Practice Areas: Services We Offer

Case Assessment

We start with what matters: the dispute, the documents, and your goals. In focused interviews, we map claims and defenses, identify key witnesses, and pressure-test timelines. We also flag jurisdiction, venue, and insurance issues that often change strategy. You leave with a clear snapshot of risk, leverage, and next steps in San Diego courts.

Then we put numbers to strategy. We estimate budgets by phase, outline early settlement off-ramps, and assess discovery scope versus likely value. If experts are needed, we explain why and when. You get a practical path, pleading choices, motion opportunities, and milestones, tailored to the City of San Diego and broader San Diego County practice.

Contracts & Agreement Disputes

Commercial relationships hinge on written terms, but many fights turn on emails, course of performance, or implied duties. We analyze formation, ambiguity, integration, and parol evidence, then track breach, causation, and damages. Expect a tight plan for specific performance, injunctive relief, or money damages in the San Diego Superior Court.

We also prepare for defenses: waiver, estoppel, statute of limitations, and unconscionability. Where appropriate, we leverage mediation or early neutral evaluation to control cost. Whether it’s a vendor MSA, asset purchase agreement, or confidentiality covenant, San Diego Civil Litigation Lawyers builds the record you need for enforcement or exit across San Diego County.

Employment Litigation

Workplace cases move fast and can escalate through agency charges and parallel lawsuits. We handle wage-and-hour, retaliation, discrimination, and whistleblower claims, coordinating responses to DLSE and DFEH filings. Early evidence preservation and policy audits protect your position while we prepare declarations and targeted demurrers or anti-SLAPP where available.

Discovery must be proportional and privacy-compliant. We pursue or resist PAGA claims with attention to standing and manage class exposure through ascertainability and commonality challenges. The settlement strategy includes mediator selection and bracketed proposals. Our focus is practical compliance plus litigation readiness for employers and employees in the City of San Diego and San Diego County.

Business & Corporate Disputes

Ownership conflict cripples operations. We litigate partnership and shareholder disputes, LLC member issues, fiduciary duties, books-and-records demands, and freeze-out allegations. Remedies may include accounting, buy-sell enforcement, or receivership. We align legal moves with cash-flow realities so your company survives the fight in San Diego courts.

Governance questions often decide outcomes. We examine bylaws, operating agreements, notices, and voting procedures alongside derivative versus direct claim posture. Where confidentiality matters, we pursue protective orders and targeted sealing. Our approach blends litigation with tactical negotiation, aiming to stabilize management, protect key contracts, and preserve enterprise value across San Diego County.

Commercial Litigation

Complex disputes require disciplined case management. We handle fraud, unfair competition, trade secret, and UCC matters, building claims around reliable damages models, lost profits, unjust enrichment, or reasonable royalty. Early injunctions can stop harm before it spreads in the San Diego Superior Court’s business departments.

We emphasize admissible proof: clean expert foundations, authenticating digital records, and precise Rule of Evidence arguments. Efficient discovery plans use phased custodians, ESI protocols, and cost-sharing options. Settlement posture tracks litigation milestones to maximize leverage. From demand letter to post-judgment enforcement, we keep your case moving across San Diego County’s commercial dockets.

Landlord–Tenant Litigation

Property disputes turn on notice, habitability, and documentation. We prosecute and defend unlawful detainers, rent disputes, and property damage claims, aligning strategy with local rules and timelines that move quickly in San Diego. We prepare clean notices, proof of service, and courtroom-ready exhibits to support possession or defense.

Beyond eviction, we litigate security deposit, nuisance, and lease enforcement matters, including commercial tenancies with CAM reconciliations and exclusivity clauses. We also assess fair housing issues and retaliation risks. When resolution makes business sense, we structure move-outs or stipulated judgments that protect your priorities across San Diego County.

Sex Crime Civil Litigation Defense

We defend clients in civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault, harassment, or related torts with a disciplined, privacy-protective approach. From day one, we issue litigation holds, review insurance for defense/indemnity, and coordinate with any parallel criminal counsel to avoid self-incrimination pitfalls.

We analyze complaints for defects, limitations, pleading sufficiency, venue, and use demurrers, motions to strike, and anti-SLAPP in defamation or publicity claims. Our team builds a factual record through texts, social media, and witness mapping, while pursuing protective orders to control scope and confidentiality. Strategy is tailored to San Diego Superior Court practice in the City of San Diego and countywide.

Workplace Sexual Harassment

These cases require care and precision. We advise on reporting options, documentation, and retaliation safeguards. For employers, we assess policies, training records, and prompt remedial steps. For employees, we secure evidence and coordinate with agencies while protecting privacy and employment status in San Diego.

Litigation focuses on credibility, notice, and employer response. We build or challenge claims under FEHA, analyze hostile environment versus quid pro quo theories, and calculate damages, including front pay and emotional distress. Mediation strategies emphasize confidentiality and practical remedies. We handle matters throughout San Diego County with a trauma-informed, steady approach.

Probate Litigation

When estates spark conflict, procedure and timelines control leverage. We litigate will contests, accounting disputes, fiduciary removal, and creditor claims in San Diego’s probate division. Early attention to standing, notices, and bond issues often shapes outcomes before a hearing is called.

Evidence lives in documents. We examine capacity, undue influence indicators, and execution formalities, and we use focused discovery on caregivers, advisors, and financial institutions. Remedies may include surcharge, constructive trust, or distribution adjustments. Our approach balances family dynamics with courtroom strategy for matters arising in the City of San Diego and countywide.

Trust Litigation

Trust disputes turn on the instrument, amendments, and fiduciary conduct. We enforce information rights, compel accountings, and seek instructions where ambiguity fuels conflict. When trustees face claims, we defend on the standard of care, authorization, and damages while protecting trust assets in the San Diego probate court.

Contested issues often include capacity, undue influence, and self-dealing. We coordinate forensic accounting, subpoena records efficiently, and prepare for evidentiary hearings with clean timelines and exhibits. Settlement options can restructure administrations or adjust beneficial interests. San Diego Civil Litigation Lawyers steers these matters with steady, detail-driven advocacy across San Diego County.

Financial Elder Abuse

California’s elder financial abuse statutes offer powerful remedies. We investigate suspicious transfers, exploitation through powers of attorney, and caretaking arrangements that drain accounts. Rapid injunctions can freeze assets and prevent further loss in San Diego courts.

We pursue civil claims for double damages and attorney’s fees where statutes allow, and coordinate with law enforcement when appropriate. Evidence often includes banking patterns, caregiver communications, and medical context on vulnerability. Our goal is recovery and deterrence, while minimizing additional harm to the elder or family, for cases in the City of San Diego and across the county.

Elder Undue Influence

Undue influence cases require meticulous fact work. We analyze dependency, isolation, vulnerability, and the influencer’s tactics to show how free will was overborne. Medical, caregiving, and financial records help demonstrate the imbalance that led to unfair outcomes in San Diego probate matters.

Remedies can unwind gifts, invalidate testamentary changes, or impose constructive trusts. We seek prompt protective orders where needed and coordinate with capacity experts. Settlement may restore assets and set boundaries for future care. San Diego Civil Litigation Lawyers handles these sensitive disputes with firm, careful advocacy throughout San Diego County.

Mediation & ADR

Mediation works when it’s planned, not improvised. We build a persuasive brief, exchange pivotal documents, and sequence offers to land near realistic outcomes. Our clients arrive with decision trees, net recovery ranges, and draft term sheets that avoid later fights in San Diego court.

We also use early neutral evaluation and private arbitration when speed or confidentiality matters. Arbitrations demand front-loaded case theory and precise evidentiary planning. We streamline witness lists, tighten exhibits, and preserve issues for limited review. The goal is a durable resolution with enforceable terms for parties throughout the City of San Diego and the county.

Settlements

Great settlements are enforceable and complete. We memorialize scope, mutual releases, indemnity, payment timing, security, and confidentiality with care. Where performance matters, we design stipulated judgments and injunctive terms that can be enforced swiftly in the San Diego Superior Court if something goes sideways.

Tax and insurance angles matter. We coordinate with carriers on consent and contribution, address Medicare considerations, and allocate payments to reduce downstream disputes. Our settlement packages include clear dispute-resolution provisions and dismissal mechanics, protecting you after signatures. Clients across San Diego County rely on this structure to close out litigation with fewer surprises.

Appeals

Appeals demand a different toolkit. We evaluate finality, jurisdiction, and standards of review before recommending the path forward. If briefing makes sense, we frame issues tightly, preserve credibility, and build around the record, not new facts. Deadlines and page limits drive disciplined storytelling in California’s appellate courts.

We also collaborate with trial counsel on post-trial motions to position for reversal or affirmance. Writs may offer faster relief on discovery or venue errors. Whether defending a win or challenging adverse rulings from San Diego, we deliver focused appellate advocacy aimed at practical outcomes across San Diego County.