AREAS OF PRACTICE
BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
CREDITOR’S RIGHTS
REAL ESTATE LITIGATION
APPEALS
BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
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