City of Santa Ana v. Chevron USA, Inc.
N/AOUTCOME: Successfully resolved case through a negotiated settlement.
Action by city to acquire a portion of my client's service station parcel through eminent domain.
Temecula, CA
Litigation Lawyer at Temecula, CA
Practice Areas: Litigation, Construction & Development ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Successfully resolved case through a negotiated settlement.
Action by city to acquire a portion of my client's service station parcel through eminent domain.
OUTCOME: Successfully defended my clients' environmental impact report for their project; successfully challenged rival agency's environmental negative declaration.
Dispute between rival public agencies over competing plans for the importation and use of water in a rapidly developing area of Riverside County.
OUTCOME: Obtained judgment for my client following a court trial. The court adopted my trial brief verbatim as its statement of decision.
Defended a title insurance company's insured in an action for alleged wrongful foreclosure.
OUTCOME: Successfully resolved case through a negotiated settlement.
Brought action on behalf of financial institution for an equitable lien against real property that had been improved with funds obtained from my client.
OUTCOME: Obtained summary judgment for my client, which was upheld on appeal.
Defended a manufacturer of commercial airline components in an action involving trade secrets.
OUTCOME: This case resolved through a negotiated settlement following the court's ruling in my client's favor on the plaintiff's motion for a writ of attachment.
Dispute involving cost overruns in the construction of the "Tree of Technology" exhibit at Disneyland.
OUTCOME: Successfully resolved case through a negotiated settlement.
Action by State Dept. of Transportation to acquire a portion of my client's service station property by eminent domain.
OUTCOME: Obtained a unanimous jury verdict in favor of my client.
Action involving failed investments in deeds of trust.
OUTCOME: Representing the former owner of a resort residential development, successfully resolved case through mediation, following depositions of key city officials, and after obtaining a court ruling narrowing the issues.
Complex, consolidated 5-year dispute involving, among other things, allegations of unperformed public improvement agreements and related payment and performance bonds, and alleged.
OUTCOME: Successfully resolved case through settlement, after conducting factual research and discovery establishing that the fee exaction was duplicative and improper.
Brought action on behalf of residential developer challenging $432,000 in park fees allegedly due as a condition upon development of a 72-lot subdivision.