Areas of Practice: Business Litigation

• Breach of Fiduciary Duty
• Fraud
• Contract Disputes
• Insurance Litigation
• Partnership Disputes
• Unfair Competition Claims
• Trade Secret Litigation

Examples of business cases litigated by Kneafsey & Friend LLP lawyers include:

• Patricia Davis Raynes v. Marvin Davis et al.: Successfully defended the President of Davis Companies in a widely-publicized, $650 million breach of fiduciary duty and fraud matter relating to the estate of billionaire Marvin Davis.
• Obtained $1.25 million judgment in favor of Defendant/Cross-Complainant in a trial relating to a real estate partnership dispute
• Lead counsel in In Re City Tax cases in which KTA recovered over $1 million for the City of Los Angeles.
• Successfully pierced corporate veil and obtained a $860,000 judgment following trial in action involving purchase and sale agreement.
• Obtained an over one half million dollar judgment, including punitive damages, in a hotly contested partnership dispute that included successfully defending a $1.1 million counter claim.
• Successfully represented a small business in a FINRA arbitration involving a complicated hedging transaction used in the sale of the business to a publicly traded company.
• Obtained substantial settlement for musician Plaintiff in breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and malpractice action for misappropriated royalties relating to Plaintiff’s membership in the band Earth, Wind & Fire.
• Prevailed in arbitration representing professor against university in breach of contract action.
• Obtained significant judgment for a media company against an advertiser for breach of contract.
• Successfully represented a small business in recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlements from former clients who failed to pay for professional services.