- Corporate Law
- Business DisputesCalifornia Business Law Adishian Law Group, P.C. founder Chris Adishian answers why Adishian Law Group practices business law. Transcript Well, business law is an actual area of interest for me. Growing up, I was in a family where both parents ran small businesses and when I went on to school at Berkeley, my major was in mathematical economics Read More
- Trade SecretsRepresented client company in responding to new employee’s former employer’s unfounded allegations of trade secret theft intended to prevent hiring.
- Unfair CompetitionOur employment lawyers have represented top performing professionals throughout California in a wide range of employment related claims. Employment matters that we have handled include: failure to pay commissions, failure to pay bonuses, breach of contracts, fraud in the inducement, breach of contract, gender discrimination, racial discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, harassment, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, non-competition agreements, unfair competition, as well as many other claims.
- Wrongful TerminationRepresented female Plaintiff who was the largest minority shareholder, former board member and former officer of very successful privately held corporation in litigation alleging wrongful termination and corporate claims.
- Employment DiscriminationRepresented homosexual male, Senior Level marketing professional in claims of sexual orientation discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation against large privately held financial services firm.
- Employment Contract“Whenever you leave a senior executive position with a private company that has some size to it, there are a lot of loose ends to be tied up. For example, how do you handle equity shares in a company that is not publicly traded? Chris was instrumental in assisting me in managing my transition. I would highly recommend Chris in looking at employment agreements or managing transitions. He is open minded, reasonable and gives great and practical advice.”
- Employment Litigation“Chris’ legal expertise and negotiation ability were extremely helpful to me. If you are in Silicon Valley he is a good attorney to contact if you have employment issues.”
- Non-compete AgreementPRACTICE AREA | BUSINESS TRADE SECRETS Legal methods to protect your interest, investments and know-how. California has a strong public policy in favor of open competition, and against non-compete agreements. However, the Company still has legal methods to protect its interests, investments and know-how. One of these methods is the “trade secret” doctrine. What is Read More
- Severance AgreementAdvised senior level employee at alternative energy company in negotiation and review of severance agreement. Client alleged age discrimination and wrongful termination.
- Sexual HarassmentRepresented a female, former sales representative for a large wholesaler, alleging sexual harassment and gender discrimination based on a hostile work environment involving sexually explicit emails and photos sent to her by male co-workers.
- Real Estate LitigationCalifornia Real Estate Law Adishian Law Group, P.C. founder Chris Adishian answers why Adishian Law Group practices real estate law. Transcript Our firm practices real estate because I’ve always had an interest in real estate as a young adult and that interest just grew over time. Fortunately, along the way I had two great instructors, one was Marvin Starr, Read More
- Real Estate TransactionsAdvised Buyer on issues relating to commercial real estate purchase of new corporate headquarters, including irrevocable dedication for right of way, easements and environmental testing.
- Easement
- Landlord-Tenant DisputesOver the years, we have earned favorable outcomes for our commercial landlord clients in the form of stipulated judgments for possession, stipulated judgments for money, default judgments and confessions of monetary judgments. We have also resolved disputes on behalf of commercial tenants involving unlawful detainers outside of court to ensure a cost-effective, non-disruptive transfer for both the landlord and tenant. We also recently represented a purchaser of a luxury property in a “failure to disclose” case which resulted in a six figure settlement at mediation. See our Case Studies for additional examples.
- Disability DiscriminationRepresented account coordinator in FEHA mediation, alleging pregnancy and disability discrimination, after her employer terminated her while she was out on disability leave from pregnancy complications.
- Estate PlanningAdishian Law Group has real estate attorneys with years of real estate transaction and real estate litigation experience involving millions and millions of dollars of real estate. Our attorneys are committed to ensuring that the interests of our clients are at the forefront of every decision. Our experience and results speak for themselves, and our rates are about one-half of “downtown” firms.
- BankruptcyDEFENDED multi-million dollar privately owned computer dealer and its owners who were threatened with business and personal bankruptcy by its “partner”, one of the largest software companies on the planet.