About CR&D

Carpenter, Rothans & Dumont LLP specializes in the defense of public entities, private businesses, and private individuals. Founded in 1994 by Martin Carpenter and Steven Rothans, along with their then senior associate and now partner, Louis Dumont, with the firm’s roots in insurance defense litigation, the firm has grown and expanded into a wide and diverse practice in many areas of law for both public and private clients throughout California and the United States. Members of the firm possess significant expertise defending and consulting with public entities and private enterprises, in federal and state court cases involving civil rights, environmental, dangerous conditions of property, construction, product liability, premises liability, sexual harassment, defamation and labor and employment issues, among others. The firm’s combined experience in the complexities of civil litigation has generated business and promoted the firm’s growth and diverse clientele.