Representative Matters

Automotive Disputes
• • Representative Automotive Related Mediations/Arbitrations
    • Mediated hundreds of consumer disputes with nearly every major automobile and RV manufacturer, involving the following issues:
      • Song-Beverly (lemon law)
      • Magnuson-Moss
      • Breach of implied warranty
      • Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA)
      • Civil Penalty
    • Mediated and arbitrated Automobile Sales Finance Act (ASFA) matters involving consumers, dealerships and lenders
    • Arbitrated or mediated attorney fee applications/disputes post settlement
    • Arbitrated numerous breach of contract disputes alleging fraud in the sale of vehicles
Business Commercial
• • Representative Business/Commercial Mediations
    • Collection disputes between individuals and credit card companies
    • Mechanic’s lien case between contractor and land owner
    • Dispute between a public utility, water district, and contractor following a catastrophic water main rupture resulting in substantial property damage, lost profit claims, and business interruption claim
  • Representative Business/Commercial Arbitrations
    • Partnership dispute relating to restaurant construction, operations, and ultimate dissolution
    • Partnership dispute involving division of real estate firm commissions and assets, allocation of debts and final dissolution
Insurance
• • Representative First Party Insurance Mediations/Arbitrations
    • First party casualty loss claims resulting from
      • Fire
      • Hail/Wind Storms
      • Flooding
      • Hurricane damage
      • Employee theft
    • First party dispute regarding custom vehicle loss 
Personal Injury
• • Mediated Personal Injury Cases in the Following Areas:
    • Construction site accidents
    • Premises liability
    • Products liability
    • Professional negligence, including legal and medical malpractice
    • Uninsured and underinsured motorists
    • Vehicular related matters
    • Other tort claims
  • Representative Personal Injury Mediations
    • Wrongful death claims involving multiple decedents and insurance coverage issues
    • Case involving the State of California wherein the plaintiff suffered catastrophic injuries
    • Truck/bicycle accident wherein an elderly plaintiff suffered a traumatic brain injury; causation, damages and the nature and scope of plaintiff’s injuries were vigorously contested
    • On the job injury with third party liability wherein plaintiff suffered severe multiple fractures when a stack of pallets struck him; significant issues involved liability, residual disability, damages, comparative fault, and worker's compensation lien rights
    • Uninsured motorist claim where claimant suffered major injuries requiring back fusion surgery with resulting permanent disability
    • Car/motorcycle collision with plaintiff motorcyclist suffering a significant foot fracture with resulting chronic pain and permanent disability
    • Underinsured motorist claim involving multiple vehicles with the insured suffering a severe shoulder injury and multiple fractures resulting in surgery and permanent disability
    • Multiple cases while participating in “Settlement Days” with major insurance carrier
  • Representative Personal Injury Arbitrations
    • Personal injury claim involving five-vehicle accident with issues of liability, causation, apportionment of fault, and damages in dispute
    • Uninsured Motorist claim involving a pro per claimant wherein insured suffered neck and back injuries; extent and nature of injuries and residuals were in dispute
Real Property
• • Representative Landlord-Tenant and Real Estate Mediations
    • Multiple landlord-tenant disputes involving the following types of claims
      • Breach of warranty of habitability
      • Wrongful eviction/retaliatory eviction
      • Breach of contract
      • Breach of covenant of quiet enjoyment
      • San Francisco Rent Ordinance violations
    • Hostile boundary dispute between adjacent property owners involving yacht harbors
    • Matters involving residential real estate sales contracts
    • Property line disputes involving easements
    • Tree disputes (view/privacy)