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 Georgetown University Law Center
     (J.D. 1982)
 University of California, Santa Barbara
     (B.A. 1976)

Deborah S. Bucksbaum

Deborah Bucksbaum focuses her practice on complex business litigation, including matters involving insurance coverage on behalf of policy holders, unfair competition, intellectual property, and business contract and tort disputes. 

Deborah began her career as a legislative analyst in Washington, D.C., where she worked for former Congressman Les Aspin and then representated the energy industry on legislative and regulatory matters.  In Los Angeles, she spent nine years practicing with large national firms, starting with securities law and moving on to spend five years with the Litigation Department of Proskauer Rose LLP.  In 1992, she co-founded Bucksbaum & Sasaki LLP, a litigation boutique firm in Century City.  In 1998, Deborah co-founded a publishing enterprise, where, as legal counsel, she handled domestic and international licensing transactions as well as intellectual property issues, and as co-manager, she gained valuable insight into the business issues her clients face daily. 

Deborah’s recent successes include recovering from an insurer for defense costs incurred by a client, obtaining dismissal with prejudice of a multi-million dollar contract dispute, and winning denial of certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court after filing written opposition to a request for review of a favorable 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals decision.  She has also won full recovery, together with interest and all attorneys fees, of monies invested in guaranteed third deeds of trust based on fraudulent representations; obtained a favorable settlement on behalf of franchisees in a dispute with a large, national franchisor; and won multiple arbitration awards in partnership disputes.

Deborah manages the firm’s San Diego, California office.  She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where she was the White Collar Crime Project Editor for the American Criminal Law Review.  She received her undergraduate degree, cum laude, in political science from the University of California at Santa Barbara.