Santa Rosa, CA
Appeals Lawyer at Santa Rosa, CA
Practice Areas: Appeals, Litigation
OUTCOME: Judgment overturned on appeal
Summary judgment was entered against a homeowner who sought to enforce a modification of his mortgage. Homeowner came to me to file an appeal to challenge the judgment. Appellate court held homeowner m ... et his burden in the trial court and summary judgment was reversed.
OUTCOME: Reversed lower court
HELD: in a matter of first impression, requirement that IRS provide “reasonable notice in advance” to taxpayers before summoning financial records from employers, financial institutions or other third ... parties means notice reasonably calculated, under all the relevant circumstances, to apprise interested parties of the possibility that the IRS may contact third parties, and that affords interested parties a meaningful opportunity to resolve issues and volunteer information before third-party contacts are made.
OUTCOME: Reversed trial court's judgment
Reversed Mendocino County Superior Court order of accounting holding petitioner liable for principle and interest under a promissory note modified solely by his co-debtors. Appeal was taken from an ord ... er styled as a “Judgment of Partition” of real property, which did not order partition. Before issuing its final decision, the Court considered briefing from the parties as to the appealability of the purported “judgment” and ultimately decided to treat the appeal as a petition for writ of mandamus.
OUTCOME: Petitioner won relief under CEQA and recovered all attorney’s fees and costs.
Sonoma County Superior Court action no. SCV 261103: Petition for writ of mandate filed in Superior Court seeking to invalidate a complex development agreement entered into by County of Sonoma for the s ... ale and development of an 82-acre parcel owned by the county but located in the City of Santa Rosa for violations of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Brown Act.
OUTCOME: Reversed trial court
In this case, our client, a retired attorney, sought a writ of mandate compelling the Sonoma County Superior Court to sustain a demurrer to a petition for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty ... brought by a beneficiary under a trust, alleging that the attorney had drafted an amendment to the trust that was contrary to the decedent's intent. Court of Appeal issued writ of mandate to Superior Court commanding it to set aside and vacate its order sustaining in part and overruling in part petitioner's demurrer, and to issue a new and different order sustaining the demurrer.
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