Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Graves was recruited by major law firms throughout the United States and accepted a position with Goldbeck & Associates, a local firm specializing in insurance coverage, construction defect and employment law litigation.
While at Goldbeck & Associates, Mr. Graves represented a broad range of clients, including insurance carriers, corporations and individuals. In 1991, he made firm partner, and the name of the firm was changed to Goldbeck & Graves. In 1992, Mr. Graves became a partner in Laturno & Graves.
An experienced litigator, Mr. Graves has successfully tried both bench and jury trials before the federal and state courts, the Civil Service Commission, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the California Labor Commission and various licensing agencies and he has prosecuted and defended several appeals in the California Fourth District Court of Appeals and the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Graves has also filed Amicus briefs with the California and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mr. Graves is admitted to practice in all of the courts in California, the Federal Circuit Court, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court and is or has been a member of the American Bar Association, California Bar Association, the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, the San Diego County Bar Association, the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program and the National Employment Lawyers Association. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Casey Foundation, Campus Life and Escondido Charter High School.
Mr. Graves is also a regular speaker on Employment issues for the California Bar, the American Bar Association and other various legal and business associations.
