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Congratulations to Trial Attorney and Principal Mac W. Cabal for winning a trademark infringement case for the client. The client was a prominent non-profit sports association that hosted and managed a well-known and attended national athletic tournament in Southern California...More

Erica Loftis Pacheco of Lanak & Hanna successfully defended a general contractor and project owner, a local university, from a subcontractor’s attempt to triple its contract price. Subcontractor filed suit on a one-time fee contract alleging that it had completed...More

Congratulations to Associate Attorney, Charles Stec, for being victorious at trial for Lanak & Hanna’s contractor client. The general contractor client filed suit for the unpaid balance on a home improvement project. In turn, the homeowner filed a cross-complaint alleging...More

Congratulations to Senior Counsel David Johnson and Principal Attorney Mac W. Cabal for causing a United States District Court case to be dismissed out of hand. A complete defense judgment entered in favor of the client. The federal case concerned...More

Principal Attorney Natasha Buchanan successfully responded to two bid protests on two separate public works projects, which resulted in the awarded contract to Lanak & Hanna’s general contractor clients. Lanak & Hanna’s general contractor client was the lowest bidder on...More

Lanak & Hanna recently obtained a favorable settlement in a complex alter ego case against the former CEO and CFO of a recycling company. The firm opposed a contractor who sought to hold the executives personally liable for $1.8 million...More

Lanak & Hanna’s supplier client recorded mechanics liens and stop payment notices against two projects when their customer stopped paying and stopped responding to calls and messages. Michael Murray made demands on the owner and general contractor to pay or...More

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Principal Attorney Natasha Buchanan successfully defended her contractor client in a case before the Labor Commissioner’s office where a former employee made claims that the contractor wrongfully terminated the employee for seeking leave.  The hearing officer found that the employer...More

Surety counsel, Tracy Stevenson, Esq. (ret. senior associate), and Amber Kim, Esq., were successful in preventing a $353,000 Co-Trustee bond loss. In a long awaited week long trial that spanned over a year given the court’s impacted schedule, the court...More

Attorney Lauren Stec obtained a complete dismissal in favor of her homeowner client who was being sued for Foreclosure of Mechanics Lien. Ms. Stec’s client is a homeowner who had solar work performed on his home. Despite the homeowner paying...More

Congratulations to Principal Attorney Mac W. Cabal in securing a complete appellate victory on behalf of a surety client for Lanak & Hanna. The case came to Lanak & Hanna on appeal from another law firm. In doing so, Lanak...More

Our law firm, Lanak & Hanna, recently represented a shareholder of a prominent construction corporation in a complex legal dispute involving construction law. The case involved allegations of breach of contract and fraud brought by a homeowner against both the...More

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Associate Attorney Lauren Stec successfully protested two bids on behalf its general contractor client on a 2-million-dollar city police department renovation project. Lanak & Hanna’s general contractor client was originally the fourth lowest bidder on the project. The lowest bidder...More

After successfully winning a four-day bench trial on behalf of a public works general contractor client, Lanak & Hanna Senior Counsel Mark Johnson obtained an attorney’s fees award for 100% of the fees incurred in taking the matter through trial. ...More

Lanak & Hanna Senior Counsel Mac Cabal secured a dismissal of a case at the outset of trial.  At issue, was a long-running dispute between a taxpayer advocate and a general contractor over baseless allegations that the general contractor had...More

For the fifth time in a row this year, Lanak and Hanna’s trial team has prevailed on behalf of its clients in the courtroom.   Senior Counsel Mark Johnson secured a six-figure judgment against a general contractor and its surety on...More

Associate Attorney Lauren Stec has prevailed in an administrative hearing challenging the validity of an unsupported and inflated stop payment notice.   A subcontractor filed an unsubstantiated $150,000 stop notice against the prime contractor client.  Utilizing the provisions of Civil Code...More

Lanak & Hanna trial lawyers Michael Murray and Thomas Padian have prevailed again in trial, this time in a breach of contract lawsuit between two business partners.  The client loaned money to a former employee to start his own business....More

Cal Trans Bid Lanak & Hanna Senior Counsel Mac Cabal represented a general contractor in connection with a California Department of Transportation (“Caltrans”) public works project.  The general contractor was the low bidder.  However, shortly after bid opening, Caltrans deemed...More

Lanak & Hanna attorney Lauren Stec successfully protested a multi-million-dollar school construction bid. After denial of the original client protest, Ms. Stec was brought in to challenge the school district’s original position. She was able to convince the District of...More

Lanak & Hanna attorney Amber Kim successfully prevailed in trial on behalf of a surety after opening statements and motions in limine. Ms. Kim was able to preclude any liability on the surety’s bond and also successfully recovered the surety’s...More

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In the representation of a surety who issued a mechanic’s lien release bond on a residential project, Lanak & Hanna Associate Attorney Lauren B. Stec was victorious on demurrer defeating a time barred and previously released bond claim recloaked as...More

In the representation of a general contractor who was building a new $500,000.00 residential home for two homeowners, Ms. Stec defeated the homeowner’s Petition to Release the general contractor’s Mechanics Lien and obtained an award for attorney fees after being...More

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Lanak & Hanna represented a general contractor in an action with the Division of Labor Standards & Enforcement (DLSE). The DLSE issued a Civil Wage and Penalty Assessment to the general contractor claiming unpaid wages, penalties and failure to submit the DAS...More

Lanak & Hanna is often asked to draft a contract for our client or review a contract that has been presented to our client by the owner or prime contractor. We have attorneys who are well versed in drafting and...More

The key to successful recovery is invoking the right remedy for each situation. This makes the commercial collections process far more sophisticated and ultimately rewarding (professionally to the attorney, and monetarily to the client), at least this is the case...More

After a collection lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Contractor (represented by L&H), the Owner began publishing negative posts about the Contractor. L&H amended the lawsuit to include a defamation claim. In response, the Owner challenged the claim, arguing that...More

As a commercial supplier (often referred to as a creditor), it can be hard enough to turn accounts receivable into revenue. This is especially true when the particular client or debtor goes out of business and closes its doors. But...More