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BUSINESS + REAL ESTATE ATTORNEYS

CALIFORNIA | FLORIDA

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OUR SERVICES

At MBK Chapman, our seasoned real estate lawyers have extensive experience not only negotiating and drafting complex real estate contracts, but also with resolving real estate-related disputes both in and out of court. We begin by partnering with our clients to understand their goals and objectives, after which we devise the most efficient and effective approach to ensure the best possible result. The firm’s real estate attorneys are experts in both commercial and residential property laws and regularly represent property owners in a variety of matters, including: negotiating complex real estate deals, drafting highly sophisticated real estate contracts, HOA disputes, nuisance, trespass, encroachment, easements, adverse possession, neighbor disputes, evictions, destruction of property, illegal cutting/removal of trees, partition actions, first-party bad faith insurance, failure to disclose, and fraud.

In addition, MBK Chapman’s business attorneys and corporate lawyers provide the firm’s business/corporate clients with a full spectrum of corporate and business litigation and transactional services. When it comes to the firm’s litigation department, for example, MBK Chapman’s business litigation attorneys have more than 60 years of combined experience navigating the firm’s clients through a whole host of business-related trials and court disputes involving complex issues like breach of contract, fraud, unfair business practices, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, intellectual property infringement, and labor/employment law. But MBK Chapman’s business and corporate lawyers don’t just excel at representing the firm’s clients in court. The firm’s transactional attorneys act as corporate counsel to a large number of companies, offering a wide array of corporate/business transactional services. From long-established businesses to untested start-ups, MBK Chapman’s crack team of business and corporate lawyers rely on decades of hands-on experience counseling the firm’s clients through the myriad daily challenges that arise in any successful, growing, and dynamic business, including: business formation, negotiations, drafting business agreements, protection of intellectual property, labor/employment, corporate compliance, asset protection, and franchising.

OUR METICULOUS APPROACH TO YOUR CASE

Initial Consultation

For the most part, before we take on a new client, we like to meet with you via Zoom or in person to gather facts, review any pertinent documents, and discuss your legal options—including whether you have a viable case or defense. If you do, we’ll prepare a written agreement with you detailing, among other things, the legal services we’re going to perform for you.

Notice of Rep. and Demand to Preserve Evidence

Once you’ve hired MBK Chapman, and when it’s appropriate, we’ll send the opposing side(s) a letter to: (i) notify them that we are now representing you; (ii) demand that they produce certain documents to which you’re legally entitled (if applicable); and (iii) demand that they preserve potentially relevant evidence. The latter is particularly important because we want to set things up so that later, if we discover that the opposing side has altered or destroyed evidence, the other side can be sanctioned for spoliation.

Proprietary Case Analysis

We will then proceed with a proprietary, exhaustive, and detailed written report that we call a Due Diligence Analysis (and in litigation cases, we call it a Litigation Due Diligence Analysis). We start by reviewing the facts of your case (including any timeline you might prepare for us), along with the documents that you’ve provided. Our primary purpose for conducting this proprietary due diligence analysis is to: (i) determine whether the strategy discussed with you during your consultation remains the best course of action following our review of the facts, law, and documentation provided; and (ii) provide you with a detailed analysis of your case based on the information/documents provided—e.g., examining potential claims/defenses, determining what evidence would best support those claims/defenses, examining potential pitfalls, such as whether an anti-SLAPP motion might come into play, applicable statutes of limitations, etc. In some cases, the report is aimed at determining whether you currently have (and/or can reasonably continue to maintain, whichever the case may be) viable causes of action, affirmative defenses, and/or other legal recourse.

Partnering with You Throughout the Case

During the course of your case, not only will we notify you of every significant event, but we’ll keep you as involved and informed as you wish to be. This starts with our sending you a detailed introductory email explaining the entire process that you’re facing. We then make it a point to communicate regularly with you about the progress of your case, and to ensure that all of your questions and concerns are addressed.

Dispute Resolution

Of course, when the situation calls for it, we’re always looking for ways to resolve your dispute without expensive litigation. Whether this takes the form of informal settlement discussions with the opposing side (or their attorneys), or more formal alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation, we make it a priority to put your needs first by looking for settlement opportunities when they arise.

TESTIMONIALS

I am so grateful for the representation from MBK Chapman. With one simple demand letter the problem was rectified. They are wonderful to have in your corner!

5 Star Review, Yelp, Posted by Martine L.

Michael Kushner is an amazing attorney! It is great to have such a savvy business attorney, whether creating contracts or analyzing vendor relationships, he is my go to!

5 Star Review, Yelp, Posted by Rosie S.

I am so grateful to Michael Kushner for defending me during my real estate nightmare, and recovering all my damages! He is brilliant!!

5 Star Review, Yelp, Posted by Christie D.

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COMBINED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

CASES LITIGATED

CONSULTATIONS

PRIORITY: YOU

OUR TEAM

Led by two pioneering and highly experienced litigation and business attorneys, MBK Chapman is staffed by some of the most impressive legal minds in the business. Leveraging decades of actual courtroom and transactional experience, clients who retain MBK Chapman quickly discover why the firm has earned such a stellar reputation for its innovation, staunch advocacy, and winning record. Whether aimed at negotiating and resolving highly complex business and real estate disputes, drafting all manner of complex business and real estate contracts, or going to court to litigate business and real estate cases, the battle-hardened lawyers at MBK Chapman are truly the best in the business.

Clients who retain MBK Chapman come to quickly understand why its two leaders are so well respected among the scores of judges, attorneys, and celebrities who have hired them over the last several decades. But MBK Chapman’s laudable contribution to the legal community does not end with its superstar team of lawyers and support staff. Rather, Michael B. Kushner, one of MBK Chapman’s founding shareholders, pioneered and developed two truly paradigm shifting and disruptive technologies that will, among other things, change the way lawyers interact with their clients.

Michael B. Kushner

Shareholder|California

William D. Chapman

Shareholder|California

Sean Mills

Shareholder|Florida

Jason Boss

Partner|California

Rian Davis

Shareholder|Florida

Sara Etemadi

Associate|California

Jessica Grazul

Associate|California

Xu Shirly Sun

Associate|California

Denetta E.J. Scott

Associate|California

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Aliso Viejo, CA 92656