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Cases
IRC Section 412 and 419 Tax Shelter Fraud Cases If you have been a victim of tax shelter fraud by an insurer, accountant or other promoter, and have been audited by the IRS or state tax authorities within the last three years, we may have information that will be of benefit to you. The Law Offices of David M. Zeff are co-counsel with Guy Kornblum and Associates in the following cases against insurers and promoters concerning IRC Section 412 and 419 Tax Shelter Farud Cases: Johnson, et al., v. Indianapolis Life
Insurance Company, et al., Sacramento Superior Court No. 06AS02130.
Arora
et al., v. Hartford Insurance Company, et al., Alameda Superior Court No. RG
06304141. Mar, LLC, et al. v. Amerus, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court No. GC039929. . Appeals, Verdicts & Settlements Wrongful Death Settlement- $3.0 Million: Truck-Auto
Collision
Threlfall v. Cherokee Freight Lines, Solano County Sup. Ct. No. FCS 8030274 Cherished 58 year old husband, father and friend killed by negligent truck driver on California Highway 12. *See Supporting Case Documentation #8 below* Court Judgment After 4 Week Trial: Verdict
for Client (Cross-Complainant) for $1,007,508.77: Judgment included $250,000 in punitive damages for fraudulent conversion of corporate
assets and violation of minority shareholder rights. Prior settlements had included the recovery of control
and ownership of the corporation to innocent shareholders and a six figure recovery from other cross-defendants.
Fazio, et al. vs. Johnson,
et al. Alameda Sup. Ct. No. RG-06-280041
(2010) *See Supporting Case Documentation #7
Below*
Writ Granted by California Supreme Court Staying
Legal Malpractice Action: Corbalis v. Berliner Cohen Santa
Clara County Superior Court, Case No. #106CV071586
*See Supporting Case Documentation #1 Below* Successful Defense on Appeal of Judgment Voiding
Boat-Builder's Lien: Islander
Yachts v. One Freeport 36 (1st Dist.,
Div. 4) 173 Cal.App.3d 1081, 219 Cal.Rptr. 654
*See Supporting Case Documentation #2 Below* San Francisco Rent Control Verdict for Tenant: $220,030.48 -
Alvarez v. Valdivia S.F. Superior Court No. 854079
*See Supporting Case Documentation #3 Below* Defense Jury Verdict for Attorney in Legal Malpractice Action Concerning Patent: Huene v. Worrell Fresno Superior Court No. 376670-6
Commercial
Collection After Bank Levy: $431,000 + collected six weeks after service of Complaint Oakland Fluid Systems Technologies, Inc. v. Pullbrite, Inc. Alameda County Superior Court No. RG 05 203323
Settlement
of Literary Agent Malpractice Action: Amount and Terms Confidential: First Hawaiian
Bank as Trustee of the Joseph Campbell Trust v. Russell &
Volkening, Inc. & Timothy Seldes U.S. Dist. Court, Southern District of New York, No.
91 Civ. 1376
San Francisco Rent Control Settlement for Tenant: $250,000.00 -
Stack v. Atkinson, and cross-claims S.F. Superior Court No. 607681
Settlement of Legal Malpractice
Action: $411,000.00. Boyer v. Waggoner, et al. Stanislaus
Superior Court No. 90050
Settlement of Copyright Action
re: The Hero's Journey, Mythos I, and Mythos II: Joseph Campbell Foundation v. Wellspring Media, Inc. U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal., Case No.
C04- 1046 BZ
*See Supporting Case Documentation #4 Below* Settlement of Copyright Action: Joseph
Campbell Foundation v. Janica Fox Anderson, et al., U.S. Dist. Ct., N.D.
Cal.,Case No. CIV 97-3017 CRB
Settlement of Sukhavati
Copyright Action: Joseph Campbell Foundation v. Mystic Fire Video, Inc., et al. Superior Court of the County of Marin, State of California, Case No. CV 033936
*See Supporting Case Documentation #5 Below* Settlement: Employment Contract of Corporate Founder: Rosanne
Esposito v. Busybox.com
*See Supporting Case Documentation #6 Below* Defense Settlement of Corrosion
and Contract Claims on Lease of 21 Railcars:
U.S.L. Capital v. Envirodyne Corporation San Francisco Superior Court No. 960114 .
Attorney Fee Disputes - Arbitrator
and Expert Witness
Former Member, State Bar Committee on Mandatory Arbitration (Two Terms) 1983 to 1990, Chair, Bar Association of San Francisco, Committee On Arbitration of Fee Dispute (Executive Committee: 1990 to present)
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