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Mr. Taketa has over 22 years enjoy efficiently representing clients in commercial enterprise litigation, with a forte in exertions and employment subjects in both federal and state courts. Mr. Taketa s cutting-edge customers include Verizon and Delta Dental.
Prior to founding Sullivan Taketa LLP, Mr. Taketa served as corporate litigation counsel within the GTE Legal Department, managing trendy company matters with an emphasis on defending management in employment and class action litigation in addition to carrying out internal criminal compliance investigations and prosecuting robbery-recovery moves. At GTE and Verizon, Mr. Taketa attained an outstanding report within the a success protection of assorted and novel employment disputes, which include equal intercourse harassment and different varieties of employment discrimination, defamation, wage and hour, invasion of privacy, and retaliation claims. Mr. Taketa has additionally successfully defended Verizon in a variety of California actual estate related litigation, such as severa mechanics’ liens, surety claims, environmental remediation and eminent domain moves.
Prior to serving in-residence at GTE and Verizon, Mr. Taketa changed into in non-public exercise with the New York primarily based law office, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, where he handled complicated business transactions and litigation topics for loads of clients, which include economic establishments, industrial developers and several Fortune 50 groups, as well as serving as General Counsel for U.S. Water Polo, Inc. In the years at once after his admission to exercise regulation, Mr. Taketa was at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, in which he turned into a transactional legal professional managing lots of complicated commercial leasing, creation loans, oil and gas interest transfers, mergers and acquisitions, and standard corporate law subjects. Mr. Taketa is a conscientious and thorough expert who has a established song document of consumer delight for providing high best and cost powerful felony services. Mr. Taketa’s contemporary practice also includes assisting employers in complying with country and federal regulation, making ready powerful employees rules and manuals, and undertaking place of business harassment investigations.
Mr. Taketa changed into decided on as one of Southern California’s Super Lawyers in 2004, and has been decided on to appear in several Who’s Who for excellent professional achievements.
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- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
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Graduation year: 1984