Company restructuring
Dec 17, 2012OUTCOME: Successful completion of the transaction under terms agreeable to all parties
Represented a business client in a restructuring transaction that contemplated the addition of a new partner.
Brian Joseph Meli's Legal Cases (8)
Advertising Lawyer
Practice Areas: Advertising, Contracts & Agreements ... +3 more
Alleged workplace discrimination
Sep 01, 2012OUTCOME: Matter was settled and a signed release was obtained, exonerating my client of wrongdoing, without any additional severance given
A business client's former employee sought additional severance after being dismissed by client, claiming that he was unlawfully terminated based on his status in a protected class.
Complex contract dispute involving bad faith negotiation
Aug 21, 2012OUTCOME: Reached a favorable monetary settlement with client's customer while preserving my client's bad faith defense against any future breach of contract claims
Represented a business client whose customer was withholding a low six-figure sum in order to use it as leverage in re-negotiating a contract for services it had originally entered into in bad faith.
Debt collection
Jan 10, 2012OUTCOME: A favorable settlement was reached
Represented a food wholesaler against a distributor who withheld payment for quantities of product shipped, received and accepted by distributor. Distributor stonewalled my client, threatening to file ... bankruptcy if action was taken to collect the sum owed.
Company formation
Nov 21, 2011OUTCOME: Adoption of an operating agreement mutually agreeable to all LLC members
Structured a multi-member LLC operating agreement, with an eye toward incorporating succession planning, future valuation, additional member and buy/sell provisions.
Witholding of refund
Aug 22, 2011OUTCOME: Contractor was persuaded to grant a refund for the cost difference without having to resort to filing a claim
Business client hired a contractor to undertake office improvements and paid the contractor in advance. When the scope of the project was dramatically reduced and the contractor did significantly less ... work than originally estimated, he refused to refund the cost difference to the client.
Breach of contract dispute, collection of fees earned
Jun 01, 2011OUTCOME: Obtained a favorable monetary settlement for my client, along with a signed release fully exculpating my client of any wrongdoing
Represented a small business owner against a former business partner who withheld fees from my client on the misguided basis that my client had breached his contract with the him by disclosing confiden ... tial information and committing trademark infringement.
Unemployment hearing before Appeals Tribunal
Apr 16, 2010OUTCOME: Appeals tribunal awarded client full benefits and dropped all repayment requirements
Represented a temporarily out-of-work single mother whose former employer claimed she had been terminated for cause, thereby rendering her ineligible for unemployment benefits. Based on this claim, the ... employment security office sought the repayment of nearly $4,000 in previously disbursed benefits.
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