BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
Bidna & Keys advises and represents clients "as both plaintiffs and defendants" in connection with lawsuits, arbitrations and mediations involving business and commercial matters, including:

• Breach of Contract
• Breach of Fiduciary Duty
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Contractor / Subcontractor Disputes
• Construction Defects
• Dissolution of Business
• Employment Disputes
• Errors & Omissions
• Fraud
• LLC (limited liability company) Member Disputes
• Officers & Directors Liability
• Partnership Disputes
• Probate Related Matters
• Professional Negligence (attorneys, accountants, etc.)
• Sale of goods
• Securities / Investments
• Shareholder Disputes (including shareholder derivative actions)
• Trade Secrets
• Trust Related Matters
• Unfair Competition
• Wrongful Termination (including discrimination)

We handle business litigation matters in state, federal and bankruptcy courts throughout California (and sometimes in other states). Bidna & Keys seeks, and opposes, provisional remedies such as restraining orders, injunctions, prejudgment attachments and receiverships.

Bidna & Keys does not handle personal injury, worker's compensation or family law (divorce) matters.

CREDITOR'S RIGHTS
Bidna & Keys advises and represents clients "both creditors and debtors" in connection with creditor's rights matters, including:

• Alter Ego Claims
• Collections
• Conflict of Laws
• Enforcement of Judgment
• Exemptions
• Fair Debt Collection Practices.
• Foreclosure (real property and personal property)
• Fraudulent Conveyance
• Guaranties
• Loan Restructuring
• Marshaling
• Non-Dischargeability
• One-Action Rule (anti-deficiency issues)
• Preferences
• Third Party Claims
• Security Interests (including perfection and priority matters)
• Sister State Judgments
• Workouts

Bidna & Keys advises clients as to the effect of Creditor's Rights matters on transactions, planning and operations. We draft and negotiate agreements and related documents. Bidna & Keys regularly handles Creditor's Rights matters for clients "whether as plaintiff or defendant" in lawsuits, arbitrations and mediations in state, federal and bankruptcy courts. Bidna & Keys seeks, and opposes, provisional remedies such as prejudgment attachments and receiverships.

REAL ESTATE LITIGATION
Bidna & Keys advises and represents clients "as both plaintiffs and defendants" in connection with lawsuits, arbitrations and mediations involving real estate, including:

• Broker Matters
• Construction Disputes
• Construction Defects
• Easements
• Encroachment
• Escrow
• Financing
• Foreclosure
• Homeowners Associations
• Landlord / tenant
• Mechanic's Liens
• Partition
• Priority of Liens
• Property Management
• Purchase and sale
• Quiet title
• Secured Transactions (including One-Action Rule / anti-deficiency issues)
• Title
• Title Insurance
• Trust Deeds

APPEALS
Bidna & Keys advises and represents clients "as both appellants and respondents/appellees" in connection with appeals and writs within our fields of practice. We appear in state, federal and bankruptcy appellate courts.

BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
Bidna & Keys gives advice, negotiates deals and prepares agreements in a broad spectrum of business and commercial matters, including:

• Acquisitions
• Business / Entity Formation (Corporation, LLC, LLP, Partnership, Joint Venture)
• Buy - Sell Agreements
• Compliance
• Confidentiality Agreements
• Consulting Agreements
• Contracts
• Dissolution of Business
• Distribution / Dealership Agreements
• Guaranties
• Employment Agreements
• Employee Relations
• License Agreements
• Loans / Financing Transactions (secured and unsecured)
• Mergers
• Officer's & Director's Matters
• Restructuring / Reorganization
• Research & Development Agreements
• Roll-Ups
• Sale of Business
• Sales of Goods
• Start - Ups
• Severance Agreements
• Terms & Conditions
• Trade Secrets

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Bidna & Keys gives advice, negotiates deals and prepares agreements in a broad spectrum of real estate matters involving raw land and improved properties, both commercial and residential. Examples include:

• Broker Matters
• Construction Agreements
• Development Agreements
• Easements
• Entity Formation (Corporation, LLC, Partnership, Joint Venture)
• Environmental / Toxic Issues
• Escrow
• Financing (including promissory notes, deeds of trusts, guaranties)
• Foreclosure
• Ground Leases
• Leases and Subleases
• Property Management
• Purchase and Sale
• Roll-Ups
• Title Matters
• Title Insurance Matters