Fullerton, CA
Business Lawyer at Fullerton, CA
Practice Areas: Business, Litigation ... +3 more
OUTCOME: $500,000 judgment
Represented a business owner that was overcharged and defrauded by its contractor. Demand was $120,000. After a four day trial, obtained a judgment in excess of $500,000 against the contractor and it ... s shareholder and project manager.
OUTCOME: Defense Judgment
My clients were the owners of 20 acres of land in San Bernardino County. They entered into a land sales contract with plaintiff (a developer). Plaintiff failed to provide the necessary purchase funds ... within the time required by the land sales contract, and my clients cancelled escrow. Plaintiff thereafter sued my clients for specific performance, claiming that they had the funds and were ready to purchase, but for the fact that my clients wrongfully prevented them from tendering the funds. After the parties engaged in discovery, I filed a motion for summary judgment. The Court granted my motion on all causes of action and a judgment was entered in favor of my clients. My clients also filed a motion to recover their attorney fees and costs as the contract allowed the prevailing party to recover attorney fees.
OUTCOME: $1.35 million, plus injunction
I represented Abad Foam in a business dispute and unfair competition case against Foam Empire and its officers. I obtained a judgment against Foam Empire and its officers in the amount of $1.35 millio ... n, as well as an injunction disgorging the defendants of future earnings from numerous customers for a period of 7 years.
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
Represented a real estate investor that purchased a property with defendant. My client believed that defendant misrepresented the terms of the investment and filed a lawsuit for imposition of a constr ... uctive trust over the property or money damages.
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
I represented defendant in a trust management dispute that was accused of misappropriating and stealing funds from the trust and beneficiaries. The case was settled and dismissed after depositions wer ... e taken.
OUTCOME: Settled
Represented an insurance restoration contractor in a breach of contract action against the owners of a high rise building in Los Angeles that failed to pay my client for fire damage repair work. After ... the deposition of the VP of Milbank, Milbank agreed to settle for the full value of the case.
OUTCOME: $12.5 million, plus $2 million in repairs.
A City owned water main leaked and caused a landslide that damaged several homes in Carlsbad. I recovered full pre-landslide market value for each damaged home, repair money, and negotiated loan reduc ... tions with my clients banks. It is one of the largest property damage settlements in San Diego County.
OUTCOME: Settled for repairs and attorney fees payment.
Association road subsided after City water main failed. City contended that improperly compacted soil and nature caused the subsidence. After two years of litigation, the City agreed to reroute and u ... pdate its water system and repair the damaged roads.
OUTCOME: $6.25 million
A leaking City sewer main caused a landslide that damaged several homes. The City paid $6.25 million to the homeowners.
OUTCOME: Cost of repair, plus punitive damages. Upheld on appeal.
I represented a hard money lender that made a loan to a contractor. The contractor defaulted. My client took a property owned by the contractor to satisfy the debt. Unfortunately, the contractor fai ... led to disclose that the property had underground fuel storage tanks that were old and inoperational. My client had to remove the tanks, obtain a clean soil certification, and deal with a Underground Fuel Storage Tank Act compliance hassles, at great expense. I sued the contractor for fraud and negligent misrepresentation. I won on all counts, recovered all costs incurred by my client to remove the tanks, plus I doubled the award on punitive damages. The contractor appealed the judgment. The California Court of Appeals upheld my judgment and it was one of only a handful of punitive judgment awards upheld that year.
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