DINESH R. BADKAR, ESQ.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Pre-Litigation Dispute Resolution
- Real Estate Litigation
- Commercial/Business Litigation
- Healthcare Litigation
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
- State Bar of California, 2001
ADMISSIONS
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
- United States District Court for the Southern District of California
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
EDUCATION
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2001
- Managing Editor, Minnesota Law Review
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., with honors, cum laude, 1993
EXPERIENCE
Badkar Law, PC
- Founder and Managing Attorney from 2020 to present
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
- Partner from 2010 to 2020
- Associate from 2001 to 2010
AWARDS
Super Lawyers "Rising Star" in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.*
- "Being selected to Rising Stars is limited to a small number of attorneys in each state. As one of the few attorneys to garner the distinction of Rising Stars, Dinesh Badkar has earned the respect of peers as one of the top-rated attorneys in the nation."
*The Rising Stars list recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger, or in practice for 10 years or less.
PUBLICATIONS
- Co-author, Consumer Financial Services Answer Book (2020 Edition), Practicing Law Institute, September 2019.
- “The Antitrust Risks in Real Estate Transactions,” The Real Estate Finance Journal, Spring 2004.