We are a father/son trial team specializing in complex business and employment litigation for businesses and individuals in Central California. We are a Martindale-Hubbel AV® Pre-Eminent Peer Review Rated law firm. Walt has practiced law in California for 29 years; Brian for four years. Here is a representative sample of cases we have handled in the last two years:
Recent Cases
- Verdict for $3.4 million in a breach of contract case in favor of our client, a pistachio processing company, against a large, multi-national company based in Iran
- A favorable settlement of a lawsuit asserting employment retaliation and shareholder claims against our client, a local manufacturer
- Defense judgment in a breach of contract/fraud case in favor of our client, an almond processing company, against the plaintiff who claimed to be an investor
- Verdict for $3.2 million and injunctive relief in favor of our clients, a 49-member homeowners’ association, against a large residential developer unsuccessfully seeking access through our clients’ private, gated community to the San Joaquin River
- Verdict for $606,000 in a case involving the breach of a grape pomace contract in favor of our client, a supplier of dairy feed products, against a local winery
- Defense judgment in a false advertising/Lanham Act lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles in favor of our client, brought by a large competing pistachio processing company.
Pending Cases
- Defending a large, national electronics retailer in federal court in Fresno, sued for age discrimination and breach of contract
- Representing the plaintiff in a case against a large grocery store chain which terminated our client in response to his resistance to a corporate political campaign relating to Proposition 8
- Representing the plaintiff in a wage and hour dispute with his employer, a vendor of mechanical services to grape growers. The employer contends the agricultural work wage order applies so that no overtime wages are due
- Representing Central Valley YMCA against other San Joaquin Valley YMCA’s in a dispute involving a 640-acre lake and campground facility in the Sierras