Business Litigation & Counseling

Baker & Associates’ diverse base of services includes negotiation, documentation, evaluation, litigation and counseling regarding contracts and contractual disputes (partnership agreements, purchase & sale contracts, service contracts), employment matters (discrimination, termination, harassment, embezzlement, confidentiality agreements, employment agreements, employee handbooks, covenants not to compete, workers’ compensation), and business torts (unfair competition, confidentiality agreements, trade secrets, trade libel, interference with contracts and prospective economic advantage, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud).

We encourage our clients to get us involved before litigation ensues in order to provide risk assessment and settlement evaluation. Our early intervention can help the client either avoid or resolve disputes before the cost and disruption of litigation interferes with its business. When litigation is necessary, aggressive motion practice and creative solutions usually allow us to cost-effectively dispose of most cases before trial. If trial becomes unavoidable, we have an impressive track-record in the prosecution and defense of the many types of disputes discussed above, as well as obtaining and opposing requests for extraordinary relief such as temporary restraining orders, permanent injunctions and writs of attachment.

Our long-standing clients are growing businesses in aviation technology (Able Aerospace, Aviation Assurance Group, Pacific Aviation Corporation, Southern California Aviation, In-Flight Warning Systems); country clubs (Beverly Hills Country Club, Calabasas Country Club); service (The Paint Shop Nail Salon of Beverly Hills, Festival Artists Worldwide, Always Better Care Home Health Network); maintenance (Mida Industries, Integrity Property Maintenance); manufacturers and distributors (Ionman Water Systems, Mighty Enterprises, Inc., Chips Unlimited); restaurateurs (Café Roma, The Stinking Rose); telecommunications (Global Touch Telecom); textiles (Isabella Fiore, Matrix International Textiles); transportation (Roadway Express, Inc.); and vocational schools (Career Colleges of America, RTP Schools).