty trials to his credit, all as lead counsel. Among his many victories, Mr. Price represented a cable company in a $200 million lawsuit over its acquisition of its markets, a telecommunications giant in a dispute over rights to an FCC license, a restaurant chain in an action to clear title to waterfront property on the San Francisco Bay, a subcontractor in a dispute over responsibility for delays in the construction of a courthouse, and a developer in a dispute over price participation claimed to be due under a contract for the purchase of land. His clients have included the largest bank in the country, the largest manufacturer of commercial aircraft, and the third largest home builder.
Stuart has also pursued several embezzlers. In at least two such cases, based on information Mr. Price developed for the government, the employees entered guilty pleas on felony charges, served prison time, and paid restitution.
Recently, Stuart represented one of the nation’s largest defense contractors in the government’s prosecution of a Chinese born engineer for economic espionage. The effort led to the first successful prosecution of a defendant under the Economic Espionage Act, and earned Stuart a commendation from the Director of the FBI.
Stuart received his law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Practice Areas:
Partnership and Shareholder Disputes
Contract and Commercial Disputes
Hospitality and Leisure
Banking and Finance
Real Estate
Consumer Financial Services: Regulatory, Enforcement and Litigation
Random facts: Stuart has been going to the same dentist since he was 4 (and has no cavities.)
What he does in his spare time: Stuart spends his free time either backpacking in the Sierras, or thinking about backpacking in the Sierras.
How he pays it forward: Stuart contributes to the effort to restore the Hetch Hetchy Valley, universally declared to be as magnificent as neighboring Yosemite Valley - until the City of San Francisco erected a dam at its western end.