Barton, Klugman & Oetting is a multi-practice law firm located in Los Angeles since 1958. The firm offers legal services in litigation, financial institution litigation and transaction practice, insurance practice, corporate and commercial practice, employment law, real estate, taxation, employee benefit plans and estate planning and administration. The firm has developed expertise in representing banks as creditors and in defending banks in cases based on forged endorsements, converted deposits, claims of lender liability and claims involving checking accounts, savings accounts, checks, letters of credit and other commercial instruments. The firm also offers transactional commercial services to financial institutions including most forms of loan documentation for secured and unsecured loans, securitization of loans, lease finance transactions, domestic and international letters of credit and operational agreements. The firm represents insurance carriers in the specialized fields of attorney, director, officer, accountant and fiduciary liability and architectural and engineering errors and omissions litigation. It also serves as a legal counsel for medical service providers and law firms.