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Burnham Brown, A Professional Law Corporation

Smith, Beverly J

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Phone: (510) 444-6800

Address: 1901 Harrison St Ste 1400, Oakland CA, 94612, Oakland, CA 94612

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Wrongful Death
Raymond Greene is one of the firm’s premier trial lawyers who has extensive experience in litigating employment, wrongful death/personal injury, transportation, product liability, construction and class action matters. Coordinates multi-disciplinary response to catastrophic events as the point person of Burnham Brown’s 24 Emergency Response Team.
Sex Crimes
The underlying case involved a claim of sexual molestation of a minor, committed by Ledesma's employee while performing work at a middle school in San Bernadino County. The minor filed a lawsuit against Ledesma alleging, in part, negligent hiring, retention and supervision. Liberty Surplus agreed to defend Ledesma under a reservation of rights and thereafter filed a declaratory relief action for a determination as to its duty to defend or indemnify. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Liberty Surplus and Ledesma appealed, ultimately resulting in the 9th Circuit certifying the coverage question to the California Supreme Court for resolution given the importance of the issue and the need for resolution of the question.
Assault
Obtained a defense verdict in Santa Clara County for a national retailer in an assault and battery/false imprisonment case of a suspected shoplifter with claimed damages in excess of $1 million and a request for punitive damages. Click Here

Business and Corporate Law

Corporate Law
Corporate formation, winery operations, and development, including custom crush contracts, grape contracts, vineyard leases, and farm management
Business Formation
Business Disputes
The firm regularly handles matters that involve Asian business interests that range from multi-million dollar contract disputes to complicated probate matters involving parties that have a network of firms in China and Hong Kong to draw upon.
Trade Secrets
Unfair Competition
Unfair business practice claims and anti-trust claims, including those filed under California Unfair Competition Law, Business and Professionals Code §17200 and §17500

Workers Compensation
2. Wage and Hour Class Action is not the Only Risk for Independent Contractor Misclassification: Although wage and hour litigation in a class action setting certainly constitutes the potentially most devastating exposure, the Dynamex decision certainly opens the door for a host of other exposures to transportation companies doing business in California. Transportation employers will also be at risk for traditional employment-related causes of action such as harassment, discrimination and failure to provide workers' compensation insurance and other employee-related benefits.
Wrongful Termination
Employment lawsuits represent substantial financial exposure to employers, both in terms of verdict potential and costs of defense. Burnham Brown has long-standing experience and extensive expertise in advising employers how to avoid costly suits, and in providing aggressive defense strategies when suits do occur. Our Employment Law Practice Group offers case-tested knowledge of applicable laws regarding discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, privacy, wrongful termination, breach of contract, violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title IX, and other current issues. We identify core issues quickly, recommend the best avenues to resolution, and counsel clients on preventing similar issues from arising again. We regularly help them create more effective employment policies, avoid litigation, and comply with evolving statutes, regulations, and administrative procedures.
Employment Discrimination
Employment Contract
Sexual Harassment
Convinced federal trial and appellate courts to sustain motion for summary judgment disposing of sexual harassment and constructive discharge claims against large communications supplier

Real Estate Litigation
Bessy also counsels clients in local and state procedures for real estate disputes. She also provides clients with recommendations for risk management.
Premises Liability
Real estate advice, counsel, and litigation for both commercial and residential property including: transactional matters (leasing, sale and purchase, due diligence, disclosures), title disputes, unlawful and forcible detainer, wrongful eviction, rent and eviction controls, easements, border-line disputes, habitability, and general premises liability.
Construction Litigation
Construction defect and contracts: Represents owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, architects, design engineers, material suppliers and product manufacturers in contracting and litigation including class action and mass-tort, multi-party construction defect, mechanic's liens, and environmental contamination.
Real Estate Transactions
The real estate market is a dynamic environment that requires a thorough knowledge of the many and varied facets and phases of real property investment and ownership. Buying, holding, selling or exchanging real property assets requires more than the legal documents that establish the relationships involved in a real estate transaction; they also require an informed and working knowledge of the business dimensions of the transaction.
Easement
Land Use and Zoning
Advise vineyard and winery owners in all aspects of wine law, including vineyard and winery acquisitions; land use planning, grape purchase agreements and vineyard leases
Landlord-Tenant Disputes
Mr. McCormick's practice is focused on civil litigation, with an emphasis on the defense of complex general liability cases to include construction defect, personal injury, products liability, wrongful death, toxic torts, landlord tenant, professional negligence, contracts.
Property Damage
Transportation Law is dynamic. Keeping current of changing market forces and government regulations in the transportation industry is critical. Burnham Brown's Transportation Industry Group is experienced in all areas of transportation law and policy. Our interdisciplinary expertise is derived from the firm's other practice groups, including Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Employment Law, and Insurance Law. We regularly represent motor carriers, inter-modal shippers, motor coach and bus companies, municipalities, railroads, school districts, freight system manufacturers and operators. Over the years, we have effectively resolved hundreds of transportation matters involving catastrophic and large loss property damage, insurance, indemnity and subrogation issues, including regulatory compliance requirements and uninsured motorist coverage issues.

Personal Injury
Environmental: specializes in the medical and scientific issues raised in environmental and personal injury litigation. Cases involve allegations of serious personal injury resulting from major traumas and purported exposures to chemicals, lead, radon, gasses, molds, bacteria, volatile organic compounds, and other particulates. Advice and counsel for UST site contamination and clean up.
Auto Accidents

Debt Collection
Burnham Brown's Retail and Hospitality team continues to represent a range of clients of differing sizes across the full gamut of the retail and hospitality industries ranging from Fortune 50 retailers to regional retailers and grocers, and from iconic US chain restaurants to hotels and smaller hospitality operations.. The categories of cases and claims that we continue to defend include: slip/trip and falls and other garden variety negligence claims; Loss Prevention assault and battery cases that involve allegations of false imprisonment and other claims arising out of the detention and arrest of suspected shoplifters; commercial carrier, logistics and motor vehicle accident cases, including providing emergency response to catastrophic events; the defense of commercial and consumer products in design/manufacturing defect claims and California consumer warranty claims; violations of both the state and federal Fair Debt Collection Practices statutes; cases involving serious injuries caused by the criminal acts of third parties; and severe food poisoning claims. Our services to our retail and hospitality clients also include prosecuting and defending contractual indemnity and vendor endorsement claims; breach of contract claims arising out of retail and hospitality lease agreements, as well as the defense of Class Action cases involving the breach of warranty of habitability claims. Currently, Burnham Brown is regional counsel for Home Depot and represents its interests in all general litigation matters in Nevada.

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