Joyce S. Mendlin | Attorney

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RECENT CASES

In representative engagements, Ms. Mendlin has:

 

INVERSE CONDEMNATION CASES AGAINST GOVERNMENT ENTITIES

  • successfully represented over forty family client-homeowners in claims for flood damages against public entities in Monterey County, through trial
  • successfully represented over forty family client-homeowners in claims for flood damage against public entities in Santa Clara County
  • successfully represented property owners on a claim for toxic contamination against a public entity in riverside county, through trial
  •  successfully represented individual homeowners in numerous cases against public entities for landslide and subsidence damages

     

    REAL PROPERTY DISPUTES

  • successfully represented clients in boundary disputes
  • successfully represented a property owner against a prospective buyer's claim for specific performance, by obtaining summary judgment against the prospective buyer
  • successfully represented the owner of a residence against claims by the tenant for damages allegedly caused by exposure to toxins, through trial
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    EMPLOYMENT LAW

  • successfully represented an employee who was wrongfully fired instead of having been given an accommodation for his disability, defeating the employer's claim that the dispute had to be arbitrated   
  • successfully represented clients on their claims for sexual harassment and labor code violations
  • successfully defended an officer of a corporation against claims by discharged employees whose claims should have been brought solely against the corporation       

     

    REPRESENTATION FOR AND AGAINST LAWYERS

  • successfully represented a business owner against her prior law firm in a lawsuit for legal malpractice
  • successfully represented a law firm in its claims for fees against that law firm's former client while defeating that law firm's former client's claims for legal malpractice

     

    REPRESENTATION FOR AND AGAINST CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS

  • successfully represented contractors and subcontractors on their claims for payment, including at trial and in arbitrations
  • successfully represented the owners of property in claims for construction defects against contractors
  • successfully defended contractors against claims for construction defects
  • successfully defended a contractor against a subcontractor's claims for payment, through trial     

     

    BUSINESS LITIGATION

  • successfully represented an individual on her claims against a bank for misappropriated assests, through trial
  • successfully prosecuted an action for misappropriation of partnership assets, including injunctive relief and contempt sanctions, including punitive damages, through trial
  • successfully represented the administrator of an estate in a claim to enforce a promissory note
  • successfully represented partners in numerous partnership disputes   

     

    TORT LITIGATION

  • successfully represented a property owner against a fraudulent claim for personal injury  damages, obtaining summary judgment, affirmed on appeal
  • successfully represented a client seeking insurance coverage for a copyright infringement suit brought against that client

         

    PROBATE LITIGATION

  • successfully represented a disabled man in an action for support against a trust, through trial

         

    PROCEDURE

  • successfully opposed claims that a client's settlement with one defendant should be deducted from the client's damages claimed against another defendant, under the law pertaining to good faith settlements, in two separate cases
  • successfully argued that the adverse party could not dismiss his case against client on the morning set for the hearing on a motion for summary judgment to avoid liability to the client for attorney's fees
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    Admission

    Verified California

    1980

    Education

    St. John's College B.A.

    Rosenberg Mendlin & Rosen LLP Highlights

    Corporate, Business Organization, Real Estate, Lawsuit & Dispute, Employment

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