While in college, Elizabeth’s mother, Liz Bradley, founded Viviano & Bradley, a civil litigation law firm in San Diego. Elizabeth was the first employee of the firm, working in many different administrative positions throughout her college years. Upon graduation, she continued on with the firm, focusing primarily on human resource issues as the firm quickly grew to 24 attorneys and approximately 55 employees. She was also very active in the firm’s marketing efforts, working closely with Liz in marketing to and servicing the firm’s Fortune 500 clients such as the Ford Motor Company, Wells Fargo Bank, and the Atlantic Richfield Company.
Elizabeth pursued her legal studies at California Western School of Law, in San Diego. During her second year in law school, she won a judicial externship with the Hon. Don Work of the California Court of Appeal, where she drafted proposed opinions on civil and criminal matters. Elizabeth focused her elective studies on international law and trade. She was the first American law student to hold an internship at the Tijuana, Mexico office of Baker & McKenzie, where she worked with the managing partner focusing on foreign corporations doing business in Mexico.
Upon graduation from law school and admission to practice in 1994, Elizabeth’s management background coupled with her legal education, prompted Viviano & Bradley to appoint her the attorney in charge of the firm’s Northern California office. There, she worked with the firm’s bay area clients such as Wells Fargo Bank, as well as marketed the firm to new corporate clients.
In 1997, finding the need to expand her experience beyond the family firm, Elizabeth moved to Los Angeles. She continued her legal career working with clients primarily on entertainment and real estate matters, as well as providing freelance business litigation services to sole practitioners and small firms.
From 2000 to April 2005, Elizabeth worked with the Law Offices of Alan S. Gutman in Beverly Hills, California, representing individuals as well as small and large businesses in various complex business and entertainment litigation matters, including misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair business practices, contract disputes, fraud and negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duties, copyright infringement, etc. While handling all phases of litigation, Elizabeth was responsible for complex law and motion matters firm-wide. She also handled the firm’s appeals to the California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Elizabeth is pleased after several years “away from the fold” to come full circle to form Bradley & Bradley, LLP, a partnership with her mother.
Performing Arts
Elizabeth has, for some time, worked with a highly respected Hollywood acting and writing coach. In addition to her legal pursuits, Elizabeth is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Motion Picture Costumers Union. In 2005, Elizabeth appeared on the national prime-time reality series “The Law Firm” (trial lawyers competing for a money prize by representing real clients in real cases before real judges) which aired on NBC and Bravo and was executive produced by David E. Kelley. She was selected out of thousands of young trial attorney applicants from across the country.
