Thomas Scott McConnell

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Miller Starr Regalia A Professional Law Corporation
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS: J. Gordon Holmes v. Lawrence D. Farb, et al.: Represented the defendants/tenants following the expiration of their 20-year commercial lease with their l
  lord. Plaintiffs' allegations included claims relating to defendants' failure to maintain properly the premises
  failure to return the premises in the condition required by the lease. The plaintiffs also asserted various ADA
  fraud-based claims. Obtained a court decision in clients' favor on all grounds plus an award of attorneys fees.
  Tamsen Munger v. Mike Vukajlovic, et al.: Represented plaintiff in a claim for breach of an exclusive contained in a commercial lease agreement. Further, defended client against a cross-complaint filed by the defendant l
  lord for breach of lease. Obtained a court decision in client's favor on all claims
  cross-complaints
  received an award of attorneys fees.
  Tracy Joint Unified School District v. Ernest Pombo, et al.: Represented the owner of unimproved l
  in Tracy in an eminent domain action brought by the Tracy Joint USD. The Tracy Joint USD's final offer for the 60+ acres in question was $3, 181, 500. In the end, the jury awarded l
  owner $7, 985, 150 in damages.
  Sundby v. Metrix Corporation: Represented an individual plaintiff in a fraud
  breach of fiduciary duty case against a Wisconsin-based corporation with whom the client joint ventured to sell a computer software program. This case involved over 20 depositions that were taken throughout the country. Ultimately, the case was tried to a jury in the Federal District Court in San Francisco, resulting in a damage award in favor of the plaintiff in excess of $1 million.
  Business Ventures, LLC v. Mountain Slopes, LLC
  Represented seller in an arbitration proceeding in which buyer breached the parties' underlying purchase
  sale agreement
  then subsequently sought to specifically enforce the purchase agreement despite seller's later efforts to sell the property to a third party. Defeated buyer's claim for specific performance
  obtained an arbitrator's award in the full amount of buyer's deposit plus an award of attorneys fees.
  Main Street Pleasanton v. Nazamy: Represented the plaintiff in a dispute involving the timeliness of the defendant's alleged exercise of an option to extend a commercial lease. Obtained a court decision in favor of the client confirming the termination of the parties' lease agreement
  recovery of possession on behalf of the l
  lord.