About

Huntington Legal Solutions is an Orange County-based boutique law practice focused on helping businesses and executives with a variety of legal needs. Whether it’s solving a legal problem or avoiding one, we always consider business realities alongside legal risk, providing options tailored to what works for you.

What We Do

Employment Law

Business Litigation

Outside General Counsel

Contract Negotiation & Preparation

Local Counsel & Litigation Support

Why HLS

I’m Zach Bulthuis and I started Huntington Legal Solutions after nearly 10 years as a corporate trial lawyer for two of the nation’s largest law firms. That experience was invaluable, but I came to recognize that inefficiencies from big firm practices are often paid for by their clients—in money and time.

With HLS you get concierge-level attention and big firm experience without paying for costly overhead or services you don’t need.

Your business is your livelihood, and I understand legal issues must be addressed with the bigger picture in mind. That’s why my goal isn’t simply a successful legal outcome; it’s a successful overall outcome with minimal impact to other areas of your business and life.

Background

I began practicing law at O’Melveny & Myers, the oldest and largest firm in Los Angeles, where I worked on some of the highest-profile litigation in the country. I then moved to Orange County to become a senior trial associate at Dorsey & Whitney. In these positions I represented clients in a wide range of litigations including:

  • Product liability
  • Breach of contract and business fraud
  • Employment litigation
  • Employment advice
  • “Soft” intellectual property litigation (e.g. trademark and trade dress)

Prior to O’Melveny & Myers, I was a judicial law clerk for the High Court of American Samoa, drafting legal rulings and opinions in trial-level cases and appeals.

Education

University of Southern California Gould School of Law– Juris Doctorate

  • Articles Editor, Southern California Law Review
    • Publication: Suspicionless Drug-Testing by Public Actors: How Chandler v. Miller Should Change the Standard, 74 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW 1549 (2001)
  • Judicial Externship, C. LeRoy Hansen, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico

University of Redlands– Bachelor of Arts, History; Summa Cum Laude

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Proudian Interdisciplinary Honors
  • Semester at INSTEP: London School of Economics & Cambridge University

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal
  • U.S. District Court – All California Districts

Let’s Work Together

Please reach out to discuss whether HLS is the right fit for you. The consultation call is always free.

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