San Francisco Law Firm
Commercial Litigation
Our Litigation practice excels in offering services at trial, appellate, arbitration and mediation proceedings in the following areas:
- Commercial litigation, including contract, promissory estoppel, and unjust enrichment disputes; business tort disputes; lender/borrower disputes; debt collection disputes, including pretrial attachment/claim and delivery; loan workout matters; check/negotiable instrument warranty expertise; guarantee and surety disputes; judicial foreclosure litigation (prosecution and defense); receivership remedies and related issues.
- Securities, corporate, financial institutions and partnership litigation, including class action litigation under federal and state securities laws; corporate governance litigation; shareholder derivative litigation; officer and director insurance and indemnification disputes; judicial dissolution actions; partnership disputes: workouts, dissolution actions, fiduciary breach claims, accountings, receivership remedies, derivative actions; closely-held corporate disputes; corporate opportunity and breach of corporate duty disputes.
- Unfair competition and intellectual property litigation including copyright, trademark, and domain name litigation; trade secret and trade name litigation; antitrust litigation; RICO prosecution and defense.
- Real estate litigation, including all aspects commercial, residential, industrial and mixed use project disputes.
Regardless of the location or nature of the dispute, our representation is characterized by a consistent approach:
- We provide our clients with an early assessment of the case, its strengths and weaknesses, the likely timetable, and a projection of costs and exposure.
- We review with our client various alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures. In conjunction with our client, we develop a plan and strategy for dealing with the case.
- We apply a cost benefit analysis to each decision and focus on the significant and dispositive issues and facts.
- We don’t get “cold feet” on the courthouse steps. Although we are committed to developing innovative solutions to our client’s problems, we do not hesitate in taking cases to trial.
Please contact us for additional information.