Commercial litigation · San Francisco
Judgment, earned the old way.
A litigation boutique built on trial experience, not headcount. We take the disputes other firms won't, and we try them to win.
Practice
Four practices. No overflow work.
Each matter is staffed by partners who have tried the underlying claim type before, not assigned down a bench.
Commercial Contract Disputes
Breach, indemnification, and complex commercial agreements between sophisticated parties.
Shareholder & Partnership Disputes
Derivative claims, buyout disputes, and governance disputes among closely held companies.
Trade Secret & Unfair Competition
Misappropriation claims, non-compete enforcement, and departing-employee disputes.
Appellate & Post-Trial
Writs, appeals, and post-judgment strategy before the Ninth Circuit and California appellate courts.
Attorneys
Fourteen partners. Every one of them tries cases.
No non-equity tier, no career associates running your matter unsupervised.
Margaret Hale
Thirty years trying commercial disputes to verdict across California.
Daniel Corvin
Leads the firm's appellate and post-trial practice before the Ninth Circuit.
Renata Osei
Represents technology and life sciences clients in departing-employee disputes.
Representative Matters
Outcomes, not adjectives.
Defense verdict for a logistics company in a multi-plaintiff breach of contract trial.
Jury Trial · 2024Settlement secured for a founder in a shareholder oppression and buyout dispute.
Settlement · 2023Ninth Circuit reversal of summary judgment in a trade secret misappropriation case.
Appeal · 2023“They tried our case like it was their only case. That's rare at this level.”
General Counsel, publicly traded logistics client
Get in touch
A dispute worth trying deserves trial lawyers.
Consultations are confidential. Most calls are returned within one business day.