REAL ESTATe
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- Partition resolution involving large commercial site owned by tenants in common since the 1950’s in Pacific Palisades causing property to be sold and ultimately redeveloped.
- Extensive experience in luxury property specific performance claims.
- Participated in lead role in many cases with the California Association of Realtor purchase and sale forms at the core of the controversy.
- Heavily involved in disputes over title insurance coverage and monitoring of claims handling.
- Action by Fortune 50 retailer in trial and appellate courts to overturn injunction and allow completion of construction of large store.
- Handled a case involving district’s attempt to invalidate deed restrictions in place for over 85 years with over 4000+ property owners.
- Litigation involving purchasers of multi-million-dollar Beverly Hills home against home developer for non-disclosure and fraud arising from defective conditions in home. Settled before trial for over $2.5 million.
- Handled many cases with large institutional lenders in various actions involving breaches of secured loans, including obtaining receivers for subject property pending foreclosures, obtaining relief from bankruptcy stays where debtor has filed bankruptcy, and securing writs of attachment against loan guarantors. Cases were filed in both state and federal courts throughout California.
- Quiet title case involving commercial real property.
- Favorable settlements and dismissals of a variety of cases involving real property, commercial, employment, and other issues.
- A large commercial tenant operating fast-casual restaurants was sued by its landlord for alleged breach of a properly terminated lease. Judgment was obtained at trial.
- Case involving a Landlord attempting to compel arbitration of rental rates during an option period against a large commercial tenant operating a nationwide steakhouse chain.
