Our client was the victim in a car accident who suffered personal injuries at the fault of a distracted driver. The insurance company attempted to settle this case with a low-ball offer before we were retained. After a thorough investigation of the facts, and evaluation of medical bills, lost wages, and pain & suffering, we settled our client's personal injury case for $125,000. Read On
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Our client was bitten by a dog while delivering a package to a residence during the course of employment. The property owner refused to compensate our client. After our investigation, we discovered that another package delivery driver was also bitten by this dog in the past. We then filed a claim with the property owner's insurance company. Despite a lengthy negotiation, we were able to settle the case for 12 times the medical bills. Read On
The Geller Firm successfully settled a car accident claim for 6 times the medical bills. Read On
We represented a gentleman in Contra Costa County who was divorced from his ex-wife under California law, but was still married to her under Jewish law because she refused to obtain a "Get" from him. Without a Get, he was unable to remarry and move on with his life. We believed her actions constituted coercive control under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act because she restricted his free will and personal liberty. We filed a temporary restraining order against her, which was granted by the Judge. She pursued her own legal action against our client, and after many hours of negotiations, we were able to settle the case with out client getting his Jewish Get. Read On
We successfully settled a high conflict divorce in San Francisco County involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, violations of standard family law restraining orders, taxation of NFT sales, and a buyout of spousal support in a long-term marriage. Read On
The Geller Firm successfully settled a high asset divorce involving real property in California, real property outside of the United States, brokerage accounts, retirement accounts, and cash accounts. This case required the involvement of a forensic accountant to perform a Moore Marsden calculation because some of the property was purchased before marriage. Read On
Our client was a highly paid employee at an S&P 500 company. After many months of legal action regarding child custody, child support, spousal support, attorney's fees, and division of marital assets and debts, we settled the case on all issues with a favorable outcome for our client. Read On
We were co-counsel at an ex parte evidentiary hearing in Marin County where we successfully defended our client (Mother) against the Father who was making false child abuse accusations against Mother's fiancee, and attempted to take away child custody from Mother, put Mother on supervised visitation with her child, make Mother complete parenting classes, and restrict Mother's fiancee from having contact with the child. Read On
We were able to successfully obtain a 5-year restraining order after a long-case hearing (also known as a "mini-trial") for our client in Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa. Read On
We represented a married woman with children who had an emotional extramarital affair via text messages (known as “sexting”). Her husband discovered the text messages. Our client asked the other party to stop contacting her so she can save her marriage and family. The other party refused. He continued to contact her despite her pleas for him to stop. The other party also insulted her husband, provoked her husband, and threatened her husband. To make matters more complicated, the other party previously admitted to a history of 5150 psychiatric holds and building a handgun. We believed there was a credible threat to our client and her family so we filed a restraining order against the other party. We first had a temporary restraining order in place, and now the Court granted a 3-year restraining order after the hearing. Read On
We represented a mother who had two children with a drug addict who was paranoid, erratic, and violent. In 2015, the father filed a restraining order against the mother with false accusations. The mother did not have any money to hire an attorney at the time, she did not know the law or understand the court process, and she ultimately lost at the hearing. The father took advantage of the restraining order for the past 7 years by controlling her and keeping their children away from her. He has lived with her despite the restraining order, but anytime he wanted her to leave, he would tell her that he is going to call the police and have her arrested for violating a Court Order. After a thorough review of all the court records from 2015 and the current evidence, we filed a 61 page motion (with exhibits) to terminate and set aside the permanent restraining order against our client. The Judge granted our motion and this injustice has now been remedied. Read On
We successfully dismissed a civil harassment restraining order in Contra Costa County. Read On
We were able to successfully get a restraining order dismissed for the respondent in Superior Court of California, County of Alameda. Read On
We successfully defended and dismissed a domestic violence restraining order in Richmond, CA. Read On
We represented a wife in a domestic violence restraining order filed by her husband. The husband claimed that he was the victim and that our client was the aggressor in the incident. Our client claimed the opposite. We decided to file a cross restraining order against our client's husband. Once our client's husband received a copy of the restraining order against him, he decided to drop his restraining order against our client. Read On
We successfully resolved a parentage case involving paternity, child custody, child visitation, child support, attorney's fees and costs, and other important issues. Our client will get sole physical custody, sole legal custody, above guideline child support, $25,000 in retroactive child support, and $5,000 in attorney's fees and costs. The opposing party will be getting supervised visitation and must attend court-approved parenting classes. Read On
We represented a client who purchased a pet dog while living with their significant other. Our client was the primary caregiver of the pet dog during their relationship and after the relationship ended. Several months later, our client's significant other retained an attorney and claimed ownership of the pet dog. After we reviewed the pertinent legal documents, we discovered that both parties were named as the Buyers on the Bill of Sale Agreement, and both parties contributed monetarily to the purchase of the pet dog. As a result, they were both legally entitled to the pet dog. We were able to negotiate a buyout, which gave our client 100% ownership of the pet dog, and the opposing party a temporary visitation schedule. Read On
We represented a father in a child custody and visitation dispute. The father was moving to another city in the Bay Area and he needed to adjust the current co-parenting plan. In addition, the father wanted to modify the summer vacation schedule. Due to the different parenting philosophies of the parents, there was a dispute between the father and the mother of what was in the best interests of the children. After a lengthy negotiation, we were able to successfully resolve the dispute outside of court and file a Stipulation and Order, which was approved by the judge. Read On
We represented a mother who previously used a legal document preparation service to request custody orders of her two minor children in a DVRO proceeding against her ex-boyfriend. The paperwork was unfortunately not properly prepared and the custody orders were denied, which the mother believed put the welfare and safety of her children at risk. The Geller Firm was then retained and we filed a separate request for Temporary Emergency (Ex Parte) Orders, which were granted by the judge. The children are now safe with their mother. Read On
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