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  Jorden Buechner & Serranzana’s first-class litigation team is committed to developing solid and innovative defense strategies for our business clients. Our firm has extensive business litigation experience in state and federal courts, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. We provide our business clients with effective counsel and the depth of experience you expect to find at a large law firm, but with the personal attention, efficiency and affordability you can only find at a specialty boutique firm. 

Our seasoned litigators work on all aspects of your case with the highest level of legal service, integrity and professionalism. The accomplished attorneys at Jorden Buechner & Serranzana are equipped to tackle sophisticated and complex business litigation, across a broad range of legal issues and industries, including real estate, insurance, trade secrets, and other business torts. We have prosecuted and defended a variety of cases on behalf of individuals and entities alike, including restaurants, construction contractors and subcontractors, manufacturers, and various business partnerships. 

Jorden Buechner & Serranzana provides advocacy that is client-centered, results oriented, and cost-effective. Our attorneys offer a full range of services aimed at meeting the needs of all our business clients, while remaining ever mindful of budgeting objectives. We work proactively with our clients and provide thoughtful, practical legal counsel to help them avoid future problems, ameliorate risks, or posture cases for early resolution. Our experienced litigators vigorously handle cases through settlement or verdict, in traditional and alternative dispute resolution forums. Jorden Buechner & Serranzana capitalizes on its diverse legal talents and cutting-edge electronic resources to the fullest to achieve maximum results for its business litigation clients. 

  Jorden Buechner & Serranzana’s team prides itself on providing clients with a holistic approach to all of their employment law needs. Our firm provides employment law services that cover you from the hire of your first employee and the creation of employment policies, to consultation on human resources issues, to any formal proceedings in front of state and federal employment agencies and courts. Our firm will assist you with crafting employment systems that will keep your operations running smoothly and in compliance with all applicable California, New York, and federal employment laws. Jorden Buechner & Serranzana also offers full audits of your existing systems that will assist you in identifying any existing or potential payroll and HR issues and resolving them efficiently. 

While we understand that employment lawsuits are the last thing an employer wants to contemplate, in the event that you are sued, Jorden Buechner & Serranzana stands ready to provide you with the best, most cost-effective defense. The attorneys at Jorden Buechner & Serranzana each have over seventeen years of experience in defending employment-related lawsuits, including wage & hour matters, discrimination and harassment complaints, and reasonable accommodations issues in agency proceedings, alternative dispute resolution and civil litigation.  

Whatever your employment law needs, Jorden Buechner & Serranzana have the experience, skill and commitment to make sure those needs are met. 

  Navigating the complex and sophisticated network of statues and cases involved in the Government Claims Act requires attorneys with exceptional knowledge and experience. The attorneys at Jorden Buechner & Serranzana possess these attributes to successfully advise and represent governmental entities on a broad range of legal issues. 

Jorden Buechner & Serranzana’s attorneys know the intricate workings of the Government Claims Act and continue to build upon their years of experience bringing and defending actions against public entities or employees. Our attorneys know how to maneuver the rules of defense and indemnification to the advantage of their clients. We have mastered the principles of liability and immunity, including in specific functional areas. Our attorneys are well versed in pre-emption and other unique defenses and immunities afforded only to public entities and are committed to representing clients in this highly regulated environment.  

As litigation attorneys, Jorden Buechner & Serranzana’s team is experienced in defending against personal injury claims, including products and premises liability claims. We are well versed in the requirements of these claims and available defenses. We assist our clients by either negotiating favorable settlements out of court or, if necessary, vigorously defend our clients in litigation. We can also assist to mitigate future liability.

Nonprofit law is a highly specialized field of law, and it is beneficial to select an attorney who is experienced in the process. Jorden Buechner & Serranzana is an experienced law firm who has helped nonprofits with entity formation for a variety of organizations and also assists with obtaining tax exempt status.  

In addition, we help non-profit entities who require ongoing legal services such as advice and assistance regarding  governance, funding and general business contracts and leases, planned giving, fundraising, tax matters, regulatory issues, policies, annual or quarterly minutes, participation at annual or quarterly board meetings,  and assistance with corporate filings. 

Jorden Buechner & Serranzana’s team is experienced in  

the business,  financing, distribution and licensing needs of the film, television,  music, technology, gaming and sports industries.  We handle transactional and contractual matters; advertising, branding  influencer, and sponsorship deals; finance, merger and acquisition strategies;  licensing issues; and production, distribution  and intellectual property matters. 

In addition, our attorneys have experience with the complex litigation, arbitration and labor and employment issues that individuals and companies in these industries face. We advise clients on compliance with entertainment industry guild and union agreements, as well as with relevant employment  laws.