Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Whether among businesses, employers and employees, or individuals, disputes are disruptive for those involved. Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff is a tenacious and vigorous advocate for its clients, pursuing all available options to ensure successful, cost effective outcomes. To de-mystify this process, we involve our clients from the dispute's outset through resolution by:

• Treating our clients as partners, involving them in the major decisions that will impact the case;
• Presenting our clients with a cost-benefit analysis of the available alternatives, including the advantages and disadvantages of each of our recommendations;
• Providing our clients with a timeline and the associated costs of pivotal events that will occur during the litigation;
• Exploring settlement options and alternative dispute resolution opportunities from the inception of the dispute; and
• Utilizing mediation and arbitration procedures to expedite resolution.

Lawsuits require an enormous time commitment and can be financially as well as emotionally costly. We approach each lawsuit pragmatically, evaluating it from our client's business perspective. When appropriate, we aggressively seek to persuade opposing counsel that the benefits of settlement outweigh the cost of protracted litigation. When litigation cannot be avoided, we apply decades of experience handling lawsuits in the state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels. We have appeared before the California Supreme Court, the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Our Services

• Complex Litigation
• Contract Disputes
• Corporate, Partnership & LLC Disputes
• Class Action Defense
• Unfair Competition & Business Practices Litigation
• Insurance Coverage Disputes
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Labor & Employment Litigation
• Bankruptcy Litigation & Creditors' Remedies
• Real Estate Disputes
• Construction Litigation
• Probate & Trust Litigation
• Enforcement of Judgments
• Civil Appeals
• Entertainment Litigation

Achievements 

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Contacts:

Fred Fenster
Steve Formaker
Geoff Gold
Olivia Goodkin
Wesley Hurst (Practice Group Leader)
Duane Kumagai
Judy Lam
Wendy Lane 
Paul Laurin
Frank Melton
Nancy Morgan
Risa Morris
Terence Nunan  
Bernard Resser
Claire Shin 
Georgiana Young