Experience

Real Estate and Secured Creditors

• Represents landowners in adverse possession and easement actions.
• Represents landlords in commercial lease negotiations and litigation, including commercial unlawful detainer.
• Represented hotel owners in Local Improvement District litigation.
• Represents lenders in workouts, receiverships, judicial foreclosures and bankruptcy matters.

Business Litigation

• Defended agricultural operations in regulatory litigation related to COVID-19.
• Defended employers in wage and hour class action cases.
• Represented numerous employers in departing employee cases, including covenants not to compete and trade secret matters.
• Defended bank officers in negligence claims arising from failed bank.
• Defended national retailer in product liability claim.

Environmental Litigation

• Defended toxic tort claim involving alleged death of dairy herd.
• Defended owner of numerous gas stations in state enforcement action.
• Won favorable trial verdict in allocation case regarding PCB-contaminated property.
• Represented parties in multi-party hazardous waste case, including consent decree negotiations.
• Represented numerous business owners in contribution and agency enforcement actions.