Mr. Sturgeon has a general business trial and appellate practice. He has represented several banks, including Bank of America, Northern Trust Bank, Deutsche Bank, Federal Reserve Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, in major lender liability cases and in cases involving trust and general banking issues. His practice also includes trade secret and unfair competition cases, defense of securities and other class actions, real property disputes, trust and probate litigation, business torts, and disputes among partners and shareholders. Active in public issues, Mr. Sturgeon represented 70 California cities challenging the constitutionality of the Legislature's allocation of property tax revenue. He also represented the California Republican Party in reapportionment litigation before the California Supreme Court. He has handled over fifty appellate proceedings before the California Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Supreme Court.

In litigation involving the energy industry, Mr. Sturgeon has represented Sierra Pacific Power Company in federal preemption issues and Mirant Americas Energy Marketing, LP and Mirant Corporation in class actions involving the California energy problems.

Mr. Sturgeon was a co-founder of the 4,000-member Association of Business Trial Lawyers.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Bars and Courts
US Supreme Court, 1987
US District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California, 1983
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1978
California State Bar, 1963

Education
JD, Stanford Law School, 1962
AB, Stanford University, cum laude, 1957

Professional Associations and Memberships
The State Bar of California
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Member, Board of Governors, 1974-1976, 1992-1994
Member, Los Angeles County Superior Court Arbitration Panel
Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Awards and Recognition
Chambers 2008/9 listed as "Highly regarded litigator"
PLC Which Lawyer? 2008/9 selected as "Highly Recommended"
Global Counsel 3000 2008/9 – Highly Recommended ranking in Dispute Resolutions section for business and appellate trial lawyers
Los Angeles Business Journal, 1995 selected as one of the 100 most prominent Los Angeles business lawyers

Publications
Co-author of the 2nd vol. of "California Business Litigation," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 2002
"Checking Off On Class Certification," October 2009
"A California Screen Play?," June 2008
"The Rescission Remedy," Los Angeles Daily Journal, December 4, 2007
"Appealing Standards," Los Angeles Daily Journal, April 19, 2007
"Where Fences Fall, Injunctions Can Corral Neighbor's Nuisance," Los Angeles Daily Journal,  February 3, 2006
"Sum of Contract's Parts Can Add Up to Attorney-Fee Win" Los Angeles Daily Journal, November 2005
"Fee Simple - Streamlining Recovery of Attorneys' Fees" Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 1995

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States