Stradling Litigators Prevail In One Month Bench Trial and Related Arbitration In $9 Million Dispute

A Stradling litigation team chalked up two more trial wins relating to the contentious break-up of a twenty year business relationship. Not only did our team obtain a complete defense win on a $9 million claim made against our client for breach of fiduciary duty, we also secured a $600,000 judgment in favor of our client in a related case.

Stradling skillfully represented the client in a one-month bench trial regarding the alleged “bad faith” dissolution of the corporation. When the dust had settled, Stradling had secured a full defense win for its client, with the court expressly finding that Mr. Zaretsky had acted in good faith in dissolving the company and that Mr. Yardley was entitled to nothing on his $9 million claim. In a related case, after a multi-week arbitration, Stradling’s client was awarded, and collected on, a $600,000 judgment against an entity related to Mr. Yardley.

(Orange County Superior)