With extensive experience litigating trucking and automobile collision and automobile/pedestrian incidents, both at the claims stage and in litigation, our Auto Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist litigation group provides comprehensive and timely legal analysis and monetary evaluation of claims and lawsuits as well as thorough evaluations and analyses of possible coverage issues.
Our attorneys represent government organizations in personal injury matters that include serious injury or death. These cases can arise in various fact patterns and often involve “dangerous condition of public property,” construction accidents and highway design, premises liability, employment litigation, use of firearms, non-lethal force, and physical restraint, false arrest, and pursuit negligence.
Our real estate group focuses on litigated and pre-suit disputes involving residential and commercial properties. We regularly contest claims involving landlords and tenants, rent control, wrongful eviction, breach of lease, breach of purchase and sales agreements, failure to disclose, easement scope and use, boundary lines, trespass, nuisance and ADA/Unruh Act, as well as many other of…
The firm’s professional errors and omissions group represents physicians, pharmacists, lawyers, accountants, architects, contractors, and other professionals. Collaborating with our clients’ in-house attorneys, we provide our clients a timely legal and monetary evaluation of each complaint. We provide analysis regarding all avenues of resolution from settlement, mediation and arbitration. For those matters where alternative dispute…
The products liability group defends cases involving allegations of auto, bicycle, home product, construction and food defects. The firm’s successful defense of such cases has been nationally covered by ABC, CBS and PBS. Notably, Robert Phillips’ successful defense of a bicycle defect case was covered by national media and was recognized by the bicycle industry…
The premises liability group is renowned for its expertise and unparalleled litigation experience. With a pedigree of innumerable trials and published opinions, we have not only furthered the interests of clients, but also the interests of the public by shaping the state of current premises liability law. Founding Partner Robert Phillips has received commendation from…
The landlord-tenant group defends property owners and managers accused of wrongfully evicting, or endeavoring to evict, tenants throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Our attorneys rely on their skill and expertise to achieve quick and favorable resolutions for our clients. However, for those occasions when settlement is not achievable, the firm litigates effectively and efficiently in an…
The employment group defends employers, large and small, in all aspects of state & federal litigation and claims throughout California and Nevada. Subject matters include discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, misclassification, wage and hour, unemployment, and worker’s compensation retaliation claims. From pre-claim investigation through administrative hearings or state and federal trials, we consistently obtain successful results…
The construction group represents owners, developers, and contractors in complex, multi-party litigation.
The commercial litigation group defends disputes spanning general tort, product liability, negligence and intentional torts. The group works closely with other practice groups on a wide array of complex claims including all aspects of commercial relationships, business-to-business disputes involving the Uniform Commercial Code, contracts, fraud, unfair competition, insurance coverage, and bad faith.
