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Litigation
Civil
Litigation
The
firm's Commercial Litigation practice includes all aspects of
litigation in state and federal courts. Our lawyers have tried
numerous cases to verdict and compete favorably with the largest
firms in the country. Firm lawyers have represented clients
in a wide range of complex litigation matters in state and federal
courts and have brought a number of cases to trial, including
jury trial. With many years of experience representing corporate
clients, our lawyers provide practical advice to in-house counsel
seeking to maximize results, while keeping legal costs to a
minimum.
We
have special expertise in the energy, telecommunications and
water industries, and public utility law, and have handled a
broad range of civil litigation matters relating to the public
utility industries.
We
also have special expertise in disputes that arise in debtor-creditor
relationships, including enforcement of creditors' rights, litigation
relating to secured transactions, and the defense of lender
liability, truth-in-lending, and securities fraud claims. Our
clients benefit from the combination of our litigation experience
with our commercial finance and bankruptcy expertise, and we
have represented debtors and creditors in preference transfer
litigation, and objections to claims.
The
firm's lawyers also have particular expertise in creditor's
rights, including writs of attachment and writs of possession,
and enforcement of judgments. We have substantial experience
in real property receivers and judicial foreclosures, mechanic's
liens and title insurance issues.
Other
special areas of expertise include breach of contract law, insurance
law, and intellectual property law. We also defend clients in
consumer class actions involving unfair competition and unfair
business practices claims brought under California Business
& Professions Code Section 17200 and antitrust claims brought
under the Cartwright Act and under the federal antitrust laws.
And we defend clients with respect to environmental causes of
action, such as toxic tort actions and actions under California
's Proposition 65, the Porter-Cologne Act, the California Environmental
Quality Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Regulatory
Litigation
Our
Regulatory Litigation practice involves proceedings before state
and federal agencies, including compliance filings, enforcement
proceedings, investigations, complaint proceedings, certificate
applications, ratesetting proceedings, rulemakings, industry-wide
investigations, and appeals arising from such proceedings. We
have particular expertise in representing parties before the
California Public Utilities Commission. We are well equipped
to handle regulatory proceedings before state and federal agencies
relating to air and water quality, and we are expert in matters
such as renewable energy, climate change, broadband, "green"
water systems, and energy and water conservation.
Appellate
Litigation
Our
Appellate Litigation practice involves representing clients
in writs, appeals and in some cases lawsuits challenging and
defending the actions of administrative agencies and courts.
Our experienced appellate lawyers have argued numerous cases
before the California Court of Appeal, the California Supreme
Court, the United States Court of Appeals and the United States
Supreme Court. And our appellate lawyers have clerked on federal
appellate courts, have written and spoken extensively on issues
of appellate practice, and have served as contributing authors
to learned treatises on the subject. |
