Real Estate Transactions & Litigation

• Commercials sales/purchases and leases

• Residential sales/purchases and leases

• Commercial evictions

• Loans secured by real property

• Condominium, subdivisions and development

• Actions involving title reports and rights to title

• Boundary disputes, including easements and encroachments

• Landlord/tenant disputes

• Actions involving habitability claims, including class actions

• Construction contracts and construction defect actions

• Real estate agent and broker performance

• Representation of Homeowner Associations and homeowners

• Distressed property work-outs

• Creditors’ rights in bankruptcy and other courts

Business Transactions & Litigation

• Formation and maintenance of corporations, partnerships and LLCs

• Business sales and buyouts

• Preparation of shareholder and partnership operating agreements

• Handling of shareholder and partnership disputes

• Consultations regarding business operations

• Preparation of employment agreements

• Distressed business work-outs

• Handling of litigation for business fraud, breach of contract, unfair competition, interference with prospective economic advantage, etc.

• Representation of non-profit corporations

Employment Law & Litigation

• Preparation of all forms of employment contracts

• Preparation of employee handbooks and all policies and procedures applicable to the employment setting

• Trouble-shooting with management as to how to address day-to-day employment issues/problems

• Advice regarding wage and hour issues

• Representation of companies before the EEOC, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement

• Representation of companies in litigation involving claims of sexual harassment, discrimination (disability, sex, gender, age, race, etc.), assault/battery, libel/slander, wage and hour, and violation of civil rights

Zoning, Development and Administrative Law

• Land Use

• Land use planning

• Subdivisions and zoning

• Entitlements

• Title issues

• Boundary disputes and encroachments

• CEQA and NEPA

• Regulatory takings

• Storm water regulations

• Water supply and connection fees

• Sustainability

• Infrastructure planning

• Low-impact development

• Mitigation

• Impact

• School

• Parks\encroachment fees

• Prevailing wage requirements

• Inclusionary (affordability) requirements

• Natural resource management and endangered species

• Energy efficiency

• Greenhouse gas reduction

• "indirect source" regulation of the transportation impacts of land use

Non-Profit Public Benefit and Religious Organizations

• Litigation