Trevor V. Stockinger - Manhattan Beach, CA
Attorney at Kesselman Brantly Stockinger LLP
Antitrust Lawyers in Manhattan Beach, CA
1600 Rosecrans Avenue Bldg. 7, Ste. 320 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
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23
Years
Experience
Manhattan Beach Antitrust Lawyer
Updated: 03/10/2026
Areas of Practice
- Antitrust
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Unfair Competition
- Breach of Contract
- Trade Secrets
- Patent Damages
- Copyright
Attorney Information
Overview
Mr. Stockinger served as a Founding Partner of KBS and now serves as Of Counsel to the firm. Prior to founding KBS, Mr. Stockinger was a Partner and Co-Chair of the Antitrust Group at Goldberg, Lowenstein & Weatherwax, a patent and antitrust boutique. Mr. Stockinger practiced for many years at the leading litigation firm, Irell & Manella LLP handling antitrust cases, among others. Mr. Stockinger has trial experience and has litigated cases concerning alleged exclusive dealing involving software for the design and operation of electrical power grids, group boycotts in a semiconductor packaging technology market, refusals to deal in an HIV/AIDS pharmaceutical market, and monopolization in a microprocessor architecture market. Mr. Stockinger has further advised clients concerning antitrust issues relating to the acquisition of intellectual property. He also regularly counsels clients concerning minimum advertised pricing policies, including those applying to internet sales. In addition, Mr. Stockinger has experience litigating other complex business disputes, including trademark infringement and copyright infringement.
Mr. Stockinger has lectured at Loyola Law School's Antitrust course and has served as an adjunct professor teaching students participating in the Giles Sutherland Rich Patent Moot Court, the Vis Moot International Arbitration, and other moot competitions. Mr. Stockinger is a member of the Executive Committee of the Antitrust, Unfair Competition Law and Privacy Section of the State Bar of California. Mr. Stockinger also co-authored with David Kesselman the article "Vertical Price-Fixing: Why California's Per Se Rule Against Resale Price Maintenance is Actually Good for Businesses and Consumers" published in the journal Competition. He is a contributing editor of California Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law, the leading treatise in California on these subjects, specifically editing the chapter on state antitrust law and intellectual property. Mr. Stockinger has been selected as a "Rising Star" lawyer in Southern California by Los Angeles Magazine multiple times.
Before practicing, Mr. Stockinger clerked for the Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Stockinger earned his J.D. from Loyola Law School, where he graduated salutatorian, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif. He was Chief Articles Editor for the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review and was awarded Best Oral Advocate at the Willem C. Vis Moot International Commercial Arbitration. Mr. Stockinger earned his B.A. in East Asia Studies from Washington & Lee University, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Stockinger is conversant in Mandarin, having lived in Beijing for a year. He is Vice President of Live to Love Foundation USA, the U.S. arm of an international consortium providing educational, environmental and humanitarian aid in the Himalayas.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Selected for inclusion in Los Angeles Magazine's Southern California "Rising Stars"
- “Rising Star”
- 2017 Super Lawyer
Other Sources of Feedback About Trevor V. Stockinger
Included on the 2026 Southern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Southern California Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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Loyola Law School,
Los Angeles,
California, 2002
J.D.
Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: Salutatorian
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Martin Domke Award for Best Oral Advocate at the Willem C. Vis Moot International Commercial Arbitration, 2001
Law Review: Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Chief Articles Editor
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Loyola Law School,
Los Angeles,
California, 2002
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Non Legal Education
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Washington and Lee University, 1997
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Major: East Asian Studies
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Washington and Lee University, 1997
Current Employment Position(s)
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Of Counsel
Past Positions
- Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale, Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Clerk
- Irell & Manella LLP
- Goldberg, Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP, Partner
Languages
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Mandarin Chinese
Classes and Seminars
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Lectured, Loyola Law School’s Antitrust course
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Adjunct Professor, Giles Sutherland Rich Patent Moot Court
- Adjunct Professor, Vis Moot International Arbitration
Representative Cases
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Power Analytics Corp. v. Operation Technology, Inc. d/b/a ETAP, et al. (D. Del.) – A matter involving antitrust, patent infringement, false advertising and related state law claims filed against our client ETAP (and other defendants) concerning software used in power grids in data centers and nuclear power plants. KBS serves as lead antitrust defense counsel for ETAP.
Published Works
Articles
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Peer-review edits the antitrust and intellectual property chapter in the California Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law treatise
Bar Admissions
- California, 2003
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Beta Kappa
Contact
1600 Rosecrans Avenue
Bldg. 7, Ste. 320
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Phone: 310-307-4555
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.kbslaw.com
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