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San Francisco, California Business And Employment Law Attorney And Litigator

Business law issues and employment disputes have a tremendous impact on your time, financial interests, and success. A positive outcome requires legal knowledge, a practical appreciation of key facts, sound judgment, and attention to detail. At the Law Offices of David R. Lipson, our mission is to combine outstanding legal representation in our areas of practice with a commitment to achieving cost-effective and successful results for our clients. We accomplish this by focusing individualized attention on each of our clients’ unique circumstances.

Our consistent approach to litigation, transactions and legal counseling is to ask the fundamental question: What result will best serve the client’s interests and what is the most cost-effective way to achieve it?

Contact our office to discuss how we can help.

Experience On Your Side

David R. Lipson was educated at Harvard Law School and Stanford University. He then served as a law clerk for a Justice of the Supreme Court of California and for a federal district judge. Since beginning his legal career thirty-eight years ago, he has had experience as an attorney both in private practice and in the public sector, and as Associate General Counsel for a Fortune 500 corporation.

David Lipson is decisive in litigation, but he also has a substantial background in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques, such as mediation. He has litigated significant cases in the areas of employment discrimination, wrongful discharge from employment, insurance bad faith, contracts, antitrust, and personal injury. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants, which enables him to anticipate the other side’s perspective. He has negotiated and drafted a wide variety of contracts (for example, executive employment agreements, purchase and sale contracts, commercial real estate leases, and agency and consulting agreements). In each of these contexts, David Lipson has an unusual ability to represent diverse clients with different types of legal problems. Representative clients have included Napa Valley wineries, a San Francisco auto dealership, software companies, investment advisers, and individual clients alleging wrongful discharge and employment discrimination on the basis of race, sex, and disability.

Providing High-Quality, Focused Legal Counsel

Our firm is able to provide high quality legal service because we focus on specific practice areas instead of seeking to be “all things to all people.” We represent individuals and businesses, plaintiffs and defendants, in matters involving:

A Reasonable Approach To Legal Fees

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Our approach to legal fees is different from that of many law firms. We handle plaintiffs’ cases on a contingent-fee basis when successful litigation appears probable. We also represent plaintiffs on a “blended” rate basis — a combination of a reduced contingency percentage and a reduced hourly rate.

When David Lipson represents defendants in litigation or does contract or transactional work, he bills on an hourly basis but excludes time that does not provide value directly to a client. For example, if a case, or a contract, suggests several legal theories or issues, but research on only one or two proves to be relevant, we bill only for the relevant time.

We welcome the opportunity to talk with you and discuss how we may be of service. Contact us by e-mail or at 415-939-4300.

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Law Offices of David R. Lipson
30 Excelsior Lane #5
Sausalito, CA 94965

Phone: 415-939-4300
Sausalito Office