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 Jonathan D. Wolf at jonathan.wolf@berliner.com.

 

Attorneys

  • Terry L. Allen
  • Kara L. Arguello
  • Marco M. Campagna
  • Robert L. Chortek
  • 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
  • Thomas P. Murphy
  • Laura Palazzolo
  • Christian E. Picone
  • Kathleen F. Sherman
  • Ralph J. Swanson
  • Dawn C. Sweatt
  • Frank R. Ubhaus
  • Kate Wilson
  • Jonathan D. Wolf

Articles

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

News

  • Roberta Hayashi Quoted In “Getting Things Done” on New Superior Court Presiding Judge
  • Kathleen Sherman Joins Berliner Cohen’s Litigation Department
  • Berliner Cohen Litigator Honored as Mentor
  • Berliner Cohen Welcomes Terry Allen to Merced Office
  • Berliner Cohen Attorneys Featured in Super Lawyers Business Edition
  • Berliner Cohen Attorneys Will Appear in Super Lawyers Business Edition
  • Berliner Cohen Announces Arrival of Litigation Attorney Dawn Sweatt
  • Tom Murphy Elected to California Academy of Appellate Lawyers

Events

  • Search Warrants and Government Subpoenas: What Every Employer Should Know - Merced
  • Handling Information Requests from Government Agencies - Businesses’ Rights & Obligations
  • Search Warrants and Government Subpoenas: What Every Employer Should Know - San Jose
  • Managing Risks In a Down Economy
  • Managing Performance: Policy Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Merced
  • Managing Performance: Policy Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - San Jose
  • Berliner Cohen Attorney Is Panelist on SCCBA Appellate Program
  • Berliner Cohen Attorneys Speak at 2011 HR West
  • PABA Holds Ethics Seminar on “Conflicts of Interest and the Client Relationship”
  • Berliner Cohen Sponsors SCCTLA’s Annual Judges’ Night