Executive Profile
Ian A. Rambarran serves as CEO and Shareholder in Klinedinst PC’s Sacramento office. He works with the firm’s corporate clients, focusing primarily on business, financial services, employment, intellectual property, real estate, transportation, and construction issues.
Mr. Rambarran frequently counsels and represents clients in business and commercial disputes. He represents lenders and financial institutions in disputes throughout California. He has defended clients as lead counsel in high exposure, multi-million-dollar disputes pertaining to real estate issues.
Mr. Rambarran has worked with several Fortune 500 technology firms, especially in the context of government contract disputes at the state and federal level. He has also worked on complex matters involving state and federal appeals, writs of mandamus, and whistle-blower (qui tam) lawsuits.
Mr. Rambarran has also litigated copyright, trademark, counterfeit, patent, domain name, internet defamation, and electronic contracts disputes. He has been cited by the United Nations, federal court, and other law reviews for his authorship. One of Mr. Rambarran’s articles were cited by Rutger’s Computer and Technology Law Journal as one of the timeliest articles on computers, technology, and the law. Mr. Rambarran has also been featured in the Sacramento Lawyer for intellectual property issues as well.
Born in Guyana, South America, Mr. Rambarran was educated in both England and the United States. He received his undergraduate degree in International Relations from Florida International University, after which he worked as an intern for Florida State Senator Walter “Skip” Campbell. Mr. Rambarran earned his J.D. from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where the faculty awarded him the Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award for his division.
Published Opinion
- Perez v. MERS et al., No. 18-16584, 959 F.3d 334 (9th Cir. May 11, 2020)
Education
- Florida International University (B.A., 1998)
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2003)
Awards, Professional and Community Involvement
Professional and Community Affiliations
- California Mortgage Bankers Association, Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee (2021); Chair of the Legal Issues Committee (2020); Co-Chair, Legal Issues Conference of CMBA (December, 2019)
- Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
- State Bar of California
- Sacramento County Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section, Board Member (2007)
- American Inns of Court, Anthony Kennedy Chapter
- McGeorge School of Law, Minority Bar Mixer, Organizer (2002-2006)
Recognition and Awards
- Top Lawyer, Sacramento Magazine (2015–2016, 2021)
- Recognized in Northern California Super Lawyers (2021–2025)
- Recognized as a Rising Star in Northern California Super Lawyers (2009–2015)
- Chief Articles Editor, The Transnational Lawyer (2002–2003)
- Recognized in Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate (2026)
Speaking Engagements
- “Pour Decisions: A Legal Roundtable on Dram Shop Risks and Defense Strategies”, USLAW (August, 2025)
- California MBA DE&I Podcast – Alan Vidal, the Lender (January 18, 2022)
- California MBA DE&I Podcast – Elizabeth Chostner, Selene Finance LP (January 4, 2022)
- California MBA DE&I Podcast – Lance Morley, Esq. Assistant General Counsel, LendingTree (December 21, 2021)
- “How We’re Doing It,” California MBA DE&I Committee Webinar (October 14, 2021)
- “More Than Just Talking About DE&I – What the California MBA DE&I Committee is Doing,” California MBA Western Secondary Conference (August 25, 2021)
- “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Webinar,” California Mortgage Bankers Association (May 20, 2021)
- “Legal Issues Committee Webinar,” California Mortgage Bankers Association (October 20, 2020)
- “Social Media and Use of Technology Based Evidence,” USLAW NETWORK Spring Client Conference (April 6, 2018)
- California MBA Legal Issues Committee Panel: “Duty of Care Issues and Overview of California Mortgage Lender Licensing Laws,” California MBA Legal Issues & Regulatory Compliance Conference (December 5, 2017)
- “Legal Issues Committee Webinar,” California Mortgage Bankers Association (May 16, 2017)
- “Litigation Strategy and Loan Servicing Law,” CMBA 20th Anniversary Western States Loan Servicing Conference (August 3, 2015)
- “Revisiting the California Homeowner Bill of Rights – One Year Later,” Rutter Group (October, 2014)
- “Property Preservation: Managing Vendors, Maintaining Compliance & Embracing New Technologies,” California Mortgage Bankers Association, Las Vegas, NV (August 5, 2014)
- “Recent Developments in Distressed Asset and Foreclosure Litigation,” Sacramento County Bar Association Real Property Law Section (January 13, 2014)
- “A Day in the Life of an IP Lawyer” Speaking Series, The Intellectual Property Student Association at McGeorge School of Law (2012–2014)
- “California Construction Defect Law Update,” MC Consultants Sacramento Construction Defect Law Seminar, Panelist (April 2010)
- “Navigating the Hazards of Cyberspace,” Sacramento County Bar Association, Co-Organizer, (January, 2009)
- “The Business End of Patents,” Sacramento County Bar Association, Co-Organizer (November, 2007)
- “Do’s and Don’ts of Interviewing,” University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Guest Lecturer (September, 2006)
- “Unfair Business Practices on the Internet,” University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Guest Lecturer (Fall, 2004)
Related News
- Analysis of CISA Guidance and Mortgage Servicers
- Residential Unlawful Detainer Requirements Altered with California Executive Order N-30-27
- California Judicial Council Unveils New Rules for Unlawful Detainer Actions and Judicial Foreclosures
- Analysis of CARES Act in Response to COVID-19
- Analysis of CISA Guidance and Mortgage Servicers
- Analysis of Gov. Newsom’s Executive Order N-28-20
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Welcomes Klinedinst Shareholder Ian Rambarran as Newest Member
- Jason Scott and Ian Rambarran Author Law360 Article on Appellate Ruling Negatively Impacting California Lenders
- Ian Rambarran Co-Presents at California MBA Webinar
- Ian A. Rambarran Speaks on DE&I at California MBA Western Secondary Conference
Publications
- “Analysis of Gov. Newsom’s Executive Order on COVID-19 from California MBA Legal Issues Comittee Chairman” California Mortgage Bankers Association, Member Alert (March 17, 2020)
- “Obtaining Atty Fees From Calif. Mortgagees Just Got Easier,” Law360, Co-Author (March, 2019)
- “Managing Single Points of Contact Claims,” Mortgage Compliance Magazine (February, 2016)
- “$16.2 Million Jury Verdict Against Servicer for Mishandling a Modification: Linza v. PHH Mortgage Corp, et al.,” California Mortgage Bankers Association Newsletter, Co-Author (August, 2014)
- “Case Alert: Coker v. JP Morgan Chase – Appellate Court Shuts Down Lender’s Attempt to Make Up Difference Between Short Sale Price and Loan Amount,” California State Bar Real Property Law Section E-Bulletin (August, 2013)
- “The Role of the Inn of Court,” Sacramento Lawyer, Co-Author (January, 2011)
- “An Introduction to Construction Defect Litigation,” Sacramento Lawyer, Organizer (July, 2009)
- “Diversity in Hiring and Retention Issue,” Sacramento Lawyer, Co-Organizer (March/April, 2008)
- “Intellectual Property Issue,” Sacramento Lawyer, Organizer (May/June, 2007)
- “Are Browse-Wrap Agreements All They Are Wrapped Up to Be?” Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, Co-Author, 173 (2007)
- “First, It Was the DaVinci Code, But Your Work Product & the Attorney Client Privilege Could Be Next… Electronic Documents Can Reveal Their Secrets,” Sacramento Lawyer (May/June, 2007)
- “Sacramento’s Diversity Fellowship Program,” Sacramento Lawyer, Co-Author (September, 2006)
- “Confidentiality in the Wireless Office,” California Lawyer, Co-Author (August, 2004)
- “Web Site Operators Must Prepare to Follow Privacy Act,” Daily Journal – Los Angeles and San Francisco (June 25, 2004)
- “I Accept, But Do They? The Need for Electronic Signature Legislation on Mainland China,” 15 Transnational Law. 405 (2002)
