About Dale Alan
Dale Alan Ortmann is a licensed attorney licensed to practice regulation in the State of California. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1980. His license is currently in lively standing. Mr. Ortmann is a senior shareholder and co-founding father of Hunt Ortmann Palffy Nieves Darling & Mah, Inc., a law firm specializing in construction and real estate law, positioned in Pasadena, California. He has been working as an attorney for over forty five years, serving clients throughout California, especially within the Los Angeles and Pasadena areas.
Mr. Ortmann earned his Juris Doctor diploma from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, graduating in 1980. Prior to law program, he completed his undergraduate education at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where he acquired a Bachelor of Arts diploma in 1976, graduating magna cum laude. During his time at Loyola Law School, he developed a strong basis in construction and real estate law, which has been the focus of his legal career.
Mr. Ortmann concentrates his practice within the areas of construction law, real estate law, and corporate law. He advocates for clients in matters involving structure contracts, structure defects, construction liens, construction litigation, business real estate, condominiums, easements, eminent area, homeowners institutions, land use and zoning, mortgages, neighbor disputes, residential actual estate, and water law. His practice encompasses all stages of legal proceedings, including preliminary case assessment, evidence-gathering process, mediation, settlement discussions, and trial hearings in both state and federal courts.
Throughout his profession, Mr. Ortmann has treated instances in the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has additionally seemed earlier than the California Court of Appeal on more than one events. Prior to founding his personal firm, he worked as an associate at a mid-length litigation company in Century City for five years. His in depth experience consists of representing public businesses, builders, contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, layout professionals, and homeowners institutions in complex construction and property disputes.
Mr. Ortmann is a member in good standing of the American Bar Association, the Building Industry Credit Association, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He has been acknowledged for his contributions to the field, which includes being named Best Lawyer’s Construction Litigation Attorney of the Year in 2015 and selected as a Super Lawyer from 2006 to 2024. He is likewise a frequent speaker earlier than severa structure industry organizations, focusing on recent tendencies and current developments in construction litigation. Mr. Ortmann is fluent in English and Spanish, allowing him to serve the numerous communities of California successfully.
