Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Support
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• Child Custody and Visitation
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• Premarital Agreement
  Among the issues that often need to be addressed during divorce is what happens to the family residence. How does a couple divide the house? In California, unless there is a prenuptial agreement which governs how their property will be … more
• Spousal Support
  Spousal support in California is paid by the higher earning spouse to the lower earning spouse in order to allow the supported spouse to live in accordance with the marital lifestyle, if possible. The amount of spousal support a court would order is dependent upon many factors and may differ depending upon whether the divorce is just beginning or the court is making orders at the end of the case. RRB assists our clients in achieving their goals relative to spousal support orders, which depending on the circumstances can mean obtaining more support, or reducing or terminating support altogether.
• Child Abuse

Criminal Law

• Restraining Order
  Courts may issue domestic violence restraining orders prohibiting a spouse from attacking, threatening, harassing, contacting, coming within a specified distance of, or disturbing the peace of the other party or another family member on a showing of good cause. RRB has extensive experience in dealing with the issue of domestic violence, which unfortunately arises all too often.

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
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• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
• Unfair Competition
  Preserving and protecting intellectual property is increasingly important in today’s computerized and interconnected world. The firm has handled a wide spectrum of intellectual property cases, including copyright and trademark infringement, trade secrets, and unfair competition. The firm has been involved not only in conventional intellectual property cases, but in cutting edge issues presented by the internet and other developing technologies.
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Employment law encompasses a broad range of claims arising out of the relationship between employers and workers.  Reuben Raucher & Blum brings extensive experience to the table in all kinds of employment matters, including discrimination, workplace harassment, wage and hour, disability accommodation, wrongful termination, restrictive covenants, and severance agreements.  With proper guidance, many such claims can be resolved before they reach the litigation stage.
• Employment Discrimination
  Successfully mediated an employee’s disability and race discrimination claims on behalf of employer client pre-litigation, settling for less than the client’s self-insured retention.
• Employment Litigation
  The firm has represented workers and employers large and small in all stages of employment litigation, including mediation and arbitration.  In addition to defending employers against accusations of wrongful employment practices, the firm has also represented companies seeking to protect their trade secrets from misappropriation by departing personnel.  The firm has also assisted in the negotiation of severance agreements involving executives and professionals.
• Severance Agreement
  Employment law encompasses a broad range of claims arising out of the relationship between employers and workers. Reuben Raucher & Blum brings extensive experience to the table in all kinds of employment matters, including discrimination, workplace harassment, wage and hour, disability accommodation, wrongful termination, restrictive covenants, and severance agreements. With proper guidance, many such claims can be resolved before they reach the litigation stage. More

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
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• Construction Litigation
  Since its beginning, the firm has handled a broad range of all types of complex litigation, including matters in securities, anti-trust, entertainment, finance, employment, construction, and real estate. Significant successes early on included representation of the Angelus Plaza, the largest low-income senior center in America, against the multinational conglomerate corporation Honeywell in a complex matter involving intellectual property, real estate, and construction issues. Reuben tried the case twice and it ultimately went all the way to the California Supreme Court where the firm successfully obtained and confirmed a multi-million-dollar verdict for the client.
• Land Use and Zoning
  Many real estate related disputes also involve complicated partnership, financing and land use issues, leading to claims such as breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and specific performance.  Finally, in the wake of the real estate bubble and resulting Great Recession, the firm has handled a number of cases against banks involving foreclosure, fraudulent conveyance and fraud claims.
• Property Damage
  The firm also has experience with “first party” insurance claims, where a carrier refuses to compensate its insured for losses such as property damage. In addition, the firm has handled cases against insurance brokers for failing to obtain the coverage specified by the client, as well as defended against claims by carriers seeking to rescind insurance policies.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  In a decisive bench trial, Partner Steve Raucher of Reuben Raucher & Blum secured a favorable judgment for a commercial property owner facing a significant personal injury claim. The plaintiff, hired by an unlicensed handyman to assist with debris removal, sustained injuries from a fall off a ladder and sought over $1 million in damages.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Mr. Reuben’s practice has concentrated on all types of business and tort litigation, including real estate, construction, entertainment, copyright and trademark, trust and estates, employment, securities, antitrust, insurance, unfair competition, professional negligence, and complex civil matters…. more
• Trusts
  Mr. Reuben has taught Advanced Litigation Seminars on topics such as intellectual property litigation, entertainment litigation and cross-examination. He has served as a member of the L.A. County Bar Judicial Evaluation Committee and is on the L.A. County Bar Association Fee Arbitration Program’s Panel of Arbitrators. Mr. Reuben also is a past Member of the California State Bar Committee on Administration of Justice and served on the Board of Directors of Public Counsel, the nation’s largest pro bono law firm. He has been a member of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Trusts and Estates, Labor and Employment Law, Entertainment Law, Real Estate Law, Business Law, IP, Internet & New Media, Litigation, and Small Firm/LPM sections, and the Ethics Committee. He is currently a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers

Finance Law

• Foreclosure