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Oakland Civil Litigation Law Office

Claassen Santilukka, a law partnership, provides tough-minded, smart and efficient legal counsel on a wide array of complex civil litigation matters.

Serving the Bay Area's Civil Litigation Needs

At Claassen Santilukka, a law partnership, our civil litigation lawyers can help resolve your legal dilemma and provide the seasoned, effective counsel you need to understand your rights, your options, and your best course of legal action. Led by founding attorneys John Claassen and Chuanpis Santilukka, we counsel clients across the nation on a full array of legal matters from our firm office in Oakland, California.

Winning Your Case

Claassen Santilukka, a law partnership, works closely with our clients to represent their best personal and legal interests. We take a bottom-line approach to each of our cases. We listen and understand our clients' goals. We discuss different legal options and their potential consequences. We explain what fees and costs may be in light of different courses of action. We empower clients to make the best strategic choices for their case and their situations. When that means aggressive courtroom litigation, we thoroughly prepare our clients for their day in court. In even the most delicate of matters, we employ finesse.

Whatever it takes, we strive to resolve each case in an effective manner that provides our clients with lasting and positive results.

We resist specialization, priding ourselves on our ability to handle a wide range of litigation. Many of our recent cases, however, have been in the following practice areas:

Complex Business and Commercial Litigation
Lawyers at Claassen Santilukka handle complex business matters involving shareholders, partnerships, mergers and buyouts to ensure that our clients' business and commercial rights are best represented. When appropriate, we negotiate tough courses of action to seek better solutions for our clients in areas such as employment, alternative dispute resolution, breach of fiduciary duties, contractual relations, fraud, and unfair business practices.
Collections
Our attorneys represent individual and business debtors and creditors in collections cases involving nonpayment for goods and services. They handle collections cases involving credit cards, lines of credit, secured transactions, bankruptcy and breach of contract.
Real Estate
Our firm advises clients in real estate disputes involving residential and commercial real estate, including boundary disputes, title disputes, adverse possession, equitable liens, breach of fiduciary duty against brokers and agents and misrepresentation.
Patent and Trademark Infringement
We defend small companies facing abusive patent, trademark and unfair competition claims. Recent cases include cases brought in the Central District of California, the Northern District of California, and the District of New Hampshire.
Unreasonable Local Regulation
We assert taxpayer challenges to special assessments under Propositions 13 and 218. We fight abusive assessments as invalid special taxes.
Defamation and SLAPP Actions
Our defamation and privacy lawyers represent plaintiffs and defendants alike in character defamation cases involving libel, slander and malicious Web sites or e-mails. We represent clients claiming First Amendment rights in SLAPP motions.

Contact us for a free initial consultation about your civil law case, and we will listen patiently to understand your legal objectives and personal needs. We are available to meet after hours by appointment.
Available after hours by appointment
French and Thai spoken
Claassen Santilukka, a law partnership
2865 Broadway, Suite 1
Oakland, CA 94611
510-251-8010 (phone)
Based in Oakland, California, Claassen Santilukka, a law partnership, serves clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, including Oakland, San Francisco, Alameda, Emeryville, Pleasanton, San Leandro, Berkeley, Richmond, Orinda, Happy Valley, Lafayette, Moraga, Danville, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Alamo, Stockton, Ripon, San Ramon, Los Altos Hills, Hillsdale, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Woodside, Daly City, Sausalito, San Francisco, Los Altos, Mountain View, Redwood City, Claremont, Montclair, San Rafael, Jackson, Martinez, Stockton, Napa, Sunnyvale, Fremont, San Mateo, Alameda County, San Mateo County, Marin County, Amador County, Contra Costa County, San Joaquin County, SF Bay, CA.