Jason R. Thornton

Jason R. Thornton: Attorney with Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP

Biography

Smart prime contractors and subcontractors understand the legal and business benefits that accrue by having Jason Thornton in their corner. Others sometimes learn the hard way that not all construction lawyers are alike. Jason credits more than twenty years of near exclusive construction industry focus on private and federal, state, and local projects among the keys to his successful litigation practice. Owners, presidents, vice presidents, and operations and project managers faced with delay, disruption, inefficiency, and extra work claims, contract disputes, and bid protests rely on his proven counsel. Always contemplating creative solutions that will deliver the greatest value to the firm’s clients, Jason is expert in all aspects of mediation, arbitration, trials, civil writs, and appeals.
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Areas of Practice (9)

  • Claims and Disputes
  • Local Agency, Municipal, and State Contracts
  • Federal Procurement and Claims
  • Project Counsel
  • Prime Contracts and Subcontracts
  • Collections
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Liability Defense
  • Construction Law

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of California at San Diego, B.A., Economics, 1993
Law School Attended:
University of San Diego, J.D., Cum Laude, 1996
Year of First Admission:
1996
Admission:
2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 2019, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; 2003, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2013, U.S. District Court of Colorado; 1996, California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 2004, United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Memberships:
State Bar of California; San Diego County Bar Association (Construction Law Section)
Reported Cases:
San Diego Unified Port District v. Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc. 95 Cal.App.4th 1400 (2002); Wagner Construction Co. v. Pacific Mechanical Corp. 41 Cal.App. 4th 19 (2007); West Coast Air Conditioning Company, Inc. v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (2018) 21 Cal.App.5th 453; Brewer Corporation, et. al. v. Point Center Financial, Inc. (2014) 223 Cal.App.4th 831; McGee v. Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC (2016) 247 Cal.App.4th 235; California Taxpayers Action Network v. Taber Construction, Inc. (2017) 12 Cal.App.5th 115.
ISLN:
912380894

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858-392-8009  Phone

858-737-3101  Fax

www.ftblaw.com/attorneys/jason-r-thornton

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