Real Estate and Environmental Experience

• Obtained affirmance of the dismissal of the complaint in the action brought by the State of California against the owner of a high-rise office building, (976 F.2d 525 9th Cir. 1992), defeating a CERCLA claim for the cost of cleaning up asbestos released into the building as a result of a fire
• Acquisition of "The City" in Orange, California on behalf of a real estate developer, in conjunction with Holiday Inns, Kaiser Aluminum, Great Lakes Properties and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
• Acquisition, development, expansion, construction, leasing, land use and environmental matters for Del Amo Fashion Center, one of the largest shopping centers in the country
• Settled on behalf of the owner of a large shopping center, a lawsuit by a tenant for breach of lease and fraud, which lawsuit could have become a class action for the benefit of all of the tenants
• Settled on behalf of a landowner, an environmental lawsuit brought against two major oil companies, which resulted in the landowner receiving lost rental income plus attorneys' and consultants' fees, in addition to remediation of the property

Corporate Experience

• Negotiated the buyout of one of the partners/producers of the production company of several hugely successful and award winning television series
• Negotiated the buyout of the investors of Redondo Beach Marina
• Represented a National Football League team in its initial public offering