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When a potential new client consults with one of Buffington Law Firm's business and trust trial lawyers, attorney-client privilege always attaches to the meeting. In this brief Blog article we will discuss why attorney-client privilege is so important when you are...
In business litigation, or trust or real estate litigation, the decision whether to Arbitrate a case, or instead try the case in Superior Court, is one of the most critical decisions that a party can make. In this series of Blog articles I will discuss some of the...
In this brief Blog article we will discuss one of the most critical decisions in business litigation -- the decision whether to go to trial or settle the case. This issue is just as critical in the context of trust litigation. This question is always an...
Buffington Law Firm's Real Estate Litigation Attorneys have considerable experience in dealing with situations in which a neighbor decides to badly damage or destroy our client's trees. We have also successfully defended clients who inadvertantly removed or destroyed...
One of the most frequent and reasonable questions that Buffington Law Firm's business, trust, and real estate litigation clients ask us is: "how much will my lawsuit cost me?" Whether you are a plaintiff or petitioner on the one hand, or a defendant responding to a...
Buffington Law Firm's trust litigation attorneys often answer questions from trust beneficiaries when beneficiaries receive a "120 Day Letter" from a Successor-Trustee of a trust. Generally, this letter will advise the beneficiaries (in rather obtuse language) that...
Formal mediation can be an effective tool in business, trust, and real estate litigation. In business litigation, Mediation is essentially a process in which the parties attempt to conclude a settlement of their lawsuit before the trial date without going to trial. ...
In many business litigation, real estate litigation, and trust dispute cases, in many circumstances it is more cost-effective to settle a case as opposed to taking the case all the way to trial and verdict. The factors that determine this decision are complex, and in...
Buffington Law Firm's Orange County business and trust litigation attorneys have engaged in many trials concerning business, real estate, and trust disputes over the past 18 years. We have noticed certain trends concerning the types of evidence that have been...
In last week's business litigation Blog, we talked about some of the dangers of email in business litigation. Buffington Law Firm's business litigation trial lawyers have noted a trend in recent years whereby email between the parties of a breach of contract or other...