Litigation

• Obtained court judgment in favor of beneficiary and limited partner in a complex family partnership dissolution action.
  Attorney(s): Delphine Adams
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of law partnership in professional malpractice action.
  Attorney(s): Delphine Adams
• Obtained defense verdict for real estate broker and agent sued for fraud and professional negligence in representation of buyer. Judgment upheld on appeal.
  Attorney(s): Delphine Adams
• Obtained favorable outcome for contractor client in wrongful termination and prevailing wage litigation.
  Attorney(s): Delphine Adams
• Obtained judgment for client in quiet-title and fraud action.
  Attorney(s): Delphine Adams
• Obtained defense judgment for client in action for trespass and prescriptive easement.
  Attorney(s): Delphine Adams
• Achieved arbitration award in favor of operator/tenant against landlord owner of commercial property in major fire case.
  Attorney(s): Delphine Adams
• Successfully recovered $460,000 for victim of low impact rear end collision, resulting in traumatic pericardial effusion of the heart in litigation involving highly contested medical causation, accident reconstruction, and biomechanical issues
  Attorney(s): Charles Dickenson
• Successfully defended the Whitbread Atlas Peak and Beringer Napa winery projects from environmental challenges in the Napa Superior Court and assisted with both appeals, which resulted in published Court of Appeal decisions clarifying the law under CEQA.
  Attorney(s): David Meyers
• Successfully defended the first Proposition 65 toxic tort case to go to trial in California after a month trial.
  Attorney(s): David Meyers
• Recovered substantial damages for negligence and breach of contract in the development of Napa Valley and Russian River Valley vineyards after both jury and court trials
  Attorney(s): David Meyers
• Recovered approximately $670,000 for plaintiff in vehicular collision in litigation complicated by insufficient insurance, transfer of assets requiring Probate Court litigation, and issues involving extent and value of non-probate trust assets
  Attorney(s): Charles Dickenson
• Recovered a seven figure fraud award related to a shopping center development after a two week arbitration before three San Francisco attorney arbitrators
  Attorney(s): David Meyers
• Recovered $1,125,000 for 80 year old victim of vehicular collision involving non-surgical fractures
  Attorney(s): Charles Dickenson
• Obtained settlement of over $1.5 million for petitioner in breach of contract and fiduciary duty case
  Attorney(s): David Balter
• Obtained settlement of over $1.0 million for petitioners in breach of fiduciary duty/elder abuse case
  Attorney(s): David Balter
• Obtained land use approvals for projects large and small, including multiple wineries, as well as vineyard residential, commercial, retail and industrial developments and uses before various administrative agencies
  Attorney(s): David Meyers
• Obtained judgment for specific performance of a real estate purchase and sales contract for claimants, including recovery of claimant's attorney's fees and costs
  Attorney(s): David Balter
• Obtained judgment for over $250,000.00 for plaintiff in a breach of contract and fraud case
  Attorney(s): David Balter
• Defended trustees in estate claim exceeding $3 million, successfully enjoining foreclosure sale of estate property, and reducing Creditor's Claim by approximately 90%
  Attorney(s): Charles Dickenson
• Defended a winery in grape purchase dispute, creatively utilizing surplus wine in lieu of cash to pay negotiated settlement reached at Superior Court mediation
  Attorney(s): Charles Dickenson
• Collected over $2.0 million for various clients in numerous breach of contract and enforcement of judgment matters since joining DP&F
  Attorney(s): David Balter