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Hansen v. Hilton & Hyland (Oct. 21, 2021, B305592) 2021 WL 4899199 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal affirms summary judgment for broker and agent on claim arising from home sellers’ misconduct

Jolie v. Superior Court (2021) 66 Cal.App.5th 1025

Court of Appeal rules for GMSR client Angelina Jolie, holding that a private judge violated a continuing obligation to disclose new matters involving counsel representing Jolie’s ex-husband Brad Pitt

Moore v. Teed (2020) 48 Cal.App.5th 280

GMSR wins a published decision for our tech-executive client, following his win at trial against a deceitful real estate agent

2019

O’Gara Coach Co., LLC v. Ra (2019) 30 Cal.App.5th 1115

Court of Appeal reverses order denying GMSR’s client’s motion to disqualify opposing party’s law firm

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP v. J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc. (2018) 6 Cal.5th 59

California Supreme Court adopts GMSR’s client’s arguments in widely followed case, clarifying the law regarding both arbitrations and attorney ethical duties

Michelson v. Proskauer Rose, LLP (June 24, 2016, B259013) 2016 WL 3575243 [nonpublished opinion]

GMSR’s client sued a law firm for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and legal malpractice, based upon the firm’s issuance of opinion letters regarding purportedly tax-advantaged investments that the Internal Revenue Service later determined were illegal. GMSR’s client asserted the attorney-client privilege as to his

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP v. J-M Manufacturing Co., Inc. (2016) 244 Cal.App.4th 590

Court of Appeal reversed a $1.7 million judgment against GMSR’s client J-M Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Cruz-Carbajal v. Holder (9th Cir. 2011) 428 Fed.Appx. 759

Teaming up as pro bono counsel, husband and wife team Alana Rotter of GMSR and Jonathan Rotter of Kaye Scholer LLP argued that the Board of Immigration Appeals erroneously denied a motion for relief based on ineffective assistance of former counsel. The Ninth Circuit agreed,

Lockton v. O’Rourke (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 1051

Standard for determining continuous representation on same specific subject matter for purposes of tolling statute of limitations in attorney malpractice action

Blanks v. Seyfarth Shaw LLP (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 336

Reversing $30 million legal malpractice judgment because of error in instructing on Talent Agencies Act