Criminal Law

• Restraining Order
  While DCM’s litigators are frequently successful in resolving disputes short of trial, they are also very familiar with the courtroom. DCM’s attorneys litigate temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and dispositive motions, and try cases in the courtroom before judges and juries. DCM’s litigators handle appeals after trial and have successfully argued before numerous appellate courts throughout the state, leading to some of the more recent published oil and gas appellate decisions in California.

Business and Corporate Law

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Transactions
  Legal opinions are part of the due diligence conducted with respect to many complex business transactions, especially in the oil and gas and energy industries. The attorneys in the firm’s Opinions practice have the specialized skills, experience and business sense necessary to efficiently render legal opinions in a variety of transactions, such as third-party legal opinions associated with secured debt facilities, project financing and acquisition, working capital facilities and loan workouts, and restructurings. The firm’s attorneys also issue title opinions applicable to all types of exploration-, development- and production-related projects, including drilling title opinions, division order title opinions, fee- and leasehold-acquisition title opinions and financing-related title opinions covering private, state and federal resources. The experienced attorneys in the Opinions practice work closely with the firm’s clients to properly and efficiently scope needed legal opinions and all applicable due diligence (including title review) and also assist in associated matters such as title curative and proper drafting and recording of security instruments.
• Trade Secrets

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Represent public agencies and private landowners in connection with boundary disputes, easement disputes, and rights of ingress and egress.
• Premises Liability
• Eminent Domain
  Day Carter & Murphy LLP’s eminent domain practice focuses on achieving superior results for condemning agencies and property owners alike. The Firm’s experience includes all aspects of real property acquisition for major public works projects, including multi-million dollar flood control projects and public utility projects (including electric, wind, and natural gas transmission and storage projects). From pre-project planning through trial and appeal, our attorneys have the knowledge, experience, and expertise to ensure our clients’ real estate requirements are met on budget and on time. Likewise, our attorneys have ensured the best results for our clients facing loss of their valuable property rights. We fight for our clients’ right to be awarded the highest price for their land, plus severance damages, goodwill, business reestablishment costs, and relocation expenses.
• Easement

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Represent clients in personal injury actions arising from oil field operations, including premises liability and defective design issues.

Trusts and Estates

• Wills
• Probate

Finance Law

• Tax Law