Attorney Richard Williamson is a founder of Ezer Williamson Law in Torrance, California. Mr. Williamson practices in the areas of business, employment and real estate litigation. He has experience with matters involving business transactions, partnership disputes, real estate transactions, shareholder rights and other commercial litigation. He serves clients throughout the Los Angeles, California, area.
Mr. Williamson has more than 30 years of experience and is admitted to practice in all California state and federal courts as well as before the U.S. District Court for the 9th Circuit. Before founding Ezer Williamson Law, he spent more than 21 years as a co-founding partner of Ezer & Williamson LLP.
In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Williamson has been an arbitrator for the Beverly Hills Bar Association and the Los Angeles Superior Court. He also previously served on the executive committee for the American Jewish University’s Moriah Society and belonged to the California Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors.
Outside of the office, Mr. Williamson contributes to the legal community in a variety of ways. He regularly lectures to groups including real estate associations, brokerage firms and investment groups, and is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the South Bay Bar Association, the State Bar of California, the Hon. Benjamin Aranda III American Inn of Court and the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Williamson has earned an AV Preeminent* peer review rating from Martindale Hubbell. He received a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Arizona State University and earned his law degree from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
*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 Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
Honors/Awards:
• AV Rated - Martindale Hubbell, 2010
• Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, May 14, 2018., Admitted, U.S. Supreme Court, 2018
Bar/Professional Activity for Richard E. Williamson
- LACBA, Member of Executive
Committee, Small Firm and Sole Practitioner Section, 2019
- Advisor, South Bay Jewish Law
Forum, 2019
- United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
- Member, Business Law, State Bar
of California
- Beverly Hills Bar
Association, Arbitrator
- State Bar of California
- Moriah Society Real Estate
Council, University of Judaism, Member of the Executive Committee
- Benjamin J. Aranda III American
Inns of Court, 2014 - Present
- United States District Court
for the Northern District of California
- California
- Member, Litigation Section,
State Bar of California
- Hon. Benjamin Aranda III Inn of
Court
- California Association of
Realtors, Member
- Committee Member, General Real
Estate Subsection of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2015 -
Present
- United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
- United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit
- Member, Real Property Law,
State Bar of California
- South Bay Bar Association
- National Association of
Realtors, Member
- Member of the Alumni Board,
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2015 - Present
- United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Pro bono/Community Service:
• Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
• Program Title: Admitting and Enforcing Agreements in Mediation: Ethical and Practical Considerations for Real Estate Transactional and Litigation Attorneys., Moderator, CLE, Real Property Section, 2014
• Spoke on New California Rules of Professional Conduct to members of the LACBA., Speaker, LACBA, New California Rules of Professional Conduct , 2019.
Verdicts/Settlements:
• Ninety Nine Investments, Ltd. V. Overseas Courier Service (Singapore) Private, Ltd., 113 Cal. App. 4th 1118, 6 Cal. Rptr. 3d 891 (2003)
Distinguished: An excellent rating for a lawyer with some experience. This rating indicates the attorney is widely
respected by their peers for high professional achievement and ethical standards.
Notable: This rating indicates that the lawyer has been recognized by a large number of their peers for strong ethical standards.
