Attorney Andre Boniadi's Legal Cases

Personal injury

Products Liability Litigation – Case Caption Confidential

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OUTCOME: Settled

Client operates a multi-million custom apparel and garment manufacturing business that provides screen printing and embroidery to dye-sublimation printing. Client requires specialized garment printer i ... nk for the design and production of garments that are sold to the general public and to major private label companies. Defendants manufactured, supplied and/or distributed defective ink to Client resulting in significant damage to Client’s sublimating machines, lost profits, decline in business, loss of goodwill, and injury to business reputation. Client sued in the Los Angeles Superior Court for negligence and products liability, and thereafter recovered an estimated $150,000 in settlements with said Defendants.

Bankruptcy and debt

Consumer Bankruptcies and Asset Protection - Various Clients

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OUTCOME: Settled

We have assisted consumers and small businesses in wiping most of their debts, whether by defending against collection actions, claiming exemptions, or seeking bankruptcy protection under Chapter 7 of ... the United States Bankruptcy Code. To date, I have been successful in securing bankruptcy discharges of secured and non-secured debt in excess of $1,000,000.

Real estate

Real Property Litigation – Case Caption Confidential

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OUTCOME: Settled

Client and wife own certain real property in Glendale, California valued at over $1.5 Million. Client sought to sell the property to interested buyers. Client executed a real property Purchase and Sale ... Agreement, however did so without the consent of his wife. After finding out that Client’s wife would not agree to the terms of the sale, the buyer sued both Client and his wife and sought a Court judgment to enforce the sale of the property. Defended both Client and his wife, and after employing a successful discovery campaign, buyer finally gave up and agreed to accept a one-time payment of $50,000 in exchange for a full dismissal of the lawsuit. Client saved his $1.5 Million home, which has since appreciated in value by over 25%.

Business

Business Litigation – Case Caption Confidential

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OUTCOME: Settled

A lawsuit was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court against Client by his former business partner, who alleged that Client committed fraud and breached his fiduciary responsibility to business partne ... r by looting company assets, stealing customers of the company, etcetra. Client counter-sued business partner setting forth similar claims and contending that his former business partner improperly used company funds to purchase multiple real properties. After multiple depositions were taken, and thousands of documents were produced, a favorable settlement was reached whereby Client received all of the real properties from his former business partner and did not pay any monies to his former business partner.

Litigation

Real Property and Contract Litigation – Elyakim v. Wizman

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OUTCOME: Trial Verdict and Appeal Decision

Client was sued by real estate developer for breach of a settlement agreement and breach of a promissory note issued by Client to the developer. Developer sought more than $2,000,000 in damages. Client ... counter-sued developer for his breaches of contract and to declare the promissory note unenforceable. After several months of contentious litigation, the case proceeded to Trial. After a 5-day Trial, we obtained a complete victory and obtained an estimated $100,000 judgment for attorneys’ fees against the developer for bringing the lawsuit. After a Trial victory, developer filed an Appeal to challenge the Trial Court’s decision. We successfully represented Client throughout the entire Appeal and obtained a judgment affirming the Trial Court’s decision.

Life insurance

Life Insurance Fraud – Case Caption Confidential

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OUTCOME: Settled

Clients had existing life insurance policies with a combined death benefit value of over $8.5 Million. A Life Insurance Agent defrauded Client into believing that switching existing life insurance poli ... cies would result in higher death benefits and lower policy premiums. In reality, new life insurance policies had only $5.2 Million in death benefits, carried higher policy premiums, and resulted in the depletion of the total cash value that had accrued with the old policies. Client filed a Federal Lawsuit in the Central District of California alleging claims for Fraud and Negligence. Life Insurance agent filed for bankruptcy, but Life Insurance company that issued the new policies agreed to settle Client’s claims for close to $300,000.

Litigation

Debtor-Creditor Litigation – Century West Financial v. Daldalyan

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OUTCOME: Favorable Court Decision

Plaintiff secured a default judgment that reached a value of approximately $500,000 against Client in early 2008. Client was unaware that he was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Plaintiff in ... 2007 or that Plaintiff secured a default judgment against him until after he discovered that Plaintiff recorded a lien against his personal residence in 2014. Plaintiff commenced judicial foreclosure proceedings to sell Client’s home (which had just over $500,000 in equity) by way of a Sheriff’s Sale. After retaining our firm, we filed a Motion to Vacate the Default Judgment, arguing that the judgment was void as a result of Plaintiff’s failure to comply with Code of Civil Procedure section 580 and for engaging in multiple accounts of fraud. Court granted our motion in part and modified the judgment to approximately $30,000.00. Client paid off the reduced amount and saved his home from foreclosure.

Intellectual property

Intellectual Property Litigation – Case Caption Confidential

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OUTCOME: Settled

Client, a well-known pin-up model, filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against her photographer for his company’s takeover of her photo bank, website, webstore and social media sites. Aft ... er successfully obtaining a Temporary Restraining Order on an ex parte emergency basis to protect Client’s intellectual property, Defendant agreed to turn over everything demanded by Client.

Commercial real estate

Commercial Lease Litigation – Canoga Valley Center v. Sulukyan

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OUTCOME: Dismissed

Defended Client who was sued by landlord for breaching a commercial lease agreement. Plaintiff sought more than $100,000 in monetary damages against Client and other co-tenants. After claiming that Pla ... intiff breached the lease agreement and failed to mitigate damages, we successfully obtained a full dismissal of all claims against Client in exchange for a “walk-away” by both parties.

Real estate

Real Property Litigation – Mota v. Paladins

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OUTCOME: Settled

Sellers of residential real property sold to our Client in late 2013. After taking possession but before finalizing the sale and/or loan funding, and unbeknownst to Client, sellers also entered into a ... purchase and sale agreement with a third party. Third party filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against sellers and recorded a lis pendens against the subject property thereby clouding the Client’s title and preventing Client from finalizing the sale. Within a mere two weeks of our active involvement, we successfully settled the case by forcing seller to return third party buyer’s earnest deposit payment and forced third party to relinquish rights of title and/or ownership in property in exchange for release of future claims by Client.

Andre Boniadi's Legal Cases (17)

Products Liability Litigation – Case Caption Confidential

Consumer Bankruptcies and Asset Protection - Various Clients

Real Property Litigation – Case Caption Confidential

Business Litigation – Case Caption Confidential

Real Property and Contract Litigation – Elyakim v. Wizman

Life Insurance Fraud – Case Caption Confidential

Debtor-Creditor Litigation – Century West Financial v. Daldalyan

Intellectual Property Litigation – Case Caption Confidential

Commercial Lease Litigation – Canoga Valley Center v. Sulukyan

Real Property Litigation – Mota v. Paladins