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The Law Offices of Ronald P. Slates
866-904-6965
  • Home
  • About
    • Ronald P. Slates
    • Anthony K. McClaren
    • Shelley M. Gould
    • Paul I. Menes, Of Counsel
  • Practice Areas
    • Attorney Referrals
    • Breach Of Contract
    • Business Litigation
    • Commercial Debt Collection
    • Digital Media Law
    • Entertainment Law
    • Intellectual Property
      • Copyright Law
      • Trademark Law
    • Real Estate Litigation
    • Workplace Business Investigations
  • Blogs
    • Commercial Debt Collection Blog
    • Just Sayin’ …™ Blog
  • Testimonials
  • Contact

Helping Clients With Entertainment, Media, Copyrights, and Trademarks

For Over 40 Years

Skilled Commercial Debt Collection Attorneys For California Businesses

The Law Offices of Ronald P. Slates, founded in 1975, represents clients in matters involving commercial collections, business litigation and real estate law. Our Los Angeles lawyers have earned a strong reputation in the California legal community. In fact, a significant number of our cases are the result of referrals from other attorneys.

Our law firm reflects the diversity of today’s business environment. Our lawyers are business leaders and are actively involved in the Los Angeles County Bar Association and business organizations. We are proud of our commitment to diversity and our continued representation of many international clients doing business in California.

In addition to English, members of our staff speak Spanish, German, French and Korean.

Please follow the links below to learn more about our lawyers and staff and how we can help you.

Attorneys:

  • Ronald P. Slates
  • Anthony K. McClaren
  • Shelley M. Gould
  • Paul I. Menes

Staff:

  • Sandy Cannavan
  • Diedra Bruder

A Reputation For Excellence In California

Our Los Angeles attorneys serve professionals, businesses and business individuals throughout California. We provide business and professional clients with aggressive and effective representation in matters involving:

  • Commercial collections: Including breach of contract matters, accounts receivable collections, business-to-business collections through writs of attachment and other matters of prejudgment and post-judgment collections, including repossessions
  • Real estate transactions and litigation: Including deficiency judgment collection matters, commercial landlord-tenant litigation and collections involving leases and other types of contracts
  • Litigating business matters: We understand the issues you face as a business owner in California and the disruption a lawsuit can cause.
  • Copyright Law: The framers of the U.S. Constitution thought protecting creative works was important enough to include language specifically granting exclusive ownership and control in creative works to those who create them.
  • Digital Media Law: We’ve been representing those in the digital media space pretty much since it began. This includes influencers when YouTube began, and before they were called “influencers”.
  • Entertainment Law: We love and respect creative people. The world needs them and their talents. We’re passionate about providing guidance and protecting them and their unique talents.
  • Trademark Law: We’re experts in protecting our clients’ valuable trademarks, in all areas of business. We identify, search availability of, apply for, prosecute, and secure trademark registrations both in the U.S. and internationally, as well as enforcing and protecting our clients’ valuable trademarks, including through infringement actions when necessary.

We have the experience and resources to collect your money or enforce judgments nationwide and represent your interests in an effective and efficient manner.

Over 50 Years Of Experience On Your Side

In his more than 50 years of practice, business law attorney Ronald P. Slates has built a reputation as one of California’s preeminent resources in the areas of commercial debt collections, enforcement of pre- and post-judgment rights and remedies, and real estate litigation. He has been selected for inclusion on the Southern California Super Lawyers list each year from 2007 through 2020. In addition, he has been an AV® peer review-rated* attorney by Martindale-Hubbell for more than 25 years.

Mr. Slates and his team have a reputation for intelligent, accessible, responsive and results-oriented representation. This is why many California attorneys refer their clients to us when they need assistance with debt collection.

Knowledge – Experience – Skill

Over the years, others have recognized Mr. Slates’ wealth of legal knowledge and have invited him to lecture for MCLE (Minimum Continuing Legal Education) credits and before company credit department heads on the topics of commercial debt collection, record keeping and judgment enforcement. The work of our team of knowledgeable and experienced attorneys is supplemented in the office by our own in-house investigations department and registered process server.

Speak With Our Los Angeles Commercial Debt Collection Lawyers Today

To schedule a consultation, call us toll-free at 866-904-6965 or send us an email. For the convenience of our clients, we accept credit cards and also offer flat fee services.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories — legal ability and general ethical standards.

Practice Areas

  • Attorney Referrals
  • Breach Of Contract
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Debt Collection
    • Accounts Receivable Collections
    • Asset Investigation Seizure
    • Business To Business Collections
    • Creditors’ Rights In Bankruptcy
    • Enforcing Judgments
    • Prejudgement Creditor Relief
    • Writs Of Attachment
  • Digital Media Law
  • Entertainment Law
  • Intellectual Property
    • Copyright Law
    • Trademark Law
  • Real Estate Litigation
    • Commercial Landlord-Tenant Litigation Collections
    • Commercial Lease Collections
    • Foreclosures
    • Real Estate Litigation And Transactions
  • Workplace Business Investigations

How Can We Assist You? Schedule A Consultation Today.

Contact our lawyers to discuss any pre and post judgment litigation needs, including business disputes, writs of attachment, and writs of execution, and everything in between. The skilled and experienced team of attorneys at our downtown Los Angeles law offices offers hourly and blended fees (discounted hourly plus partial success fee) to our clients.

Call us at 866-904-6965 today or fill out the form below to get started.

The Law Offices of Ronald P. Slates

LOS ANGELES
500 S. Grand Ave.
#2010
Los Angeles, CA 90071

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866-904-6965

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213-624-7536

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