Business Litigation

Ferruzzo has a robust litigation group of experienced trial attorneys achieving highly successful outcomes for our clients.

At our core, we are winning trial lawyers. Our attorneys successfully litigate complex business disputes in cases for both plaintiffs and defendants. Ferruzzo attorneys are highly skilled in developing and implementing creative, efficient, and early litigation strategies to resolve cases and deliver the most desirable outcomes possible. Our litigation success includes corporate and partnership dissolution, fiduciary litigation, shareholder disputes, unfair business practices, breach of contract, interference with contract, interference with prospective economic advantage, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and unfair competition.

Our trial team is adept in all aspects of litigation, private arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, and mediation.

We have extensive experience in administrative hearings before the Air Resources Board, New Motor Vehicle Board, Automobile Dealership Department of Motor Vehicle Licensing, DMV hearings, Regional Water Quality Control, Labor Board, California’s Civil Rights Department, EEOC, and Cal OSHA.

We understand the risk, cost, and fatigue of litigation for business owners and we implement a strategic, innovative approach to each litigation to ensure superlative outcomes for our clients and their expedient return to business. Ferruzzo’s advice and counsel, pre-trial, and trial experience also helps clients reach favorable resolutions early in the dispute process which can avoid the costs and uncertainty of litigation.

We leverage technology and experience to create accelerated paths toward resolution starting from the moment we sit down with a client to understand objectives and priorities. Indeed, deliberate speed in analysis and strategic resource deployment is a hallmark of our approach.

Automobile Industry Focus

Ferruzzo is a longstanding partner of numerous auto dealers throughout California. Ferruzzo attorneys successfully represent automobile dealers against individual and class action claims involving:

  • Lemon Law Claims
  • Song-Beverly Warranty Act Claims
  • State of California Department of Motor Vehicle Hearings, Attorney General, and County District Attorney Investigations, and Complaints for Dealer Licensing, Compliance, and Consumer Grievance Issues
  • Protest Actions involving Dealer Point – Adds, Relocations, and Termination proceedings and other OEM – Dealer Relationship Issues

Regulatory Compliance, Licensing, and Hearings:

  • Alcohol and Beverage Control Liquor Board
  • Pharmaceutical Board
  • Automobile Dealership Department of Motor Vehicle
  • Air Quality Management District
  • Regional Water Quality Control
  • California Labor Board
  • Cal OSHA
  • California’s Civil Rights Department
  • Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  • Federal Trade Commission