Representative Matters

Business Commercial
• • Represented owners and tried matters involving partnership and ownership disputes for breach of contract, misrepresentation, concealment and fraud
  • Represented real estate developers in breach of contract and fraud claims arising from the acquisition and development of real estate
  • Litigated claims on behalf of business owners involving alleged misappropriation of trade secrets.
  • Litigated numerous claims arising out of all sorts of contracts between businesses
  • Defended a breach of contract and fraud claim arising from the sale of organic compounds
Construction
• • Represented a number of owners of custom homes that have suffered damages from construction defects, engineering defects and soils subsidence
  • Represented owners of an exclusive home in Hidden Hills arising from a defective pool that required over $800,000 in repairs due to construction defects and soils conditions
  • Represented a private high school in a construction defect claim against the general contractor
  • Represented owners of commercial spaces and apartments in construction defect claims
  • Represented builders in many construction defect cases at trial and arbitration against homeowners and subcontractors
  • Negotiated settlements between developers, engineers, subcontractors, two homeowners’ associations, insurance companies and lenders that totaled over $30 million arising from the infamous Laguna Niguel landslide
  • Defended a class action lawsuit alleging defective copper pipes in over 300 homes in Santa Margarita
  • Arbitrated several claims involving alleged defective framing anchors
  • After a three-week trial, defensed a construction defect claim brought by 28 homeowners in Oxnard who alleged defects in slabs to roofs
  • Defended multiple construction defect claims involving mold
  • Represented clients to dispute and resolve claims made with the Contractor’s License Board.
Insurance
• • Represented multiple homeowners against their insurance carriers to pursue bad faith claims arising out of a water intrusion into their homes
  • Early in his career, represented insurance companies defending breach of contract and bad faith claims
  • Represented builders and property owners in breach of contract and bad faith claims against insurance companies arising from construction, design and soils defects
  • Negotiated numerous coverage disputes regarding OCIP or “wrap” insurance
  • Litigated numerous claims concerning “owned property exclusions,” “property damage,” “subsidence exclusions,” “ongoing operations” and self-insured retentions/deductibles
  • Defended claims made by insurance companies against their insureds alleging fraud
  • Represented several insureds arising out of claims related to business practices
Real Property
• • After negotiating over a $10 million settlement with homeowners, their lenders, two homeowners’ associations and the City of Orange, pursued the City of Anaheim in a five-month trial for inverse condemnation, which resulted in verdicts of over $25 million
  • Represented numerous buyers, sellers and owner/builders of homes claiming failure to disclose defects in the property
  • Represented students in an apartment complex in San Luis Obispo in a class action lawsuit against the apartment owner for uninhabitable conditions due to water intrusion
  • Represented owners of condominiums in disputes with homeowners’ associations
  • Represented numerous property owners related to easements, view obstructions and property line disputes
  • Represented commercial tenant against homeowners’ association arising from water intrusion
  • Drafted and revised purchase and sale agreements, disclosures and warranties