Norton Law Firm complex litigation partner Josephine Petrick, a California State Bar-Certified Appellate Specialist, continues to follow multiple high-profile cases pending before the California Supreme Court. She offered her analysis about several cases that could reshape consumer law, arbitration law, and access to justice, as featured in the Law360 article “California Cases to Watch in 2026.” […]
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Josephine K. Petrick
Bloomberg quoted Norton Law Firm partner Josephine Petrick in a November 10 article discussing the future of taxpayer standing in California law. On November 6, the California Supreme Court issued a ruling that curtails state taxpayers’ ability to bring lawsuits that typically challenge the constitutionality of laws and state government spending. California courts have long […]
Read MoreNorton Law Firm complex litigation partner Josephine Petrick, a California State Bar-Certified Appellate Specialist, published an expert analysis in Law360 entitled “Calif. Justices Continued Anti-Arbitration Trend This Term,” examining how the California Supreme Court’s 2024–2025 term reflects a continued trend that has drawn national attention and dissent from within the state judiciary: a steady narrowing […]
Read MoreThe Norton Law Firm’s appellate litigators are involved in numerous high-stakes matters, identifying the legal and trial errors that give clients the greatest chance of reversing a defeat in the lower court, as well as crafting the strategies and briefs to protect a victory. Partner and California State Bar-Certified Appellate Specialist Josephine K. Petrick, who […]
Read MoreThe Norton Law Firm is pleased to announce that five of the firm’s partners have been named to the 2025 Northern California Super Lawyers list and six attorneys have been named to the 2025 Northern California Rising Stars list. Each year no more than five percent of lawyers in California are selected for inclusion in […]
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