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I am a trial and appellate lawyer who handles commercial litigation and business control disputes. I am admitted in all California federal and state courts and Washington, D.C.. I arbitrate before AAA, JAMS and other panels and have been co-lead counsel in Delaware and Texas cases. I handle plaintiff and defense cases, and mediator, receiver and trustee assignments. I am experienced in jury trials, court trials, arbitrations and federal and state appeals and writs. My broad motion experience includes dismissals, summary judgments, anti-SLAPP (First Amendment) and trial motions. In business control disputes, I advise clients on management, control, governance and employment in high technology, finance, media and other industries, and negotiate buyouts and management agreements for corporations/LLCs, partnerships, proprietorships, estates and their stakeholders. I handle many contested corporate and LLC dissolutions and owner disputes (called "business divorce"), as well as contested consent solicitations, proxy contests and involuntary buyout disputes.In an advisory capacity, I handle family dispute resolution, fiduciary issues, Marvin ("palimony") issues, crisis management, business stabilization, complex asset management, division and disposition, compensation (including stock options/units and carried interests), asset-secured settlements, shareholder agreements, strategic legal and succession planning, internal and external communications and risk management. I frequently assist family law professionals with business fraud investigations, complex fiduciary duty issues, business valuations, characterization of business interests, community/separate property apportionment, tort and injury claims that arise from intimate relationships, and with the discovery and analysis of electronically stored business information (ESI).

Listed skills include Mediation, Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Business Litigation, and 25 others.