Stephen G. Larson

Stephen Gerard Larson (born 1964) is a former United States District Court judge and a partner in the Los Angeles office of Arent Fox LLP, where he is the practice leader of the Complex Litigation group. He consistently ranks among the top litigators in the U.S., and in 2012 was named one of the Leading Trial Lawyers in the country by Legal 500 US. As a judge and an attorney, he is known for high-profile cases, including his role since 2011 as lead defense counsel in what former California Attorney General (and current governor) Jerry Brown once touted as “the biggest corruption scandal in San Bernardino County, if not the state’s, history.” Under Larson’s lead, five of seven charges have been dropped so far. Larson also secured dismissals of money laundering and conspiracy charges for Angela Aguilar in U.S. v. Noriega, described as “one of the biggest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases ever.”