Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  As an example, we defended one of the target defendants in a major, high-profile construction catastrophe which resulted in over $30 million in claims for personal injury, wrongful death, and property damage. We developed and implemented a litigation strategy which resulted in early, amicable resolution of the most potentially dangerous claims while maximizing the participation and contributions of a key co-defendant with limited insurance coverage. Our leadership in this litigation built our reputation for trustworthiness among the claimant community, took significant political and economic pressure off of the defendants, and resulted in excellent working relationships with the court and counsel.

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
• Business Transactions
  The Firm has represented clients in business and commercial litigation ranging from simple two party actions to complex international business transactions involving large foreign and multinational corporations. We have vast experience, expertise, and sensitivity in representing entities that face risks or rewards ranging from monetary damages, to protection or loss of proprietary or confidential business information and trade secrets, to the survivability of the company. In our business and commercial litigation, we have represented plaintiffs and defendants in State and Federal courts at the trial and appellate levels.
• Trade Secrets
• Unfair Competition
  Breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, trade secret litigation arising from disputed restrictive anti-competition agreement

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Representative cases cover the spectrum from wrongful termination, to discrimination, harassment and retaliation, to fiduciary duty and non-compete.
• Employment Litigation
  Tarkington, O’Neill, Barrack & Chong provides employment litigation services to a wide variety of clients including municipalities, educational institutions, and many types of public and private businesses, both large and small.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Tarkington, O’Neill, Barrack & Chong has represented numerous persons and entities in disputes between and among adjacent property owners. These claims include everything from boundary disputes to subsidence, trespass and nuisance claims. We understand that claims involving adjacent property owners can have non-economic overtones which must be treated with sensitivity and understanding in order to successfully and finally resolve such claims through the most appropriate process.
• Premises Liability
  Thomas C. Burch has been actively engaged in civil litigation and trial practice since his admission to the State Bar of California in 1981. His diverse experience and expertise includes complex civil litigation, business and commercial litigation, professional liability, directors and officers liability, premises liability, employment, construction, real estate, habitation, governmental entity, insurance, and personal injury defense.
• Construction Litigation
  Tarkington, O’Neill, Barrack & Chong has been involved in the resolution of construction defect claims for over 30 years. The Firm has represented developers, general contractors, sub-contractors and materialmen in claims involving projects from high end single family dwellings to developments with several hundred units.
• Real Estate Transactions
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Tarkington, O’Neill, Barrack & Chong has represented owners of residential and commercial rental properties in matters arising out of occupancy and habitation disputes including Landlord-Tenant, Unlawful Detainer, Wrongful Eviction, Rent Ordinance and ADA Accessibility Requirements. The Firm’s clients include owners and managers of a range of properties from single family dwellings and condominium properties, to multi-unit residential properties, and to affordable units run by non-profits.
• Property Damage
  Tarkington, O’Neill, Barrack & Chong has handled many complex property damage claims on behalf of insurers and insureds. These claims range from injury to a single unit arising from natural causes to the claims review services for the massive 1991 Oakland Hills fire. We have provided services arising from and related to fire, earthquake, flood and wind/hurricane property damage claims for insured property throughout the United States. Our services include review, consultation, and if necessary, litigation of potential exposure arising from all first party coverage forms from Homeowners policies to multi-location package policies.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  His focus is in the fields of construction, professional negligence, products liability, personal injury, commercial litigation, real estate, environmental, employment and public entity claims and litigation.
• Auto Accidents

Trusts and Estates

• Probate

Finance Law

• Foreclosure