Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Patent applications covering optical systems including AR and VR devices in the areas of diffraction gratings and waveguides, and optical switching components
Represented general contractor in action against grocery store chain for breach of contract and failure to pay with favorable mediated settlement.
Represent national/international internet service provider to prepare and negotiate design/build and conventional construction contracts for data farms and related facilities nationwide.
Drafted multiple policies and procedures, including bylaws, delegation of authority, censure policies, equity policies, and use of property policies.
On behalf of executives and employers, advised parties about restrictive covenants in business transactions, employment contracts and severance arrangements, and litigated injunction and damage actions resulting from alleged violations.
In re Cupertino National Bank v. Des Chuttes Investments, Inc. Claims of bad-faith bankruptcy filing were dismissed, enabling Greater Bay Bancorp to proceed with collection efforts on multimillion-dollar debt, and sanction judgment was entered against debtor and debtor’s counsel. The judgment is one of the largest sanctions imposed against a lawyer in the history of the court.
Serve as regional counsel (seven state area) for tort and premise liability docket for retail clients.
We have represented a regional transit authority in over 600 acquisitions for its light rail, commuter rail, HOV, and park and ride projects across the Puget Sound, including over thirty trials and a dozen appeals.
- In 2020 alone, our team successfully tried four trials. The verdicts were all in our client’s favor and saved the client over ten million dollars in claimed just compensation plus millions more in attorney fees.
- At trial, we routinely achieve just compensation awards that do not exceed the transit authority’s pretrial settlement offer.
Patent applications directed to electronic displays including OLED displays and micro displays