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Joe Dzida and Rob Rogers represented a minority shareholder ousted from a company after many years of service. During his deposition, the majority shareholder produced a roomful of boxes of documents, heavily redacted in black felt pen, and stated that inspection would be allowed only during the deposition. During lunch, Joe and Rob scanned and located a smoking gun; i.e. a document showing a list of payments to shareholders with the names inked out. The largest payments, however, obviously went to the majority shareholder and he confirmed this at his deposition under oath. The amount shown was more than his percentage share and confirmed that he was diverting corporate funds to his personal use. The case quickly settled at a sum agreeable to the client.

A jury awarded Joe Dzida’s clients $474,891.43 in damages, plus interest and punitive damages, and stripped the defendants of their interest in an interlocking group of business entities, after finding that the defendants had intentionally and with malice misappropriated
corporate and partnership funds to their own use, and had used the Joe’s clients’ money in order to make their own capital contributions.

Represented by Rob Rogers and Charles Callanan, a minority shareholder of a small California Corporation discovered that the president and majority shareholder were diverting clients and profits to another corporation. Exercising its rights under California law to dissolve the corporation and seek court supervision of the corporations affairs, our client gained leverage through use of the discovery process to uncover numerous bad acts by the majority shareholder. SWD’s forensic accountants traced the purchase of several properties which were arguably assets of the corporation (thereby bolstering its share value), SWD’s client eventually obtained a very favorable settlement.

Joe Dzida and Rob Rogers helped the owners of one of the oldest and most beloved used bookstores in southern California quickly negotiate the sale of the business and the land on which it operated, avoiding litigation in the process.

Charles Callanan represented a client in the sale of land used as a parking lot, in order to provide additional funding badly needed by the client, and to help the client settle a lawsuit. The purchase plans to construct an apartment complex on the property, but the seller/client is assured reserved, covered parking.

Joe Dzida negotiated the sale of two three parcels of land, each former railroad right of way, on behalf of the descendants of the original grantors to the railroad. Joe represented the descendants over a twenty five year period, confirming their title to the right of way in litigation, and then negotiating over time the sale of the land in three pieces.

Rob Rogers was brought in shortly before trial to help end bitter family a business feud that had been ongoing for over twelve years. The clients were being sued for millions of dollars including a request for punitive damages. Years of costly litigation had taken a tremendous financial and emotional toil on the family. Mr. Rogers was able to step in and simplify matters, identify key leverage points, locate an ideal mediator and resolve this matter with an amicable resolution that benefited all parties.