Criminal Law

• Restraining Order

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
• Limited Liability Companies
• Construction Contracts
  Broad range of experience in negotiating agreements for real estate transactions, design professional and construction contracts, license agreements, venture agreements, and other transactions. Mr. Riggs has been invited to act as a panelist for a annual publicly acclaimed seminar originally developed by the Firm and sponsored by Lorman Education Services...
• Intellectual Property

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Civil Litigation • Business Law • Construction Law • Design Professional Law • Intellectual Property Law • Real Estate Law • Probate & Complex Marital Dissolution • Land Use Law • Appeals and Writs
• Premises Liability
  Project acquisition; site development; real estate financing, purchases, sales, and exchanges; real estate leases; construction contracts; design professional contracts; limited liability company operating agreements, residential and commercial property management agreements; lien claims; delay claims; claims for defective, extra or changed work; claims for intellectual property misappropriation; partnership and joint venture agreements; limited liability company agreements; land use planning law; formation and operation of for-profit corporations, limited liability companies; handling claims of premises liability and real estate related torts.
• Construction Litigation
  Mr. Riggs is a co-founder of Katzoff & Riggs LLP. His professional practice currently emphasizes real estate and construction law. His professional practice focuses on venture formation, contract drafting and litigation involving real estate ownership, entitlement, construction, design and engineering issues. Currently, Mr. Riggs directs the Lake County office of the Firm. Mr. Riggs has supervised the Katzoff & Riggs LLP office in Lake County since 1994. Mr. Riggs is an experienced California trial attorney; he also directs the Firm’s motion work and appellate practice.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Lead trial counsel, Tiao v. McGee, Alameda Co. Case No. 2002068026 (2005). Successfully represented homeowners in obtaining jury verdict for compensatory and punitive damages in real estate transaction.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Mr. Preonas is a senior attorney who joined the Firm in 2006. Mr. Preonas has extensive experience litigating issues involving homeowner associations, including homeowner association procedures, general commercial litigation, business partnership and limited liability company disputes and real estate claims including partition actions, slander of title, easement claims, landlord tenant claims and, Americans With Disabilities Act Claims. Mr. Preonas also has extensive experience litigating and counseling clients in matters involving employer-employee relations and transactional matters including commercial leasing and business sales. Mr. Preonas is skilled litigator who has successfully obtained provisional relief in contested litigation including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and writs of attachment

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Mr. Shim is a senior attorney with the Firm. Mr. Shim has substantial expertise and experience in addressing design professional and construction matters. He has experience handling family disputes, trust and estate disputes, partnership disputes, real estate partition actions, fraud actions, and construction litigation matters including related insurance coverage issues.
• Probate