Results: Corporate, Employment, Real Estate

Lawyers are not magicians, and you should be wary of any firm or lawyer who "guarantees" a particular outcome of your case. However, legal results do matter, and do affect the lives of real people in a real way. We work diligently representing our clients' interests within the law, and we are proud of the results that we have achieved on their behalf. Below is a representative list of client matters in our areas of practices, with names removed where appropriate to preserve confidentiality.

This page may contain testimonials, endorsements or results which of course, do not guarantee, warrant or predict the outcome of your legal matter.

Corporate

Transactional Work
•	Represent co-founder with respect to his ownership interest in high-profile, venture-backed web 2.0 company
•	LLC (limited liability company) formation for real estate investments
•	Professional corporation formation for dental practice
•	Private Placement Documentation for Rule 506 Offering for "indie" film financing for the movie Guides.
•	S-Corp formation and drafting of high-six figure international software development outsourcing agreement
•	Represented co-founder/key employee in negotiating LLC Ownership Interest, Operating Agreement and Employment contract, for a start-up servicing the hospitality industry
•	Outside general counsel to large franchisee ownership association, whose membership generates approximately $250,000,000 in revenue, annually
•	Content licensing agreement for creator of children's DVD featuring famous paintings and musical compositions Molorakarts
•	Completed Rule 506 offering, raising over $200,000 for SwingGizmo
•	Compliance for software consulting firm
•	LLC migration from Nevada to California
•	S-Corporation formation for leading distributor of medical implants
•	Compliance review for leading equity based real estate lender
•	S-Corporation formation and general counsel work for professional service agency
•	Formation of an LLC (limited liability company) to acquire stake in Real Estate Development
•	Represented foreign-based client in efforts to acquire a U.S. based business. Provided general counsel advisory, business plan review and financial modeling support
•	Employment agreement and deferred compensation plan for client's employees
•	Business plan research and creation
•	Music licensing agreement for creator of compilation CD, San TRANCEcisco
•	Negotiation of an exclusive territory distribution agreement Letter of Intent
•	LLC (limited liability company) formation for company incubator
•	LLC (limited liability company) formation and technology distribution agreement for consumer product start up
Litigation/Mediation/Arbitration
•	Represented client, an owner and former employee of very successful privately-held company, with respect to his claims against his former company. Result: After a 1 day mediation, the parties settled with our client receiving a low-six-figure lump sum payment.
•	Represented business owner in successful collection of approximately $30,000 in commercial debt
•	Defended business owner who was being sued personally for over $500,000. Result: After a 3 day arbitration, the Plaintiff was awarded only $7,000 plus interest, or about 1% of his pre-arbitration demand.

Plaintiff's Side: Wrongful Termination

Litigation/Mediation/Arbitration
•	Prevailed in our opposition to summary judgment submitted in response to motion for summary judgment filed by large, publicy-traded Defendant company with respect to claims of racial discrimination, disability discrimination and retaliation.
•	Represented Plaintiff, a veteran software engineer, who had been fired from his public company employer. Result: The parties settled, with our client receiving a high-five-figure payment.
•	Advised Client, a senior media industry employee, in the negotiation and drafting of low-six-figure severance package from her employer
•	Advised Client, a veteran software manager, in negotiation and drafting of high-five-figure severance package from his venture backed employer.
•	Represented Plaintiff, a veteran software sales manager, who had been fired from her public company employer. Result: The parties settled, with our client receiving a mid-five-figure payment.
•	Represented Plaintiff, a veteran software engineer, who had been fired from his public company employer. Result: The parties settled, with our client receiving a mid-five-figure payment.
•	Represented Plaintiff, investment banker, who had been fired from a public company employer. Result: The parties settled with our client receiving a low-six-figure lump sum payment.
•	Represented Plaintiff, a successful software salesman, who had been fired from his private, VC-backed employer without receiving bonuses or MBO compensation. Result: The parties settled with our client receiving a mid-five-figure lump sum payment.
•	Represented Plaintiff, who had been fired from a public company employer after a lengthy career, with nominal severance. Result: The parties settled with our client receiving a mid-five-figure lump sum payment.
•	Represented Plaintiff, who had been fired from a public company employer after a lengthy career, with no severance. Result: After filing a complaint and commencing extensive discovery, the parties settled with our client receiving a low-six-figure lump sum payment.
•	Represented Plaintiff who had been laid off without having been paid approximately 2 months of salary. Result: Successfully recovered all of the low five-figure salary owed to client, without resorting to litigation
•	Represented Plaintiff who had been fired from her employer under the pretext of poor work performance, despite years of positive reviews and raises. Result: The parties settled with our client receiving a mid-four-figure lump sum payment.
•	Represented Plaintiff, a veteran regional sales rep, who had been fired from his employer with a nominal severance. Plaintiff was in California, Employer was out of state and Employer's attorneys were in a third state. Result: The parties settled, with our client receiving a mid-five-figure lump sum payment.
•	Represented Plaintiff, who held a Master's degree, and had been fired from her private company employer despite recent promotions and salary raises. Result: The parties settled with our client receiving a low-five-figure lump payment.
•	Represented Plaintiff who had been fired from his public company employer without severance. Result: After filing a complaint against the public company defendant via arbitration and commencing discovery, the parties settled with our client receiving a high four-figure lump sum payment.
•	Represented Plaintiff, an MBA graduate, who had been fired from her new job at a public company, only weeks after her hiring. Result: The parties settled, with our client receiving a mid-five-figure lump sump payment

Real Estate

Transactional Work
•	Advising Seller's on $5,000,000 multi-family sale transaction
•	Advising Seller's on multi-party ownership sale, and subsequent
•	Advised developer with respect to multiple transactions stalled in escrow
•	Borrower's counsel on $6,000,000 long-term debt financing
•	Provided legal advice and financial consulting services to client on multi-million dollar mixed-use development
•	Negotiation of an LLC investment in an approximately $5,000,000 real estate development
•	Review of multi-year commercial sub-lease
•	Review/drafting of commercial easement
Litigation/Mediation/Arbitration
•	Represent large commercial Tenant in action against Landlord attempting to breach their lease and wrongfully evict Tenant.
•	Represented client in real estate mediation involving a $3,300,000 million real estate transaction. The other side sought $400,000 in damages. Result: After a full day mediation, the parties settled with the other side receiving less than half of their initial demand.
•	Represented clients being evicted pursuant to the Ellis Act,without any, or minimal, relocation or other funds offered by the landlord. Result: The parties settled with our clients vacating and with the landlord paying our clients a low-five-figure lump sum.
•	Represented client in commission dispute with his real estate broker/agent. Result: The parties settled with the broker/agent returning over 25% of his commission to our client.
•	Represented client homeowner in long-running dispute with HOA that would potentially block the pending sale of his home and disrupt his pending purchase of a new home. Result: The parties settled for far less than the demand originally sought by the HOA; the client's sale of his home was completed successfully and the client's purchase of his new home was completed successfully.

ADR: Arbitration and Mediation

•	Served as mediator in a complex, international commercial dispute between two privately held corporations spanning multiple years. One day mediation helped foster shared understanding of facts and narrowed the parties financial differences materially.
•	Head Arbitrator on a three member arbitration panel appointed to decide a client-attorney fee dispute of approximately $250,000.

Pro-Bono/Other
 

•	Represented a Somali refugee seeking asylum in the United States. Result: After working with the client for months, we represented him at his individual hearing, and the Judge awarded him citizenship at the conclusion of his hearing.

Terminology:

Low is 0 to 24.9%; Mid is 25% to 74.9%; High is 75% to 100%
For example: Low five figures is 10,000 to 24,999; Mid five-figures is 25,000 to 74,999. High five-figures is 75,000 to 99,000.
Similarly: Low six-figures is 100,000 to 249,999; Mid six-figures is 250,000 to 749,999; High six-figures is 750,000 to $999,999. Low seven-figures is 1,000,000 to 2,499,000; Mid seven-figures is 2,500,000 to $7,499.999. High seven figures is $7,500,000 to $9,999,999.
All references to amounts are on a gross basis, and all references to "Plaintiff" or "Defendant" are for convenience of understanding and do not necessarily indicate that a complaint was filed.