Banking & real estate matters, general business litigation in state and federal court, bankruptcy and appellate litigation, public agency and education law, and alternative dispute resolution
Rehon & Roberts represents banks and other financial institutions and secured and unsecured creditors, real property owners, developers, contractors, suppliers, real property investment and management companies, technology companies, school districts and other public bodies and agencies, non-profit organizations, and individuals.
The Firm's attorneys have handled matters in the trial and appellate courts involving significant questions of lender and accountant liability, provisional remedies including writs of attachment, title insurance bad faith, pretrial procedure, check forgery, bankruptcy, the California antideficiency statutes, investor fraud, and construction defects.
A representative list of published trial and appellate decisions in which the Firm's attorneys have been involved are described below.
Reported Cases: Bank of America v. Karelin (In re Karelin), 109 B.R. 943 (9th Cir. BAP 1990) (representing plaintiff Bank of America at trial); Bank of America v. Salinas Nissan, Inc. (1989) 207 Cal.App.3d 260 (254 Cal.Rptr.748) (representing plaintiff and respondent Bank of America); Billmeyer v. Plaza Bank of Commerce (1995) 42 Cal.App.4th 1086 (50 Cal.Rptr.2d 119) (representing defendants and respondents Plaza Bank of Commerce and Pamela G. Bogle); Bily v. Arthur Young & Company (1992) 3 Cal.4th 370 (11 Cal.Rptr.2d 51) (representing California Bankers Association); Great American First Savings Bank v. Bayside Developers (1991) 232 Cal.App.3d 1546 (284 Cal. Rptr. 194), ordered decertified (March 12, 1992) (representing Party seeking decertification, California Bankers Association); In re Albert Hakim, 212 B.R. 632 (Bk. N.D. Cal. 1997) (representing debtor Albert Hakim); Title Insurance Company of Minnesota v. Comerica Bank-California (1994) 27 Cal.App. 4th 800 (32 Cal.Rptr.2d 735) (representing defendant and respondent Comerica Bank-California); Transamerica Title Insurance Company v. Superior Court (1987) 188 Cal.App.3d 1047 (233 Cal Rptr. 825) (representing plaintiff and real party in interest Bank of the West); Variable-Parameter Fixture Development Corporation v. Comerica Bank- California (In re Morpheus Lights, Inc.), 228 B.R. 449 (Bk.N.D. Cal. 1998) (representing defendant Comerica Bank-California).
