Business owners are oftentimes faced with unavoidable issues needing the attention of a highly-skilled litigation team of problem-solvers. The Firm has a reputation for successfully and efficiently managing and resolving complex commercial matters involving business-to-business disputes, real estate disputes, breach of commercial contracts, intellectual property, unfair competition, fraud, mass torts, trade libel, lender liability, products liability defense, directors and officers, employment defense, and any other dispute or issue facing a business owner or in-house legal team.
Although not every case should go to trial, our Firm prepares each case with a “trial-ready” approach in order to insure a successful resolution. Attention to detail, hard work, and creative strategies are the hall marks of our success.
The Firm was built by providing sophisticated solutions to commercial real estate’s most difficult problems. We pride ourselves on keeping our commercial real estate clients largely out of litigation through our transactional department led by Stevan Gromet. However, our Firm excels in handling virtually any type of real estate dispute.
Included among our real estate litigation clients are title insurance companies and their insureds, including banks, lenders, businesses and individuals. We represent carriers in coverage claims, defend their insureds in title matters, take corrective action to clear title and protect the priority of secured first lien and mezzanine lenders.
Our Firm is regularly consulted by title insurers in issues facing their businesses, and our team has developed a highly specialized expertise in defending the interests of policy holders, as well as representing insurers in the litigation of bad faith claims and breach of contract.
Our Firm has an extensive history in representing individuals and businesses in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions – including the defense of commercial real estate brokers for claims of professional negligence, breach of fiduciary duties, and fraud.
We have extensive experience in solving a variety of construction related disputes, including construction defect claims, cost overruns, breach of contract, or mechanic liens. Our attorneys have represented clients in all phases of constructions whether they are developers, general contractors, subcontractors, or design professionals, we have the experience to quickly and effectively resolve disputes.
One of the key components to a successful business is protecting its intellectual property. Our Firm provides comprehensive legal services for businesses and entrepreneurs in the areas of trademarks, trade dress, unfair competition, false advertising, the internet, trade secrets, and copyright laws.
As part of our business and litigation practice, our Firm excels at crafting and implementing cost-efficient enforcement programs to protect intellectual property rights including seizures and injunctions.
Employers face an ever-growing labyrinth of federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations concerning all employment activities. The Firm’s employment practice strives to counsel its clients in order to avoid costly litigation through preventative training and initiating comprehensive employee guidelines; as California’s law changes and develops, we assist our clients in periodic reviews of their practices and policies in order to assure compliance with the changing employment law landscape. Additionally, our Firm offers sophisticated representation of employers through all aspects of labor management relations, including labor agreement negotiation and labor arbitration.
However, if employment claims do arise, our attorneys have a reputation for resolving disputes in a cost-effective manner. We have a history of successfully resolving employment matters on behalf of employers in the following areas:
- Discrimination, retaliation and harassment claims
- Wage and hour issues
- Employment restrictive covenants, including non-compete, non-solicitation, non-disclosure, and no-hire agreements
- Employee benefit issues
- Discrimination charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and State agencies
- Employment contracts, employee handbooks, manuals, application forms, employment policies and procedures