Criminal Law

• Fraud
  Obtained full acquittal after a six-week trial for a former CFO of a medical distribution company in connection with criminal securities fraud charges by the DOJ, arising out of $9 billion stock market capitalization loss following an earnings restatement. Also represented a former President of Countrywide Financial Corporation in connection with investigations by and litigation with the California Attorney General and the SEC, and related class actions.
• Restraining Order
  Assisted the County of Los Angeles regarding the largest methane gas release in U.S. history. Meyers Nave urgently assessed the legal landscape, consulted with the public health department, and obtained a temporary restraining order and permanent injunction allowing the 3,000 relocated families to remain in safe alternative housing.

Business and Corporate Law

• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Meyers Nave’s municipal debt restructuring experience includes dealing with the rights of secured creditors and lienholders, the treatment of executory contracts and unexpired leases, the purchase and sale of assets, mergers and acquisitions, claim resolution and litigation, and the prosecution and defense of avoidance actions. We help clients facilitate the restructuring of municipal debt through workouts, pension reform and other opportunities. Our strategic planning helps identify appropriate remedies that are unique to each clients’ situation, with the goal of finding the most responsible and expedient road to recovery for each client. Meyers Nave  evaluates market trends and risks as well potential streams of revenue that will bolster each client’s financial health.
• Construction Contracts
  CFG has worked with public entities to plan, structure, and draft baseline construction contract documents for design-bid-build, design-build and construction management at risk; equipment procurement; design and consulting contracts. CFG attorneys devote a substantial amount of time to contract negotiation and drafting, project oversight and pre-litigation counseling. CFG understands the use of construction contracts on construction projects and how construction contracts work in dispute resolution.  Simple language, express risk allocations and straightforward concepts work.
• Trade Secrets

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Our attorneys have significant expertise in drafting and revising personnel policies, employee handbooks and employment contracts, as well as conducting audits covering the entire organization or focusing on specific subjects such as hiring practices or workplace safety. When litigation is unavoidable, we have experience defending employers in single- and multi-plaintiff lawsuits involving wage-and-hour issues, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, racial discrimination, disability accommodation, retaliation, defamation, medical leave, and trade secret misappropriation, among others.
• Employment Contract
• Employment Litigation
  As attorneys who also represent clients in employment litigation, we know how to conduct independent investigations and prepare reports that will withstand scrutiny and credibly serve in a courtroom, arbitration or public domain. Our goal is to provide a reliable understanding of the facts based on an objective investigation. The guiding purpose of our investigations is to enable clients to determine, and to help us advise on, the consequences that may be expected from the matter under investigation.
• Sexual Harassment
  Under AB 1825, California employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide two hours of sexual harassment training and education to all supervisory employees within the first six months of the employee’s assumption of a supervisory role. Covered employers must provide ongoing sexual harassment prevention training every two years. The training must include (1) information and practical guidance regarding the federal and state statutory provisions concerning the prohibition, prevention, correction and remedying of sexual harassment in employment and (2) practical examples aimed at instructing supervisors in the prevention of harassment, discrimination and retaliation.  AB 2053 mandates that covered employers add “abusive conduct” (anti-bullying) training to their sexual harassment training curriculum.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  We work on all types of real estate projects – commercial, industrial, residential, mixed-use, transit-oriented development, hospitality, retail, restaurant, entertainment and sports venues, healthcare and education. Our attorneys guide clients through all aspects of real estate law for projects on all types of improved and unimproved land, including brownfield, greenfield, infill, redevelopment, and public use.
• Construction Litigation
  The Meyers Nave Construction and Facilities Group (CFG) opened in 2013 with a single focus on the construction industry and a commitment to excellence in the practice of construction law. CFG lawyers understand the construction industry – the laws, the issues, the technologies, and the language. CFG lawyers understand the challenges faced by owners, designers, contractors, subcontractors, construction managers, and specialty consultants. Whether planning projects, counseling on claims resolution or actively litigating a construction claim, we work toward each client’s business objectives. We share our clients’ sense of urgency to find the best solutions to construction problems and we provide legal solutions that make business sense.
• Real Estate Transactions
  We bring a 360 degree perspective based on experience representing all stakeholders in real estate transactions and litigation. We can anticipate each party’s interests and concerns and we help clients achieve a wide range of financial objectives and business goals. Our transaction advice is strategic and practical, and our litigators leverage their experience representing clients as defendants and plaintiffs.
• Eminent Domain
  Meyers Nave was formed in 1986 by Steven Meyers, Elizabeth Silver and Michael Riback. Driven by a strong belief in public service, the Founding Principals’ initial focus was to provide legal services to public entities (including cities and special districts) in Northern California. Such services included serving as City Attorney to cities and General Counsel to special districts. Many cities and special districts in California do not have their own in-house counsel. Instead, they rely on private law firms, such as Meyers Nave, to act as their general counsel on a contract basis. Meyers Nave added many highly skilled attorneys over the years to serve in this important role. The Firm also provided legal services to public entities in other specialized areas of law. The earliest example of this was Michael Nave, who specialized in eminent domain matters on behalf of public entities, and joined the Firm shortly after it was formed. The Firm’s other specialized areas of law included (among others) land use and environmental law, labor and employment law, tort defense and police matters, and redevelopment law.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Meyers Nave’s expertise in Land Use law is demonstrated by the fact that clients rely on us to advise on their largest, most complicated and often most controversial land use projects, which also often involves addressing associated Environmental Law issues such as those raised by CEQA and NEPA. We serve as lead transaction, compliance and litigation counsel for many of the most innovative and highest profile commercial, industrial, infrastructure, housing, and mixed-use economic development projects undertaken businesses, public entities, and public-private partnerships throughout California. The scope and scale of our expertise is featured in the January 2021 issue of