San Rafael, CA
Election campaigns and political law Lawyer at San Rafael, CA
Practice Areas: Election Campaigns & Political Law, Litigation ... +4 more
OUTCOME: Trial court decision affirmed; Ellis Act held to preempt ordinance
Filed Brief Amicus Curiae of San Francisco Apartment Association, Coalition for Better Housing, and San Francisco Association of Realtors in Support of Plaintiffs/Respondents, arguing that San Francisc ... o’s tenant relocation ordinance is preempted by Ellis Act and unlawful detainer statutes
OUTCOME: Trial court judgment reversed and remanded on other grounds
Submitted amicus brief on behalf of political scientists Thomas L. Brunell, Charles S. Bullock III and Ronald Keith Gaddie, arguing that no methodology can state with precision where between 50% and 55 ... % Black voting age population a district “tips” from an ineffective minority voting district to an effective one
OUTCOME: Appeals court affirmed judgment in favor of client
Successfully represented landlord/realtor associations in defending district court’s ruling that restrictions on mergers were preempted by the Ellis Act.
OUTCOME: Judgment in client's favor
Successfully challenged statements in ballot arguments supporting Measure C in Cupertino as false and misleading.
OUTCOME: Motion to Dismiss granted with prejudice (appeal pending, 9th Cir. No. 16-55758)
represented Californians to Defend the Open Primary in successfully seeking intervention and then in successfully defending the constitutionality of statutes implementing the party ballot label provisi ... ons of Proposition 14, the Top Two Open Primary Act
OUTCOME: Obtained stipulated judgment striking all challenged statements
Successfully challenged ballot arguments opposing Measure H in Dublin Unified as false and misleading
OUTCOME: The Court affirmed the position advocated for--that congressional redistricting by independent commission is constitutional
Represented former California Governors George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson, and Arnold Schwarzenegger; the California Chamber Of Commerce; Charles T. Munger, Jr.; and Bill Mundell as Amici Curiae in suppor ... t of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, successfully defending congressional redistricting by independent commission against claim that it violates Article I, § 4’s grant of authority to regulate the “Times, Places and Manner” of federal elections to state “legislatures”
OUTCOME: Order sustaining demurrer without leave to amend affirmed in full
Successfully represented Intervener/Respondents Californians to Defend the Open Primary, the Independent Voter Project, Abel Maldonado, and David Takashima in defending Proposition 14, the Top Two Open ... Primary Act, against constitutional attack by the minor parties in California
OUTCOME: Trial court rejected all efforts to change ballot arguments, and ordered minor, technical changes to ballot label
Represented ballot argument signers and intervener in opposing challenges to ballot label and ballot argument against Measure A.
OUTCOME: Court entered judgment ordering substantial revisions to ballot label and "impartial" analysis
Represented petitioner in successful challenge to biased ballot label adopted by Berkeley City Council and to biased “impartial” analysis by Berkeley City Attorney
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