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| SCHOOL DISTRICT/PUBLIC ENTITY LAW |
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| Winet, Patrick & Weaver has represented
school districts throughout San Diego and Imperial Counties.
The school districts include elementary, middle school, high
school, and community college districts. The firm estimates
that it has defended at least 30 different school districts
in various types of litigation, including employment, personal
injury, disability, special education, harassment, and numerous
and varied issues involving the Education Code. The firm takes
great pride in communicating closely with members of the school
district who are involved in litigation and obtaining excellent
results. Palomar Community College District and Southwestern
Community College District have retained the firm on numerous
litigated cases and issues, and the firm continues to represent
elementary and high school districts throughout San Diego County. |
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| PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH LITIGATION |
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| The firm was built upon the firm defending
and pursuing personal injury and wrongful death litigation.
The firm has particular expertise in taking personal injury
and wrongful death cases to trial with substantial experience
regarding medical, expert, and financial issues that are part
of personal injury/wrongful death litigation. The firm takes special pride in the history of obtaining extremely favorable verdicts for our clients in personal injury/wrongful death cases. |
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| INSURANCE DEFENSE LITIGATION |
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| The firm specializes in defending
insurance companies and related entities and individuals in
lawsuits involving personal injury and bad faith allegations.
This defense includes claims arising out of third party as well
as first party claims. The firm represents some of the nation's
largest insurance carriers, including Farmers, State Farm, and
Progressive. The firm has litigated numerous jury trials to
verdict in this field with tremendous results. |
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| EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION |
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| Winet, Patrick & Weaver has an
employment law practice that represents clients in both the
private and public sectors. The firm has handled numerous employment
cases on behalf of public entities, school districts, and private
persons. The types of employment cases include employment discrimination,
wrongful termination, harassment, retaliation, disability, and
violations of public policy as well as personnel policies and
practices. One of our attorneys, Jennifer Creighton, has a Masters
in Law in the area of employment litigation and the firm takes
pride in representing employer school districts and private
employers in varied cases that involve employment issues. |
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| BUSINESS LITIGATION |
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| Winet, Patrick & Weaver
has represented and continues to represent public entities,
corporations, and individuals in business litigation. Our experience
is broad and varied. We have represented business owners and
school districts involving multiple business issues, including
employment, wages, discrimination, harassment, and disability.
We have defended numerous cases on behalf of business owners
who have been sued involving their products or dealings with
other businesses.
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guide our clients through the adversarial process and help
them identify critical issues to quantify litigation decisions
involving risk and reward. Our attorneys are experienced in
litigating cases in state, appellate and federal courts.
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| CONSTRUCTION LAW AND DEFECT LITIGATION |
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| Winet, Patrick & Weaver has represented
home builders, developers, subcontractors, general contractors,
architects, engineers, construction managers and their liability
insurers in cases that involve construction law and construction
defect litigation. This experience includes multiple issues
of construction, mold, indemnity agreements, and insurance issues
relating to all areas of construction defect practice. |
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