The firm's practice is principally
focused on sophisticated and complex civil litigation matters. This
includes: prosecution and defense of major class lawsuits,
prosecution and defense of unfair business practice cases, business
tort litigation, environmental and toxic
tort litigation, intellectual property litigation, insurance
coverage and bad faith disputes, misrepresentation and fraud claims,
contract disputes, and transnational litigation matters.
Employment Law
The firm's partners have significant
experience and expertise handling Federal and California employment
law matters. The firm represents employers and
employees in all aspects of employment law and litigation, including
in the areas of wrongful
termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour, family and medical leaves,
disability discrimination and accommodation, non-competition
covenants, protection of trade secrets, employment defamation,
structuring/drafting of executive compensation packages and
agreements, employee indemnification, employee privacy rights,
workers compensation leaves and discrimination, governmental
investigations by administrative agencies (including the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission and the California Department of
Fair Employment and Housing), reductions in force and corporate
restructuring, employment policies and procedures and employee
handbooks. The firm provides day-to-day counsel on a broad
range of employment law matters to assist its clientele in avoiding
costly disputes and litigations in this area.
International Litigation
The firm provides its litigation and counseling experience to
businesses and executives, foreign and domestic, in connection with
transnational litigation matters, maintaining a variety of
professional relationships in domestic and international forums to
provide exceptional breadth and expertise to litigate international
disputes.
Insurance Coverage for Policyholders
The firm
advises and represents policyholders in insurance coverage matters and
disputes in wide-ranging areas, including products liability, property
damage and loss, construction defect, errors and omission, environmental,
directors and officers liability, technology, employment, entertainment,
bodily injury, workers’ compensation, and wrongful death, life insurance
products, health insurance, and business interruption.
Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution
The firm has extensive experience mediating a broad range of
disputes and utilizing a variety of alternative dispute resolution
processes to insure that disputes are handled as cost effectively
and efficiently as possible. The firm strongly believes that
litigation risks and fee expenditures should be evaluated on an
ongoing basis relative to the issues in dispute and possibilities
for resolution to insure that client objectives and interests are
accomplished. The firm prides itself on the fact that it has
long-standing and ongoing relationships with most of its business
clientele, and these clients continue to utilize the firm for their
ongoing counseling and litigation needs.
