Croudace & Dietrich is an AV-rated firm founded in 1992 as a spin-off of Latham and Watkins. All of the firm’s partners, associates and "of-counsel" attorneys initially practiced at large national or international firms. Representation includes commercial finance and real estate transactions, corporate and general business transactions, and business litigation. Within the last year, Croudace & Dietrich attorneys have negotiated, documented and closed corporate, commercial finance and real estate transactions having a total value in excess of USD $1 Billion.

Representative clients of the firm include publicly-traded and privately held companies such as Western Digital Corporation, Shell Oil Company, HCA, Inc., MMA Realty Capital, Inc. (formerly MONY Realty Capital and Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York), Conexant Systems, Inc., Rockwell Automation, Trizetto, Inc., Universal Care, Eclipsys Corporation, Targus Group International Inc., Skyworks Solutions, Meade Instruments Corporation, Mercury Capital, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, Voit Development Company, Cameo Homes, G. Companies Homebuilding, bkm Development Company and Lucas Development, as well as public benefit, non-profit corporations such as Living Stream Ministries, California Community Foundation, Childhelp Inc., Rancho Santiago Community College, Boys Republic, Retirement Housing Foundation, and Straight Talk, Inc.

In 2005, Croudace & Dietrich received national certification as a Women's Business Enterprise, having undergone a meticulous review process, including an in-depth review from the inception of our business and site inspection. Annual recertification is required to ensure integrity of the process. The Women's Business Enterprise National Council is America's largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 U.S. companies and government agencies that rely on WBENC's certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.