- GuardianshipSeniors and their families often face a myriad of legal and extralegal needs such as end-of-life decisions, unexpected incapacity, public benefit eligibility, or long-term care concerns. We strive to help our aging clients to preserve their assets and maintain the dignity of control as they grow older. This often requires a focus on planning for incapacity, asset protection and long-term care. We also represent clients in every phase of incompetency and guardianship proceedings.
- Criminal DefensePlease see the individual “practice group” profiles for an in depth discussion of the litigation services provided by our attorneys.
- Wrongful DeathSuccesses like the Ford/Firestone case, along with the unique make up of our firm, allow Lang, Richert & Patch to leap frog into new areas and even the most difficult product liability cases, including medication product liability. Along with product liability and manufacturer defect actions, this practice group also encompasses motor vehicle defects, motor vehicle accidents, severe bodily injury claims, wrongful death arising from motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall claims, premise liability, and torts (assault, battery, defamation, slander).
- Assault
- Corporate LawA primary focus of our business and corporate practice is providing our clients with general counsel support. We pride ourselves in providing clients with assistance in their day-to-day operations including contract negotiation and preparation, employment law issues, corporate procedures and corporate governance issues, corporate formation, formation of partnerships and limited liability companies, and regulatory matters. The firm represents clients in a variety of industries including banking and lending, construction, health care, agribusiness and manufacturing.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsIn addition to providing general business support, the firm advises clients in a variety of corporate transactions including financings by emerging businesses, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint venture transactions, construction contracts, commercial lending and loan restructuring.
- Business DisputesKimberly L. Mayhew is a 1998 graduate of San Joaquin College of Law. She was editor of the San Joaquin College of Law Agricultural Law Review. She has been involved in a number of consumer class action lawsuits. She handles civil litigation matters, including real estate, employment law, business disputes and probate litigation. Ms. Mayhew also handles civil appeals. She is AV rated, and selected as Super Lawyer, 2014-2019.
- Limited Liability CompaniesWe have an extensive practice in the acquisition, sale, reorganization, and restructuring of corporations, partnership, limited liability companies and other business entities. These transactions often involve debt or equity financing and structural changes to an existing business entity or the formation of a new entity.
- Construction ContractsLang, Richert & Patch offers a wide range of services in the area of real estate transactions and litigation. Our transactional attorneys regularly consult with and advise the business litigation attorneys and vice versa. The services in this area include purchase and sale transactions in industrial, commercial, agricultural, residential and development properties; leasing transactions in commercial, residential, and agricultural properties; the negotiation and drafting of construction contracts and subcontracts; real estate secured lending; the negotiation and drafting of loan workout agreements on behalf of both lenders and borrowers; escrow and title insurance issues; real estate limited partnerships and joint venture agreements; the representation of lenders and developers in the areas of subdivisions, parcel maps and the development of real estate; foreclosures both judicial and nonjudicial; as well as option agreements, tax free exchanges and other complex real estate transactions.
- Trade Secrets
- Unfair CompetitionLRP’s business litigation group represents clients in all facets of general civil, commercial, and business litigation. Our attorneys have significant experience and expertise in prosecuting and defending business and commercial litigation disputes of almost every type, including breach of contract, trade secret litigation, agricultural disputes and litigation, construction law, fraud and unfair competition claims, banking and lending litigation, corporate and partnership disputes, complex insurance litigation, and representing securities and insurance brokers in State and Federal Courts, as well as before the Financial Industry Regulation Authority.
- Wrongful TerminationLang, Richert & Patch provides a broad range of services in the employment and labor law area to both public and private employers. The firm has extensive experience in defending employment-related lawsuits, including claims for sexual harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, family leave violations, violations of workers’ compensation law, and Occupational Safety and Health Act violations. The firm also represents employers in administrative proceedings before the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Equal Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, including the Labor Commissioner and the Department of Industrial Relations, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Employment Development Department. In addition, the firm provides advice on preventing employment relations problems and on developing personnel policies and procedures, including...
- Employment Discrimination
- Employment Contract
- Employment LitigationClients rely on Charles Trudrung Taylor to aggressively represent them when faced with employment claims and, where necessary, try employment cases to verdict. He brings an outstanding record of decisions on behalf of his clients and has successfully represented public and private employers and employees in various state and federal jurisdictions, before administrative bodies and in arbitrations.
- Severance Agreement
- Sexual HarassmentLang, Richert & Patch provides a broad range of services in the employment and labor law area to both public and private employers. The firm has extensive experience in defending employment-related lawsuits, including claims for sexual harassment, discrimination, wrongful … [Read More...]
- Real Estate LitigationCommercial leases, real estate financing, easements, boundary disputes, quiet title, partition, property and liability insurance coverage
- Premises LiabilityCurrently, the team represents clients involving claims of defective automobiles, defective tires, premises liability, and catastrophic motor vehicle collisions. The firm has a particular expertise in truck litigation, prosecuting cases against truck drivers and trucking companies.
- Construction LitigationSuper Lawyer: Selected as Northern California Super Lawyer – Construction Law – every year from 2007 to Present, representing the top 5% of Lawyers in Northern California.
- Real Estate TransactionsThe attorneys in this practice area frequently represent both selling owners and purchasers in real estate transactions. They are well versed in the unique issues which arise in agricultural sales, commercial sales, industrial sales and sales of real property for development purposes. In relation to such sales and the financing thereof, we counsel and advise our clients on issues relating to title insurance, options, lease-options, tax free exchange transactions, easements and other issues which arise in the context of such transactions.
- Eminent DomainWe represent lenders, developers and owners with respect to real property issues relating to the use and development of real property. This often involves option agreements, purchase and sale contracts, development agreements with governmental entities, leases and lease options, subordination agreements, easement agreements, financial issues, eminent domain and inverse condemnation, environmental issues and CEQA litigation, and includes representation of parties before municipal and other governmental entities.
- Easement
- Land Use and Zoning
- Personal InjuryIn July of 2002, just minutes from opening statements, Robert Patch, II, and Laurie L. Quigley, the leaders of the Personal Injury/Wrongful Death practice group, settled the first case scheduled for trial in the nation wherein both Ford Motor Company and Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. were named defendants in a Ford Explorer roll-over and Firestone ATX radial tire failure lawsuit. It was also the first California case from the Coordinated Firestone Tire Litigation to empanel a jury. The favorable outcome of this case has brought nationwide recognition to Lang, Richert & Patch’s Personal Injury/Wrongful Death practice group.
- Medical MalpracticeRobert L. Patch, II, is a nationally recognized trial lawyer with more than 40 years of experience representing victims and families in products liability, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, elder abuse, and medical malpractice cases. Mr. Patch has a proven track record of obtaining multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients throughout the San Joaquin Valley, an area known for its difficulty in obtaining such large verdicts.
- Auto Accidents
- Disability DiscriminationDiandra also represents clients in mediations and due process hearings before the Office of Administrative Hearings, compliance complaints with the California Department of Education, IEP team meetings, federal court disability discrimination matters, and Office for Civil Rights complaints and investigations.
- Estate PlanningFounded in 1963, Lang, Richert & Patch is a firm of over 12 attorneys and over 13 staff members. Individually and collectively, the firm has earned a solid reputation for effective advocacy. The practice is diverse, with national, state, and local clients relying on the firm’s experience and success in case analysis and litigation, insolvency and bankruptcy, business ethics, transactions, and estate planning. Lang, Richert & Patch is a diverse group of individuals with a strong sense of justice and purpose. Each attorney brings superior credentials, characteristic determination and creativity to serve the client. The firm employs open communication, strategic innovation and the latest technology in striving to attain the greatest degree of efficiency and effectiveness.
- WillsStan also practices in the areas of trust and estate administration and estate planning. He has extensive experience in estate settlement, trust and estate accountings, fiduciary income tax, gift and estate tax, and probate litigation, including will contests and accountings. Stan is an accomplished trial lawyer, who over the past twenty years has tried numerous cases in state and federal court to both judges and juries. He has argued appeals at both the state and federal level and has significant arbitration experience, including both domestic and international proceedings.
- TrustsEstate Planning, Business Succession, Trust, Living Trust, Family Trust, Revocable Trust, Revocable Living Trust, Life Insurance Trust, ILIT
- Power of AttorneyWe meet with individuals and families to review their personal and financial situation, their needs, concerns, hopes and goals. It is our job to teach our clients the fundamentals of the law in plain English and explain the options available to them to best achieve their goals. We believe that each estate plan should be tailored to the client’s individual situation. From there, we prepare the appropriate documents that may include wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance healthcare directives. Once the estate plan is in place, our clients enjoy peace of mind knowing they have provided for themselves and their loved ones in the event of an unexpected crisis.
- Probate
- BankruptcyAll of these matters require a practical understanding of the relationship between pursuit of creditor remedies and the effect of bankruptcy law. Lang, Richert & Patch draws upon its extensive bankruptcy experience and clear understanding of commercial law in reaching innovative solutions for our clients faced with a financial crisis affecting their customers or themselves.
- ForeclosureThe matters we handle include general banking litigation involving consumers, regulators, and counterparties that arise in the normal course of business, as well as fiduciary litigation, loan disputes, foreclosures, lender liability, and insolvency. We regularly represent institutional creditors in obtaining expeditious pre-judgment relief including injunctions, receivers, pre-judgment liens and attachments, writs of possession, and other actions to protect collateral from destruction, injury, or concealment. LRP is also one of the leading defenders of secured creditors against competing claims brought under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
- Tax LawOur attorneys are knowledgeable about the practical aspects of business operations, as well as the technical aspects of tax law. Our counseling can help avoid tax problems, as well as resolve disputes after they have arisen.
- Debt CollectionLang, Richert & Patch prides itself on its aggressive tactics, pressing forward when other collection agencies and law firms would still be making time-consuming phone calls and writing ineffective letters. Adhering to the requirements of the FDCPA and California debt collection statutes, our strategy is to immediately pursue litigation to final judgment. We vigorously pursue the right of creditors to make sure our collection clients receive the maximum recovery from individuals and businesses indebted to them.