Commercial/Business Litigation
Commercial/business litigation relates to the entire process of filing or defending against a lawsuit, including discovery and motion practice, trials, judgments, and awards of damages. It also pertains to settlement between the parties before or after a lawsuit is filed by alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods including mediation or arbitration. 

Corporate/Transactional/Contract/Automobile

Corporate law includes how businesses, of any nature, are organized, maintained and operated. This practice area may involve companies, corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs), limited liability partnerships (LLPs), and partnerships of all sizes and ownership methods. Business transactions, contracts and intellectual property law also may fall under this category.

Automobile law deals with automobile dealership and automobile repair facility compliance with the various rules and regulations unique to the automobile industry, including the Automobile Finance Act, the Automotive Repair Act and DMV regulations. In addition, automobile law covers typical contractual, tort and employment issues that automobile dealerships often encounter.

Land Use/Municipal Law/Real Estate

Zoning law concerns the way governments control the physical development of land and the kinds of uses to which each individual property may be put. It specifies areas in which residential, industrial, recreational or commercial activities may take place.

Municipal law includes national, state regional and local laws. This practice area assists in the interpretation and application of municipal laws.

Real estate law refers to those laws governing either realty or something permanently fixed to the land such as a building. It encompasses commercial properties, undeveloped land and developed land.

San Luis Obispo Estate Planning Law Firm

Trust and estates law involves the management of personal affairs and the disposition of real and personal property of an individual in anticipation of the person’s incapacity or death. This area of practice is also used to fulfill the wishes of philanthropic bequests or gifts through the creation and supervision of charitable trusts. Estate planning as well as other issues that may face the elderly or incapacitated such as home care, long terms care and social security and disability benefits may fall under this area of the law as well. This area of practice also includes probate and litigation in connection with a will or trust.

In broad terms, a trust is a right in real or personal property which is held in a fiduciary relationship by one party for the benefit of another. The trustee is the one who holds title to the trust property, and the beneficiary is the person who receives the benefits of the trust.

Tax Planning & Controversy

Tax law includes comprehensive tax planning associated with all type of business transactions including tax planning issues associated with organization/incorporation, partner/shareholder transactions, and dissolution and liquidation. It also includes individual planning matters including estate, gift and generation skipping tax planning. Representation of taxpayers, both individual and businesses, at all levels of IRS assessment and collection activities.

Insurance Coverage

Insurance coverage relates to the review and analysis of insurance policies and how they may or may not cover certain business and/or personal claims for a defense and/or indemnity. It may pertain to a reservation of rights letter that an insurer needs drafted or that a policy holder may receive after making a claim under a particular type of policy. It may take the form of a denial of coverage. It also may arise in the context of coverage litigation involving whether a certain policy or policy provision affords or precludes insurance coverage.

Wine Law

Wine law includes  corporate, regulatory and land use legal services provided to wineries and hospitality industries.  It can involve drafting or negotiation  of a vineyard Lease or grape contract, production or storage contract and retail or wholesale  purchase agreements, dealing with interstate or intrastate shipping hurdles or ironing out or memorializing relationships with distributors.  It also could entail compliance or tax issues that may arise from time to time.