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Co-Managing Partner

Edward L. Xanders (Ted)

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Biography

Ted Xanders is a Co-Managing Partner of Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland.  For over two decades, he has helped trial counsel, corporate counsel, individuals, and insurers in both trial and appellate courts.  His services include preparing summary judgment and post-judgment motions, monitoring trials, and ultimately preparing successful appellate briefs.   

Ted has successfully represented clients in appeals and writs that span the legal spectrum, including administrative law, antitrust, bankruptcy, business contract and tort, employment, entertainment, family law and leave, government tort liability, immigration, insurance, legal and medical malpractice, personal injury, products liability, real property, and unfair business practices.  He joined the team of appellate lawyers at GMSR in 1997, after seven years as a business litigator with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. 

He is a member of the election-only California Academy of Appellate Lawyers and he is on the Board of Directors and Co-Chair of the Amicus Committee for the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC).  He received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1989, where he was a finalist in the William Minor Lile appellate moot court competition, received the Johnson & Swanson award for appellate advocacy, and was Notes Editor for the Journal of Law & Politics.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree (Political Science) magna cum laude from Duke University in 1985.  Ted is an avid world traveler, backpacker, and photographer, and has visited nearly fifty countries.

High-Impact Wins

2018

Newland v. County of Los Angeles (2018) 24 Cal.App.5th 676

Reversal of $13.9 million jury award with directions for entry of defense judgment

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2017

City of Los Angeles v. AECOM Services, Inc. (9th Cir. 2017) 854 F.3d 1149

Reversal of ADA preemption ruling precluding city’s contribution claims

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2013

Corona Summit LLC v. SPUSO5 Corona Summit, L.P. (June 27, 2013, B226933) 2013 WL 3286181 [nonpublished opinion]

Reversal of $79 million judgment against commercial real estate buyer.

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2010

Ladd v. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 1298

Reversal of non-suit and affirmance of jury award, establishing groundbreaking movie-royalty precedent.

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2001

Leko v. Cornerstone Building Inspection Service (2001) 86 Cal.App.4th 1109

Reversal of summary judgment, establishing statewide real property precedent.

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1998

DeCuir v. County of Los Angeles (1998) 64 Cal.App.4th 75

Reversal of jury verdict, establishing statewide precedent limiting suits against public entities.

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Speaking and Involvement

2022
Success on Appeal in Section 1983 Cases; International Municipal Lawyers Association
2021
Be A Good Friend — A Guide To Amicus Briefs In Trial and Appellate Courts; International Municipal Lawyers Association annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota
2021
Getting Younger — A Guide To Abstention, Rooker-Feldman, And Other Defenses To Federal Civil Rights Actions That We All Learned In Law School, But May Have Forgotten; International Municipal Lawyers Association Mid-Year Seminar
2019
Reptiles, Picassos & Stealth Bombers: Tips for combatting plaintiffs’ Reptile Theory & other aggressive efforts to inflate non-economic tort damages; International Municipal Lawyers Association annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia
2019
How To Apply Howell: Discovery, motion and trial tactics for combatting inflated claims for medical economic damages, Sutter Health Webinar
2019
The Judiciary’s Response To Sexual Harassment (moderator), California Academy of Appellate Lawyers - 2019 Pasadena Meeting
2019
Torpedo-Proof Your Motion For Summary Judgment, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel - January 2019 Annual Seminar
2018
Leave No Pebley Unturned: Discovery Regarding Medical Bills in the Post-Pebley World, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel Orange County Seminar
2017
The Importance of Post-Judgment Motions, MCLE presentation, Los Angeles Law Library
2016
Reptiles, Picassos and Stealth Bombers: Tips for Combatting Plaintiffs’ “Reptile” Theory and Other Aggressive Efforts to Inflate Non-Economic Tort Damages, ACIC’s 27th Annual General Counsel Seminar in Las Vegas
2016
Using Appellate Counsel At Trial, MCLE presentation at GMSR Los Angeles
2015
“Secret Agents”: The Coverage You Didn’t Think You’d Be Providing, ACIC’s 26th Annual General Counsel Seminar
2015
The Importance Of Post-Judgment Motions: An Appellate Lawyer’s Perspective, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel Seminar
2014
Exclusions And Concurrent Coverage, Association of California Insurance Companies Annual Seminar
2014
Preserving Your Record On Appeal, Association of Southern California Defense Counsel Annual Seminar
2013
Appellate Tips For Trial Lawyers, Orange County Bar Business Litigation Section Seminar

Professional Associations

California Academy of Appellate Lawyers
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (Board of Directors, Co-Chair of the Amicus Committee)
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Glendale Bar Association