Jonah A. Toleno Esq.
619-696-9500 (Ext. 104)
Ms. Toleno is a partner based in the Firm's San Diego office. Her practice is focused on business and securities litigation and arbitration. She has appeared extensively in the state and federal courts of California and Arizona and before various arbitration forums, including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA, formerly known as the NASD). She represents a wide range of clients in business disputes, complex securities litigations, Ponzi scheme prosecutions, contract negotiations, customer-brokerage securities claims, intra-industry brokerage employment disputes, intellectual property and trademark infringement disputes, and business transactions and negotiations.
Ms. Toleno attended the University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, California, where she served as an editor on the Hastings Women's Law Journal and held leadership offices in various student organizations.
Areas of Practice
- Securities Litigation and Arbitration
- Business Law
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
Litigation Percentage
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California, 2000
- Arizona, 2005
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 2001
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2001
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. - 2000
- Law Review: Hastings Women's Law Journal, Staff Editor, 1999 - 2000
- University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
- B.A - 1996
- Major: Legal Studies
- Minor: Music
Honors and Awards
- Moot Court Award Recipient, Best Oral Argument Honorable Mention, 1999 - Present
- Filipino Bar Association of Northern California Hastings Chapter - President (1998-1999); Vice President (1999-2000)
- Hastings Christian Legal Society - President (1999-2000); Secretary (1998-2000)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- San Diego County Bar Association
- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
Past Employment Positions
- Steers & Steers PSC, Associate Attorney, 2005
- Berry & Berry, Associate Attorney, 2001 - 2002
- Winingham, Roberts, Fama and Kramer, Attorney / Paralegal / Law Clerk, 1999 - 2000
- Seiler Epstein & Applegate, Law Clerk, 1998 - 1999
- Law Offices of Marcelo C. Rabuy, Law Clerk, 1996 - 1997
Languages
- Tagalog
- Filipino
