Representative Matters

Automotive Disputes
• • Numerous Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act claims, also known as California’s lemon law
  • Disputes involving Magnuson-Moss Act
  • Cases involving implied warranty of fitness and merchantability
Business Commercial
• • Handled numerous contract disputes involving:
    • Breach of written and oral contracts
    • Breach of insurance policy
    • Breach of employment contract involving a morning show co-host
    • Breach of master agreement for software design and web development
    • Dispute over employment contract salary provisions involving dean of a university
    • Breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing
    • Breach of franchise agreement
    • Breach of share purchase agreement
    • Miller Act breach of contract
    • Breach of fiduciary duty
    • Fraud in the inducement
    • Fraudulent concealment
    • Negligent misrepresentations
    • Promissory estoppel
    • Interference with contractual relations
Civil Rights
• • Title IX discrimination and harassment
  • Use of deadly or excessive force
  • Wrongful death, excessive force
  • False arrest and imprisonment
  • Banes Act
  • Police dog bite cases
  • Assault and battery
  • Unlawful entry and search
  • Fabrication of evidence
  • Monell liability
  • Removal of child from home
  • Right of family association
  • First Amendment retaliation
Class Action & Mass Tort
• • As a judge, settled multidistrict litigation (MDL) class action alleging violations of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
  • Numerous wage and hour class action cases involving the failure to provide meal and rest periods, California Unfair Competition (UCL) and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  • Various Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims
  • Class action case involving Consumers Legal Remedy Act (CLRA)
  • Class action involving FLSA
  • Class action involving unauthorized escrow accounts
  • Class action involving breach of contract (unlawful liquidated damages clause)
Disability Law
• • Title II discrimination of the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding motorized scooters driven on sidewalks
  • Title III and Unruh Act claims against hotel for encountering architectural barriers
  • Discrimination claims for being denied access to dental services due to barriers in parking lot
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
  • Rehabilitation Act
Employment Law
• • Claims involving wrongful termination, whistleblower retaliation and constructive discharge
  • Claims involving Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA)
  • Various cases involving Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)
    • Discrimination based on race, disability, gender, marital status, religion, age and pregnancy
    • Hostile work environment
    • Retaliation
  • Title VII claims involving retaliation, discrimination and hostile work environment
Environmental Law
• • Toxic torts case regarding toxic fumes leaking into an elementary school
  • CERCLA case involving the cleanup of San Diego Bay after toxic chemicals were deposited in the bay over the course of many years
Insurance
• • Insurance claims involving breach of contract
  • Cases involving duty to defend and bad faith
  • Insurance bad faith
  • ERISA claims
  • Construction defect litigation involving insurance claims
  • Equitable distribution
Intellectual Property
• • Patent cases
  • Lanham Act and false advertising
  • Trademark and trade dress infringement
  • Copyright infringement
  • Trade secret theft
Maritime Admiralty
• • Carrier liability
  • Maintenance and cure
Personal Injury
• • Numerous premises liability cases involving stores, hotels, theme parks, prisons, gyms post office
  • Cases involving automobile and other vehicular accidents, wrongful death, product liability, medical malpractice and claims brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), state statutes or common law
  • Cases involving slip-and-fall, automobile and other accidents
  • Claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)
Privacy
• • Numerous cases involving the California Invasion of Privacy Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act (CCRAA), Fair Dept Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), piracy, identity theft and Rosenthal Act
Product Liability
• • Numerous product liability cases involving medical devices, appliances, automobiles, asbestos and tools
Professional Liability
• • Numerous medical and professional malpractice claims