Los Angeles Law Firm Handling Employment, Business, and Real Estate Litigation

At Litigation, P.C., we provide strategic legal representation across Employment Law, Business Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, and Civil Litigation in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California.

Whether you need an experienced lawyer for workplace discrimination or retaliation, a skilled attorney to navigate a partnership dispute, or legal counsel for a complex real estate litigation matter, our team is here to protect your interests.

As a trusted Los Angeles law firm, we combine in-depth legal knowledge with a client-focused approach, offering clear advice, aggressive advocacy, and results-driven solutions both inside and outside the courtroom. Let our experienced litigation attorneys help you move forward with confidence.

Los Angeles Law Firm Advocating for Employee Rights

There are multiple laws governing the employee-employer relationship, workplace misconduct, and conditions in the work environment. A Los Angeles employment lawyer at Litigation P.C., is able to pursue all legal remedies available for such cases as:

Discrimination and Harassment: It is unlawful for employers to take adverse action against employees or harass them on account of their race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, disability, and other characteristics that are protected by law. Our experienced Los Angeles attorney advocates for employees facing workplace discrimination, ensuring their rights are enforced under state and federal employment laws.

Work Environment Harassment: Harassment is not always sexual in nature. Harassment based on any protected characteristic is illegal. Employees are protected against harassing conduct that is severe or pervasive, such that a reasonable person in the employee’s circumstances would consider the work environment to be hostile, intimidating, offensive, oppressive, or abusive. Our lawyer represents employees in litigation involving workplace harassment that is severe or pervasive enough to affect their ability to work.

Retaliation: Employers cannot retaliate against employees for engaging in a legally protected activity. The retaliation must be in the form of an adverse employment action. Our attorney fights to hold employers accountable for unlawful retaliation.

The employee must have first engaged in a legally protected activity, which is generally the exercise of a right granted by law. Examples include filing a complaint, requesting FMLA or other time off, requesting reasonable accommodations for a disability, whistleblowing, or asking for reimbursement of personal expenses.

Employees are familiar with obvious and ultimate retaliatory actions such as termination or demotion. But actions or a course or pattern of conduct that, taken as a whole, materially and adversely affect the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, are also considered an adverse employment action. This includes conduct that is likely to impair an employee’s job performance or prospects for advancement or promotion. The conduct must be more than minor or trivial actions or conduct that does not reasonably do more than anger or upset an employee. Examples can include the addition or removal of duties, the changing of shifts or location, or the reassignment of less desirable job equipment.

Wrongful Termination: In an employment at-will state like California, companies have considerable leeway when firing employees. At-will employment rules mean that your employer can generally fire you for any reason or no reason at all. However, an employer cannot terminate an employee for an unlawful reason or a purpose that contravenes against public policy. Our law firm has the experience to handle complex wrongful termination litigation and achieve justice for our clients.

A termination in violation of public policy generally falls into four categories: (1) refusing to violate a statute; (2) performing a statutory obligation; (3) exercising of a statutory right or privilege; and (4) reporting an alleged violation of a statute of public importance.

Business Litigation in the Los Angeles Area

Disputes are inevitable for any business owner. At Litigation, P.C., our experienced Los Angeles business litigation attorney represents companies and their owners in various matters. Whether you’re dealing with a breach of contract, partnership disagreement, or commercial fraud, our law firm in Los Angeles helps safeguard your interests and pursue favorable outcomes, both in and out of court. Trust us to handle your business litigation with precision and a results-driven approach.

Breach of Contract: Whether it is a verbal, written, or implied contract, or the contract is with a vendor, client, customer, landlord, or even between the business owners, these types of disputes are common but raise a multitude of issues.

These types of cases can also involve other interests, such as an ownership interest in real estate or the duties that co-owners owe one another.

This requires being familiar with other aspects of civil litigation, such as lis pendens, and the best litigation strategies for related tort claims, such as conversion, fraud, or the breach of fiduciary duties, to obtain the best possible outcome.

Partnership or Ownership Disputes: It is not uncommon to still find partners or co-owners who start a business together on a handshake or a downloaded “partnership agreement”. At the most general level, the agreement is simple – both partners contribute 50/50, and get half the profits.

Disputes arise when one partner or owner does not pull his or her weight, or when there are debts instead of profits. Or for other reasons, one partner now feels that he or she should get more than half the original share. And there’s always the case of when corporate funds go missing, or one partner is too “happy” to use the business credit card for personal expenses.

Our business litigation lawyer assists with various common causes or scenarios of disputes between partners or co-owners.

Fraud: Many business disputes and contract disputes include fraud in one way or another. There are various species of fraud, such as intentional misrepresentation, concealment, or fraudulent inducement.

Most parties attempt to allege some type of fraud in every contract case in order to seek punitive or exemplary damages, which is a monetary award meant to “punish” the wrongdoer for his or her malicious, oppressive, or fraudulent conduct.

An experienced business attorney can assist you with determining whether there is an actionable, or legally recognized claim, for some type of fraud, as judges will not allow you to sue for “fraud” when really, it should just be a claim for breach of contract.

Real Estate Litigation in the Los Angeles Area

At Litigation, P.C., we help clients across Los Angeles resolve complex and emotionally charged real estate disputes. Whether you’re facing an ownership conflict after a failed sale or breakup, dealing with a clouded title, or navigating a lis pendens that’s blocking your ability to sell, we’re here to protect your rights. From partition actions and quiet title actions, to fallouts between co-owners, our team delivers clear counsel and aggressive representation to help you move forward with confidence.

Partition Action: Co-owners of real property need a way to divide property when they now disagree on how to use it or what to do with it. This often arises in cases where friends, family members, or business partners purchase property together, but later face disagreements. Under California law, every co-owner has an absolute right to seek partition, whether by physically dividing the property (Partition in Kind) or selling it and distributing the proceeds (Partition by Sale).

The court determines the best method of partition. Because partition actions can be legally complex and involve disputes over property value, ownership interests, and division, seeking legal representation is highly recommended.

Quiet Title Action: There are times when there competing claims of ownership or unclear ownership of real property. The purpose of a quiet title action is to establish clear and undisputed title, removing any competing claims or clouds that may affect ownership.

Clouded Title: A clouded title in California occurs when there are unresolved claims, defects, or ambiguities in a property’s ownership history, leading to uncertainty about the rightful owner. Common causes include unrecorded documents, outstanding liens from unpaid debts or taxes, errors in public records, and inheritance disputes where property wasn’t properly transferred. Boundary issues and ownership complications from divorce or bankruptcy can also create problems. These title defects can make it difficult to sell, refinance, or transfer a property, as buyers and lenders typically require a clear title before proceeding with any transaction.

Lis Pendens: Also known as a “notice of pendency of legal action,” this is a legal notice used in California to let the public know that a specific piece of real estate or property is involved in a pending lawsuit. This alerts potential buyers and lenders that the property is subject to litigation, which may affect ownership or title. Once recorded with the county recorder’s office, a lis pendens creates a cloud on the title, making it difficult for the owner to sell or refinance the property until the lawsuit is resolved. The notice remains in effect until the legal dispute is settled, withdrawn by the filing party, or removed by court order. While a lis pendens can serve as a legitimate tool to protect property claims, they are sometimes misused to pressure property owners into settlements or negotiations.

Experience Small Firm Attention, Large Firm Results

Our team focuses its practice on litigation and handles each case with our long-held belief in mind, that all clients should receive the individualized attention necessary to aggressively and favorably resolve any dispute in litigation. This means:

• We’re familiar with the courts and players because all we do is litigation.
• We’re also familiar with best practices and strategies for maximizing the value of your claims once it reaches the need for litigation. On the flip side, we’re familiar with what doesn’t work, or how to minimize your exposure as necessary.
• Your case is tailored to provide a solution to best reach your goals. We don’t advise you to file this or that motion simply to increase legal fees. In fact, we often tell you something isn’t worth it based on your goals.
• A senior attorney manages and handles each case from start to finish. You work with and speak to the lawyer at all stages of the process. Paralegals and other staff members don’t send you messages about the lawyer’s opinions or advice – the lawyer contacts you.

For a confidential consultation with an experienced lawyer, contact Litigation, P.C., today to learn about your legal options. We routinely handle matters throughout SoCal.