Todd E. Lundell

PartnerCo-Leader, Appellate Practice Group
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Todd Lundell

Overview

Todd Lundell is a Certified Appellate Specialist and an elected member of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers. His appellate practice spans a wide range of substantive areas, including product liability, insurance litigation, labor and employment, business torts, class actions, arbitration, bankruptcy and family law. With particular experience in Ninth Circuit and California civil appeals, Todd has also represented clients in nearly every federal circuit court of appeals and in several state appellate courts.

Todd has been lead counsel in hundreds of appeals and has significant experience drafting merits briefs, amicus briefs, petitions for review and petitions for writ of mandamus and supersedeas. He is ranked by Chambers USA for California Litigation: Appellate (2015-2026).

In addition to his appellate work, Todd regularly collaborates with trial counsel on legal strategy, complex motions, appellate preservation issues, jury instructions, verdict forms and post-trial motions, ensuring a seamless transition from trial to appeal.


Clerkships

Clerk for the Honorable Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 

Education

J.D., Columbia University, 2002, Kent Scholar; Senior editor, Columbia Law Review

B.A., Brigham Young University, 1999

Admissions

California

New York

Supreme Court of California

Supreme Court of New York

United States District Court, Eastern District of New York

United States District Court, Southern District of New York

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

  • Chambers USA, Litigation: Appellate, 2018-2026
  • Chambers USA, Litigation: Up and Coming, 2016-2017
Chambers 2026
Chambers USA 2025_ Todd Lundell
Todd Lundell - Chambers 2024
Todd Lundell - Chambers USA 2023

  • American Academy of Appellate Lawyers

  • California Academy of Appellate Lawyers

  • Orange County Bar Association, Former Chair of Appellate Section
  • ABTL, Orange County Chapter, Former Board Member
“Personally, I like him, but he is like the Darth Vader of the defense side.”
Chambers USA, 2026