Expert Witness Services - Standard of Care:

4. Board of Directors

Case: Madison Village Townhouses vs. City of Petaluma.

Retained by plaintiff through Stanley Feingold of Feingold & Youngling, a San Rafael law firm.
My scope of work is to opine on the subject of the value of common area to the creating of a community in a homeowners association.
My disposition was taken once. The case settled prior to trial.

Case: Farias/Sandoval vs. Riviera at Silver Creek Valley Country Club HOA, et al.

Retained by plaintiff through Lee E. Poel of Poel & Foster, a San Jose law firm.
My scope of work is to prepare an opinion on the common area maintenance and safety practices of the association and its management and landscape maintenance companies.
My deposition was taken once. The case settled prior to trial.

Case: Clark vs. Fried, et al.

Retained by defendant, through Shahab E. Fotouhi of Bledsoe Cathcart, Diestel, Livingston & Pedersen, a San Francisco law firm.
My scope of work is to review the Association's overall management practices, including budget and reserve preparation.
My deposition was taken once. The case settled prior to trial.

Case: Marbro vs. Sacramento Sutter

Retained by defendant, through Roy Girard of Wagner, Kirkman & Blaine, a Sacramento law firm.
My scope of work is to opine upon the adequacy of the defendant's Reserve Analysis and the standard of care of a condominium Board of Directors.
The case settled prior to trial.

Case: Stonehedge Community Association vs. Leisure Capitol '85, et al.

Retained by defendant through David Miller of Nevin & Hall, an Oakland law firm.
Superior Court, Sacramento.
My scope of work is to opine upon the adequacy of the defendant's Reserve Analysis and the standard of care of a condominium Board of Directors.
The case settled prior to trial.

Case: Ventimiglia vs. Dame’ Construction Company, Inc., et al.

Retained by defendant through Jeffrey R. Vincent of Clapp, Moroney, Bellagamba, Davis and Vucinich, a Pleasanton law firm.
The case involves a property line and retaining wall dispute arising from the original development of the subdivision.
My scope of work is to opine on the creation of common interest developments and their long term management. The case settled prior to trial.

Case: Hamlett vs. Sunpointe HOA

Retained by defendant through Kelly Levy of Nevin & Hall, an Oakland law firm.
My scope of work is to opine on rules enforcement at a condominium association.
The case settled prior to trial.

Case: Camp Capitola vs. Anderson, et al.

Retained by defendant through Donald L. Sullivan of Clapp, Moroney, Bellagamba, Davis & Vucinich, a Daly City law firm.
Superior Court, County of Santa Cruz.
My scope of work was to analyze the management, maintenance and financial forecasting of the previous Boards of Directors of this Association.
The case settled prior to trial.

Case: Bockley vs. Rancho Santa Margarita HOA

Retained by defendant through Glenn Youngling of the Law Offices of Glenn Youngling, a San Rafael law firm.
Superior Court, County of Marin.
My scope of work was to prepare an opinion regarding an assessment formula for road maintenance.
My deposition was taken and I testified at trial. The Court ruled in favor of the defendant.

Case: Robert Hartwick v. Woodside Association, County of Sacramento

Retained by defendant through Jeffery Nevin, a San Francisco attorney
My scope of work encompassed the relationship between a Board of Directors, its management company, and the management company’s employees, as well as certain aspects of maintenance responsibilities.
The case settled prior to trial.