Associate
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
John De La Merced, senior associate at Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP, handles a broad range of complex business litigation matters on behalf of high-profile clients, including commercial, intellectual property, and real estate disputes. His active practice services clients throughout all stages of the pre-litigation and litigation process, including discovery, law and motion, and trial and arbitration proceedings.
De La Merced has served as co-trial counsel in various arbitration and court proceedings and has been instrumental in securing favorable results for the firm and its clients. One accomplishment was serving as co-trial counsel and securing a complete victory on behalf of a pharmaceutical company in a two-week arbitration proceeding in a bet-the-company case against the company’s former business partner. He served as co-trial counsel in one of the first fully virtual bench trials in Los Angeles Superior Court due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which occurred in early February 2021.
