Robert L. Teel
Law Office of Robert L. Teel
Robert Teel received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Southern California in 1981, with a minor emphasis in civil engineering and architecture. He received his Juris Doctor and Masters in Business Administration from the University of Kansas in 1986 with an emphasis in finance. While attending the Kansas University Schools of Law and Business (1982-1986) he was a floor trader for his own account at the Kansas City Board of Trade. Robert was admitted to the California and Kansas Bars in 1987 and the Washington State Bar in 2021, and has been a member in good standing since. He actively practiced the law full time from 1987 to 1997. He started a solo practice in 1991 after working for two law firms, including Weissburg & Aronson, before leaving the active full-time practice of law to pursue a career in law and finance, private equity, and as a member of the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, and New York Mercantile Exchange. Mr. Teel returned to practice the law full time in January 2016 following the death of his business partner in 2010. He currently works as a sole practitioner devoting himself full time to class action and impact litigation matters. Robert has been involved litigating and advising in dozens of lawsuits and arbitrations against major corporations, some of which have gone to trial or arbitration, and others which were successfully settled. He has extensive experience in successfully prosecuting, defending, and advising plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation, including matters pertaining to class action lawsuits, over 800 state court cases, adversary bankruptcy proceedings, and state and federal regulatory actions. Robert has been responsible for determining and providing legal opinions about the value of plaintiffs' claims and lawsuits, and has obtained settlements worth over $100 million dollars for plaintiffs during his legal career.
- Business Law
- Business Finance, Business Litigation
- Civil Rights
- Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Consumer Law
- Class Action
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 127081
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- Kansas
- Kansas Supreme Court
- ID Number: 13074
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- Washington
- Washington State Bar Association
- ID Number: 58022
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- English: Spoken, Written
- French: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
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- Law Office of Robert L. Teel
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- Weissburg & Aronson
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- Friedman, Jay & Cramer
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- University of Kansas School of Law
- J.D. (1986) | Law
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- University of Kansas
- MBA (1986) | Finance
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- University of Southern California
- B.A., B.A. (Dual Major) (1981) | Political Science, International Relations, Minor Emphasis Architecture and Engineering
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- Honors: Outstanding Senior Student Athlete Award
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- Outstanding Senior Student Athlete Award
- University of Southern California
- Washington State Bar Association # 58033
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- California State Bar # 127081
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- Kansas State Bar
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- "Using the Right Language"
- California Lawyer
- "Letting the Sunshine In: An Analysis of the 1984 Kansas Open Records Act" (Research Credit)
- Kansas Law Review
- "The Use of Child Slave Labor in Big Business Supply Chains", TEDx Talk
- Western Washington University
- Website
- Law Office of Robert L. Teel
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- A: Statutes of limitation require you take timely action after your injury (or after you discover your injury). There’s also an outside limit of filing medical malpractice cases with few exceptions. However, the limitations period may be extended by a year if you make a good-faith request for mediation.
Pursuing mediation prior to medical malpractice trials is typically required in Washington State and is meant to help each side come to a mutually satisfactory settlement agreement. You aren’t required to accept any mediated settlement.
Mediation can be avoided if you and the provider agreed to submit to binding arbitration or if the judge (or mediator) decides your case should go straight ... Read More
- Q. Dispute over disposition of estate jewelry item among beneficiaries in California.
- A: If you want to settle a dispute outside of court, mediation is a great alternative. Free mediation services, both community and court-connected, are offered to some residents and businesses of certain counties (e.g., Los Angeles County). In mediation, a neutral third party helps you resolve your dispute. Participation is voluntary, so both sides must agree to mediation to begin the process.
The mediator is a neutral party who does not take sides. The mediator is trained to assist both of you in reaching a solution to the problem. Mediation is confidential. Conversations and settlement agreements can be kept confidential.
Mediation is risk-free. If you cannot resolve your dispute in mediation, ... Read More
