Brian G. Gough
bgough@hmglaw.com
(805) 962-0524 x15

   Experience/Personal
          Brian Gough specializes in the area of complex business litigation, principally involving general contract and business disputes, partnerships and closely held corporations, real estate and landlord tenant issues, business torts, employment contracts, and trade secret and competitive business practice disputes.  In addition, he has handled partnership, shareholder and trust dissolution and accounting actions, director and officer liability matters, and has represented numerous attorneys, accountants, and real estate brokers and agents in the specialty area of professional malpractice defense.  Brian has litigated major cases, including class actions, in both federal and state court, and has argued successfully in the California Court of Appeal and before the California Supreme Court.

            Brian earned his undergraduate degree, with honors, from Stanford University in 1971, and his J.D. from UCLA, before being admitted to the California Bar in 1974.  Brian practiced in Los Angeles for nearly twenty years with the regional firm of Macdonald, Halsted & Laybourne, which later merged with the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie, where he served as Chairman of its Litigation Department and on its long range planning committee.  In 1992, he moved to Santa Barbara and initially joined Schramm & Raddue as a senior partner, before forming the firm of Howell Moore & Gough LLP with partners Joe Howell and Ed Moore.

            Brian served as President of the Santa Barbara County Bar Association in 2002 and now sits on the Board of Directors of the Channel Islands YMCA and The Board of Trustees of Marymount School.  He is a past president of Business & Industry Associates, a support organization for Santa Barbara City College, and was co-chair of the Litigation Section of the Santa Barbara County Bar Association.

            Brian and his wife Judy have three sons, Kevin, Christopher and Andrew.  His outside interests include golf, tennis, skiing, travel and home remodeling.

Education
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1974) 
Stanford University (B.A., 1971) Political Science with Honors

Memberships/Legal
State Bar of California (admitted 1974)
Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court,
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and United States District Court
(Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California)
American Bar Association
Santa Barbara County Bar Association

Representative Cases
See Representative Litigation Matters

Community Activities/Positions:

Santa Barbara County Bar Association - Board of Directors, 1997 - 2003; President 2002 Co-Chair, Civil Litigation Section 1994-1995

Channel Islands YMCA - Board of Directors, 1999 - Present, Vice-Chair 2003 - 2004, 2007-2008; Chair 2009 - Present

Marymount School Santa Barbara - Board of Trustees, 2006 - Present

Santa Barbara City College - Business & Industry Associates 
Board of Directors, 1993-1999; President 1995-1996

Schramm & Raddue - Chairman, Litigation Department 1993 to 1996

Baker & McKenzie - Chairman, Litigation Department Los Angeles1990-1992;Member, Strategic Planning Committee Los Angeles1989-1990