Michael G. Balmages,Esq.
Arbitrator
Tel: (949) 863-9800
Mediator
BUSINESS
Representative Case Summaries
Discovery Referee
- Represented founding partner of major Orange County law firm against his former partners and firm for money due upon retirement based on breach of contract and elder abuse.
- Represented former head of construction of major Orange County builder who was being sued for usurpation of corporate opportunities and malfeasance.
- Represented Orange County manufacturer of spinal surgery implants against claims of breach of contract and unfair competition.
- Represented trustee of estate of deceased lawyer in a dispute over the sale of a his law practice that involved the plaintiffs’ claims of fraud and the defendants’ and cross-complainants’ claims of breach of contract.
- Represented Trustee in family member dispute over disposition of trust assets.
- Represented executives of nationwide mortgage lender against founder of company for breach of contract and fraud.
- Represented medical products R&D company in breach of contract claim by a consultant who claimed he was entitled to money and stock.
- Represented medical products company in numerous breach of contract actions against its suppliers.
- Represented apparel company in breach of contract lawsuits against its licensees.
- Represented “baseball hat” manufacturer in several lawsuits with is suppliers.
- Represented majority shareholders in corporate dissolution action of family held corporation brought by one group of cousins against another group of their cousins.
- Represented former employee of metallurgical testing firm who went to work for a competitor against claims of theft of trade secrets and unfair competition.