Having practiced real estate law in Southern California over the past 30 years, I have represented a variety of clients in real estate fraud cases. These clients, both plaintiffs and defendants, have run the gamut from individuals, families, investors, homebuilders and developers. Buyers of both residential and commercial properties oftentimes complain that they were unaware
Richard Bridgford recently made a $5,000 donation to University of California Irvine to the Chair of Endourology Fund as a result of his long-time friendship with Ralph V. Clayman, M.D., who joined UCI’ School of Medicine in 2002 as Chair and Professor of the Department of Urology as well as his ongoing commitment to researching
Bridgford Gleason & Artinian founding partner Richard Bridgford was quoted in an article that ran in the Orange County Register on August 1, 2015 about pinhole leaks in copper pipes that have caused a four year legal battle between homeowners, a developer and three water districts in the county. On July 27th, Orange County Superior
In our era of e-mails and electronically- stored information (“ESI”), all companies must have a plan for storing and preserving ESI, particularly when faced with litigation. The risks of not having a well-established legal hold plan can be severe, including creating undue leverage for the opposition, in- creased settlement costs, greater risk of sanctions and
The Daily Journal quoted Michael Artinian in a product liability case.
Your parent(s) set up a living trust and named you as the “successor” trustee. That’s the easy part. The hard part comes after the parent/settlor’s death, when you are now faced with administering the trust, preparing an estate tax return, selling and reinvesting assets per the Uniform Prudent Investor Act, paying debts, prosecuting claims, obtaining