L & K successfully navigates its individual and corporate clients through the complicated and often confusing world of state and federal court litigation, helping their clients resolve their legal disputes while also keeping their clients' personal, professional, and business goals in mind when formulating legal strategy and crafting solutions to legal problems.
L & K has expertise litigating numerous areas of law, including complex business and corporate disputes, real estate, construction, environmental, employment, and probate litigation. Experienced in all facets of the litigation and dispute resolution process - mediation, arbitration, trial, and post-trial appeals - L & K understands the benefits of prompt and efficient resolution of disputes, but also stands ready to aggressively pursue its clients' interests up to and through trial when necessary.
Our attorneys have taken cases to trial, including thru to jury verdict. In addition, our attorneys have served as lead appellate counsel and argued before the California Court of Appeals.
L&K has represented large and small businesses in a wide range of business related disputes. L&K has represented businesses in actions involving fraud, misrepresentation, breach of contract, state securities fraud, and violations of state franchise laws. Additionally, L&K has represented shareholders and partners, as both plaintiffs and defendants, in a variety of corporate and partnership disputes. L&K has pursued and defended against claims involving fraud, securities fraud, negligence, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty.
L&K is experienced in representing purchasers, sellers, landlords, tenants, developers, lenders, and borrowers in real estate disputes. L&K is prepared to handle construction litigation, breach of lease actions, claims of fraud and breach of contract arising from the purchase or sale of commercial and residential property, and lender-related actions.
L&K’s litigation practice includes environmental, health and safety law, including air, water, waste management, occupational safety and health, remediation of environmental contamination, toxic chemical and pesticide regulation, and reporting requirements. L&K’s attorney’s have litigated federal and state superfund cases, toxic tort law suits and a wide variety of other environmental cases.
L&K’s attorneys are capable of assisting clients with claims involving labor and employment law, including discrimination, breach of contract, unlawful/unfair termination, disputes regarding restrictive covenants and confidentiality terms.
L&K’s attorneys in the Probate Litigation Practice Group represent both fiduciaries, such as executors, trustees, conservators, guardians and attorneys-in-fact, as well as beneficiaries. L&K assists clients with a range of probate litigation including: Will Contests, International Contests, Trust Actions, Trust and Will Construction, Accounting Actions, Claims Against Fiduciaries, Probate and Tax Appeals.