Family Law

• Child Support
  Federal National Mortgage Association v. Los Angeles County Child Support Services Department, Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 5, California. August 09, 2017 Not Reported in Cal.Rptr. 2017 WL 3405180

Criminal Law

• Fraud
  Financial organizations involved with lending, loan servicing, and related transactions often face unique legal challenges. Potential “minefields” abound. Garrett & Tully proactively represents real estate lenders, banks, and other financial institution, in lawsuits involving identity theft, forged reconveyances, wrongful foreclosure, check fraud, forgery, subordination, lien property, equitable subrogation, attachments, liens, and levies.
• Theft
• Embezzlement
• Identity Theft
  Representing title companies, title insurance companies and their insureds in complex real estate and coverage litigation for decades, Garrett & Tully has a well-earned reputation for success. Whether it’s claims arising out of abstracting or search errors, identity theft, fraud, forgery, or more complex issues such as riparian and governmental rights, statutory tenant rights, or one form of action and anti-deficiency issues, we are ready to tackle the familiar or the more unusual matters. Our team regularly handles matters involving...
• Forgery

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Corporate disputes and litigation can derail day-to-day operations for large and small businesses alike. When you need experienced legal counsel on complex business challenges, Garrett & Tully can help you resolve disputes and reach resolution. Our attorneys are skilled counselors, negotiators, and litigation strategists with extensive business, financial, and insurance backgrounds and strong academic credentials.
• Business Disputes
  Mr. Robert Garrett is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a professional organization whose membership is limited to the top two percent of trial lawyers in any jurisdiction. He has almost 40 years of broad based trial and litigation experience. He has extensive trial experience, having tried a wide range of matters, including business disputes, shareholders, derivative claims, attorney malpractice claims, anti-trust, accountant’s and auditor’s liability cases, income tax, malicious prosecution, real property matters, insurance bad faith, escrow negligence, title insurance coverage, and escrow liability.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
• Unfair Competition
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Defense of a professional partnership in wrongful termination claim by a former member.  A preemptive lawsuit was filed on behalf of the partnership based on the former member’s contractual breaches, misappropriation of confidential information and tortious interference.  The matter was quickly resolved through a substantial net payment to our client. Efren Compean; LASC.
• Employment Litigation
  High-stakes matters are our focus at Garrett & Tully, the trial and appellate lawyers for real estate, business, professional malpractice, lender’s liability, employment litigation, automotive product liability matters, and more
• Sexual Harassment
  Defense of an employer and its officers in an action for sexual harassment and retaliatory termination brought by an office worker who claimed that she had been promoted to office manager and promised an ownership interest in the business. After several intense days of deposition, the plaintiff agreed to settle her claims at a mediation for less than 10% of her original demand. Efren Compean; LASC.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Garrett & Tully has exposure to every phase of business and real estate law with a track record for winning at trial. Our capabilities are delivered through a client-centered, results-oriented approach that focuses on what matters most. Title Insurance, Accounting Malpractice or EEO Litigation, no matter the topic, we speak the language
• Construction Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
• Property Damage
  Mr. Squire also heads the firm’s appellate practice and has significant appellate experience throughout Northern and Southern California. He has handled more than 100 appellate matters, including appeals, writ petitions, amicus briefs, and related matters. He has handled significant appeals involving insurance coverage, real property, title insurance, escrow, title defects, copyright infringement, property damage, business claims, and claims of accountant and attorney malpractice, among others. Mr. Squire provides appellate advice and assistance to trial counsel, including advice on post-trial motions. Mr. Squire is a certified specialist in appellate law, the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  He has litigated hundreds of cases involving a wide variety of issues, including probate, family law, personal injury, construction defect, broker liability, real estate broker negligence, estate planning, trademark, and shareholder disputes. Mr. Garrett has successfully obtained judgments in favor of his clients by way of jury verdict and by motion for summary judgment on issues such as absence of duty, statute of limitations, and privilege.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Mr. Squire is chair of Garrett & Tully’s Real Estate Litigation and Title Insurance Practice Group. He primarily handles real property, title insurance claims/coverage, title insurance bad faith lawsuits, and appeals. He regularly serves as outside coverage counsel and has handled more than 250 title coverage claims, including individual claims involving policy limits of more than $100 million. He is also regularly engaged by title insurers to represent their insureds (lenders and owners) in real estate title disputes. He further has substantial experience involving property and casualty insurance and CGL insurance.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  In re Kenny G. Enterprises, LLC— The insured property owners who purchased a multi-million dollar residential property in Northern CA from a debtor, after confirmation of the debtor’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, found that the Chapter 11 trustee had filed an adversary proceeding alleging the sale to be a fraudulent transfer.  On appeal, the appellate court reversed the trial court’s denial of our motion to dismiss holding that that U.S. Bankruptcy Code § 544(b) only applies to pre-bankruptcy petition transfers. The appellate court remanded the case to the trial court instructing the clerk to enter judgment in our clients’ favor consistent with the appellate opinion; resulting in dismissal of the case, and entry of judgment in our client’s favor; Tomas Ortiz, Jennifer Slater, and Zi Lin; USDC, C.D. Cal (June 2014).
• Foreclosure
  Name Withheld— In an action by the borrowers against a lender for violation of the California False Claims Act, fraud, violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, breach of contract, wrongful foreclosure, violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200 et seq., and violation of Consumer Legal Remedies Act, the court sustained the lender’s demurrer on plaintiffs’ third amended complaint without leave to amend, and entered judgment in favor of the lender. Candie Y. Chang.
• Tax Law
  Kwok v. Transnation Title Ins. Co.—Published opinion affirming summary judgment in favor of title insurer where title was transferred by the insureds for tax planning to LLC as trustees of revocable family trust prior to discovery of easement allegedly interfering with development of property; Robert Garrett, Ryan Squire and Zi C. Lin; 170 Cal.App.4th 1562 (2009).
• Debt Collection