The practice of Hamrick & Evans, LLP is divided into six practice groups, each chaired by one of the firm's partners: Civil Litigation & Construction Defects; Business, Corporate & Transactional; Entertainment and Intellectual Property; Insurance; Environmental Law; and Equipment Lease & Finance.
Hamrick & Evans Areas of Practice
Civil Litigation & Construction Defects
At Hamrick & Evans, LLP, the Civil Litigation & Construction Defect practice group attorneys handle all aspects of civil litigation, with a special focus on construction defect, entertainment, and commercial disputes throughout California, Nevada, and Colorado. In construction matters, the firm routinely defends developers, general contractors, and subcontractors in complex multi-party lawsuits. With offices in Los Angeles (Universal City), Las Vegas (Summerlin), and San Francisco, the firm serves its clients throughout all phases of litigation, from the initial case evaluation through arbitration, trial, and/or appeal. Please visit the construction liability page for a detailed discussion of construction defects litigation.
Business, Corporate & Transactional
The firm's Business, Corporate, and Transactional practice group represents companies worldwide and always provides personalized legal services of the highest caliber. Attorneys in this group routinely handle domestic and international business matters, mergers and acquisitions, formation of domestic start-ups for foreign corporations, trademark registration and maintenance, employment-related litigation, formation and maintenance of corporations and limited liability companies, and debt collection activity.
Our corporate attorneys routinely advise corporate clients concerning the handling of personnel matters, wage and hour issues, and claims involving discrimination, harassment, termination, trademark infringement, and unfair business practices. In addition, members of this practice group author employee handbooks and guidelines for the firm's corporate employer clients and provide seminars to employees on issues such as sexual harassment and overtime laws.
The members of this practice group also serve as litigation and lead trial counsel on behalf of corporations in labor and business litigation matters. Additionally, our attorneys are fluent in a variety of foreign languages, including German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, and Farsi; this enables the firm to provide specialized legal services to a diverse array of business clientele.
Environmental Law
Through its Environmental Law practice group, Hamrick & Evans, LLP represents private business owners and insurance companies in complex environmental litigation matters, claims filed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), and environmental coverage matters. This group's attorneys have decades of experience defending environmental matters through all aspects of litigation and trial, and in handling insurance coverage matters arising from environmental accidents.
Entertainment and Intellectual Property
The firm's Entertainment and Intellectual Property attorneys provide clients with the a array of personalized services in all areas of entertainment law, entertainment litigation, and intellectual property law, with a special emphasis on trademark, copyright, motion picture production, financing and distribution, artist compensation, and music production and distribution. This group's attorneys routinely represent producers, production companies, artists, writers, directors, and post-production houses in all litigation and transactional matters. Please visit our independent films page for additional information regarding independent movie production and financing.
Insurance
The Insurance Coverage practice group attorneys at Hamrick & Evans, LLP provide the highest caliber of insurance and coverage-related services to insurance carriers and corporations on a wide variety of coverage matters and underwriting issues. This group's attorneys have evaluated thousands of complex litigation and pre-litigation matters, including matters involving construction defects, professional liability, complex fraud, environmental and land use, subsidence, contractual liability, defamation and advertising injury. They also handle Cumis evaluations, appointments and related fee disputes, provide insurance wrap policy administration services, and represent clients in all phases of bad faith and insurance litigation, from trial to appeals.
Commercial Litigation/Equipment Lease & Finance/Bankruptcy
The Equipment Lease & Finance practice group at Hamrick & Evans, LLP provides the full array of legal services concerning the financing and leasing of major equipment. Kenneth Greene, the group's Chairman, is active in all major equipment leasing associations, including the National Equipment Finance Association ("NEFA") and the United Association of Equipment Leasing ("UAEL"). He is also a frequent writer and lecturer, an acknowledged contributor to Miller & Starr's California Real Estate 2nd, and a member of the Advisory Board of Directors of Leasing News, an online publication serving the equipment finance industry.
Hamrick & Evans, LLP provides specialized legal services to a diverse array of clientele. To learn how the firm can obtain a successful resolution to your legal matter, please contact the firm for a consultation regarding your case.
