Client Successes Archive

We helped our clients obtain city approval to convert a shuttered hospital into an affordable senior housing and health center.

Nossaman advised the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) on drafting a $2.6 billion transportation bill, Proposition L, that voters approved in the November 2022 election.

We obtained regulatory approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on behalf of the San Gabriel Valley Water Company so it could acquire the City of Montebello’s water system and associated assets.

We successfully concluded a bankruptcy proceeding after a 15-year-long battle that involved numerous related legal disputes for a family that had farmed the land for generations.

Whether traveling by car, bus, train, bike or plane, we firmly believe transportation provides people with better access to opportunities, strengthens economies and helps foster a greater sense of community.

We assisted a class member in recovering Social Security survivor’s benefits following the district court decision that the Social Security Administration violated the U.S. Constitution in denying survivor’s benefits to same-sex couples who were unable to marry under discriminatory state laws.

After a challenging three-week federal court trial, we secured a $65 million jury verdict in favor of our public water agency client who had been involved in a 20-year legal battle with a polluter.

Following a lengthy discovery period involving dozens of depositions and expert discovery that took place against a backdrop of unique COVID-19 protocols, we filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings to eliminate Sunfarms’ equitable claims and a Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff’s contract claims. The Court granted both motions and entered judgment in Eurus’ favor on all of Plaintiffs’ claims.

On May 19, 2022, in three separate opinions, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District ruled that our client had not violated the anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (“anti-SLAPP”) statute.

We won a five-year, $100 million legal battle for our clients. We defended the Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association (ACERA), ACERA’s Board of Retirement, and its Chief Executive Officer (ACERA Respondents) against allegations the retirement system had overcharged a participating employer in violation of their fiduciary responsibilities.

We assisted a hospitality management company in acquiring a liquor license for the Hope Village Hotel.

We represented a national airline in connection with the liquor licensure of its new lounge at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

After a seven-year legal battle, we obtained a successful monetary settlement for our client, the Goleta Water District.

In 2016, our client, the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department (the Port), entered into negotiations with Harbor Performance Enhancement Center (HPEC) concerning the possible development of a terminal support facility. In 2018, after years of unsuccessful negotiations, the Port ended negotiations. Since June 2019, HPEC has sought to contest that determination in three different cases in two different courts. The dispute centers on the validity and parties’ performance of a number of agreements–including an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA), Amendment to the ENA, and two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs).

We secured a stay of the suspension of Medicaid program payments to a specialty pharmacy dispensing and distributing HIV/AIDS medication to vulnerable and low-income populations.

We advised a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in an Internal Revenue Code section 150(d)(3) conversion.

We represented the Port of Long Beach in acquiring 28.6 acres of waterfront and submerged lands that comprise three parcels in Pier D in the Long Beach harbor.

We advised a health plan and independent practice association (IPA) based in Northern California on their merger and sale to a rapidly expanding population health management company headquartered in Nevada.

We successfully defended the County of Los Angeles against a $20 million lawsuit brought by a Malibu landowner embroiled in a quiet title action.

We are advising the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) on improving Interstate 17, a key commerce corridor that sees more than one million travelers every year.

We assisted a Chapter 7 trustee with recovering real properties that the debtors fraudulently transferred to their son.

After years of effort, we recently received regulatory approval for our client, AmericasHealth Plan (AHP), to serve Medi-Cal members.

We counseled the University of Southern California on the recently announced collaboration between USC Fertility and HRC Fertility.

We achieved a successful result on behalf of both the buyer and seller of a California water company. We secured full approval from the CPUC—with amicable waivers obtained all around—and upheld state policy encouraging consolidation of smaller water systems.

Assisting Opteon with regulatory and corporate/contractual due diligence, as well as the preparation and negotiation of the purchase agreement and ancillary documents, we helped bolster Opteon’s footprint in the U.S. market, and marked another milestone in a period of significant international growth for the company.

On behalf of Intrado Corporation, we led a multi-disciplinary team to secure approval from the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) so it could complete its $690 million sale of Health Advocate to Teleperformance.

The California Third District Court of Appeal recently affirmed dismissal of a class action brought against our client, the San Joaquin County Employees’ Retirement Association.

We achieved a Court of Appeal victory upholding the requirement that cities obtain a local coastal program amendment or coastal development permit before regulating short-term vacation rentals in the coastal zone.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court order granting summary judgment to Travelers Insurance Company and ordered instead that our client, the San Joaquin County Employees’ Retirement Association (SJCERA), receive a full defense under the carrier’s policy.

We advised on the acquisition of water rights, valuation issues, and the resolution of a pending eminent domain action to help our client, Crystal Geyser Roxane, and the City of Weed, California.

We helped the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) advance joint development and transit-oriented projects in the Bay Area. We negotiated three agreements involving development of mixed-use projects next to VTA’s Blossom Hill, Tamien and Evelyn Stations.

We secured the first Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan under the Rural Projects Initiative on behalf of San Luis Obispo Regional Transportation Authority. This $13.08 million TIFIA loan will help construct a new bus maintenance and administration facility.

We helped our former and current industrial property owner clients prevail against a demand from a neighboring property owner for damages and cleanup costs allegedly resulting from historic contamination.

We worked closely with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development on the first project procured under their P3 Authority – the replacement of the Judge Perez Bridge and Belle Chasse Tunnel. As the primary access point for those in the Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, the bridge and tunnel see over 33,000 vehicles per day.

We are proud to have played a role assisting the New York State Thruway Authority with replacement of the three-mile-long Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River with The Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, a new cable-stayed, dual-span structure designed to last 100 years. The crossing was long overdue for an upgrade due to the age of the existing bridge as well as increased traffic. 

We updated the corporate bylaws of a large medical center and its affiliated medical group in order to avoid potential shareholder and management disputes.

We worked with the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) to bring a decades-long highway project to life.

We handled the liquor licensing transfer applications for a new boutique hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

We’re advising on a new transit service to offer flexible, affordable, ADA compliant on-demand service in Los Angeles County.

We secured nearly $10 million in federal funds for Tradepoint Atlantic, an intermodal global logistics hub in Baltimore, Maryland, through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Port Infrastructure Development Grant (PIDG).

We assisted a corporate technology company client with securing a 10-year lease of a data center in the Pacific Northwest from a leading national data center provider, with the option to renew the space for two additional five-year periods.

We represented a water agency in a matter involving groundwater contamination.

We secured a $150,000 grant from Go-Biz on behalf of the County of Monterey for a cannabis equity assessment and a $1 million grant for a county-wide cannabis initiative.

Representing a family against the City of Morro Bay, we negotiated a favorable settlement addressing fair compensation and ensuring appropriate development rights. 

We are helping reduce congestion on one of the most congested roadways in Texas. 

Amid government office closures, we assisted the Port of Long Beach in selling its interim administrative office building.

We represented a small liquor store owner in the transfer of an alcohol license to a gas station mini-mart operator after her husband was arrested and charged for committing a felony.

We negotiated a new lease with a reduced footprint and construction contract for a U.S. tech company for its Canadian office.

We represented four independent oil producers in litigation against a non-profit mutual water company that had assisted our clients in disposing of wastewater produced in the operation of their oil, gas and hydrocarbon businesses.

We proudly advised the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s first major design-build project – its 70,000-square-foot Life Sciences building.