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About CK&E

Conkle, Kremer & Engel started in 1982 as Conkle & Olesten, Professional Law Corporation.  After 25 years, in 2007 the firm changed its name to Conkle, Kremer & Engel, Professional Law Corporation. Since 1982, the firm has operated continuously without change to its practice or commitment to service of its clients.

Conkle, Kremer & Engel attorneys have decades of experience guiding clients toward their objectives in all aspects of business, insurance and intellectual property disputes. The firm works with its clients to identify problems and evaluate the most economical and advantageous route to the optimal solution, be it through negotiation, mediation, litigation, arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

The firm is based in Los Angeles County, but its lawyers regularly practice in state and federal courts throughout California, including Silicon Valley, San Diego, San Francisco and the Inland Empire. Conkle, Kremer & Engel attorneys also make special appearances in matters throughout the United States.

The firm protects insurance policyholders by compelling insurers to live up to the promises of their insurance policies. We safeguard the rights of manufacturers and distributors. For example, in the health and beauty aids, salon hair care products, cosmetics and personal care products industries, we routinely enforce restricted distribution agreements to deter product diversion, including transactions in gray market goods. We assure our clients' rights in intellectual property, including seizure of counterfeit products, and protect interests ranging from design patents to trademarks, copyrights, utility patents and Internet domain names.

We make extensive use of current information technologies to simplify the presentation of complex legal problems. Custom graphics and video are often used to make more forceful our presentations to judges, juries, and adversaries. Conkle, Kremer & Engel trial lawyers are persuasive in all contexts, from boardrooms to courtrooms. In a wide variety of actions our attorneys have guided the firm's clients to large settlements and jury verdicts, and to defense judgments, as best achieved the clients' objectives.

Our clients range from among America's 100 largest businesses to individual entrepreneurs and professionals. We know that traditional lawyers' straight hourly billing may not suit every client in every matter. In appropriate circumstances, we offer innovative fee structures including contingency fees, mixed hourly/contingency fees, sliding scales, flat fees, and task-based billing.

In all respects, proficiency is the hallmark of Conkle, Kremer & Engel's representation of its clients.

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Areas of Practice

CK&E's 2007 Highlights in Review

Contracts, Business and Finance

Distributor Agreements and Relations

Insurance Bad Faith and Coverage

Intellectual Property, Trade Secret and
Unfair Competition


Trade Regulation & Antitrust

Professional Liability

Enforcing Rights Against Product Diversion

Real Property and Construction Law