Criminal Case Dismissed, All Charges Cleared Our client, a middle-aged person with a clean record, faced a challenging situation when a relative made... More +
Conflict Resolution Insurance Settlement for Grieving Family after Loss of Wife/Mother McManis Faulkner obtained a seven figure settlement for a family after the tragic loss of their wife... More +
Litigation That Story Is Not Credible. All Charges Dropped. This was a complete victory in a hard-fought civil harassment case. Our client was accused of accosting... More +
Criminal Prescription Drug DUI Dismissed on the Day of Trial Like many people in the San Francisco Bay Area, our client took his prescribed sleeping pill prior to... More +
Criminal Aspiring Doctor Cleared of DUI, Hit & Run, and Lying to a Police Officer A recent graduate of a prestigious university was charged with DUI, Hit & Run, and Lying to a Police... More +
Criminal Hard-working Immigrant Cleared of All Charges Our client, an African immigrant, was driving her children home from day care on a dark stretch of road... More +
Employment Law Client Scores Complete Victory Before State Labor Commissioner In a wage and hour case defended by McManis Faulkner’s Employment Team, the Labor Commissioner ruled... More +
Litigation Public Records On Private Devices? Public Officials Must Produce Them All The California Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the public has a right to see emails and text... More +
Litigation Court Rules That City Violated the Brown Act in Little Saigon Dispute McManis Faulkner represented the Vietnamese American Community of Northern California (VACNORCAL) in... More +
Family Law McManis Faulkner Successfully Defends against a Marvin Action and Related Tort Claims McManis Faulkner successfully defended our client in a civil lawsuit alleging over $1 million in damages... More +
Investigations Jury Verdict Vindicates Client’s Constitutional Rights McManis Faulkner obtained a unanimous jury verdict in Chang v. County of Santa Clara, vindicating our... More +
Investigations Settlement Awards Client $11.3 Million and Lifelong Medical Expenses McManis Faulkner obtained an $11.3 million settlement for Jerry Kielty, a 54-year-old shotcrete concrete... More +
Appellate Victory For Our Clients in Sixth District Court of Appeal McManis Faulkner successfully represented Bay 101, a casino in San Jose, in a class action brought by... More +
Appellate Historic Ninth Circuit Ruling in No-Fly Case McManis Faulkner successfully represented Rahinah Ibrahim, a Stanford graduate student, who found herself... More +
Litigation Landmark Ruling Granted to Malaysian Woman in No-Fly Case McManis Faulkner represented the client in a case against the federal government and the City and County... More +
Investigations County Agrees to Settlement for Injured Cyclist The client, a 20-year old amateur German bicyclist, was with a group of cyclists on a training ride southbound... More +
Investigations Court Rules in Favor of Our Client’s Tip Pool Rules Judge Kleinberg recently ruled after two weeks of trial that our client was within its legal rights to... More +
Appellate Success in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal McManis Faulkner represented an entertainment company in an action brought by two long-time activists... More +
Investigations Unanimous Jury Verdict Win for Our Client The firm represented an entertainment company in an action in the United States District Court for the... More +
Litigation Settlement Achieved in Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition Case A high-level local employee of an out-of-state pharmaceutical supplier left the company to start a competing... More +
Employment Law Arbitrator Awards Client $5.3 Million in Breach of Contract Case McManis Faulkner obtained a $5.3 million arbitration award on behalf of an accomplished wealth advisor... More +
Investigations Court Upholds Client’s First Amendment Rights Smith’s taxpayer action challenged the City’s prohibition on an individual’s right to make a contribution... More +
Appellate Family Court Awards Our Client Largest Ever Sanction Award After initiating divorce proceedings, child custody for the parties’ two minor children was contentious... More +
Conflict Resolution Another Smooth Executive Exit from an International Company When a publicly traded, international company targeted a veteran executive to take the fall for an error... More +
Family Law Father Regains Visitation Rights McManis Faulkner worked with the father to regain custody and visitation rights with his children whom... More +
Litigation Confidential Settlement for Client in Wrongful Death Suit An oral surgeon working with a highly addictive controlled narcotic, Fentanyl, performed patient surgeries... More +
Conflict Resolution Discrete Negotiations Lead to Clean Departure for Venture Capitalist McManis Faulkner arbitrated the separation of a principal from a venture capital firm in a case involving... More +
Criminal Steal $1M, Serve No Time A trustee, appointed to oversee his deceased friend’s trust for the benefit of his minor children, diverted... More +
Family Law Cross-Country Custody Battle Ends In Favor of Father and Children Parties separated 11 years ago, and the mother was permitted to move across the country with the parties... More +
Investigations $86 Million awarded to Client in Breach of Contract, Defamation, Trade Secret Misappropriation Case The firm represented a prominent Silicon Valley company in a debt collection action in Santa Cruz County... More +
Litigation Executive Wrongfully Arrested Receives a Six-Figure Settlement McManis Faulkner represented a high-level executive in a civil suit for wrongful arrest based on a shoddy... More +
Litigation Client Receives Confidential Settlement in Product Defect Case The client had a surgical repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The client chose an implant manufactured... More +
Litigation Favorable Judgement for Fraudulent Trustee A trustee, appointed to oversee his deceased friend’s trust for the benefit of his minor children, diverted... More +
Employment Law Age Discrimination Suit Dismissed in Favor of Our Client Employer reorganized its management team due to business losses. Two of the employees sued, claiming... More +
Conflict Resolution Arbitration Award for Our Clients in Partnership Dispute In a partnership dispute after the partners had developed a 1,000 apartment complex and multiple mobile... More +
Criminal Client Charged With Misdemeanor Reckless Driving Pleads to an Infraction Client was stopped and ticketed for excessive speed (more than 115 mph) and reckless driving (a misdemeanor... More +
Family Law Reduction of Spousal Support Based on Vocational Assessment McManis Faulkner successfully implemented the work of vocational experts and work efforts orders to show... More +
Employment Law Overtime Suit Settled Favorably for Our Client The employer let an underperforming employee go, who then sued for overtime claiming that he was improperly... More +
Conflict Resolution Negotiations Result in Executive’s Smooth Exit When regulatory and operating pressures provoked change within a large public entity, a high-level executive... More +
Conflict Resolution An End to Our Executive Client’s Harassment Two Silicon Valley financial executives were faced with damaging threats from a disgruntled former employee... More +
Conflict Resolution Full Corporate Restitution From Employee Embezzlement Scheme A public company identified an accounting abnormality that turned out to be an internal embezzlement... More +
Family Law Dissolution of Marriage with Multi-million Dollar Assets Resolved Without Litigation Dissolution of marriage with multi-million dollar assets including valuation and division of real property... More +
Appellate Court of Appeal Rules for Our Clients Clients were sued by their city government for allegedly creating a public nuisance based on the height... More +
Conflict Resolution McManis Settles Sexual Abuse Mediation Case McManis Faulkner was asked to mediate cases involving allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests... More +
Family Law McManis Faulkner Challenges Validity of Pre-Nuptial Agreement A flight attendant, who was the sole support for her four children, met a single, never married doctor... More +
Criminal Domestic Violence Charges Dismissed Due to Sleep Disorder The client was arrested and charged with assault (domestic violence) after striking his wife while the... More +
Litigation Another Unanimous Jury Verdict Win for Our Client The firm represented an entertainment company in an action brought by two long time, self-proclaimed... More +
Litigation Consumer Fraud Class Action Success in Federal and State Courts In consumer fraud actions brought in both federal and state courts, McManis Faulkner’s efforts on behalf... More +
Criminal Felony Theft Charge Becomes a Misdemeanor Petty Theft Our client was arrested and charged with felony grand theft. More +
Appellate Court Rules That City of San Jose May Not Use Redevelopment Money For Construction Project A former Mayor sued the City of San Jose when he learned that more than $50 million of redevelopment... More +
Employment Law Employer Vindicated in Disability Discrimination and Abuse Case A disgruntled former employee sued the employer after quitting his job, making claims of disability discrimination... More +
Conflict Resolution Large Technology Client Awarded $1.5 Million in Rent Dispute Large technology clients awarded $1.5 million after it discovered that it had been over paying its rent... More +
Family Law Sole Legal Custody Granted to Children’s Father Sole legal and physical custody was awarded to the father due to the mother’s addiction to alcohol and... More +
Family Law Hidden Assets Found for Our Client After 17 years of marriage, the wife arrived home one afternoon to find her husband’s personal belongings... More +
Litigation Large Settlement for Computer Hardware Manufacturer McManis Faulkner obtained a sizable settlement from a private security firm that failed to protect the... More +
Employment Law Court Upholds Employer in Breach of Contract, Improper Commission Claim The employee claimed he was owed commissions for software sales at the maximum level under his contract... More +
Litigation Real Estate Development Company is Awarded Control in Partnership Buyout In a partnership dispute involving parties who had developed a 1,000 apartment complex and multiple mobile... More +
Litigation High Technology Company Recoups Overpaid Rent An international high technology company mistakenly overpaid rent on its large Silicon Valley office... More +
Litigation Prompt Settlement for Swindled Elderly Couple An elderly couple was swindled by a financial planner and his controlled companies. More +
Litigation Post-Trial Mediation Results in Favorable Settlement for Probate Client McManis Faulkner was retained after trial in this case. The client had agreed, in court, to a very unfavorable... More +
Conflict Resolution McManis Serves as Special Master in Security Fraud Case McManis Faulkner was appointed Special Master in the Technical Equities case by the Superior Court of... More +