Panteha Abdollahi

Panteha Abdollahi

Costa Mesa, CA recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024
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8 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Biography

Panteha Abdollahi is a seasoned litigator who represents clients in complex commercial litigation matters. She is well-versed in all stages of litigation and has tried numerous cases to verdict or settlement. She has authored and argued dozens of successful motions that have resulted in the early dismissal of claims.

In addition to her commercial trial practice, Ms. Abdollahi leads her firm’s Appellate Practice Group. She has briefed matters before the United States Supreme Court, federal courts of appeal, and California’s appellate courts. These cases have covered a wide spectrum of issues, including contract interpretation, the Due Process Clause, California’s Private Attorney General Act, the Equal Access to Justice Act, and California’s anti-SLAPP statute. Ms. Abdollahi’s appellate work has yielded four published decisions, including two from the United States Supreme Court.

Ms. Abdollahi is a member of the State Bar of California and admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court, US Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, and the US District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California.

Theodora Oringher PC

8 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • University of California Los Angeles, J.D., graduated 2003
  • University of California Los Angeles, J.D., graduated 2003

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Appellate Practice
Awards:
  • Southern California Super Lawyer, 2020-2023 (Super Lawyer Magazine)

    Southern California Rising Star, 2012-2018 (Super Lawyer Magazine)

    Central District of California Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (2016-2019)

    Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (selected 2016)

    Litigation Counsel of America (selected 2018)

Additional Information

  • Education

University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (JD 2003)

  • David Simon Merits Scholarship

University of California, Los Angeles (BA 2000)

  • Summa Cum Laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • College Honors Program
  • Psychology Department Highest Honors

  • Memberships and Associations
  • Federal Bar Association, Orange County (Past President; Past Board Member)
  • Iranian American Bar Association (Past President, Orange County Chapter; National Board of Directors)
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • Orange County Bar Foundation Society of Fellows
  • Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Orange County Chapter
  • International Society for Children with Cancer (Board of Advisors)
  • United Way Orange County

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