Bidna & Keys, APLC
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Areas of Practice

BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Bidna & Keys advises and represents clients in connection with lawsuits, arbitrations, mediations and appeals involving business and commercial matters, including:

  • Breach of Contract

  • Breach of Fiduciary Duty

  • Buy-Sell Agreements

  • Contractor / Subcontractor Disputes

  • Construction Defects

  • Dissolution of Business

  • Employment Disputes

  • Fraud

  • LLC (limited liability company) Member Disputes

  • Officers & Directors Liability

  • Partnership Disputes

  • Probate and Trust Related Matters

  • Professional Negligence (attorneys, accountants, etc.)

  • Sale of goods

  • Investments

  • Shareholder Disputes (including shareholder derivative actions)

  • Trade Secrets

  • Trust Related Matters

  • Unfair Competition

We handle business litigation matters in state, federal and bankruptcy courts throughout California (and sometimes in other states). Bidna & Keys seeks, and opposes, provisional remedies such as restraining orders, injunctions, prejudgment attachments and receiverships.

Bidna & Keys does not handle personal injury, worker’s compensation or family law (divorce) matters.

APPEALS

Bidna & Keys advises and represents clients “as both appellants and respondents/appellees” in connection with appeals and writs within our fields of practice. We appear in state, federal and bankruptcy appellate courts.

PROBATE AND TRUST MATTERS

Bidna & Keys advises and represents clients who are individuals, trustees, beneficiaries, heirs, executors, administrators and creditors in probate and trust matters, including:

  • Trust and Probate Disputes / Litigation

  • Trust / Will Contests

  • Trust Administration

  • Breach of Duty by Trustees, Executors, Administrators

  • Recovery of Property (Heggstad Petitions, PC 850, etc.)

  • Accountings

  • “Pay on Death” Accounts

  • Asset Sales

  • Financings

real estate transactons

Bidna & Keys gives advice, negotiates deals and prepares agreements in a broad spectrum of real estate matters involving raw land and improved properties, both commercial and residential. Examples include:

  • Broker Matters

  • Construction Agreements

  • Development Agreements

  • Easements

  • Entity Formation (Corporation, LLC, Partnership, Joint Venture)

  • Environmental / Toxic Issues

  • Escrow

  • Financing (including promissory notes, deeds of trusts, guaranties)

  • Foreclosure

  • Ground Leases

  • Leases and Subleases

  • Property Management

  • Purchase and Sale

  • Roll-Ups

  • Title Matters

  • Title Insurance Matters

business and commercial transactions

Bidna & Keys gives advice, negotiates deals and prepares agreements in a broad spectrum of business and commercial matters, including:

  • Acquisitions

  • Business / Entity Formation (Corporation, LLC, LP, Partnership, Joint Venture)

  • Buy – Sell Agreements

  • Compliance

  • Confidentiality Agreements

  • Consulting Agreements

  • Contracts

  • Dissolution of Business

  • Distribution / Dealership Agreements

  • Guaranties

  • Employment Agreements

  • Employee Relations

  • License Agreements

  • Loans / Financing Transactions (secured and unsecured)

  • Mergers

  • Officer’s & Director’s Matters

  • Restructuring / Reorganization

  • Research & Development Agreements

  • Sale of Business

  • Sales of Goods

  • Start – Ups

  • Severance Agreements

  • Terms & Conditions

  • Trade Secrets

CREDITORS RIGHTS

Bidna & Keys advises and represents clients, both creditors and debtors, in connection with creditor’s rights matters, including:

  • Alter Ego Claims

  • Collections

  • Enforcement of Judgment

  • Foreclosure (real property and personal property)

  • Fraudulent Transfer / Conveyance

  • Guaranties

  • Loan Restructuring

  • One-Action Rule (anti-deficiency issues)

  • Security Interests (including perfection and priority matters)

  • Sister State Judgments

  • Workouts