Overview

John R. Powell is a partner and shareholder at Maire, Powell & Werner. His practice emphasizes civil litigation, probate and trust litigation, employment arbitration, construction defect cases, real estate disputes, and the representation of public entities.

Mr. Powell graduated from California State University, Sacramento with a major in Government and earned his Juris Doctor from Western State College of Law, where he received the Witkin Award in Civil Procedure. While in law school he represented clients pro bono through the Western State College of Law Immigration Clinic. After his admission to the California State Bar in March 2018, he practiced civil litigation for clients in the construction industry in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

Mr. Powell joined the firm in 2018 and continues to practice as a civil litigator. His public entity work includes representing local community services districts in government tort claims and property disputes, and representing school districts in employment matters.