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 few years, 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 past and present clients of the firm include publicly-traded and privately held companies such as (in no particular order) HCA, Inc., Skyworks Solutions, Conexant Systems, Inc., Shell Oil Company, Voit Real Estate Services, BKM Capital Partners, L.P. and affiliates, Mercury Capital, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, Pacific Mercantile Bank, Dearden's, DTZ Americas, Inc., Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Beazer Homes, Lucas Development Company, Cameo Homes, G Companies group, Cress Capital, Watson Land Company, Rockwell Automation, MMA Realty Capital, Inc. (formerly MONY Realty Capital and Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York), Universal Care, Virtual Realty Enterprises, Western Digital Corporation, Targus Group International Inc., Meade Instruments Corporation, as well as public benefit, non-profit corporations such as Living Stream, California Community Foundation, Childhelp Inc., Rancho Santiago Community College, Boys Republic, Retirement Housing Foundation, and Straight Talk, Inc.