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Managing Partner at the firm Case, Ibrahim & Clauss, LLP
Areas of Practice
Construction Litigation(90%); Construction and Design Law(5%); Business Litigation and Transactions(2%); Real Property Law(2%); Surety; Insurance Law(1%); Architect/Engineer Professional Liability; Bidding Issues/Bid Protests/Bid Bond Disputes; Business Torts and Remedies; Collection Remedies/Sister State Judgments; Construction Insurance/General Liability; Construction Law - All Aspects; Contract Performance Disputes; Corporate Merger and Acquisition; Design-Build/Design-Assist/Value Engineering; Design Defense and Collection; Surety Claims and Defense; Licensing & Licensure; Equal Clauses/Substitutions; Insurance Defense/Coverage/Claims; Prevailing Wage Issues; Prompt Payment and Retention Issues; Quantum and Damage Analysis; Real Property/Lease Transactions; Scheduling Delay and Impact Claims; Subcontractor Listing Laws; Surety Bond Claims and Defense; Tort/Warranty/UCC and Sales Remedies; Writs and Appeals; Defense of Serious & Willful and 132A Labor Claims
Admitted
1984, California, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Law School
Pepperdine University, Malibu, J.D., 1984
College
University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., 1980
Biography
Delta Theta Phi. Author/Lecturer: "Construction Managers-Rights, Liabilities, etc." for the Legal Advisory Committee to the Associated General Contractors of California ("AGCC"), 1991; "California Construction Law-What To Do When," for the National Business Institute (Anaheim), 1992. Lecturer: "Construction Contracts Workshop," for Triaxial Management Services, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego, 1987-1996; "Bonding and How to Profit in the 90's," (AGCC), 1992.
Reported Cases
Wright v. USPS, 29 Fed 3rd. 1426, 1994 (Subcontractor's right to pursue federal agency for equitable lien right to payment where prime contractor and surety are insolvent); Lewis Jorge Construction v. Pomona United School District, 34 Cal 4th 960, 2004 (Lost Profits due to loss of bonding capacity requires proof of special damages); BFGC Architects v. Forcum MacKey 119 Cal App. 4th 898, 2004 (Equitable indemnity is available only if there is proof of a predicate tort).
Born
Torrance, California, October 26, 1958
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