Representative Mediations

Employment

  • Car dealership employee sued employer for wrongful termination on the basis of gender and perceived sexual orientation claiming harassment, discrimination and retaliation

  • Non-exempt driver for Fortune 100 company filed putative class actions claiming sick pay and business expenses violations and unfair competition

  • Waste management employee alleged racial harassment when a noose was placed in his work area

  • Sales leader and trainer for Fortune 100 company claimed wrongful termination in retaliation for his protesting wage disparity for Asian employees

  • Property manager alleged wrongful termination during her pregnancy leave, employer counter-claimed fraud

  • Career employee at a national bank claimed age discrimination after participating in PIP program 

Business & Commercial

  • National law firm sued cyber security vendor after a security breach resulted in a multi-million dollar ransom demand

  • Purchaser of commercial property sought to reverse multi-million dollar sales agreement based on non-disclosure

  • Employee leasing company sued funding vendor over termination fees

  • Owner tendered a claim to insurer after fire consumed the home and represented to insurer that tenants were relatives to obtain insurance proceeds

Maritime & Admiralty

  • Heirs of a young man who, on his honeymoon in Hawaii, died after sliding off a tube towed by jet ski operator, two of three insurers denied coverage

  • Longshore worker suffered a career-ending ruptured disc during tie-up operations when the line jerked

  • Fishing vessel owner claimed breach of contract to repair vessel during height of season

Personal Injury

  • Driver of tractor trailer, which was loaned by owner to the driver, failed to brake  killing an infant passenger and critically injuring others, carrier denied coverage

  • Passenger injured at San Francisco Airport when jet made an emergency landing

  • Passenger of small airplane was injured during an emergency landing in a field, carrier denied coverage

Civil Rights

  • Woman claimed injury during a car search with kids in the car, video captured by bystanders and aired on evening news showed police officer dragging and kicking her

  • Man, who protested police officer’s restraint of his uncle during arrest, was tased and arrested, resulting in a criminal trial and acquittal

  • County jail prisoner asked for medication and became agitated when it was not given, alleged torn rotator cuff injury when he was moved to another cell