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Law Firm Won $3 Million Dollars Against Local Shoe Importer and Wholesaler (December 22, 2008)
December 22, 2008, Alhambra – In a ruling rendered after a court trial in California Superior Court in Pomona last week, the Law Offices of Steve Qi & Associates has won a lawsuit against Citicross Corp., a shoe importer/wholesaler located in the City of Industry, on behalf of four exporters of lady fashion shoes from Guangdong, China. The law firm obtained the full requested damage amount, plus interest totaling $3 million in the judgment rendered by Superior Court Judge presiding. More importantly, the law firm helped Plaintiffs to prevail on Fraud cause of action, in addition to other Breach of Contract causes of action, a significant win for the Plaintiffs.
The case started more than a year ago in September 2007, when the law firm was retained by four fashion shoe exporters from Guangdong, China to file a lawsuit against the local importer/wholesaler. After careful planning, the law firm successfully obtained a pre-judgment writ of attachment against the importer/wholesaler before the defendant corporation was even aware of the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged, among other things, breach of contract and fraud.
After more than a year of legal battle, apart from winning motions during discovery process, this firm went through a court trial to win the lawsuit against the Defendant corporation. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on all counts alleged, including Fraud, which is normally difficult to prove as the legal standard is by proof of clear and convincing evidence, a much higher standard than general civil liabilities.
The law office has played a major role in local business community. Not long time ago, it had successfully concluded a lawsuit against another local importer on behalf of an exporter from Northern China. It is currently also involved in a major business litigation against a local furniture retailer.
In the past several years, the firm has handled numerous business and civil litigation cases, and prevailed on almost all of them in court judgments or pre-judgment disposition. The firm represents both plaintiffs and defendants in business disputes, which involves mostly contract disputes, partnership disputes, labor disputes and etc.
The firm has been involved in many other business and civil litigation cases in which we prevailed through trial or before trial on the merits of the case, even though the case looks very unfavorable to our clients at first. In addition to litigation, the firm is also legal counsel to numerous local and international corporations, and is heavily involved in transactional legal activities such as drafting all kinds of legal documents such as contracts, employee handbooks, etc. The firm also helps business clients in handling intellectual property matters such as patent, trade mark and copyright.
For more information about the firm, please contact us at:
Law Offices of Steve Qi & Associates
388 E. Valley Blvd, Suite 200
Alhambra, CA 91801
Tel: (626) 282-9878
Fax: (626) 282-8968
e-mail: info@sqilaw.com
Website: www.sqilaw.com
