Stuart G. Gross

Stuart G. Gross is an experienced litigator at both the trial and appellate court levels. He has represented, as plaintiffs, defendants, and amici curiae, clients ranging from small businesses to individuals to seed investors to non-governmental organizations to startups to large municipalities to Indian tribes to commercial fishermen to local communities to Fortune 100 companies. He has successfully litigated matters in federal and state courts throughout the United States, as well as in forums including the highest court of Indonesia and the World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”).Stuart’s tenacious, intelligent, and creative advocacy has achieved exceptional results for his clients, and has earned him high praise from bench and bar. Thompson Reuters has named Stuart a Super Lawyer every year since 2013, and designated him a Rising Star each of the previous three years. Stuart is consistently tapped to take on the most complex and seemingly intractable matters, frequently by current and former clients and those they have referred.In addition to his litigation practice, Stuart is occasionally called on to provide advice and testimony in the area international economic law, an area in which his publications are frequently cited. In this capacity, Stuart has advised the governments of New Zealand and Australia in trilateral trade negotiations with Malaysia and has been called by Indonesia’s highest court to testify as an expert witness concerning Indonesia’s international investment treaty obligations.Prior to forming the predecessor to Gross Klein PC, Stuart clerked for the Honorable Samuel Conti of the United States District Court of the Northern District of California, and was a litigator with Shearman & Sterling, LLP, in New York, and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP, in Burlingame, California. At Sherman & Sterling, Stuart defended Fortune 100 and 500 companies in complex commercial litigation and individuals in white collar criminal investigations. At Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Stuart represented businesses, individuals, non-profits, and governmental clients in complex commercial, environmental, natural resource, and business practices litigation.