Since 1994, Bruce's practice has been almost exclusively limited to appellate work. He has served as lead counsel in over 150 appeals and has consulted or advised in many others.

His appellate cases have included commercial and business litigation, general tort law, contract law, real property law, entertainment litigation, First Amendment litigation, bankruptcy law, employment law, corporate and partnership litigation, construction defect litigation, insurance law, election law, administrative law, and family law. He has appeared or filed briefs in the California Supreme Court, the California Courts of Appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. His appellate cases have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, the San Francisco Examiner, the Sacramento Bee, Variety, and Mirabella.

Bruce is certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a certified appellate specialist.

Bruce was selected a Southern California Superlawyer in appellate law for 20 consecUtive years, from 2006 to 2016.

Bruce is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Appellate Courts Section and previously was a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Committee for nominees to the California Court of Appeal. Experience.

After law school, Bruce received an unsolicited offer from one of his professors to work at Lexecon, Inc. (now Compass Lexecon), an economic consulting firm that assists law firms with expert witness testimony, reports, and economic analysis. Bruce thought this would be a great opportunity to apply his economic background to actual legal cases. His work included assisting with mergers, antitrust cases, security cases, and large damage award calculations.

Bruce then returned to Los Angeles, and litigated at a large national law firm and later at a small appellate firm. His appellate and litigation practice included general business law, tort law, contract law, corporate law, entertainment law, health care law, employment law, and copyright law.

Bruce attended college at UCLA. He graduated in 1986 with both a B.A., magna cum laude, in economics and an M.A. in economics. At UCLA, he was a Departmental Scholar in Economics, was a recipient of College Honors in the College of Letters and Sciences, and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Bruce received his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Chicago in 1990. In law school, he was a Bradley Fellow in Law and Government and a research assistant to Professor Ronald Coase, 1991 Nobel Laureate in Economics.