Anthony F. Pantoni

Anthony F. Pantoni built his career as an aggressive litigator for both plaintiffs and defendants over several decades, acquiring a deep understanding of employment law. Mr. Pantoni harnessed his employment law background and experience to develop a highly successful alternative dispute resolution practice. Mr. Pantoni takes a balanced approach to ADR and prides himself as an empathetic problem solver. He is well known as a leading authority in employment law.

Mr. Pantoni has more than 40 years of employment litigation experience. While working on the plaintiff’s side as a sole practitioner, Mr. Pantoni obtained several $1 million+ jury verdicts, arbitration awards and settlements on behalf of plaintiff employees, including a $7.2 million jury verdict following a month-long jury trial.

Prior to launching his solo practice, Mr. Pantoni was a partner with the law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, where his last position was the partner in charge of the San Diego office’s labor and employment law practice.  During this time, Mr. Pantoni obtained numerous defense verdicts on behalf of employers.

Mr. Pantoni has practiced as an ADR neutral for more than 20 years, specializing in employment law. Mr. Pantoni has mediated and served as an arbitrator in hundreds of cases over that time frame, and has achieved an exceptionally high settlement rate as a mediator.

Mr. Pantoni has been named a Best Lawyer in the field of labor and employment law as published in San Diego Magazine, for each and every year from 2007 to the present, and as a top attorney by Super Lawyers for the same period. Mr. Pantoni has received an A/V rating, the highest rating given to attorneys by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.