Representative Work
Represented developer in successful challenge to city council's adoption of voter initiatives that purported to restrict development of long-planned residential community.
Counsel for environmental remediation contractor defending multiple governmental enforcement actions and private cases alleging falsification of data at Superfund site in California.
Represent aggregate mining company in land use and governmental matters.
Represent company in connection with contaminated property assessment and response, protection of workers from possible vapor intrusion, and threatened litigation with landlord and neighboring property owners.
Represented developer in negotiations with owner of historic mining easement to remove easement from title.
Represent real estate developer in litigation against adjacent property owner and former operators seeking damages stemming from long-term groundwater contamination.
Represented hotel developer in litigation against adjacent property owner claiming prescriptive easement rights over portion of hotel’s property.
Represented California energy company in successful Phase 1 trial challenging a county's measure that would have banned hydraulic fracturing, wastewater disposal, and the drilling of new wells.
Successfully defended investment company in a one-day trial on CEQA challenge to a large mixed-use project in the Bay Area. Judgment was entered less than one year after the filing of the case.
Represented a large telecommunications provider in defense of procurement contract award for statewide communications services.
Successfully defended the purchaser of a $110 million loan from a trust established by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in connection with a bank's acquisition of certain Bear Stearns assets. Judgment for the client entered on all counts following a seven-week trial.
Represented a real estate developer in a CEQA challenge to a mixed-use development bordering an industrial area. Matter was settled favorably and without delay of trial, allowing construction to proceed in a timely matter.