Paul B. Salvaty is a business trial lawyer. Paul’s primary experience is in the prosecution and defense of business disputes with an emphasis on complex commercial litigation, entertainment litigation, and antitrust matters. Paul has represented a variety of major companies and public agencies both as plaintiffs and defendants.

Paul has trial and appellate experience in both state and federal actions. He has first-chaired several trials, argued numerous appeals and dispositive motions, handled many successful mediations, and taken and defended dozens of fact and expert depositions. On the plaintiff side alone, Paul has recovered over US$100m in verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients.

Outside the firm, Paul holds leadership positions in several major organizations. He currently is serving as President of the Board of the U.C. Hastings Foundation and President of the Board of the Irish American Bar Association. He previously served as President of the Board of Directors for the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, as Chair of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property’s Committee 409 (Antitrust Matters), as a member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, as a member of the Board of Directors for Foothill Family Service, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar’s Antitrust and Unfair Business Practices Section.

Before joining Hogan Lovells, Paul was a litigation partner with Glaser Weil LLP from 2011 until 2015 and O’Melveny & Myers LLP from 2003 until 2011. Paul served as law clerk for the Honorable Dickran Tevrizian, United States District Court for the Central District of California, law clerk for the Honorable Kim M. Wardlaw, United States District Court for the Central District of California, and judicial extern for the Honorable Richard Gadbois, United States District Court for the Central District of California.