The practice spans both litigation and transactional areas including full service legal support, corporate and real estate transactions including leases, loan modifications and forbearance, beverage distribution, and all facets of workouts (out-of-court debt restructurings). In litigation, emphasis is on provisional remedies in pre-judgment litigation to secure clients' rights before trial. Clients include commercial businesses, high net worth clients with extensive real estate holdings, commercial landlords, contractors, lenders, and other attorneys.
Establishing lasting relationships based on proven expertise, trust and a dedication to exceptional service and communication with clients;
Developing a customized legal strategy for each client;
Operating with absolute integrity; and,
Tirelessly advocating for the client.
Assisted a startup microbrewery with its legal affairs from the inception to eventually licensing of distribution of its beers throughout the entire state of California and in some international territories.
Investigated multiple individuals and businesses to assist clients in determining the bona fides of potential business affiliations or identifying assets for enforcement of judgment and litigation.
Obtained a verdict for a bank on a multimillion dollar personal guarantee when the guarantors attempted to walk from the guarantees in the context of a large business dispute.
Successfully prevented a minority shareholder from “cashing in” on a business enterprise that became very successful after the minority shareholder left the business.
Successfully challenged a lender’s attempt to recover over $1 million of attorney’s fees against the client’s company.
Successfully defended or settled multiple ADA cases on behalf of real estate owners or landlords.
Obtained a full-value settlement after successfully enforcing a breach of contract claim on behalf of a business consultant in an arbitration before the American Arbitration Association.
Obtained a full-value settlement after successfully enforcing a breach of contract claim on behalf of a business consultant in an arbitration before the American Arbitration Association.
Foreclosed on and over $20 million real estate secured obligation and obtained a favorable settlement on lender’s behalf.
Obtained immediate dismissal of lender’s case against a client by invalidating guaranty of a multi-million-dollar real estate secured loan.
Obtained judgments at trial for landlords in commercial eviction cases in which tenants failed to pay rent or asserted defects in the lease to avoid payment.
Successfully defended a multimillion-dollar claim involving multiple real estate partnerships.
Enforced a large unsecured loan between friends so that the lender obtained real estate security and then foreclosed upon that security to obtain payment in full for the client.
Obtained an emergency order from the Court of Appeals to stop collection of a $2.5 million judgment against a husband and wife after the trial court improperly ruled that the clients were liable on a personal guaranty.
Levied on the judgment debtor’s bank account a week before Christmas in order to satisfy a judgment exceeding $1 million in order to collect the client’s judgment.
Installed receivers and obtained writs of attachment to control assets in order to make them available for payment for clients’ claims during litigation.
