Experienced Civil Litigator

In an era when few cases go to trial and litigators with trial experience are few and far between, Dan's experience is unusual and valuable, allowing him to effectively counsel clients and win in court. Early in his career, Dan actively sought litigation responsibility and took the opportunity to handle dozens of cases, from early pleading and discovery stages, through jury or bench trial to verdict. 

Examples of Dan's litigation experience include:

• Successfully prosecuting, defending and resolving (for and against public agencies) numerous land use-related writ petitions, involving development entitlements, environmental analysis (CEQA), conditions of approval, development impact fees and exactions, redevelopment, and zoning issues.

• Successfully representing property owners, tenants, businesses, and public agencies in bench and jury trials of eminent domain, inverse condemnation, employment, business, and breach of contract disputes.

• Successfully prosecuting other municipal law disputes, such as quo warranto actions, in which public officials serving on two local agency boards were forced to resign under the "incompatible offices doctrine."

• Resolving contentious disputes between private property/business owners involving purchase/sale agreements, access and prescriptive easements, property boundaries, damages to real and personal property, breach of contract, tort, and construction claims.