Experience

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 James Perez has recovered millions of dollars litigating dozens of complex multiparty construction defect actions in California. He has pursued actions on behalf of single family dwelling homeowners, condominium homeowners, condominium homeowner associations and commercial building owners against developers, general contractors, architects, engineers and subcontractors, among  others. The typical types of construction defect issues he has handled include, leaks in roofs, balcony decks, windows, doors, plumbing pipes, tubs, showers, sewer lines, and pools and spas, mold infestation, soil movement (subsidence), moisture intrusion through floors or foundations, cracking and/or uneven interior floors, garage floors, concrete patios, driveways, walkways and/or retaining walls, landslides, improper landscape drainage, missing or defective waterproofing, water ponding around buildings, and excessive cracking in concrete, stucco, wood, brick and/or stone walls.  

Mr. Perez  has pursued real estate purchase and sale dispute cases including issues of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, concealment and boundary line encroachment. He has handled cases involving real estate brokers, real estate sales agents, insurance companies, banks, commercial property owners, commercial tenants, residential homeowners and condominium homeowner associations. Mr. Perez has negotiated commercial building purchase agreements, commercial tenants' lease agreements and drafted developer/general contractor agreements with subcontractors. 

Mr. Perez has represented numerous condominium homeowner associations and individual condominium unit owners in cases involving the enforcement of covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&R's).  Mr. Perez also has extensive experience dealing with property managers and property management companies.

Mr. Perez has represented multiple business entities regarding a variety of legal issues, including, contract disputes, business acquisition, defamation, name infringement, contract negotiation, contract drafting, and employee misconduct.  

Mr. Perez has significant and substantial litigation experience including, without limitation, dozens of mediations, jury and judge trials, an extensive number of depositions of experts and percipient witnesses, propounding and responding to tremendous amounts of discovery in the form of multiple thousands of interrogatories, production of document demands and requests for admissions.  Mr. Perez has conducted numerous visual inspections of buildings and their surroundings and attended multiple weeks of invasive testing upon buildings and their surroundings, including the Northridge Meadows apartment complex that collapsed during the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Mr. Perez has significant experience in drafting, opposing and arguing numerous types of motions in Superior Court.  Mr. Perez also represented the plaintiff in a case before the California Supreme Court regarding mediation. (Foxgate v. Bramalea, 26 Cal.4th 1.)

 Mr.  Perez has experience in personal injury matters arising from motor vehicle accidents, defective products, premises liability (slip & fall) dog bites and wrongful death cases arising from building failures.