ABOUT US

We are a growing firm of litigation partners with large, national firm expertise and a shared commitment to providing better value to our clients through a highly efficient and effective approach to litigation practice. Our record evidences hundreds of favorable settlements and many successful verdicts and appeals, which have earned us the trust and respect of long-standing clients. 

While we are trial lawyers at heart and love the courtroom fight, we have a healthy respect for the resources required at every stage of the litigation process and counsel our clients on strategies that best suit their objectives. Whether this path requires substantive law and motion practice, or taking a matter to trial or arbitration, we have the breadth of experience, business sense, and understanding of today’s changing litigation environment to achieve the best possible result for each client.

Personal attention is a founding principle of our firm. We value our relationships with our clients and dedicate the time to fully understand the needs of each business and individual. We take seriously the responsibility of representing our clients with competence, integrity and good nature. This approach has earned us the respect of not just our clients, but opposing counsel, presiding judges and mediators alike.

Founding partners Wells Blaxter and Brian Blackman have more than 30 years of combined trial experience in complex litigation. Wells Blaxter founded BlaxterLaw in 2008 after more than a decade of litigation practice at large, national firms, beginning with the venerable San Francisco-based Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, LLP. Brian Blackman joined the partnership in 2015 after more than 15 years of litigation practice at large, national firms including Sheppard Mullin and Schnader Harrison, where he and Mr. Blaxter worked together for several years.

Practices

Blaxter | Blackman LLP specializes in commercial and complex business litigation spanning a wide range of industries and practice areas.  Expert in pre-trial strategy, alternate dispute resolution, trial and appellate practice, we regularly appear in federal and state courts across California and have successfully tried cases on both coasts.

Business & Commercial

Class Action

Construction

Consumer & Privacy

Employment 

General Liability

Insurance Coverage

Maritime and Transportation

Product Liability

Proposition 65

Retail

TEchnology

Attorneys

J.t. wells blaxter

Wells Blaxter is an experienced trial lawyer specializing in commercial and complex business litigation, with a focus on product and general liability and Proposition 65 defense. Mr. Blaxter has tried both jury and bench trials in federal and state courts and has won numerous settlements, dismissals and favorable resolutions over his nearly 20 year career.

Mr. Blaxter has represented clients in all forms of alternative dispute resolution and all phases of litigation. His clients include Fortune 500 companies, start-up companies, family-owned businesses and individuals in a wide range of industries, including retail, consumer products, construction, transportation, aviation, technology, and financial institutions.

Mr. Blaxter founded BlaxterLaw in 2008 after more than a decade of litigation experience at large, national firms. He began his career in litigation in San Francisco at Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, LLP. From there, he was part of a small team of former Bronson lawyers who opened the first West coast office of Philadelphia-based Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, LLP. Prior to founding BlaxterLaw, Mr. Blaxter was in the litigation department of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP.

Brian r. blackman

Brian Blackman specializes in commercial and complex business litigation with an emphasis in privacy, unfair competition, false advertising, deceit, business torts and admiralty matters.  Mr. Blackman has represented clients from a broad range of industries including retail, transportation, communication, financial institutions and technology.  

Mr. Blackman has considerable experience in defending consumer class actions, including claims under California’s Unfair Competition Law, Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act and other statutory claims.  He also has substantial trial and arbitration experience, including serving as lead trial counsel in complex commercial matters.  He maintains an active appellate practice and has argued cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

Mr. Blackman was previously in the business trials department at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, a firm he joined in 2003. Prior to that, he was a litigation attorney at Schnader Harrision Segal & Lewis LLP. He began his career at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley PC.

David P. Adams

David Adams is an associate at Blaxter Blackman, LLP with a broad range of commercial litigation experience in both federal and state court. Mr. Adams has effectively represented clients in disputes related to product liability, personal injury defense, commercial retail leases, federal trademark rights, insurance recovery, director and officer liability, enforcement of judgments, and hospitality. Mr. Adams is a 2016 graduate of Vanderbilt Law School and was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2021 and 2022.

Contact Us

601 Montgomery Street, Suite 1110
San Francisco, California 94111