San Francisco litigation and arbitration attorney Daniel A. Bakondi associates as local counsel with a number of firms nationwide on a wide variety of matters, offering relationships to suit a variety of litigation needs nationwide.  To practice in California, counsel not admitted to the California State Bar must practice pro hoc vice or associate with local counsel.  For arbitrations, an OSAAC application is required by the State of California for arbitrations.

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• Local counsel for San Francisco Superior Court California 

• Local counsel for Marin County Superior Court California

• Local counsel for Sonoma County Superior Court California

• Local counsel for Alameda County Superior Court California

• Local counsel for Contra Costa County Superior Court California

• Local counsel for Napa County Superior Court California

• Local counsel for San Mateo County Superior Court California

• Local counsel for San Jose County Superior Court California

• Local counsel for AAA Arbitration California 

• Local counsel for JAMS Arbitration California

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Business Litigation Attorney and Business Litigation Defense Attorney Services

As a business litigation attorney, Daniel Bakondi provides representation and solves problems in and out of the courtroom handling all types of legal challenges and business litigation, including: 

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• Corporate and commercial litigation

• Stockholder and shareholder litigation

• Breach of fiduciary duty such, as duty to minority shareholders 

• Litigation for breach of contract, contract enforcement and recovery of damages 

• Litigation over mergers and acquisitions losses

• Derivative suits 

• Intentional and negligent interference with contractual relations

• Fraud litigation, including deceit, constructive fraud, and fraudulent inducement of a contract

• False advertising lawsuits

• Unfair competition, anti-competitive, unlawful and unfair business practices

• Negligence, breach of duty of care, and malpractice actions

• Defamation, slander and libel

• Negligence

• Personal injury

• Fraud

• Intentional torts 

• Intellectual property and business rights litigation

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Securities Fraud Litigation Attorney and Investment Loss Litigation 

Our securities litigation practice involves disputes over all types of investments in state and federal court, including: 

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• Oil and gas securities and investment losses

• Private Placement investment losses

• Commodities losses

• Securitized real estate/tenant in common 1031 TICs investment losses

• Non-traded REIT (real estate investment trusts) investment losses 

• Alternative investment and non-conventional investment losses

• ETFs investment losses

• Stock market losses

• Loan funds, investment notes, bond losses and bond funds, commodities, churning, options

• Stock price drop losses and stock manipulation

• Stockholder rights violations

• Auction rate securites

• Complex derivatives

• Penny stocks

• Options

• Sale of unsuitable, overly risky, or speculative investments

• Third Party Custodians of Self-Directed IRAs (http://www.nasaa.org/33698/informed-investor-advisory-third-party-custodians-self-directed-iras-qualified-programs/)

• Any other large investment or business loss 

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FINRA Arbitration Attorney for Investment Disputes and Fraud

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• A broker or financial advisor's failure to do due diligence before approving an investment for sale

• Failure to diversify or "overconcentration" of investments into one asset class

• Breach of fiduciary duty and breach of the duty of loyalty to the client

• Misrepresentation and omission or undisclosed material facts and risks of a securities transaction

• Securities fraud, investment fraud, common law fraud, stock broker fraud

• Failure to properly assess the investor's goals

• Failure to recommend suitable or appropriate investments based on the investor's sophistication  net worth, age and goals.  Elderly, and those on fixed income or with health care needs cannot accept the same level of investment risk as a younger investor with investment factors that might allow it.

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