Law Offices of Richard D. Farkas

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Founded in 1981, the Law Offices of Richard D. Farkas, now based in Sherman Oaks, California, is a practice engaged in general civil, commercial and corporate litigation in all California State and Federal Courts, business planning, insurance and computer law. The firm has been actively involved in complex, multi-party business litigation, civil appeals, as well as wrongful termination, business organization and maintenance, and commercial and corporate transactions. The firm represents private and publicly-traded corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and trusts, as well as individuals, throughout the United States, and in Australia, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Palau, South Africa, and South Korea.
 

 

                   Richard D. Farkas


Practice Areas, Representative Clients:
  • INDIVIDUALS: -- Contracting parties -- Business formation and maintenance -- Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, Corporations (private and publicly-traded) -- Defrauded investors -- Litigants in numerous civil damage cases; all California State and Federal Courts -- RICO -- Family law, marital agreements, marital dissolutions -- Wills, trusts and estates -- Litigants before Courts of Appeals, Supreme Court
  • GENERAL BUSINESS: -- Negotiation and drafting of partnership agreements, formation and maintenance of limited liability companies, small and large corporations -- General business contracts, leases -- Employment contracts, employment litigants -- Non-competition agreements, unfair business practice litigants -- Real estate -- Retail stores, shopping centers -- Food and beverage manufacturers and distributors
  • LITIGATION: Litigation in all California State and Federal Courts; appeals before State and Federal Appellate Courts; California and U.S. Supreme Court
  • INDUSTRIES; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORPORATIONS
  • BANKING: Representation of banks, finance, mortgage companies, brokers -- Financial and banking assistance and litigation
  • COMPUTERS AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY: Representation of publicly-traded integrated circuit designers and manufacturers -- Representation of a satellite communications corporation -- Computer programmers and designers -- Software designers and distributors -- Computer hardware designers, manufacturers, and distributors  -- Solar and thermal energy companies -- Oil and gas drillers
  • MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT: Performing artists, including Grammy winners and Rock & Roll Hall of Famers -- National and international record companies -- Financing -- Composers and publishers -- Motion picture and television actors -- Producers -- Directors -- Choreographers
  • INSURANCE: Insurance defense -- Claims -- Bad faith litigation, negotiation, and appeals 
  • REAL ESTATE: Commercial real estate developers -- Residential builders -- Contractors -- National real estate consulting firms -- Lenders, financing companies -- Landlords and tenants -- Brokers
  • RESTAURANTS, FOOD & BEVERAGE: Restaurant formation -- Private placements -- Restaurant maintenance, compliance, leases, contracting -- International food & beverage manufacturers and distributors
  • SPORTS: Baseball, including major league players, contracts, products -- Football, including National, American League players, Super Bowl ringholders -- Boxing, including contestants, Boxing Hall of Fame managers and trainers, promotors, agents -- Gymnastics, including gyms, facilities, trainers -- Swimming
  • CLOTHING AND APPAREL: Clothing and bag designers -- Apparel manufacturers -- Retailers