Representative Experience
- Achieved complete defense award at arbitration in favor of national retail employer on claims of race harassment and discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
- Secured summary judgment for a national retail employer on claims of harassment, hostile work environment, violation of ERISA and wrongful termination.
- Obtained a complete defense verdict on behalf of a national loan servicer following a jury trial for breach of contract, fraud, negligent and intentional misrepresentation and negligence related to an alleged failure to modify a home loan.
- Obtained a dismissal with prejudice on a high exposure products liability case involving the installation of a cable median barrier on a heavily travelled highway, where a drunk driver penetrated the barrier two years after installation and the project had been released by the highway authority.
- Secured summary judgment for a national loan servicer on plaintiff’s claims of negligence, wrongful foreclosure, cancellation of instrument, quiet title and violation of the Homeowner’s Bill of Rights, which was affirmed by the 1st District Court of Appeal.
- Secured summary judgment for a banking client on claims of violations of the Fair Housing Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Civil Rights Act.
- Secured summary judgment with waiver of appeal for homeowner sued by dog bite victim who sustained serious injuries. Successfully argued that homeowner had no duty to raise her fence to protect against neighbor’s pit bull.
- Obtained dismissal of wrongful death suit arising out of motor vehicle accident
- Obtained dismissal for a California trucking company for a nominal settlement following notice of a wrongful death suit.
- In a multimillion-dollar case arising from death of agricultural pilot, obtained dismissal of plaintiffs’ strict liability and punitive damages claims, following service of summary judgment motion on plaintiffs.
- Obtained dismissal following demurrer for claims involving landlord-tenant violations.