The Wolf Firm, an AV-rated law firm serving the financial services community in California, recently announced the expansion of its litigation department and welcomed two new attorneys to its team: Joseph J. Nardulli, lead trial counsel, and Chanel L. Oldham, associate litigation attorney.

Nardulli, who formerly was the litigation department chair of a 500-attorney law firm, has spent the majority of his 35 years litigating complex real estate matters throughout the state of California. He has substantial jury trial experience, is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and has been qualified as an expert in the area of real estate litigation. Nardulli also has extensive experience in general business litigation, including contract disputes, business fraud, shareholder disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, and unfair competition.

Nardulli is a member of the State Bar of California, and is admitted to all of the Federal Districts Courts in the state of California and to the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Orange County Bar Association and is active in the organization’s real estate and business litigation sections. He earned his B.A. from the University of California Los Angeles and his J.D. from the University of San Diego.

Nardulli is also an experienced mediator and arbitrator. He was certified as a mediator by the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University; is a member of the Southern California Mediation Association; and is a mediator for the Los Angeles Superior Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel. Nardulli also serves on the Orange County Superior Court Panel of Arbitrators and the National Arbitration Forum.

Oldham brings with her several years of experience in representing the financial services industry in commercial lending, bankruptcy proceedings, and foreclosure actions.

She earned her B.A. from University of California in Los Angeles and her J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She is admitted to practice in California, and before the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Oldham is the lead associate in the Wolf Firm’s residential receivership program.