California, Capitola, Mcquaid, Bedford & Van Zandt Llp

McQuaid Bedford & Van Zandt delivers a level of service and experience expected from a large firm by a firm small enough to provide its clients partner-quality attention to problem solving. The Firm emphasizes teamwork, but without layering of effort, in order to deliver both comprehensive and efficient legal services. Our success is measured by our maintenance of long-term attorney-client relationships. In litigation, trials, arbitration, mediation, writs, and appeals, the Firm’s collective experience encompasses literally hundreds of trials, both jury and court, in state and federal courts, and a similar number of arbitrations. Several of our partners also serve as arbitrators, mediators, and judges pro tem, enhancing their expertise in representation of the Firm’s clients. The Firm’s practice areas include:. BUSINESS. General Business/Transactional. The Firm counsels businesses in the full range of formation and operational matters, including choice of entity, governance, contract negotiation, and documentation of transactions. In addition, Firm attorneys advise companies involved in multi-state transactions, trade groups and anti-trust issues. Corporate, Securities and Finance. The Firm’s experience in this area includes the organization and structuring of businesses in a wide range of industries, every aspect of mergers and acquisitions, private placements and representation of creditors and lenders in a variety of financing transactions. Employment & Labor. The Firm represents employers in employee/management relations. Our attorneys provide advice and counseling on employment polices and manuals, discrimination issues and affirmative action requirements, employment and executive agreements, workplace safety, wage and hour disputes, sexual harassment policies and claims, Americans with Disabilities Act compliance and drug testing. Copyright & Trademark. The Firm represents companies as trademark counsel to obtain and enforce trademark rights. This includes state, federal and foreign trademark registrations, trademark searches and opinions on trademark availability and trademark policing and enforcement. LITIGATION. Business Litigation. Representing clients from a cross-section of businesses, the Firm’s attorneys offer extensive trial, litigation and arbitration experience, striving to provide result-oriented and cost-effective resolution in a variety of business disputes -- from complex, multi-district commercial litigation (including employment, ADA, insurance coverage, contract, securities, intellectual property, professional liability, D&O liability, and probate) to the handling of routine business disputes and judgment enforcement. Mass Toxic Tort/Products Liability. The Firm provides litigation representation of clients ranging from small and mid-sized companies to some of the largest national and international corporations. The Firm's attorneys have handled mass toxic tort claims and other product liability litigation involving industries and manufacturers, including asbestos, automobile and truck components, aviation and aerospace systems, building and construction products, and industrial machinery, heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment and controls. Insurance Coverage Advice and Litigation. The Firm counsels and represents both insurance companies and policy holders concerning insurance coverage disputes and provides litigation and strategic advice to such parties in state and federal courts. LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Real Property. The Firm provides a complete range of services related to transactions involving real property, from acquisition to development and sale. Our clients include owners, developers, lenders, contractors and institutions in the real estate industry. Land Use, Environmental Litigation, Compliance and Permitting. The Firm has expertise in land use planning, zoning, Subdivision Map Act, environmental and building permits for all types of land uses, including mining, farming, and commercial and residential building construction. The Firm’s practice includes environmental permitting, environmental impact statements, compliance audits and issues associated with wetlands, endangered species, hazardous waste, clean water, clean air, Superfund, at federal and state levels, as well as Environmental Quality Act and Proposition 65 issues at the state level. Water Law. The Firm represents irrigation districts, water user associations and individual water rights owners in acquiring, protecting, transferring and defending water rights. The Firm has special experience dealing with projects found under the Reclamation Act of 1902 and currently represents one of the largest irrigation districts in the State of Nevada. Constitutional Takings Law. The Firm has substantial experience in representing private industry, agriculture, land owners, landowners and developers in Fifth Amendment takings claims against local, state and federal governments, whether based upon theories of physical takings or the fast emerging area of regulatory takings, wherever just compensation is due. The Firm regularly appears before the United States Court of Federal Claims. Estate/Trust Planning and Probate. The Firm provides assistance to clients in all their trust and estate planning needs. This includes determining ways and means to minimize estimated tax burdens, preparation of documents, administration of estates, trusts, and probates and the supervision of asset transfers.

McQuaid, Bedford & Van Zandt LLP, 950 Tower Lane, Suite 925, Foster City, CA 94404

Fax: 650.349.4443

Telephone: 650.349.4440

California, Capitola

General Business/Transactional, Corporate, Securities and Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Employment & Labor Counseling, Real Estate Transactions, Land Use and Permitting, Copyright, Trademark, Business Litigation, Tort and Products Liability, Insurance Coverage, Real Property and Construction Law, Employment Law, Natural Resources and Water Law, Constitutional Takings Law, Estate Planning and Probate, West Practice Categories, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Constitutional Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Water Pollution, Estate Planning, Insurance Law, Copyrights, Trademarks, Labor Law, Natural Resources Law, Water & Riparian Rights, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning, Securities Law