Business Solutions

Our attorneys have extensive experience representing clients in disputes arising from a wide range of real estate transactions. We have litigated various real estate disputes, including, complex commercial and retail landlord/tenant disputes, commercial and retail evictions, quiet title actions, eminent domain litigation, and mechanics’ lien foreclosures and petitions to bond around mechanics’ liens.

The fundamental type of dispute involved is, one way or another, the classic breach of contract or agreement, with its many permutations. We have prosecuted and defended this type of claim, from the simple to the complex, in virtually every business context: manufacturing, distribution, communications, high tech, services, real estate, etc.

We have a long history of defending lenders institutions, commercial banks, and investment banks in litigation filed in all State and Federal courts throughout California. The 2007 collapse of the housing industry led to an unprecedented flood of litigation against the participants in the mortgage lending and securitization markets. Investors and home-owners across the nation are filing thousands of lawsuits to enjoin foreclosures based on various state and federal laws. The claims alleged in these lawsuits include negligence, fraud, noncompliance credit reporting regulations, nondisclosure of information regarding loan packages sold to investors, predatory lending, excessive fees, violations of state consumer protection laws, and many other types of substantive claims. The group’s experience also extends to actions under multiple statutes including the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act.

If a customer, merchant or borrower owes your organization a debt, the first step toward collecting it is to obtain a judgment in the appropriate court. We have extensive experience obtaining judgments for various financial institutions, insurance companies, leasing and finance companies, and other entities interested in preserving and enforcing their rights as creditors. Our attorneys routinely enforce promissory notes, personal guaranties, sister-state judgments, and unpaid debts for goods sold and delivered. We also advise creditors regarding their rights and remedies under the Uniform Commercial Code, foreclosures and other types of recovery of real and personal property, secured transactions, and other areas of commercial law.

Our attorneys have extensive experience representing commercial landlords and tenants in various matters, including prosecuting and defending unlawful detainer actions (eviction proceedings), enforcement of commercial lease agreements, collecting unpaid rents, enforcing assignment-of-rents provisions, appointment of receivers to protect large commercial complexes, and damage to property claims.

Our attorneys handle franchise and distribution disputes involving Lanham Act lawsuits, preliminary and permanent injunctions, extraordinary and provisional remedies, breach of contract, encroachment, and vicarious liability. We routinely handle franchise matters involving (i) the recovery of past due royalties and advertising fees and attorneys’ fees as the prevailing party, and (ii) enforcement of covenants not to compete and other post-termination requirements. We recognize the benefit of early and amicable resolutions when possible and our lawyers have successfully counseled clients through arbitration, mediation, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. The key to settlement, however, often hinges on a willingness to proceed to trial, and we have extensive experience trying cases.

We represent a variety of creditors in all types of bankruptcy cases. Our attorneys have experience representing creditors who seek relief in bankruptcy court and adversary proceedings. In addition, we service our clients through negotiating terms for appropriate treatment in bankruptcy plans, litigating the determination of the dischargeability of debts, defending creditors against avoidance actions, and other actions necessary to assure that our bankruptcy case clients receive the best possible outcome.