The business and real estate world can be very complex, and often, many business and real estate owners are vulnerable to disputes, despite their ordinary course. These disputes often grow rapidly and out of your control, threatening the viability of your control. At ES Berry Law, we are here to assist in navigating your unique legal situation, primarily regarding business and real estate matters. Although various circumstances may call for the commencement of lawsuits, filing complaints is not always necessary to resolve disputes. We examine our client matters on a case-by-case basis to discern to either take the case to trial or arbitration, or to obtain the maximum satisfactory settlements, in a cost effective manner.

1. Commercial/business dispute:

A commercial/business dispute can be costly. Dispute can arise between a business owner and another business, employee, customer, partner, and other groups. Often, such dispute revolves around a business contract or agreement. We are experienced in handling both simple and complex commercial litigation. We provide legal guidance to our clients to explore many options and to make informed decisions when concerned with issues that can be threatening to the success of a business.

2. Real estate dispute:

Common types of real estate dispute involve breach of contract, such as buyer-seller conflicts, landlord-tenant conflicts, boundary disputes, and co-owner disputes. A real estate dispute can be resolved in many different ways. We offer guidance that is specially tailored to our client’s own unique situation surrounding his/her dispute.

3. Judgment Collection (Garnishment, Personal Property, Real Property & others)

We have experience in representing both judgment creditors and debtors. We assist our debtor clients in litigating cases against their creditors. We assist our creditor clients in collecting judgments from their debtors. We also assist our clients in discovery of assets.

4. Employment Litigation (Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay & Leave Disputes)

Conflict between an employee and an employer can escalate much when both parties cannot reach a common ground or when one party breaches his/her contracted duties to the other. We assist our clients in advancing or defending various employment claims. For example, we successfully have assisted an employer in defending a frivolous leave claim from a former employee or helped an employee receive a satisfactory settlement amount of overtime and minimum wages.