Business and Commercial Litigation

We litigate disputes that reach our clients' operations, relationships and values. Our attorneys handle breach of contract claims, business torts, fraud and misrepresentation claims, unfair competition matters and disputes among business owners.

Our clients include middle-market companies in a variety of industries, investors, founders and family-run businesses. We are firm advocates. We are also candid about what a dispute will cost, what it is worth and how it is likely to end.

Services we provide include pre-litigation demand and response, complaint and answer drafting, provisional remedies, written and deposition discovery, dispositive motion practice and trial work.

Labor & Employment

We represent employers in the full range of workplace disputes. Our attorneys defend wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, wage and hour matters including PAGA actions and disputes over contractual arrangements.

We also work to keep clients out of court. California employment law changes constantly and compliance failures surface years later as claims. We audit policies, review classification and pay practices and counsel clients through terminations, reductions in force and internal investigations.

Services we provide include single-plaintiff defense, PAGA representative action defense, administrative proceedings before the Civil Rights Department and Labor Commissioner, handbook and policy review, wage and hour audits, separation and reduction in force counseling and workplace investigations.

Real Property Disputes

We handle disputes over the use, ownership and transfer of real property throughout California. Our attorneys litigate boundary and easement disputes, quiet title and partition actions, purchase and sale disputes, land use disputes, lease disputes and construction defect claims.

Property disputes often involve neighbors, co-owners or long-term counterparties who will continue dealing with each other after the case ends. We keep that in view and pursue resolutions that hold up over time.

Services we provide include quiet title and partition actions, easement and boundary litigation, commercial landlord and tenant disputes, construction and contractor claims and title insurance coverage matters.

Trade Secrets

We represent employers in disputes over confidential information and departing employees. Our attorneys handle trade secret misappropriation claims under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act and the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, along with related claims for breach of confidentiality obligations, breach of fiduciary duty and unfair competition.

These cases move fast and often begin with a request for injunctive relief. We are prepared to act on short notice, whether our client is seeking relief or responding to a claim. Early steps often decide the case. We move quickly on evidence preservation, forensic imaging and the scope of the initial demand.

Services we provide include temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, forensic investigation coordination, misappropriation claims and defense, confidentiality and invention assignment enforcement and pre-departure risk counseling.

Dispute Resolution

Not every dispute belongs in court. We represent clients in mediation, arbitration and direct negotiation, and we structure resolution mechanics into agreements before problems arise.

Our attorneys appear in arbitrations before JAMS, AAA and ad hoc panels, and we handle petitions to compel arbitration and to confirm or vacate awards. We approach alternative dispute resolution as a strategic choice rather than a formality, and we advise clients on when a private forum serves them and when it does not.