Carl D. Ciochon
Attorney

• Obtained dismissal at pleading stage of lawsuit alleging that escrow holder owed duties to purchaser beyond those specified in the escrow instructions.
• Successfully prosecuted claim that owner of apartment complex breached development agreement by selling the property prior to completion of the development agreement.
• Obtained dismissal of federal RICO class action alleging that residential property manager improperly withheld tenant security deposits.  Subsequently settled related state court class action entirely through insurer contributions.
• Tried to successful conclusion homebuilder’s claims against neighboring gun club for trespass and nuisance, obtaining $2.3 million judgment and permanent injunctive relief.  Successfully defended judgment on appeal.
• Obtained dismissal of extended family members’ claim to $60 million plus share of proceeds from sale of family business.
• Won summary adjudication that hard-money lender’s loan to elderly widow violated California’s Anti-Predatory Lending Law.
• Obtained dismissal of suit against national fitness center alleging breach of purported contract to operate spa on fitness center premises.
• Procured emergency injunctive relief preventing state agency from improperly revoking client’s approval to operate EMT training programs.

California Land Title Association

Carma Technologies, Ltd.

• Board of Directors

Emerge Mobility, Inc.

• Board of Directors

American Business Trial Lawyers

Alameda County Bar Association, Trial Practice Section

• Former Executive Committee Member

• “Keta Taylor Colby Award,” San Francisco Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, 1996
• Selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers magazine, 2015 – 2021