Law Offices of
Theresa J. Barta

Attorneys

History

Theresa J. Barta founded the Law Offices of Theresa Barta in 1998, and she has since focused her practice on the representation of physicians in a variety of matters unique to physicians and their rights.

Ms. Barta's dedication, expertise and relentless advocacy have led to successful multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for her clients. Her litigation record is distinguished by impressive victories including, a unanimous $3.4 million verdict in federal court in a case involving fraud, a $1.6 million verdict and multiple findings that her physician client was entitled to punitive damages in one of the first cases tried in California under the anti-retaliation statute, an award of $1.4 million in attorneys fees, and a multitude of cases resulting in multi-million dollar settlements.

Ms. Barta began her career with the law firm of Morrison & Foerster in Orange County, California, where she specialized in general business litigation. She then went to work for the preeminent law firm of Shernoff, Bidart & Darras in Claremont, California where she handled a variety of cases in the firm's health insurance practice; in particular, she successfully prosecuted bad faith disputes against health insurers and HMOs.

Ms. Barta is admitted to practice in all of the state and federal courts in California; and she is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for each of the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits.

She obtained her Juris Doctorate Degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California, where she graduated cum laude and as a member of the Order of the Coif, and was ranked in the top 5% of her class. Ms. Barta was also a member of the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society and received numerous American Jurisprudence Awards.