Verdicts & Settlements



ZOHAR WINS $10.15 MILLION JUDGMENT, PLUS ATTORNEY’S FEES, AGAINST FASHION COMPANY FEAR OF GOD, LLC

The Zohar Law Firm obtained a summary judgment against fashion company Fear of God, LLC, requiring them to pay $7,658,567 in damages, plus attorney’s fees and interest, and to restore a $2.5 million line of credit in favor of Zohar’s client, Art City Center, LLC.   The case revolved around an 87-page heavily negotiated agreement, […]

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ZOHAR WINS $2.284 MILLION JURY VERDICT BASED ON A PRIOR HANDWRITTEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN BUSINESS ASSOCIATES

Jeff Goldstein and Nishant Ramachandran worked together as business associates for over fifteen years, starting in or around the year 2000. During many of those years, Goldstein worked full time for Ramachandran, but as with many start-ups and emerging companies, such work was furnished based on an agreement to receive substantial amounts of deferred pay […]

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Zohar wins $1.297 million jury verdict, plus attorneys fees, against The Gap, Inc.

In 2020, The Gap, Inc. entered into a “Strategic Agreement” with Kanye West and his company, Yeezy Supply, Inc. for them to design and create products and merchandise to be sold by The Gap.  In 2021, Gap rented a 57,000 square foot warehouse in downtown Los Angeles from Zohar Law Firm client Art City Center, […]

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Zohar prevails with jury in $105 Million real estate dispute

In a hard-fought battle against one of Los Angeles’ largest law firms, a three week jury trial over $105 Million in real estate ended with a verdict in favor of Zohar Law Firm clients, Tal Hassid, Avraham Hassid, Alona Hassid, and ETO Doors Corporation. The gist of the case centered on claims by the Plaintiff […]

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ZLF gets claims against Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs thrown out

A former member of this union sued ALADS, claiming that the union violated its bylaws and failed to provide an assortment of services to him, including adequate legal representation in responding to claims of domestic abuse by his former girlfriend.  The Zohar Law Firm was able to get the entire case thrown out in the […]

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Zohar secures large fee award for former ad executive

A former owner of an advertising production company in New York was sued by the large entertainment payroll firm that had purchased her company.  They claimed that her company had violated numerous SAG payroll rules, resulting in liability against the new owner.  After a full court trial in Los Angeles, the ad executive was completely […]

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ZLF successfully defends Molded Devices, Inc. against investment bankers

Molded Devices, Inc. (MDI) is a nation-wide manufacturer.  Over the last twenty years, MDI has undergone tremendous growth due to a number of strategic acquisitions.  In 2015, MDI was working with an investment banker, but terminated the arrangement for lack of results.  Within a year, another investment banker secured significant financing for MDI and negotiated […]

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Zohar wins $250 million award against State Farm

Todd Foreman and Daniel Zohar once again led the efforts to prevent illegal statewide rate hikes.  This time, the culprit was State Farm – the largest insurance company in California and the United States.  After litigating what is believed to be the longest rate hearing in the history of the California Department of Insurance, the […]

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Premium reductions for Mercury policyholders statewide

(THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.  THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER ADOPTED A DECISION BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE AFTER WEEKS OF EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS.   DANIEL Y. ZOHAR PRESENTED THE CASE ON BEHALF OF THE SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND POLICYHOLDERS WITH MERCURY, AND THE DECISION AND ORDER LARGELY ADOPTED […]

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Arbitration ruling for oppressed minority shareholder of software company

Zohar Law Firm was hired by one of the founders of a successful computer software company. He owned a third of the company, but the two other founders joined together to improperly squeeze him out. The case required legal battles on three fronts, in both Northern and Southern California, as well as New Jersey. The […]

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Present value of over $10 million in lifetime payments to family of Belize bus driver in wrongful death action

Stephen Ysaguirre was a young, hard working entrepreneur in his early twenties living in Belize, Central America. During a business trip to California in 1999, his life was tragically ended while driving on the I-5 interstate in rural Williams, California, north of Sacramento, when a careless truck driver crashed into his vehicle. Stephen left behind […]

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Successful defense of website domain use in dispute between celebrity acting coaches

The National Arbitration Forum Decision award in favor of Zohar Law Firm clients, the Edgemar Center for the Arts and its Artistic Director, Michelle Danner

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Annual savings to Allstate customers after proving auto insurance rates to be excessive

Rate Challenge Saves California Drivers with Allstate Auto Insurance One Quarter-Billion Dollars. Insurance Commissioner Orders Allstate to Lower Rates by 15.9% Under Prop. 103. Read The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights Press Release.

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Persuaded Allstate to remove illegal Your Choice Auto policies from the California market, affecting 150,000 consumers

Read Consumer Watchdog’s Press Release: Allstate To Stop Selling Auto Insurance Product Called Deceptive and Overpriced By Consumer Group

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Jury verdict on behalf of fired CEO who had been verbally promised stock options

1.92 Million jury verdict on behalf of fired CEO who had been verbally promised stock options In this case, Daniel Y. Zohar represented the nephew of Rupert Murdoch, David Calvert-Jones. Calvert-Jones had been hired as the CEO of a transportation and media business in Los Angeles, and at the time he was hired, was verbally […]

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Arbitration award on behalf of advertising executive

Zohar obtains $1.52 Million arbitration award for advertising executive Lisa Arie is a successful entrepreneur who left a big advertising agency to start her own advertising production company in New York. She grew the company over the years, expanded into offices nationwide, and made it into a very successful business. After experiencing severe health problems, […]

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