Practice Areas

Civil Litigation involves representing individuals or businesses in resolving disputes concerning various areas of law. The areas of Civil Litigation we handle include, breach of contract, fraud, business dissolutions, real estate disputes, landlord tenant cases, and more.
- More About Our Civil Litigation Services - While our firm handles a wide range of civil litigation matters, our primary focus is on real estate disputes. We have significant experience representing a wide variety of real estate professionals, including but not limited to, residential and commercial real estate owners, landlords, tenants, developers, investors, agents, brokers, and others.
While our firm handles a wide range of civil litigation matters, our primary focus is on real estate disputes. We have significant experience representing a wide variety of real estate professionals, including but not limited to, residential and commercial real estate owners, landlords, tenants, developers, investors, agents, brokers, and others.
Our firm represents both plaintiffs and defendants in business, partnership, shareholder and other commercial disputes. Recognizing that litigation can be costly and time consuming, we focus on providing creative and practical solutions to our clients to resolve disputes without litigation. If a more aggressive approach is necessary, we never hesitate to pursue or defend our clients' interests by litigating through trial.

We represent landlords in a wide range of matters, including but not limited to, drafting leases, late payment and non payment of rent, property damage, breach of contract, nuisance, short term rental violations (ie. Airbnb & VRBO), and defense against tenant lawsuits.
Our firm regularly assists homeowners and members of Homeowners Associations (“HOA”) in resolving disputes with their respective HOA. Whether that dispute involves potential violations of CC&Rs, levying special assessments, or common area issues, our firm can assist. We also can assist with neighbor disputes within an HOA and utilize the HOA framework to resolve those disputes.
We regularly handle disputes involving residential real estate transactions and have a in-depth understanding of the California Association of Realtor contracts that are routinely used in these transactions. We deal with matters relating to nondisclosure of material facts, title disputes, disputes between real estate agents and brokers, misrepresentations on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), and more.
When it comes to neighbor disputes, we handle anything from boundary disputes, to nuisance claims, view issues and more.

This firm represents both landlords and tenants in negotiating and drafting retail, office, industrial, restaurant, and other types of commercial leases. We can assist in negotiating the termination, assignment, or sublet of commercial leases. We also assist in creating and/or exercising options and rights of first refusal.
Our firm represents both purchasers and sellers in all aspects of buying and selling commercial real estate.
We can assist with a variety of disputes involving commercial real estate, including but not limited to, disputes between co-owners of real estate, landlords and tenants, buyers and sellers, whether be it though mediation, arbitration or litigation.

Whether you are just starting your business or you are an experienced entrepreneur, our firm can assist in forming your corporation, LLC or other business entity. We provide legal guidance to clients to ensure they make the best decisions for their business.
Whether you are buying or selling a business, we can assist and facilitate this process from beginning to end. Our firm can assist in reviewing or drafting a letter of intent, purchase agreement, and more.
Our firm can provide legal guidance to businesses with multiple owners or partners to ensure the parties know their duties and obligations. Should disputes ever arise, we can assist in resolving those disputes.