Stuart G. Gross
Top rated Business Litigation attorney in San Francisco, California
Practice Areas:
Business Litigation,
Environmental Litigation,
Antitrust Litigation,
Consumer Law,
Environmental
Education Qualification:
The University of Michigan Law School
Practice Areas:
Business litigation,
Environmental litigation,
Antitrust litigation,
Consumer law,
Environmental
The Embarcadero Pier 9San Francisco, California, 94111
First Admitted: 2005, California
Professional Webpage: http://www.grosskleinlaw.com/stuartgross/
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians v. Crosby — Successful representation of Indian tribe in actions, in the Eastern District of California, against former executives, including the tribe’s former treasurer, arising from an over decade-long scheme to embezzle tens of millions of dollars from the tribe. Representation included close cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice and resulted in criminal sentences of 57 months for two former officials and 41 months for another and the recovery of millions in restitution., 2022
- Iness Solutions v. Cisco Systems — Successful defense of a former executive and his wife, in Santa Clara Superior Court, against claims by his former employer, Cisco Systems, arising out of alleged procurement misconduct. Working closely with the executive’s criminal defense attorneys, we leveraged the civil case to attain a highly favorable result for the executive in a related criminal proceeding in the Northern District of California and settled the civil claims by Cisco against the executive and his wife for very favorable terms., 2021
- Crooked Goat Brewing v. Barlow Star — Successful prosecution, in Sonoma Superior Court, of claims by multiple businesses against their landlord for failure to provide legally required flood protection. The case settled for several million dollars after the firm’s defeat of a motion for summary judgment based on exculpatory provisions in client leases., 2021
- PG&E Manufactured Gas Plant Contamination - Successful prosecution of contamination cases, in the Northern District of California, on behalf of numerous homeowners and commercial fishers against PG&E arising out of historical manufactured gas plant (“MGP”) contamination in the Marina and Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhoods of San Francisco and areas offshore thereof. The cases have resulted in: the recovery for homeowners of tens of millions of dollars in consideration; a multi-year PG&E-funded joint investigation of the subject contamination; two consent decrees that together will result in the cleanup of the subject offshore and onshore contamination and that required PG&E pay $4.2 million to fund environmental programs to mitigate the harm the contamination causes, including a highly successful herring permit retirement program; and an order establishing PG&E’s responsibility for the contamination from a certain MGP, for which it has denied responsibility for more than 100 years. Published decisions include: 501 F. Supp. 3d 774 (N.D. Cal. 2020); 81 F. Supp. 3d 847 (N.D. Cal. 2015)., 2021
- Cramer v. Elements Mountain Company — Successful prosecution, as co-lead counsel on behalf of a class of Tahoe Donner homeowners, of price-fixing claims, in Nevada County Superior Court, related to snow removal services. The case settled for several millions of dollars in consideration for class members., 2019
Representative Clients:
- Burchell, et al. v. City of San Francisco, et al. — Successful prosecution, in San Francisco Superior Court, on behalf of approximately thirty commercial crabbers and fishers of property damage and business loss claims against the City of San Francisco and two security providers arising out massive fire on San Francisco Pier 45. Attained settlement of $6.2 million after successful motion practice regarding City’s defenses and substantial fact discovery., 2023
Transactions:
- Bliquez v. Simpson — Successful prosecution of claims and defense against counterclaims, in Sonoma Superior Court, on behalf of individual arising from a post-relationship agreement addressing real property and other interests. After eight-week jury trial, attained multi-million dollar jury verdict, including punitive damages, an order requiring the defendant to quitclaim his recorded interest in multi-million dollar property, and complete defense verdict on the defendant’s counterclaims., 2023
Industry Groups:
- Commercial Fishing
- Financial Services
- Technology Startups
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