Family Law

• Premarital Agreement
  As a litigator, Ms. Bille defended film studios and music companies in high-profile copyright infringement actions. She also handled breach of contract cases and other matters for real estate developers, commercial and residential builders, and media entities from inception to resolution. Her transactional matters include preparing software licensing agreements for Sony and Microsoft. She has prepared and negotiated construction management agreements, partnership agreements, operating agreements, commercial and residential acquisitions and lease agreements, IP licenses and collaboration agreements, represented investors in lost development easements in historical properties and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

Criminal Law

• Restraining Order
  There are times when pro-active, aggressive litigation is necessary to protect property rights and the firm has a proven record of obtaining favorable results including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and Court Judgments when formal legal action is needed.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Mr. Bryn is a seasoned attorney experienced in real estate, business litigation, employment and corporate law. He has extensive experience in both state and federal court including appeals.
• Unfair Competition
  His real estate matters include foreclosure actions, various neighbor disputes, various lien priority actions, reformation of deeds, and failure to disclose. His business litigation matters include shareholder derivative actions, unfair competition, and various breach of contract actions. He has extensive experience in both state and federal court including on the appellate level.

Employment Law

• Sexual Harassment

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Most contracts for the purchase and sale of real estate require mediation prior to the commencement of a lawsuit.  The firm has a record of obtaining favorable results for both Buyers and Sellers of real estate as well as other parties in real estate disputes in achieving settlement in mediations.  Even when not required, early mediation in pending litigation frequently results in resolution that is preferable to clients than further litigation.
• Construction Litigation
  He is a former partner of a national law firm and a former Vice-President and Senior Trial Counsel for Fidelity National Title Group. His practice emphasizes real estate, business litigation, complex litigation, construction law and employment law. He has represented national financial institutions, national real estate brokerage firms, contractors, architects, engineers, property owners, and various insurers.
• Real Estate Transactions
  He also has extensive experience in real estate transactions, issues and disputes involving boundaries, easements, trees, construction, and other neighbor issues.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  The firm has extensive experience in the environmental review of land use and zoning matters under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Rob Glushon, the firm’s President, has over 40 years’ experience in CEQA matters as an attorney but also as a former City Commissioner on the Board of Zoning Appeals and as President of the Environmental Quality Board. Kristina Kropp also has substantial experience in CEQA matters including favorable results for clients in CEQA litigation.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  The firm has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate litigation including mediations, arbitrations and trial.  We identify client objectives and develop a litigation strategy to try to achieve favorable results by actions that are effective and cost conscious.  Although most cases settle prior to a trial, our litigation attorneys have substantial experience and success in trials.

Finance Law

• Foreclosure