Practice Areas

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Workers' Compensation Defense of:

  • Government Agencies
  • Insurance Carriers
  • Self-Insured Employers

Workers' Compensation Specialized Practice Units:

  • Airline Industries
  • Asbestos
  • Entertainment
  • Farming
  • Healthcare & Hospitals
  • Hospitality & Service
  • Law Enforcement & Fire Departments
  • Maintenance & Janitorial
  • Manufacturing
  • Municipalities
  • Professional Employer Organization
  • Retail Operations
  • School Districts
  • Sports Litigation
  • Staffing Agencies
  • Transit Operations

Workers' Compensation Consultation:

  • Litigated Inventory Analysis & Management
  • Customized Litigated Inventory Reduction Projects

Workers' Compensation Other:

  • 132(a) Discrimination Actions
  • Serious & Willful Claims

CIVIL LITIGATION

Federal & State Practice Areas:

Liability defense of the following matters:

  • Products Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Transportation Defense
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Wrongful Death
  • Negligent Hiring and Retention
  • Intentional Tort Claims
  • Violations of B&P Section 17200

Employment Law Consultation and Defense:

  • Fair Employment Housing Act (FEHA)
  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  • Wage & Hour
  • Cal/OSHA

Subrogation Practice:

  • State of California Worker's Compensation Subrogation
  • United States Longshore & Harbor Worker's Compensation Act
  • Property Damage Subrogation

Construction Defect:

  • Representation of Subcontractors
  • Representation of General Contractors & Developers
  • Implied Indemnity issues
  • Contract issues, including:
    • Express indemnity issue such as Crawford issues
    • Breach issues
    • Condition issues
    • Formation issues
  • Complex Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation
  • Enforcement of Attorney Fees Clauses in Building Contracts
  • Statute of Limitation Issues