Business Disputes & Negotiation

Whether your company is a partnership, sole proprietorship or corporation, you want a lawyer who understands your competitive interests and knows how to achieve them.

We have represented the business interests of physician groups, biotechnology companies, retailers and professional service firms. We know the way our clients' businesses operate, see the issues at stake when problems arise, pursue the best strategy to resolve them, and respect their time, intelligence and money.

We have secured a full range of legal remedies, from injunctions to negotiated settlements, in disputes involving:

Business interruption
Bad faith
Breach of contract
Fraud
Theft of trade secrets

The issues involved have been highly complex, including environmental, real estate and intellectual property law. Our mastery of each case's details combines with an effective trial strategy to achieve results that make legal and business sense.

BriefCase: We represented one of the largest Oriental rug merchants in Northern California in a breach of contract case against a well known television station. Our client purchased an advertising contract for airtime during the late evening news, but the station failed to broadcast the ads, instead selling the rights to higher paying advertisers. We achieved a confidential settlement.

BriefCase: We represented an international broker of bio-molecular genetic research lab equipment in a trade secrets case involving a former high-level employee who allegedly misappropriated trades secrets. We obtained a one year injunction enjoining the former employee from communicating with or contacting our client's customers.

BriefCase: We represented an international concert pianist in a contract dispute involving his booking agents in New York and Los Angeles, and negotiated a favorable resolution.