Business Litigation

For forty years, the business litigation practice at Berliner Cohen has fully met the litigation needs of our clients. We utilize the experience of attorneys specializing in general business litigation and dispute resolution. The practice covers a wide variety of corporate, commercial and business matters, including:

  • Alternative dispute resolution
  • Appellate
  • Bankruptcy and creditors’ rights
  • Construction
  • Contract disputes
  • Employment
  • Environmental
  • Hospitality
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual property (including trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks)
  • Landlord-tenant disputes
  • Landslide and subsidence
  • Partnership and closely held corporation disputes
  • Probate and trust litigation
  • Real estate (including contracts, fraud and misrepresentation, breach of lease,  broker commission disputes, negligence)
  • White collar criminal defense

Berliner Cohen combines specialized expertise in litigation law and the overall skills of the Firm in the corporate, tax, employment, land use and real estate areas to provide a broad base of support for our litigation clients.

For more information, please contact Roberta Hayashi at roberta.hayashi@berliner.com.

Attorneys

  • Kara L. Arguello
  • Marco M. Campagna
  • Robert L. Chortek
  • Shannon Cogan
  • Miles J. Dolinger
  • John F. Domingue
  • Joseph E. Dworak
  • Andrew L. Faber
  • Lisa L. Gorecki
  • Forrest W. Hansen
  • Roberta S. Hayashi
  • Nancy J. Johnson
  • Jeffrey S. Kaufman
  • Christine H. Long
  • Heather H. Munoz
  • Thomas P. Murphy
  • Laura Palazzolo
  • Christian E. Picone
  • Nicholas Raby
  • Kathleen F. Sherman
  • Ralph J. Swanson
  • Frank R. Ubhaus
  • Stephanie Wersel
  • Kate Wilson

Articles

  • Commercial Broker Not Liable For Metroscan Information
  • Stays Pending Appeal
  • Identification of the Entrepreneur—The ABCs of Entrepreneurship
  • Berliner Cohen Attorneys Author “Volumes”…
  • Employment Law Alert – Employers Can Require “Tip Pools” - Risk Litigation
  • Environmental Law Alert – U.S. Supreme Court Narrows CERCLA “Arranger” Definition

News

  • Roberta Hayashi Quoted In “Getting Things Done” on New Superior Court Presiding Judge
  • Berliner Cohen Litigator Honored as Mentor
  • Kathleen Sherman Joins Berliner Cohen’s Litigation Department

Events

  • PABA Holds Ethics Seminar on “Conflicts of Interest and the Client Relationship”
  • Search Warrants and Government Subpoenas: What Every Employer Should Know - San Jose
  • Search Warrants and Government Subpoenas: What Every Employer Should Know - Merced
  • Handling Information Requests from Government Agencies - Businesses’ Rights & Obligations
  • Managing Risks In a Down Economy