Bryan Stofferahn has been with BWB&O’s Oakland office since 2016 and has been practicing law since 2002. Mr. Stofferahn focuses his practice on insurance defense matters and was lead counsel on the Millennium Tower construction defect case in San Francisco, which was the largest construction defect action in the country. Outside of work, Bryan is […]
BWB&O’s Arizona office’s Managing Partner John Belanger and Associate Terry Straughn strategically utilized Arizona Revised Statute section 12-2602’s statutory expert certificate/preliminary affidavit requirements to successfully defend a lawsuit for its contractor client. Specifically, Plaintiff failed to file the requisite certificate and preliminary expert affidavit stating how the contractor fell below the standard of care and how that conduct caused […]
Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara, LLP is proud to announce Partner Arash Arabi and Associate Morgan Piercy victoriously defended their client in a dog bite/premises liability matter, resulting in a successful Motion for Summary Judgment in Orange County Superior Court! BWB&O’s client was the homeowner and landlord, who was unaware of the tenant’s dog residing or […]
BWB&O’s Arizona office recently utilized the statutory Purchaser Dwelling Act (“PDA”) to successfully defend a lawsuit against the firm’s general contractor client. In the case, Managing Partner John Belanger and Associate Terry Straughn twice prevailed on motions to dismiss, the second of which resulted in a complete dismissal. In September 2018, the Court granted the first motion, which argued […]
BWB&O is excited to announce our Family Law practice has expanded from California to our Las Vegas, Nevada office! The firm would also like to welcome Lianna Urfalyan to the team! Lianna Urfalyan handles family law matters involving paternity, child custody and visitation, child and spousal support, domestic abuse, and the characterization and distribution […]
Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara, LLP was retained to defend a Las Vegas gentleman’s club in regard to an alleged assault and battery that took place between staff and a patron. Plaintiff claimed he was held down by three of the club’s security guards while another guard punched him in the face multiple times. To make matters more complex, by […]
Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara’s client is being sued by invitees to an employee’s home arising from the employee’s son’s PTSD-driven shooting. Plaintiffs, in an attempt to drastically expand an employer’s duty when an employee works from home, contend that an employer must both ensure an employee’s home is safe for invitees regardless of whether the […]
Recently, the California Bar Association (“CBA”) published Formal Opinion No. 2020-203[1] concerning a lawyer’s ethical obligations with respect to unauthorized access to electronically stored client information. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated the growing trend of storing and maintaining data and information online so that employees and clients can access the data from […]
Congratulations to Arizona Partner Adam Campbell for successfully trying a business dispute over a limited liability company’s distribution of assets during its wind-up. This case was the first live civil jury trial in Pinal County Superior Court since the resumption of jury trials under Arizona’s COVID-19 emergency orders. Plaintiffs claimed that our clients, a company and two of […]
Congratulations to Partner Tyler D. Offenhauser and Senior Associate Kenneth L. Mariboho, II, for successfully arguing a Motion for Summary Judgment which extricated their client, a General Contractor, from a $2.8 Million Construction Defect lawsuit. In this matter, Plaintiff hired a General Contractor to build a 9,000+ square foot, hillside mansion in Malibu, California, that […]
arBremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara, LLP is excited to announce that Partner John Toohey has been officially admitted to practice law in the State of Colorado! Mr. Toohey is admitted to practice in the State of California, the State of Arizona, the State of Colorado, and the United States District Courts – Eastern, Central, and […]
Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara, LLP represented a property management company and its member manager in a hotly contested wrongful eviction claim, which included additional causes of action for defamation, and intentional interference with prospective economic relations. Plaintiffs were tenants at the clients’ commercial property who were evicted for failing to abide by the terms […]