Oakland Civil Litigation Lawyer

The practice areas of the Oakland, California-based Claassen Santilukka, a law partnership, include the following, among others:

• Complex Business and Commercial Litigation
  We handle complex business matters on behalf of our business clients to protect, if possible, what can amount to the value of an entrepreneur's life work. We handle matters involving large commercial collections, venture-backed start up debt defense, corporate control and governance, breach of fiduciary duty, contractual relationships, securities fraud, unfair business practices, company valuation and buy-outs.
  
• Collections
  Civil litigation attorneys John Claassen and Chuanpis Santilukka provide strong representation to debtors and creditors alike in debt collection matters. Our law firm has handled debtor-creditor cases involving nonpayment for commercial goods and professional services, including breach of contract, breach of equipment lease, breach of guarantee and broken leases. We counsel clients regarding secured transactions, statutes of limitations, bills of exchange, bankruptcy, guarantee obligations on business leases and guarantee agreements. Our law firm has valuable experience in debt collections cases involving the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Uniform Commercial Code, including Article 2, Article 3 and Article 9.
  
• Real Estate
  Our residential and commercial real estate law experience includes resolving real estate disputes through civil litigation. We have recently handled actions to quiet title, title disputes, boundary and border disputes, adverse possession, surface water flow lawsuits and buyer-seller disputes involving allegations of misrepresentation and undisclosed latent defects. We have recently helped clients hold realtors and brokers accountable in breach of fiduciary duty civil suits. We have recently advised clients in cases involving the forgery of a grant deed.
  
• Patent and Trademark Litigation
  We have recently defended small companies against claims of patent infringement, trademark infringement and unfair competition brought by some of America's biggest businesses. In defending these actions, we have successfully fought off attempts by large, national law firms to strong-arm small companies into settling for lesser amounts that they would have likely received at trial.
  
• Unreasonable Local Regulation
  We have recently defended the rights of land owners against unreasonable code enforcement and for unreasonable regulation. We assert tax refund and invalidity claims against local governments taxing their citizens illegally under Propositions 13 and 218.
  
• Defamation
  We will protect your name and reputation from verbal or written assault and other defamation, slander or libel actions. We also protect clients from frivolous litigation in defamation defense cases to protect our clients' First Amendment rights to free speech, including cases involving public figures. We handle defamation cases of slander and libel, and we represent plaintiffs and defendants in Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) motions. If your character defamation case involves content written on Web sites or in an e-mail that has taken on a life of its own, our defamation lawyer can help resolve your situation.

Contact us at Claassen Santilukka, a law partnership for a free initial consultation to discuss your civil litigation case.

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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.