Atwood, Haiman & Westerberg

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Founded in 1970 by Stanford H. Atwood, Jr., Atwood, Haiman & Westerberg is one of the most successful civil litigation firms in Santa Clara County, California. The firm's attorneys handle all areas of civil litigation with an emphasis on business, corporate, real property, development / construction, and employment litigation. The firm has special expertise in representing the title industry, financial institutions, businesses and corporations.

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Since its inception, the firm has counted most of the major title insurance companies and many important financial institutions among its clients. It has effectively represented these and other institutions for years in a variety of legal contexts, including the defense of insurance bad faith and lender liability actions, the defense of title companies against involved contract and business tort claims arising from the handling of escrows, the defense of class actions and complex litigation, the investigation and analysis of complex title claims, the defense of financial institution trustees in breach of trust, fiduciary duty and other trust and probate litigation, and the representation of secured creditors in difficult loan enforcement and bankruptcy proceedings. In addition to its institutional clientele, the firm has successfully represented and assisted numerous individuals and small and medium-size businesses in the Santa Clara County community, California and the Western United States in all types of civil litigation and dispute resolution.
The firm's business and real property litigation practice includes all types of business and real estate contract disputes, tort claims related to real property transactions, litigation over rights of use and possession of real property, construction disputes, and the representation of real estate brokers and agents.
The firm's employment litigation practice focuses on discrimination and sexual harassment claims. The firm also advises its business clients on employment matters, including handling the discipline and termination of problem employees.
While Atwood, Haiman & Westerberg specializes in litigation, it also provides a variety of corporate and transactional services to its individual and business clients. The firm handles the formation of business entities, including incorporation and the formation of limited liability companies. The firm drafts and reviews contracts and transactional documents for real property and business transfers.
Atwood, Haiman & Westerberg enjoys a reputation as a tough and aggressive litigation firm that effectively represents its clients in difficult and involved litigation matters. At the same time, the firm excels at negotiating winning resolutions for its clients at all stages of a dispute or transaction. Thus, unlike some other hard-hitting litigation firms, Atwood, Haiman & Westerberg hits hard when that is the best strategy, while assisting its clients to identify and exploit opportunities to beneficially resolve their legal problems at every stage of a dispute or transaction.

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