by Michael Kushner | Sep 27, 2023 | Litigation
OVERVIEW Depositions play an indispensable role in civil litigation. Simply put, a deposition is the questioning of a witness under oath, in the presence of a court reporter, who is trained to take down every word of testimony. Before delving into how you can best...
by Michael Kushner | Sep 6, 2023 | Business, Litigation
On September 5, 2023, a Long Beach jury ordered Ken Allen Lamphear, a seasoned real estate investor from Los Angeles County, to pay $3 million in punitive damages for elder abuse and fraud against Suzanne “Susie” Yorgason, an 80-year-old Long Beach...
by Michael Kushner | May 6, 2022 | Construction Law, Litigation, Real Estate
OVERVIEW A dispute with a contractor can turn into a nightmare for a homeowner. In fact, most homeowners are familiar with the horror stories surrounding shoddy workmanship, project abandonment, and outright fraud perpetrated by dishonest, incompetent, and/or...
by Michael Kushner | May 5, 2022 | Business, Litigation
COMMON TERMS AND PHRASES USED IN CIVIL LITIGATION IN CALIFORNIA Throughout the litigation process, you’re bound to run into a variety of terms and phrases that you’ve never heard before, or that you may have heard, but don’t really understand. This article seeks to...
by Michael Kushner | May 4, 2022 | Business, Litigation
INTRODUCTION Often, when people hear the word “litigation,” they tend to picture a courtroom—with a judge, jury, lawyers, and witnesses all playing their parts. And there’s nothing wrong with that picture. Trials are, after all, what gets featured in TV shows and...
