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 residential homeowners, condominium  homeowner associations and commercial building owners against  developers, contractors, architects, engineers and subcontractors, among  others.  The typical types of construction defect issues he has  handled include, roof leaks, balcony deck leaks, window leaks,  entry door leaks, plumbing pipe leaks, tub and/or shower leaks, sewer  line leaks, mold, soil  movement (subsidence), moisture intrusion through floors or  foundations, cracking and/or uneven interior floors, cracking and/or  uneven garage floors, cracking and/or uneven exterior concrete patios,  driveways, walkways and/or retaining walls, landslides, lack of  landscape drainage, water pooling around buildings, excessive  stucco, wood, brick or stone wall cracks, pool leaks and spa leaks.  

 Mr. Perez  has pursued real estate purchase and sale dispute cases including issues, such as, 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 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.

 Mr. Perez has represented numerous condominium homeowner associations  and individual condominium unit owners in cases involving the  enforcement of homeowner associations' 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, business acquisition, name  infringement, contract drafting, contract negotiation, contract disputes  and employee misconduct.  

 Mr. Perez has substantial litigation experience including, without  limitation, dozens of mediations, jury and  judge trials, more than one  hundred depositions of experts and percipient witnesses, propounding and  responding to extensive 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 destructive testing upon buildings and their surroundings.  Mr. Perez  has significant experience in drafting and opposing numerous types of  motions ruled upon by California Superior Court judges.  Mr. Perez also  represented the plaintiff in a case argued before the California Supreme  Court regarding mediation. (Foxgate v. Bramalea, 26 Cal.4th 1.)