Defense of Financing Attorney in failed new build financing.

Personal Injury to a toddler from a wind-blown pool umbrella.

Swimming pool drowning of a 5-year old where such minor was an unsupervised non-invitee.

Mother and son poisoned from carbon monoxide leak while in guestroom.

False Advertising, Deceptive Trade Practices, and Fraud.

Guest fall from chair while, at request of manager, attempting to silence activated smoke detector.

Child Molestation by Front Desk Clerk.

Slip and Fall

Snake Bite.

Deceptive Timeshare Sales Practices.

Sex Trafficking involving use of Salesforce.com

Rape of female employee by her boss while both were guests at a hotel.

Insurance malfeasance for failure to defend against multiple license terminations.

Purported rape of a female guest by a hotel bartender.

Employee Slip & Fall.

Business Interruption Damages from construction defects.

Theft of loaded moving van.

Hotel purchaser defaulted on escrow closing because of its failure to obtain brand license.

Alleged guest rape by two hotel employees.

Guest trip and fall.

Lost profits resulting from design defects.

Trafficked 11-year old girl dropped off by Lyft at wrong hotel.

Mismanagement of Homeowners Association.

Slip and Fall.

Obligation of Hotel to intervene in an obvious case of kidnapping.

Slip and Fall

Damages determination in the attorney malpractice case.

Failure to notify the embarking passengers that past and current passengers were infected with COVID-19.

Slip and Fall (2)

Slip and Fall (1)

Legal malpractice defense involving a timeshare exit company.

Murder of restaurant chef by terminated employee.

Unpaid Wages Claim.

Business Interruption Damages in Insurance Bad Faith case.

Mismanagement of Hotel by Defendant.

Murder by co-worker who wrongfully gained access to victim’s guestroom.

Death from choking incident in hotel restaurant.

Injury from elevator mechanical problem.

Injury from failure to maintain premises.

Dispute concerning misallocation of fees and assessments; negligence and fraud.

Slip and Fall on a pavement.

Defense for Hotel where drunken party-goer wandered into a kitchen freezer and froze to death.

Proof that partial conversion to timesharing of a bankrupt resort was not financially feasible.

Damages calculation in a fractional conversion of an apartment complex.

Disproof that highest and best use of land was for high-rise timeshare resort (avigation case).

Determination of foregone profits resulting from failed conversion of casino hotel to timesharing.

BI damages for construction defects.

Determination of fair compensation for project executive charged with developing destination resort.

BI damages for construction defects.

Damages to mountainside resort resulting from construction of wind turbines on crest of ridgeline.

Support against damages claim by resort developer resulting from government land expropriation.

Standard of Care regarding retention of evidence.

Determination of harm to unit owners within a resort caused by encroachment of a new building.

Underpayment of Transient Occupancy Taxes.

Breach of Fiduciary Duty by operators of moored ocean liner.

Determination and support that owners’ representation compensation was within standards.

Wage and Hour support for underpaid employees in a class action.

Standard of Care for life safety in a near-drowning incident.

BI damages for construction defects.

Standard of Care for fire and life safety for brand affiliator in a case involving two children being burned, one of whom died. $25 million award.

Colloquial use of the term “condominium” at a timeshare resort as pertinent in an insurance dispute.

Custom and practice for hotel real estate development contracts.

Wrongful Termination of management contract.

Violations by developer of the California Vacation Ownership and Timeshare Act of 2004.

Standard practice regarding provision & maintenance of guestroom window locks in a child’s fall from a guestroom window.

BI damages for construction defects.

Ability of hotel to support prospective mortgage obligations.

Standard of Care concerning timeshare condominium management ($23 million demand).

Standard of Care concerning response to Megan’s Law disclosure.

Harm to unit owners from Developer’s withdrawal of Common Amenity usage rights.

Claim arising from wildfire.

Defense against site down-zoning in a foreclosure action.

Condo Hotel standards of care, homeowners association governance, and fee assessments in a class action.

Standard of Care in a walkway slip and fall.

Standard of Care concerning agent responsive service to mitigate an infectious agent.

Legionella case: Duty to disclose known presence of same when management companies changed.

Standard of Care re designing traffic paths through casino F&B outlets to minimize slips & falls, where poor design contributed to an accident.

Standard of Care re wild bird attacks upon guests, one of whom was injured.

Negligence/breach of duty of care concerning sales, development, and operational functions within a timeshare resort..

Duty of Care to vet vendors recommended by hotel to its guests where a vendor consequently injured a guest.

Duty of Care concerning windborne objects where a flying umbrella hit and brain-injured a guest.

Relationships among legal entities and responsibility matrix in sexual harassment and human trafficking case.

Duty of Care concerning timely placement of call for emergency services after guest stroke.

Standard of Care concerning maintenance of facilities and consequential slip and fall.

Standard of Care re handicap bathroom specification and maintenance and consequential slip and fall.

Standard of Care re swimming pool operations, design & safety in a pool accident case resulting in quadriplegia.

Standard of Care re clear and unobtructed window glass in a guestroom accident.

Class action resulting from theft of housekeeping gratuities by Management.

Rape contended from night manager grant of unauthorized access to occupied guestroom.

Rape resulting from front desk grant of unauthorized access to occupied guestroom.

Standard of Care in case involving carbon monoxide poisoning resulting in death and injury in a hotel guestroom.

Standard of Care violation from hotel checking-in two unrelated guests into the same room with resulting assault upon one by the other.

Business interruption damages resulting from construction and design defects and delays.

Business interruption damages resulting from construction defects.

Personal injury case involving alleged failure to inspect and maintain guestroom task chairs, with consequent collapse and injury.

Slip and Fall re absence of bath mat.

Determination and support of diminished value in purchased villas resulting from resort service and maintenance deficiencies.

Obligation to provide warnings concerning surf lessions in an accident resulting in quadriplegia.

Standard of Care involving inadequate emergency medical supplies and slow emergency response in a choking death.

Standard of Care relative to employee duty to warn guests about safety hazards.

Standard of Care concerning inadequate plumbing maintenance and consequent guest injury.

Standard of Care- slip and fall; construction and maintenance defects.

Standard of Care- slip and fall; shower grab bar defect.

Standard of Care- child burns resulting from spill from coffee carafe.

Defense against very large business interruption claim resulting from construction defects.

Defense against cost mis-allocation claim by homeowners in a mixed use project.

Standard of Care- type and positioning of walls with next to shower stall.

Standard of Care- availability of AED at swimming pool in a child drowning.

Standard of Care- Furniture Procurement Practices and subsequent chair collapse injuring a guest.

Personal injury case involving ammonia discharge from a guestroom minibar.

Standard of Care concerning responsibilities for maintaining a safe room environment where multiple service providers were participants in an organized function.

Standard of Care concerning appropriate guest interaction by barkeep where she effectively assaulted a bar patron.

Standard of Care re. rule enforcement where a guest incurred parapalegic injury from a dive into a pond.

Standard of Care concerning lobby monitoring in a rape involving two minors.

Obligation to provide warning signs and life guards in a beach injury.

Bathroom slip and fall.

Public area slip and fall.

Standard of Care in an employee rape involving security of door closure and electronic locks.

Operational standards of care relating to mass shooting incident of October 1, 2017.

Preparation of multiple entity budgets in partial determination of damages as mandated by Judge in a bench trial.

Standard of Care re assessment of risk to guest in Wrongful Death case at a casino hotel.

Legionella class action.

Parking lot slip and fall.

Impacts of Historic Hotel Preservation issues in a staircase fall case.

Trip and fall; Allegation of poor lighting.

Standard of Care in slip and fall on dance floor.

Identification and support for claims of deceptive timeshare sales practices & related anti-consumer behavior.

Trip and fall over a large decorative rock.

Personal injury involving a golf ball injury to an eye.

Information Technology patent infringement case involving use of the term “hospitality”.

Document Retention, incident Reporting, and related standards in a snake bite case.

Defense against breach of contract claim for termination of management contract. Claim by HOA for mismanagement by flagged operator.

Guestroom security breach with an attempted rape.

Deceptive timeshare sales practices.

Deceptive timeshare sales practices.

EB-5 financing appeals.

Deceptive timeshare sales practices.

Standard of Care concerning managerial responsibility to know and follow fire safety codes (burn case).

Defense in a personal injury case involving a guest falling off a 15′ wall when walking in a restricted area.

Defense in a lobby slip and fall case. Focus on operating policies and procedures.

Trade show incident involving anaphylaxis and permanent vegetative state resulting from an allergic reaction to a foodstuff.

Determination and support of lost profits related to construction defects.

Financial damages to hotel from exercise of eminent domain.

Guest experienced brain aneurism during ineptly handled guestroom welfare check.

Standard of Care relative to a dog mauling.

Claim of negligent maintenance causing catastrophic water leak damaging restaurant tentant.

Legionella case contracted from a spa pool.

Carbon Monoxide poisoning of seven children (one of whom died) in an enclosed swimming pool.

Trip and Fall in a lawn area.

Trip and Fall in a nightclub.

Class Action regarding provision of hotel services during employee strike event.