Brian Carter and the firm successfully concluded, by settlement agreement, a long saga of a case arising out of oral dealings with a developer that purchased real property adjoining the firm’s clients’ property in Ukiah.  One of the most poignant lessons to be learned from this case is that if a developer ever approaches you...Read More

Brian Carter and Margie Rice successfully represented a client in two related cases filed in federal district court in San Francisco.  The case grew out of the client’s neighbors’ cultivation of cannabis in a quiet, rural residential neighborhood, the client’s complaints to government officials, the government’s actions with respect to the neighbors’ cultivation, and the...Read More

Brian Carter completed the appellate briefing for the firm’s clients in a case in which he successfully opposed in the trial court (Mendocino County) an anti-SLAPP motion (Code of Civil Procedure, section 425.16) filed by the plaintiff/cross-defendant, but the plaintiff/cross-defendant then filed an appeal from the denial thereof.  Mr. Carter then filed a cross-appeal for...Read More