Seattle, WA
Construction and development Lawyer at Seattle, WA
Practice Areas: Construction & Development, Employment & Labor ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Court Substantially Cut Requested Fees
Testified as attorney fee expert to oppose prevailing party fee application amount. Outcome: the awarded attorney fee was almost $84,000 less than what was requested in the application.
OUTCOME: My client received a settlement of $25,000.
My client was employed as a bookkeeper, and required to work very long hours as a salaried employee. I filed suit to recover unpaid overtime, because the employer improperly classified my client as an ... exempt employee.
OUTCOME: Negotiated my client's purchase of co-owner's stock for $125,000 without the need for a lawsuit.
My client and a close friend started and ran a successful business, but had a serious falling out and could no longer agree on how to operate the business or what it was worth.
OUTCOME: Plaintiff agreed to a "walk-away" settlement at mediation, taking nothing and abandoning his $3,500,000+ claim.
My client was sued based on a claim that he defrauded a co-owner of a closely held corporation in connection with my client's purchase of the co-owner's stock.
OUTCOME: New fence relocated in recognition of adverse possession of neighbors' property, damages paid.
My clients' next door neighbor decided to tear down a fence that had been in place for 40+ years, and build a new one on the legally described property line (closer to my clients' house than the old fe ... nce).
OUTCOME: Attorney reduced fees and costs by $200,000+
I represented a client disputing fees and costs charged by an attorney, who sued my client to collect. The case was settled with a substantial reduction in the fees and costs billed by the attorney.
OUTCOME: Co-counsel's claim for share of fee reduced by $675,000+
I represented an attorney who succeeded in recovering a very large sum for a client. An attorney who helped on the case wanted almost half of my client's earned fee.
OUTCOME: Contractor settled claim for $237,500 at mediation before filing lawsuit.
My contractor client had a public works contract that included substantial excavation. The owner's contract specifications tried to put all risk of excavating subsurface rubble previously buried on-si ... te on my client by saying that some rubble had been dumped to an unknown depth and by making the item "lump-sum" instead of unit price. Owner failed to disclose that it had dumped and buried concrete rubble at the site for 30+ years, and had not been able to determine how much it had dumped and buried despite trying to do so for over 2 years.
OUTCOME: My client received a settlement of $9,000+.
My client was an undocumented employee who was paid for several years at a straight hourly wage in cash, but with no overtime.
OUTCOME: My client received a settlement of $16,000+
My client was an undocumented worker employed at a mall kiosk. The employer took advantage of my client's undocumented status, by requiring long hours and paying less than minimium wage with no overti ... me. I sued the employer (a company) and the individuals who owned it.
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