Jon S. Brick joined the firm in 1992 and has been a partner since 2000. He is A/V® rated by Martindale representing very high to preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards and holds a 5.0/5.0 Peer Rating. He has been named a top lawyer in San Diego by San Diego Magazine since 2014. He served as a Judge Pro Tem in the Small Claims division of the San Diego Superior Court and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the San Diego Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Mr. Brick is a San Diego native and grew up in Encinitas, CA. He graduated from the University of San Diego in 1981 with a Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He attended law school at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. where he served as a Topics Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. In law school he received the American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts and Insurance Law, and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Juris Doctor degree in 1985.
Jon was admitted to the California State Bar in 1985 and is also admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California and the Third, Eighth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal. Mr. Brick has handled hundreds of civil cases throughout California and has argued appellate cases before the 2nd, 3rd and 4th District Courts of Appeal and before the Ninth Circuit. He has represented large, medium and small companies, developers, General and Subcontractors, Design Professionals and individuals in many diverse areas including Business disputes, insurance coverage and litigation, construction, premises liability, property disputes and personal injury. He is experienced in all phases of civil litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants from initiation of a case through discovery and jury and bench trials, arbitrations and mediations. He also advises clients concerning alternatives to litigation and strategies to avoid lawsuits.
Practice Areas:
Civil Litigation
Business Litigation
Insurance Coverage
Insurance Litigation
Contracts
Construction
Premises Liability
Property Disputes
Personal Injury
Professional Affiliations:
State Bar of California, admitted December 1985.
San Diego County Bar Association
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Legal Experience:
Schulz Brick & Rogaski, San Diego, CA May 2020
Greco Traficante Schulz & Brick, San Diego, CA 1992- May, 2000
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, San Diego,CA 1985-1992
Education:
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C., Juris Doctorate, Magna Cum Laude, 1985
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, 1981
Reported Cases:
Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Superior Court, 182 Cal. App. 3d 431 (1986)
Regan Roofing Company v. Superior Court, 21 Cal. App. 4th 685 (1994)
Hartford Casualty Insurance Company v. Mt. Hawley Insurance Company, 123 Cal. App. 4th 278 (2004)
Bardin v. Daimler Chrysler Corp., 136 Cal. App. 4th 1255 (2006)
Frisk v. Superior Court, 200 Cal. App. 4th 402 (2011)
Ranger Pipelines, Inc. v. Lexington Insurance Company, 609 Fed. Appx. 943 (9th Cir. 2015)