Contract Disputes

When an important, stressful legal matter affects the future of your company and your livelihood, you should have knowledgeable, client-focused trial lawyer on your side — a business law firm that means business.

The experienced Bay Area and Northern California attorney and staff of David M. Sternberg, Attorney-at-Law in Walnut Creek are here when you need us for resolutions of contentious disagreements over commercial and residential real estate matters.

In addition to Mr. Sternberg’s nearly 40 years of experience, our law firm is well-known throughout the region for its responsiveness to client objectives, in-depth investigation of client problems.

Walnut Creek Contract Dispute Lawyer

Our respected law firm’s founder David M. Sternberg furnishes a diverse clientele with quality, aggressive advocacy and one-on-one personal service for real estate matters such as:

Joint ownership
Rights and duties of co-tenants
Partition actions, when a property’s co-owner wants to sell
Breach of contract
Breach of fiduciary duty
Construction defects
Toxic torts mold
Real estate fraud
Foreclosure and short sales
Mechanic’s liens
Neighbor and boundary disputes over parking, trees, fences, etc.
Licensing

Business

Real Estate

Partnership Dispute Lawyer in Alameda, San Francisco, Contra Costa, and Solano Counties

When a business falls prey to questionable management practices, upsetting shareholders and partners alike, the resulting dispute is often taken to court for a swift, final resolution.

Our Northern California corporate dispute and shareholder dispute law firm can help. We are the David M. Sternberg, Attorney-at-Law law firm in Walnut Creek — the business law firm that means business.

When you retain us to represent your side of a partnership dispute during complex commercial litigation, you reap the rewards of attorney David M. Sternberg’s nearly 40 years of experience, broad legal knowledge and skills in business law practice areas, thorough case preparation and attentive personal service throughout the legal process that is second to none.

Partnership Dispute attorney with over 40 Years Experience

At David M. Sternberg, Attorney-at-Law, our law firm’s founding attorney protect the rights of business clients with legitimate concerns about:

Management approval of improper or inappropriate expenses
Partners cut out of rightful share of a company’s profits
Transfer of assets without compensation
Possession of stock ownership rights
Disputes over business dissolution
Breach of contract, such as violation of a noncompete or nondisclosure
Breach of fiduciary duty
Derivative actions on behalf of a partnership
Franchise disputes
Allegations of securities fraud

they occur and safeguard your interests for any situation during the life of your company.

Consulting attorney

David Mark Sternberg

David Mark Sternberg profile

Location:

Walnut Creek, CA

Phone:

(925) 946-1400

Email:

dsternberg@davidsternberg-law.com

Areas Of Practice

Administrative Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration
Auto Dealer Fraud
Banking & Finance Law
Bankruptcy Law
Business & Commercial Law
Business Organizations
Business Successions
Closely Held Businesses
Collections
Commercial Bankruptcy
Commercial Leasing
Commercial Real Estate
Condominiums & Cooperatives
Construction Contracts
Construction Law
Construction Liens
Consumer Bankruptcy
Contracts
Conveyancing
Creditors' Rights
Debt Discharge
Debtor/Creditor
Directors' & Officers' Liability
Dissolution
Eminent Domain
Estate Administration
Ethics
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Foreclosures
Formation & Business Planning
Franchising
Garnishment
Government Construction Contracts
Housing & Construction Defects
Joint Ventures
Landlord/Tenant
Lemon Law
Lending & Secured Transactions
Licensin
Loan Workouts
Mediation
Mortgages & Foreclosures
Partnerships
Probate & Estate Administration
Professional Responsibility
Real Estate Law
Reorganizations & Restructuring
Residential Real Estate
Secured Transactions
Title Insurance
Transactions
Trusts
Wills
Workouts

Bar Admissions

California, 1980
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1980
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1986
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1990
U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1992
U.S. Supreme Court, 1988

Education

Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California
- J.D. - 1980
Sangamon State University
- T.A. Education - 1994
- Major: Computer Programming and Education
Antioch College, Ohio
- B.A. - 1974
- Major: Economics

Published Works

"Civil Litigation in the Shadow of Bankruptcy", Contra Costa Lawyer, June, 1993
"The Real Estate Market and Bankruptcy, Discussion of the Real Estate Crisis and Bankruptcy", Bar Journal, November, 2007
"Inside the Minds: Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Strategies", Aspatore Books, 2008
"Bankruptcy Forum: What Judges and Trustees Want You to Know", National Business Institute, January, 2011

Classes/Seminars

Consumer Bankruptcy: Chapter 7: Step-By-Step Procedures, National Business Institute
Consumer Bankruptcy: Tips from the Pros, National Business Institute
Consumer Bankruptcy: Ethical Obligations for Debtors' Counsel

Honors and Awards

Super Lawyer - Top 5% of Attorneys in California
Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission, Commissioner, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships

Alameda County, Mediator, Private Mediator
Alameda County Superior Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, Court Panelist
Alameda County Superior Court, Arbitrator
Bankruptcy, Contra Costa County Bar Association, Member
Continuing Education of the Bar, Legal Research Assistant, 1979 to 1981
Contra Costa County Bar Association, Member
Contra Costa County, Mount Diablo Municipal Court, Small Claims Judge Pro Tem, 1986 to 1986
Contra Costa County Municipal Court, Arbitrator
Contra Costa County Superior Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, Court Panelist
United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern Division, Dispute Resolution Program, Court Panelist