• Mediations and Arbitration

Our attorneys regularly serve as professional mediators and arbitrators in a wide range of disputes, and as settlement officers, mediators and arbitrators for the Ventura County Superior and Municipal courts. We also represent individuals and businesses in mediation and arbitration hearings.

• Personal Injury/Wrongful Death

We represent individuals who have suffered physical injury and the survivors of relatives who have died as the result of the negligence of others. In this representation, we are committed to obtaining maximum recoveries for medical bills, economic loss, pain and suffering and other damages. Our services are generally offered on a contingency fee basis.

• Insurance Disputes/Litigation

We represent insureds in negotiations and litigation, including bad faith claims, against their insurance companies to obtain rightful policy benefits.

• Employment and Labor Litigation

In this growing and ever-changing field, we represent both employers and employees in employment discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful termination cases as well as in proceedings before the state labor commission and other federal and state agencies.

• Commercial and Business Litigation

In partnership and corporation dissolutions, we represent partners, shareholders and the entities themselves in actions seeking accountings and asset distributions, claims involving trade secrets and non-competition agreements. We also represent individuals and businesses in the enforcement of contractual rights and obligations, ranging from voting rights to debt-collection rights, and as creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.

• Will Contests and Other Probate and Trust Litigation

Our attorneys have prosecuted and defended numerous will contests on behalf of contestants and executors. Our attorneys also represent executors, trustees, beneficiaries and others in probate and trust litigation.

• Real Estate and Construction Litigation

We represent buyers and sellers, developers, contractors, real estate professionals, title and escrow companies, land owners and neighbors in real estate litigation ranging from adverse possession to zoning. Our attorneys also have expertise in eviction proceedings representing both landlords and tenants. Moreover, we represent general contractors and subcontractors, sureties and others in federal and state court litigation and arbitrations involving both public and private construction projects.

• Hazardous Waste and Environmental Litigation

We represent present and former owners and lessees of contaminated property before state and federal governmental agencies and in litigation to clean up property and recover damages.

• Civil Writs and Appeals

We handle civil writs and appeals on behalf of appellants, petitioners and respondents in federal and state courts.

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