Leon & Leon
1970 Broadway, Suite 1250 Oakland, CA 94612 View Map
Eminent Domain
- Handled numerous suits on behalf of property owners against governmental entities involving total or partial condemnation of property, including commercial and business property, business goodwill and various easements.
- Won $3.5 million eminent domain jury verdict in suit where government entity claimed that property was worthless. This case, which was affirmed by the First District Court of Appeal, involved an earthquake-damaged and environmentally-impaired property in downtown Oakland. The City of Oakland had offered the owners only $1 for the property, claiming that the cost of demolishing the structure far exceeded the value of the property. In addition to the $3.5 million jury verdict, the City of Oakland also was required to pay all the property owner's legal fees and costs.
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