Denise Dickey - a San Francisco, California (CA) General Civil Litigation Lawyer

San Francisco General Civil Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 04/24/2026

Areas of Practice

General Civil Litigation
Auto & Trucking
Fire Litigation
Employment
Product Liability
Construction
Business Litigation
Municipal liability

Attorney Information

Overview

Denise A. Dickey is a Los Angeles–based litigation attorney with decades of broad experience, including litigation, negotiation, arbitration, and mediation. She has also handled several appellate matters over the years. Denise has worked on high-value, complex disputes across personal injury and general civil litigation, municipal and police liability, insurance defense, contract and business litigation, insurance fraud, civil and constitutional rights, professional liability, premises liability, transportation (auto and trucking), real estate, product liability, defamation/slander, construction, subrogation, and employment.

Known for clear communication, a commanding courtroom presence, and practical, results-oriented strategy, she has achieved numerous client wins, including a precedent-setting appellate decision and more than thirty-five successful motions for summary judgment.

Her career includes leadership and trial-team roles at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani and Murchison & Cumming, as well as litigation practice at Pachowicz/Goldenring and The Morse Law Group. She also founded and managed the Law & Mediation Office of Denise A. Dickey, obtaining strong pre-litigation resolutions for clients. Earlier in her career, she served as a Deputy District Attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Denise is deeply experienced in alternative dispute resolution and has served as a Mediator for Ventura County Superior Court, an Arbitrator for Ventura and Santa Barbara County Superior Courts, and as a Judge Pro Tem for Small Claims in Santa Barbara County.

Education

Legal Education
- University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, California, 1982
  J.D.
  Honors: Founding member, Environmental Law Society
Non Legal Education
- University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 1979
  B.A.
  Honors: Dean’s List Scholar, all four years
  Honors: With Honors

Current Employment Position(s)

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Bar Admissions

California, 1983
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1983
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1983

Other Affiliations

Ventura County Bar Association
Santa Barbara County Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Southern California Defense Counsel
American Bar Association
California Women Lawyers
Los Angeles County Women’s Bar Association
Santa Barbara Women’s Bar Association

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Contact

San Francisco, CA

601 Montgomery St
Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94111

Directions

Phone: 213-444-7186

Fax: 415-397-1339

Email: Send a message

Website: https://www.teamghb.com

Hours: Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday: Closed

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