Owner & Lead Trial Attorney
Artemio M. Santiago
Woodland Hills, California · santiago@santiagolg.com · (818) 657-5600
Areas of Practice
A reputation as a fierce and polished trial attorney
High success rate at trial
Mr. Santiago, the firm’s lead trial attorney, has significant trial experience and specializes in contentious litigation matters, maintaining a high success rate in cases tried on behalf of his clients.
Best interests focus
His approach at all stages of conflict focuses on the best interests of his clients. Always ready to take matters to trial, he also uses his skills to negotiate fair and equitable settlements.
Estates in the tens of millions
Mr. Santiago maintains a thriving estate litigation practice that often involves estates in the tens of millions of dollars in assets.
Notable Cases
Verna Harrah Estate — $1.2 Million Recovery (2012)
Mr. Santiago successfully resolved a claim on behalf of an heir to the Harrah casino fortune in Los Angeles, recovering $1.2 million from the Verna Harrah Estate (widow of casino magnate Bill Harrah) — despite contentions by family lawyers that his client was an excluded heiress under California law.
Aerospace Parts Distribution — $11.7 Million Settlement (2011)
Co-lead counsel in a multi-million dollar aerospace parts distribution suit concerning rights to sell commercial and military jet parts. After prevailing in the liability phase before a three-judge Arbitration panel (3-0), Mr. Santiago resolved the matter for $11.7 million — one of the largest non-confidential settlements on an individual matter in California for 2011.
Chatard v. Oveross (2009) 179 Cal.App.4th 1098
Mr. Santiago prevailed over a trustee who had taken family estate assets and used them as her own. The California Court of Appeal affirmed his trial victory in a unanimous published opinion, holding that the share of a trustee-beneficiary who breached her fiduciary duty could be reached by the other beneficiaries to satisfy damages, despite the existence of a spendthrift clause in the trust.
Bar Admissions & Education
California, 1995
Whittier Law School, Los Angeles, California — J.D., magna cum laude, 1995
Discuss your matter directly with Art Santiago
Call (818) 657-5600 or email santiago@santiagolg.com