Landon Bailey is an experienced, results-oriented practitioner who frequently appears before state and federal courts throughout California, including both trial and appellate courts. Widely recognized as one of the Sacramento area’s top litigators, Landon has been repeatedly selected as a “Best of the Bar” honoree by his peers, as recognized in the Sacramento Business Journal. Landon has also been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer for several years in a row, acknowledging him as one the top business litigators in Northern California.
Landon’s litigation practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, corporate governance matters, shareholder and business partnership disputes, contracts, business torts and unfair competition laws, and copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters. Landon also serves as outside general counsel for multiple small and mid-sized companies, with an emphasis on counseling emerging businesses in the technology industry, and frequently serves as local counsel for out-of-state businesses due to his extensive experience with state and federal courts in Sacramento, and throughout California.
Landon’s practice also focuses on California’s Proposition 65. Landon represents manufacturers, retailers, and other businesses in supply chains when they are served with Proposition 65 Notices of Violation. Landon also defends companies against Proposition 65 enforcement litigation brought by private Proposition 65 enforcement attorneys on behalf of citizens and private organizations in California. Landon counsels companies throughout the United States, as well as international business organizations, on Proposition 65 compliance matters. He assists businesses of all sizes in formulating, updating, and strengthening their Proposition 65 compliance programs to mitigate litigation risk in California in light of frequently changing regulations and requirements. While many experienced Proposition 65 practitioners in California practice at large firms and charge very high hourly rates, Landon is one of the few Proposition 65 defense attorneys in California with a smaller practice, enabling him to effectively manage his overhead costs and pass the savings to his Proposition 65 clients.
Landon is active and well-known in the greater Sacramento legal community. Landon is a past-President of the Federal Bar Association chapter in Sacramento, and remains actively engaged in programs serving the courts and legal community in the Eastern District of California. Landon is also a member of the prestigious Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court, and has previously served as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council, Vice President of the Sacramento County Bar Association’s Intellectual Property section, and Head Coach of the Jesuit High School Mock Trial Team. Landon has also published articles relating to intellectual property issues and technology in the legal industry, and has been a featured speaker at multiple events hosted by various bar associations and the National Business Institute.
Landon received his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 2005, where he was a member of the UCLA Moot Court Board and a semifinalist in the Roscoe Pound Moot Court competition. Landon was also the founding Vice President of the UCLA Business Law Association, and was awarded First Prize in the Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition for intellectual property scholarship. He received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with High Distinction in General Scholarship with a major in Legal Studies and a minor in Public Policy.
Landon is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, all four U.S. District Courts in California, the California Supreme Court, and all state-level trial and appellate courts throughout California.
