Accomplishments

Business Transactional

  • Closed two Acquisition deals simultaneously.
  • Formed five new corporations.
  • Assisted with removal of ineffective company officers to revitalize business.
  • Registered four new Trademarks and defended infringement of two more.
  • Negotiated two large commercial leases.
  • Settled two construction defect suits.
  • Formed three new LLCs for improved asset management and real property protection.
  • Negotiated and closed a $7M dollar sale of business in under 1 month.
  • Negotiated a shareholder buy out that a previous law firm was unable to conclude after more than a year of effort.
  • Assisted in dissolution of family limited partnership and sale of partnership real estate assets, taking advantage of 1031 exchange treatment.
  • Drafted Buy-Sell Agreement for owners of construction business
  • Drafted Stock Purchase Agreement for owners of construction business
    Formation of multiple LLC entities to achieve vertical integration for client
  • Completed negotiations and drafting of complex indemnification terms, carve outs, exceptions, limitations of exposure on behalf of a scientific laboratory with a larger lab entity.
  • Developed technical software website Terms & Conditions and co-sponsoring agreement representing start-up software company.
  • Conducted extensive due diligence for, and completed sale of, two businesses with East Coast buyers.
  • Represented Seller in successful sale of $7+ Million hotel property in Berkeley.
  • Prepared subcontractor claim on a Caltrans public works job
  • Closed two Sale of Business transactions; both valued at over $9.5 million.
  • Reviewed commercial leases to enable favorable negotiation of clients’ new East Bay business locations.
  • Created a joint venture, working with three national service providers, to take client’s professional services nationwide.
  • Assisted client with a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure transaction and restructuring of multiple seven-figure loans.
  • Created a Manufacture’s Representative Agreement for client in custom cooling field.

Business Litigation

  • Successfully prosecuted three unlawful detainer actions to evict delinquent tenants.
  • Successfully argued remand of case from Federal to State court.
  • Defended action in 9th Circuit alleging excessive airport noise.
  • Successfully mediated lease dispute resulting in purchase of property by client.
  • Argued an appeal in CA 6th District Court of Appeal.
  • Prosecuting action for judicial dissolution of LLC by a minority member
  • Defended municipal airport against claims of excessive airplane takeoff and landing noise
  • Argued and obtained capital improvement pass through rent increase for Oakland landlord.
  • Filed suit for Fraud, Conversion and Breach of Contract in retirement services partnership.
  • Settled significant California False Claims Act litigation.
  • Represented property owner in proceedings before the Oakland Rent Adjustment Program (RAP)
  • Represented unsecured creditor in debtor’s involuntary bankruptcy proceeding
  • Prosecuted Stop Notice and Surety Bond claims in county construction project
  • Advised on response to Unruh Act claim for alleged unequal health club facilities.
  • Defended, very favorably, a contentious claim of an oral promise for equity in a startup company
  • Concluded settlement of a claim for return of a real estate investment and other corporate claims
  • Resolved issue surrounding former employee’s use of former company’s confidential information
  • Closed complex shareholder buy-out deal, minimizing client tax liability and litigation exposure.
  • Represented technology client in $1 million litigation matter in New York.
  • Successfully defended client against business torts/unfair competition claims.
  • Successfully represented seller of brokerage business with disputes related thereto.
  • Settled class action for minimal nuisance value.
  • Filed multiple mechanic’s lien foreclosure lawsuits on behalf of contractors.
  • resolved dispute involving complex commercial loan issues.
  • Collected over $0.25 million on a judgement by enforcing a lien in a partition action.
  • Resolved trademark infringement claim against client brought by national service provider with no out-of-pocket payment.

Other Accomplishments

  • Conducted public and private seminars on Construction Remedies including Mechanic’s Liens (presentation materials available).