Xavia Gamboa is an associate at Watt Tieder’s Irvine office. She concentrates her practice in the areas of suretyship, construction law, and commercial litigation. Xavia effectively represents sureties in all phases of litigation involving payment and performance bond claims, contractor default, indemnity enforcement, and project completion efforts. Xavia is a skilled litigator with experience handling complex cases at all stages of litigation in both federal and state court, including preparation of an extensive array of dispositive and non-dispositive motions as well as participation in bench and jury trials. Prior to joining Watt Tieder, Xavia represented business owners, private companies, and individuals in a wide variety of litigation matters, including business and partnership disputes, economic torts, intellectual property disputes, employment defense, and real estate litigation. Xavia received her J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law, where she was a senior articles editor for the Journal of Global Rights and Organization and served as a volunteer mediator for family law disputes. Prior to law school, Xavia received her B.A. from Pepperdine University, where she majored in International Studies, with a specialization in International Management, and minored in Italian.
