Antonio Kizzie

Antonio Kizzie is an experienced state and federal litigation, trial, and appellate attorney with hundreds of cases and 10 state and federal civil jury trials as first chair under his belt. He represents plaintiff and defendant; domestic and international; private individuals, corporations, and public entity clients in general commercial disputes and transactions; intellectual property, entertainment and technology litigation and transactions, including copyright infringement, trademark filings and cryptocurrency; personal injury and wrongful death; real estate; banking; white-collar defense; and civil rights matters. Mr. Kizzie also has substantial experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating entertainment and general business transactions for large and small corporate and individual clients.

After graduating from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 2011, Mr. Kizzie served as a volunteer deputy city attorney prosecuting DUIs for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, Metropolitan Branch. He received his BA in legal communication, magna cum laude, from Howard University in 2008. Mr. Kizzie is licensed to practice law in California, as well as Washington, DC, and has been admitted to all federal districts of California; the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; the US District Court for Colorado and Washington, DC; and the US Supreme Court. He has argued cases before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, California Supreme Court, and was lead trial and appellate counsel in a matter before the US Supreme Court.

In 2015, the National Bar Association named Mr. Kizzie as one of the "Top 40 Lawyers Under 40." In 2022, he was selected to join the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a national association of more than 7,300 experienced trial lawyers and judges that consists of 96 chapters spread across all 50 states and the District of Colombia. In 2019, Mr. Kizzie received the Howard University “Move Maker” Award. In 2013 and 2015, he received the John M. Langston Bar Association, President's Award. In 2016, Mr. Kizzie received a Service Appreciation Award from the city of Compton.