$5,200,000.00+ Settlement Before Trial

Case Type: Personal Injury
Opposing Party: Driver & Employer

Summary:
Our client was lawfully stopped at a red light when he was rear-ended by another driver hired as an independent contractor. As a result, our client suffered multiple injuries and incurred medical costs of more than $150,000.00.

After successfully battling numerous law firms, we were able to secure a settlement of more than $5,200,000.00 right before trial.

Secured $1,100,00.00+ Debt and $7,500/Mo Payments

Case Type:  Real Estate
Opposing Party: Bankruptcy Debtor

Summary:
Our clients loaned over $900,000.00 to a property owner. When the property owner stopped making the required monthly payments, our clients were forced to begin foreclosure proceedings on the property that was securing the debt. In hopes of stopping the foreclosure, the property owner filed bankruptcy.

We were able to successfully secure the debt in the amount of $1,100,000.00, and obtained an order granting our clients monthly payments of $7,500.00. The bankruptcy Court also ordered that the property must be sold within 7 months to repay our clients or they would be allowed to proceed with foreclosure.

$1,250,000.00 Recovered Without Filing A Lawsuit

Case Type: Personal Injury
Opposing Party: Liable Driver’s Insurance Company

Summary:
Our client was walking home through a crosswalk when a Dodge pick-up truck ran through a red-light at 30 miles per hour and collided with her. Our client was knocked unconscious and airlifted to the hospital. As a result, our client suffered a brain hemorrhage, fractured both of her legs and her wrist.

After we served the liable driver’s insurance company with our demand letter, they immediately responded by seeking to resolve the matter.

Soon afterwards, we recovered $1,250,000.00 for our client prior to filing a lawsuit.

$200,000.00+ Judgment For Illegal Labor Practices

Case Type:  Employment
Opposing Party: Employer

Summary:
Our client worked in a “sweat shop” for over a year, where she was regularly required to work more than 70 hours per work; often working more than 24 straight hours, without any rest or meal breaks. The employers regularly inflicted psychological and verbal abuse on their employees, including our client.

We filed a lawsuit on behalf of our client alleging numerous employment violations, including failure to pay wages, withholding earnings, failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and other wage and hour violations. We secured a judgment in our client’s favor, against all defendants, for more than $200,000.00.

$145,000.00+ Lien Secured and Bankruptcy Dismissed

Case Type:  Real Estate
Opposing Party: Bankruptcy Debtor

Summary:
Our client was owed over $145,000.00 for money loaned to a property owner, secured by a lien on the property. In order to avoid repaying our client, the property owner filed a chapter 13 bankruptcy and refused to recognize the secured debt.

Then, in hopes of avoiding our client’s lien, the property owner filed an adversary proceeding in his bankruptcy. In response, we successfully argued that the debt is secured and must be included in the property owner’s chapter 13 plan. Because the property owner was unable to propose a chapter 13 plan that included our client’s secured claim, the court granted our motion to dismiss the bankruptcy, including his adversary proceeding.

$95,000.00 Recovered For Wrongful Eviction

Case Type: Real Estate
Opposing Party: Buyer Following Foreclosure Sale

Summary:
Our client was a tenant at a property with a lease agreement that allowed him to purchase the property after paying rent for several years. Despite our client paying rent each month, the original landlord stopped paying the mortgage and the property was foreclosed upon without our client’s knowledge. After the foreclosure, the new buyer entered the property during the night and moved all of our client’s personal property to the street and changed the locks, so to begin remodeling the property to sell.

We immediately filed a lawsuit against the buyer, alleging several causes of action related to wrongful eviction. After we prevailed on the preliminary injunction allowing our client to return to the property (delaying the buyer’s plan for remodeling), the buyer quickly agreed to settle for $95,000.00.

$75,300.00 Recovered Within 2 Weeks

Case Type: Business & Corporate Litigation
Opposing Party: Business

Summary:
Our client provides employment recruiting services to businesses, in exchange for 20% of the new employee’s annual salary. Our client located an employee, which the business hired for an annual salary of $280,000.00, which entitled our client to a $56,000.00 fee.

The business avoided paying our client its fee for nearly an entire year, before our client decided to file a complaint. Within 2 weeks of us filing the complaint, the business agreed to settle the matter for $75,300.00.

$60,000.00 Settlement Within 2 Months

Case Type: Business & Corporate Litigation
Opposing Party: Commercial Insurance Company

Summary:
Our client obtained insurance coverage for a recently purchased commercial building, which it was planning to remodel. While it was obtaining the permits for the remodel, it leased the entire building to a single tenant that was starting a new technology company that was creating mobile phone applications. Though the tenant rented the entire building, it was physically occupying only a fraction of it because it was relatively new company.

Several months later, a water supply line in the building burst, which caused significant flooding and damage costing our client approximately $43,000 to repair. Our client filed a claim with its insurance company for reimbursement of the repair costs, but its insurance company denied coverage by claiming that at least 31% of the building was not occupied as required by the insurance policy.

After our client retained us, we filed a lawsuit in California State Court against the insurance company, alleging three causes of action–including (1) Breach of Contractual Duty to Pay a Covered Claim; (2) Breach of the Implied Obligation of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; and (3) Violation of California Business & Professions Code sections 17200 et seq.

In response to the lawsuit, the insurance company filed a motion to remove the case from being heard in State Court to Federal Court instead. We aggressively opposed the motion and the court ruled in our favor by denying the motion.

Within a week after losing its motion, the insurance company settled the case for $60,000.00 (more than the original costs of repair).

$40,000.00 Settlement For Un-Permitted Apartment

Case Type: Landlord & Tenant
Opposing Party: Landlord

Summary:
For nearly 10 years, our client was living in an un-permitted apartment and paying approximately $1,100 of rent per month. After the landlord stopped responding to our client’s requests for repairs, she sought our assistance. We discovered her apartment was not permitted with the City of Los Angeles and was converted into an apartment by illegally dividing one apartment into two apartments.

We drafted a complaint against the landlord and, prior to filing the lawsuit, served a copy on the landlord and demanded our client be paid a relocation fee and return of previously paid rent.

Realizing the problems it would face if it resisted, the landlord settled the case for approximately $40,000.00 without us ever having to file the complaint.

Successfully Expunged Lis Pendens From Investment Property

Case Type: Real Estate
Opposing Party: Debtor/Previous Property Owner

Summary:
Our client foreclosed on an investment property, after it lent approximately $500,000 to the previous owner and he failed to make any payments. Once our client started foreclosure proceedings, the previous owner filed a petition for bankruptcy as a strategy to stop our client from obtaining possession to the investment property. After we continued to seek relief from the bankruptcy court, the previous owner realized he would be unable to stop the foreclosure and dismissed his bankruptcy petition.

After foreclosing on the investment property, the previous owner falsely claimed there were individuals living in the investment property as another strategy to stop our client from obtaining possession. We then evicted all individuals supposedly living in the investment property by filing an unlawful detainer action.

Once our client regained possession and started to remodel the investment property to sell, the previous owner filed a lawsuit against our client by alleging fraud as a strategy to record a Lis Pendens on the investment property so to stop any potential sale of the investment property. We then filed a motion requesting the previous owner post a bond with the court to allow the recording of the Lis Pendens during the lawsuit, which the court granted by ordering the previous owner to post a bond of $400,000.00 within 30 days.

Once the previous owner was unable to post the $400,000.00 bond, the Lis Pendens was expunged, which allowed our client to sell the investment property.