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Experience
Commercial Litigation and Product Liability
- Representing government contractor in product liability and negligence wrongful death matter.
- Representing major appliance manufacturer in product liability warranty and fraud putative class action.
- Representing major technology company in product liability and fraud matter.
- Major REIT in a breach of purchase and sale agreement for a medical office building.*
- Prevailed at trial in a multimillion-dollar breach of contract action for an agricultural processing company.*
- Winery in an ownership dispute related to sale of a wine brand, intellectual property and real estate assets.*
- Major Southern California luxury hotel in a partnership dispute related to corporate structure and transactions of its partner.*
- Agricultural chemical manufacturer in a series of product liability actions brought by landscapers and maintenance workers concerning exposure to toxic chemicals.*
- Chemical manufacturer in personal injury, toxic exposure matters arising out of alleged exposure to agricultural chemical products.*
- Dismissal for a manufacturer of satellite telecommunications equipment in an action involving a plaintiff burned in a tractor-trailer fire.*
- Achieved a complete victory in a multimillion-dollar family law dispute after a week-long bench trial.*
- Successfully obtained a complete defense verdict after a two-week bench trial in a multimillion-dollar breach of contract matter for an agricultural company.*
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Represented a major insurance company in a bad faith breach of contract action regarding the company's refusal to pay life insurance benefits and obtained a complete defense verdict after a one-week jury trial.*
- Obtained a multimillion-dollar settlement of breach of contract and fraud claims resulting in a verdict for a startup technology company after a six-week jury trial.*
- Prevailed in "claim" arbitrations on behalf of two individual pro bono plaintiffs in an unfair business practices action stemming from illegal foreclosures and mortgage-brokering practices regarding low-income residential property.*
Environmental Litigation & Counseling
- Representing major refinery in Clear Air Act litigation.
- Representing major pipeline company in environmental wrongful death mass tort.
- Prevailed in an arbitration for a major aerospace manufacturer enforcing a settlement agreement regarding environmental claims brought by a real estate developer.*
- Defense of administrative environmental actions regarding soil and groundwater contamination.*
- Summary judgment in an administrative writ proceeding regarding NPDES discharge permits.*
- Large agricultural chemical company against allegations of contaminating groundwater in numerous California cities.*
- Leading manufacturer of thermostat controls against allegations of contaminating an industrial facility.*
- Large agricultural chemical company against toxic exposure claims.*
- Major chemical company against claims involving alleged soil and groundwater contamination at Superfund site.*
- Mining company with international holdings regarding development agreement and environmental issues.*
- Favorable settlement on behalf of Family Trust in a Polanco Act action by a municipal redevelopment agency and other governmental entities.*
- Extensive experience with CERCLA, CLRRA, RCRA, Proposition 65, Polanco Act, UST statutes, and other environmental provisions.*
- Worked on cases involving contamination and remediation involving nitrates, petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, heavy metals, burn ash, and pesticide.*
- Experience with environmental due diligence efforts related to real estate transactions and mergers and acquisitions.*
Real Estate
- Representing a major restaurant and food services company in breach of contract and interference action.
- Representing a major retailer in numerous real property lease disputes.
- Represented a major pipeline company in matters involving a rental rate dispute with a freight-hauling railroad; a series of easement disputes with a freight-hauling railroad; and alleged real estate damages involving a multi-purpose stadium. *
- Represented a leading technology company in a multimillion-dollar dispute regarding facility rent reassessments that resulted in a favorable settlement.*
- Represented an agricultural company in easement litigation that threatened to derail the development of an industrial facility that resulted in a favorable settlement.*
- Prevailed on a motion to dismiss in a breach of contract action pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Southern District of New York for a real estate holding company.*
- International franchisor, in an action regarding the alleged breach of a ground lease for a gasoline station and fast food restaurant.*
*Prior experience
