Carlos X. Colorado
Associate

Contact

(T) +1.949.553.7585
(F) +1.949.553.7539

Education

  • University of Southern California (J.D. December 2003); Whittier Law School (First-Year Law Students Examination, 2002; College Level Examination Program, 1999); Boston University (1987-1988)

Bar Admissions

  • California, including all state and federal trial courts

Clerkships

  • Extern to the Honorable Margaret Morrow, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (2002)

Carlos Colorado's practice focuses on matters involving toxic torts/product liability, corporate criminal investigations, breach of contract, health care pricing, unfair business practices, and consumer credit. Carlos was a member of the Jones Day trial team that successfully defended Dole Food Company in Tellez v. Dole, et al. This was the first U.S. trial with Latin American plaintiffs claiming injury from exposure to the pesticide DBCP. The five-month trial involved Nicaraguan farm workers who claimed sterility resulting from DBCP exposure. Carlos worked with attorneys in the Firm's Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, and New York offices and traveled to several Latin American countries to take and defend depositions and conduct legal analysis and fact investigations. He worked with expert and fact witnesses to develop the successful defense used at trial.

Carlos was named a 2007 "Super Lawyer Rising Star" by Law & Politics and the publishers of Los Angeles magazine. In addition to his client work, Carlos is active in recruiting and in coordinating the summer associate program in Irvine. He was a founding member of the California Associates' Round Table, an administrative commission on associate life for Jones Day's five California offices. Carlos is president of the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association. He also sits on the board of directors of the Orange County Bar Association. Carlos is a member of the Dean's Cabinet of UCI Law School.


Carlos Colorado