Cases

  • Represented public entity client for 20 years in all aspects of commercial lease litigation involving airport premises, port premises, commercial and retail premises. Conducted numerous commercial unlawful detainer actions.
  • Represented national financial services corporation, with $453 Billion in assets under management, in commercial lease litigation and real estate portfolio management litigation. Settled and/or tried up to 10-15 commercial eviction cases per year.
  • Represented individual joint venture in action for partition of real properties and accounting and partnership dissolution.
  • Represented material supplier in action to enforce a contract and bonded stop notice claim on public works hospital project.
  • Directed material supplier client in enforcement of a claim for purchase and installation of a high-end power generation unit on a public works water plant project. Prosecuted contract claims and stop notice and surety claims. Successfully mediated, with six figure recovery to client.
  • Represented subcontractor (water damage remediation) in foreclosing on $45,000 lien for services. Prevailed at trial, and defeated a third party bank’s claim of a superior lien in order to obtain full client recovery.
  • Handled every aspect of representation of an oncology medical practice in connection with recovery of possession of premises leased to a doctor, and money damages flowing from the wrongful detention. Prevailed decisively after a 3-day binding AAA arbitration. Obtained complete relief for client, as well as almost $200,000 in contractual attorney’s fees as prevailing party.
  • Represented a building contractor as a commercial borrower in complex multiple loan modifications with its lender, including a deed in lieu of foreclosure and restructuring of remaining six (6) loans secured by both commercial and personal real property collateral and personal guarantees.
  • 2014 – Represented a California S-Corp in Opposing claims for involuntary dissolution and receivership by minority shareholder.
  • 2014 – Representing a Limited Liability Company seeking, under new California LLC law, to expel a LLC member.
  • 2014 – Represented Seller of $7 million Hotel property in Berkeley, CA, and follow-on 1031 exchange purchase.
  • 2014 — Represented startup in defeating claims of an oral promise to grant stock.
  • 2015 – Handled to settlement a Federal trademark infringement, false advertising and unfair business claims for a defendant and counter-claimant