Irvine, CA
Litigation Lawyer at Irvine, CA
Practice Areas: Litigation
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
A shareholder dispute initiated by the Firm's client, a minority shareholder in a privately held company. The Firm filed a breach of fiduciary duty action, and took discovery. The Firm achieved a mu ... lti-million dollar settlement for the client.
OUTCOME: Settlement
Shareholder dispute amongst family members of a closely held corporation. After depositions, the case settled on terms favorable to the Firm's client.
OUTCOME: Settlement - $6.175 million
Mr. Fletcher represented a developer, Palm Desert University Village, in a construction defect and breach of warranty case against national general contractor W.L. Butler. After initial discovery, Mr. ... Fletcher uncovered evidence that led Palm Desert University Village to amend its complaint and add a cause of action for fraud. Just before trial in the action, W.L. Butler agreed to settle the case in Mr. Fletcher's client's favor for $6.175 million.
OUTCOME: Settled for an amount exceeding $1,000,000.
Mr. Fletcher's client sued D.R. Horton, Inc. for failing to honor performance payments owed under a written purchase and sale agreement. Prior to depositoin discovery, Mr. Fletcher's client was able t ... o obtain a seven-figure settlement.
OUTCOME: Judgment
Mr. Fletcher represented commercial landlord in litigation against Diamond Tree International, and obtained a favorable judgment in favor of his client.
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
Mr. Fletcher represented the Trustees of the Snodgrass Family Trust in a legal malpractice action against their former attorney. Mr. Fletcher proved through deposition testimony that the attorney had ... failed to even read the trust instrument before providing the Trustees with legal advice. Mr. Fletcher also proved that the attorney had padded his bills and intentionally concealed the overbilling from his clients.
OUTCOME: Dismissal With Prejudice
Plaintiff alleged that Mr. Fletcher's client had committed fraud in conneciton with the sale of a new residential home. After Mr. Fletcher took depositions of key percipient witnesses, who testified i ... n favor of Mr. Fletcher's clients, the plaintiff agreed to dismiss the lawsuit with prejudice and provide Mr. Fletcher's clients with a general release. Mr. Fletcher's clients did not pay any money to the Plaintiff to resolve the case.
OUTCOME: $4.0 million judgment
Mr. Fletcher and his partner, Edmond Connor, represented Dr. Zakiyyah Muhammad, an African-American woman, in a three and a half month jury trial and through appeal in a wrongful discrimination matter. ... Dr. Muhammad is a nationally recognized scholar in Islamic Education, and was hired by the Islamic Society of Orange County to improve the quality of the Orange Crescent School. Dr. Muhammad vastly improved the quality of the school, and even got it accredited through WASC. She was recognized by the Islamic Society of Orange County as its Educator of the Year, and was heraleded by most members of the community. In 2003, a new president of the school was appointed and he immediately began to mistreat Dr. Muhammad. His mistreament continued to escalate and after Dr. Muhammad complained to the Islamic Society that she was being mistreated because of her gender and asked for an apology, she was terminated without cause. Dr. Muhammad was referred to Connor, Fletcher & Williams LLP,. Upon hearing Dr. Muhammad's story, Ed Connor agreed to take on her case even though the firm's pracitice primarily consists of representing large corporations in complex litigation matters. Mr. Connor believed that once the discrimination was exposed, the Islamic Society's board members would demand her immediate reinstatement. Instead, they decided to "protect the society, regardless of who was wrong." That is a quote from one of the many smoking gun documents obtained by Connor, Fletcher & Williams in discovery. When the case did not settle Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Connor took it to trial, and a jury agreed that Dr. Muhammad had suffered extensive damages and that the Islamic Society of Orange County was guilty of discriminating against her on the basis of her gender and national origin. They awarded her approximately $1 million and the Court ordered the Islamic Society of Ornage County to pay her attorney's fees, which had exceed $3 million over the course of hte five years of litigation.
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
Mr. Fletcher's client was sued for personal injury damages. The insurance company's lawyers employed the "standard playbook" of not attempting to settle the case even though it was clear the damages w ... ould exceed Mr. Fletcher's clients policy limits. Mr. Fletcher advised the client on how to position the case to either force the insurance company to settle within policy limits or position himself to be able to recover damages from the insurance carrier for bad faith refusal to settle. Fortunately, the insurance company chose to settle the case and the client obtained a confidential settlement funded entirely by the insurance company.
OUTCOME: Dismissal
Mr. Fletcher's client, the lending arm of a national homebuilding company, was sued along with Countrywide Mortgage in connection with a variable rate mortgage. The consumers raised nine causes of act ... ion in their 41 page complaint. Shortly after serving the Complaint, the consumers sought a temporary restraining order to prevent the foreclosure of the home. The Court denied the request, based on Mr. Fletcher's oral argument. Mr. Fletcher then employed an aggressive approach to defending the litigation, and the Plaintiffs dismissed the Complaint after Mr. Fletcher served a motion to dismiss the complaint.
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