Client Successes Archive

We helped a businessman get his IRS penalties abated, in full, which approximated $300,000.

As a result of Nossaman’s efforts, all ROW was delivered on-time and under budget, without protracted litigation.

We assisted the City of Bakersfield with early project planning to address environmental challenges and acquire the necessary property interests.

Bringing public transit to the west-side had long been a dream in Los Angeles but it was always difficult to make it a reality

A successful defense against condemnation enabled the owner securing entitlements for a 450+ unit mixed-use residential development.

The crown jewel of LA Metro's Crenshaw/LAX Line is its 96th Street / Aviation station which will enable passengers to connect directly to LAX’s Automated People Mover.

After expert discovery concluded, we negotiated a favorable settlement with Caltrans agreeing to pay $4.5 million.

We negotiated a settlement that resulted in the County of Santa Barbara limiting its acquisition to the surface and entirely preserving Coldwater Farms’ mineral estate.

The Project involved the addition of a substation and miles of new 66kv Subtransmission lines spanning throughout San Bernardino County.

The successful resolution of this matter led to the Hotel receiving millions of dollars in compensation, along with the return of its key property and vested zoning rights

We were one of a few firms selected by LA Metro to help them navigate myriad issues.

This crucial project, a $2 billion, 11-mile trolley line extension from downtown San Diego to University City, will improve access in the region.

The California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District recently handed down a unanimous decision in Greene v. Marin County Employees’ Retirement Association, denying the petitioner’s request for issuance of a writ of mandate on the ground of disqualifying bias. Nossaman LLP represented MCERA through the trial and appellate court proceedings.

We represented a national telemedicine company and a California cornea surgeon in a Medical Board of California investigation.

We assisted the Arizona Department of Transportation in a build to suit and forward purchase matter when it sought to replace its Flagstaff office and other facilities.

Successfully concluded 10 years of litigation in the matter of Bhupinder Bhandari vs. Washington Township Local Healthcare District in a case of first impression in California.

Convincing the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to overturn the USFWS’s denial to delist the Bone Cave Harvestman.

In a period of five months in 2019, Nossaman closed 13 loans totaling more than $302 million for a client who develops, constructs, owns, and operates multifamily housing on the West Coast.

We represented a public pension plan in forming a joint venture project as part of its build-to-core strategy to redevelop a historic industrial building in the Pacific Northwest into a mixed-use retail/office project.

We represented a public agency in negotiating a long-term ground lease with a developer so new housing can be constructed near a transit hub.

We negotiated a favorable dispute resolution for a government agency concerning the impact of nearby construction on their downtown San Francisco office building.

We successfully argued that the North Pacific Council’s Amendment 113 to the Bering Sea Groundfish Fisheries Management Plan did not comply with the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

We represented a well-known medical and scientific research institute in connection with issues involving the acquisition of industrial hemp for scientific study.

Nossaman provided corporate advice to two large medical groups on creating and revising charter documents.

We successfully filed and obtained temporary permits for a significant craft brewery in Northern California.

We are advising the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) on its Consolidated Rental Car Center (ConRAC) at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Nossaman assisted a California public pension system in the portfolio sale of six properties to a commingled real estate fund and the reinvestment of the proceeds. 

The California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow our client, California American Water Company, to proceed with its $322 million project.

Securing victory for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish in a case alleging violation of section 9 of the Endangered Species Act.

We are advising the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles World Airports on an Automated People Mover (APM) train system at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

We successfully defended the City and one of its employees against trade secret claims by the City's former software vendor.  We also secured an award of attorney’s fees and costs.

We represented an investor group in the acquisition of a property used as a sound studio.

Nossaman represented client Ag Land Trust in suing a developer for breach of a contract to deed a 200-acre mitigation parcel to Ag Land.

We represented a foreign real estate fund, sponsored by an Asian investor, in the acquisition of the office building at 555 Montgomery Street in San Francisco.

We helped The Regents of the University of California reach commercial and financial close on the UC Merced 2020 Project, a $1.3 billion campus expansion to accommodate the university’s rapidly growing student body.

On January 5, 2017, the Ninth Circuit closed the book on almost five years of litigation over Pattern Energy’s Ocotillo Wind, a 265 megawatt wind energy generation project located on federal land in Imperial County, CA.

We assisted the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish in halting the release of captive wolves by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within the State of New Mexico without first obtaining the required importation and release permits.

Nossaman helped a senior assisted living and memory care facility to refinance a $17.5 million credit facility with Freddie Mac.

We successfully advised the Arizona Department of Transportation on a groundbreaking deal for the South Mountain Freeway Project.

We served as land use and environmental law counsel for a master planned development project approved in southeast Los Angeles County.

We successfully fought opponents both in court and via the political process to keep Sharp Park Golf Course in business while protecting two listed species.

We helped Tenaska obtain permits, allowing for the completion of a utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar development project in Southern California.

We helped the Michigan Department of Transportation achieve commercial and financial close on an agreement to provide a $125 million street lighting project for the Detroit region.

We successfully represented a client in the first formal hearing involving a disputed starting allocation under California’s South Coast Air Basin’s emissions cap and trade program.

Confronted with an IT vendor refusing to return passwords and data, our oil and gas producer-client had two untenable choices.

We helped the Texas Department of Transportation solidify a P3 agreement to launch the $1.5 billion North Tarrant Express Segments 3A & 3B Project.

We helped the Texas Department of Transportation reach an agreement for an approximately $1 billion portion of the Grand Parkway.

We advised the Texas Department of Transportation on the LBJ Express Project (IH-635), one of the largest P3 highway projects in the U.S.

We helped the North Carolina Department of Transportation reach financial close on the I-77 Express Lanes Project.

We advised the California Department of Transportation in connection with the first transportation P3 under California's 2009 P3 legislation.