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777 Marshall St., Redwood City, CA 94063

650.568.2820

Redwood City Real Estate Litigation

Redwood City real estate attorneys taking care of your litigation needs

The Bay Area real estate lawyers at Hartnett, Smith & Paetkau offer sound commercial, business and residential real estate advice and counsel through your transactions and litigation issues. We troubleshoot problems as early in the process as possible, and when disputes do arise, we resolve them — in and out of the courtroom.

Our Bay Area lawyers understand the unique quality of your real estate dispute and tailor our advice and representation to fit the specific needs of you or your business. Depending on your legal goals, we do the research to:

Identify the options available for your case
Consult with you to choose the best strategy to accomplish these goals
Zealously pursue that strategy through negotiation or advocacy before courts or other forums

We can assist you with the following matters related to litigation including:

Sale issues
Purchase issues
Lease issues
Partition actions
Easements

Boundary disputes
Title disputes
Restrictive covenants
Land use hearings

Real estate litigation matters in northern California

For assistance in all your real estate litigation needs, call Hartnett, Smith & Paetkau at 650.568.2820 or contact us online to schedule an appointment.

Wayne Perry v. U.S. Bank, 2001 WL 34920473 (N.D. Cal. 2001)

Represented national bank in putative wage-hour class action, involving alleged misclassification of employees under the administrative exemption; defeated plaintiffs' motion for class certification.

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U.S. v. Raimund Wersching (2005) U.S. District Court San Francisco

Dismissal of five felony financial fraud charges against former SF 49ers placekicker.

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Stephen Simmons v. PCR Technology, 209 F. Supp. 2d 1029 (C.D. Cal. 2002)

Represented employer in race discrimination action; removal to federal court based on diversity of citizenship and amount in controversy upheld.

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Garden Leave as Involuntary Servitude?
May 23rd, 2013
After presenting a background of garden leave provisions and the current status of California law, we are discussing challenges to garden leave clauses in part 3 of our four-part series. Declining to Enforce Garden Leave A United States District Court in Massachusetts declared that a 90-day garden leave provision amounted to “involuntary servitude” and declined… Read More »
California is Fertile Ground for Garden Leave Clauses
May 16th, 2013
In the second part of our series on garden leave provisions we are analyzing the current status of the law and how California is ripe for the acceptance of garden leave provisions. California Law California law prohibits the application of any post employment non-compete clauses. California Business & Professional Code § 16600 states that any… Read More »
Basic Garden Leave for California Employers
May 9th, 2013
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Hartnett, Smith & Paetkau

777 Marshall St.

Redwood City, CA, 94063 USA

650.568.2820