Jason Barbato

Practice areas

Eminent Domain, Civil Litigation: Defense, Appellate, Environmental

Focus areas

Appeals, Environmental Law

Jason J. Barbato, an attorney associated with BDG Law Group, specializes primarily in cases related to eminent domain. Based in Los Angeles, California, his law firm’s central office, he provides legal representation to individuals, businesses, and governmental entities across the wider metropolitan region and various parts of the state. Having been granted the right to practice law in California since 2014, Mr. Barbato is also authorized to practice in Oregon, and he is licensed to appear before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

Within his field of expertise, Mr. Barbato has acted on behalf of property owners whose real estate is targeted for potential acquisition for public use, as well as the relevant government bodies involved. His legal work encompasses diverse areas, such as negotiating equitable compensation, managing instances of partial takings, engaging in pre-condemnation strategizing, addressing claims of lost business value for displaced enterprises, facilitating land acquisition for utility projects, engaging in litigation, and contesting compensation valuation for contaminated properties.

Mr. Barbato’s academic background includes attending the University of California, Los Angeles, where he participated in the university’s marching band and attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and geography with high honors (magna cum laude). He pursued his legal studies at the UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, during which time he was a contributing member of both the UCLA Law Review and the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. He subsequently earned his Juris Doctor degree in 2014.