Top 10 Bench Awards in California in 2024

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We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 plaintiff's bench awards, including court and arbitration awards, obtained in California in 2024. The list is composed of various types of cases that were tried before a state or federal judge or arbitrator in California.

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Amount:$117,944,228.00
Attorneys:Alexander L. Cheney, Stuart R. Lombardi, Joshua Levy, Tiffany M. Lin, Daniel L. Morris, Katherine Hanley, Adriana Morton, Vincent Palmeri of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Case:Oto Analytics v. Benworth Capital Partners LLC
Type:Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Commercial Litigation
2
Amount:$22,762,145.85
Attorneys:James D. Daily, Michael R. Jones of Daily Law Group; Thomas S. Feher of Feher Law, APC
Case:In Re: Amendment & Complete Restatement of the Arnold Rosenblatt Revocable
Type:Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Elder Financial Abuse, Wills, Trusts & Estates, Misappropriation, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Theft, Breach of Trust
3
Amount:$21,589,350.00
Attorneys:Kenneth J. Catanzarite, Tim James O'Keefe, Brandon E. Woodward, Nicole M. Catanzarite-Woodward of Catanzarite Law Corporation
Case:NNN Capital Fund I, LLC v. Mikles, et al.
Type:Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Economic Loss, Fraud, Securities Fraud, Unfair Business Practices, Conversion, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation, Omission of Material Facts, Constructive Fraud, Bad Faith
4
Amount:$9,182,587.52
Attorneys:Carney R. Shegerian, Will Reed of Shegerian & Associates, Inc.
Case:Lawler v. Choudhury, et al.
Type:Personal Injury, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Psychological Injury, Workplace Harassment, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault & Battery
5
Amount:$7,535,043.00
Attorneys:Layne L. Liddle, George Lee Liddle Jr., Raymond Zakari of Law Offices of Liddle & Liddle
Case:VT 2021 LLC v. Orozco Reyes, et al.
Type:Economic Loss, Tortious Interference, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Commercial Landlord-Tenant, Unlawful Detainer
6
Amount:$6,321,814.65
Attorneys:Jonathan C. Teller, Clayton T. Lee of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC
Case:Ybarra v. Milne
Type:Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Bodily Injury, Spinal Injury, Two-Vehicle Accident, Vehicular Accident, Car v. Car Accident, Left Turn Accident
7
Amount:$6,225,282.00
Attorneys:Michael L. Justice of Law Office of Michael L. Justice
Case:Ayers, et al. v. Sacramento Public Utils Dist.
Type:Civil Rights Violation, Economic Loss, Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Wrongful Demotion, Failure to Promote, Employment Discrimination, Victim Retaliation
8
Amount:$6,091,781.00
Attorneys:Daniel J. Kessler, Michael Oberbeck of Burkhalter Kessler Clement & George LLP
Case:Gold Flora, LLC, et al. v. Shelf Life, Inc., et al.
Type:Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Fraud, Fraudulent Concealment, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation, Failure to Disclose
9
Amount:$5,935,482.00
Attorneys:Mark B. Chassman of Chassman LLP; Alexander D. Pencu, Michael B. Sloan of Meister Seelig & Fein LLP
Case:A Co. Hungary KFT v. Bespalov, et al.
Type:Property Rights, Conversion, Unjust Enrichment, Quantum Meruit, Intentional Tort, Civil Theft, Commercial Litigation
10
Amount:$5,899,723.00
Attorneys:Laurence P. Lubka, Emily A. Kromke, Emily Zung Manninger of Hunt Ortmann Palffy Nieves Darling & Mah Inc.
Case:Heartland Grading v. Brasada Homes Land LLC
Type:Breach of Contract, Economic Loss, Property Rights, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate
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