On November 16, 2022 Marilyn Klinger will be speaking at the webinar, Contract Interpretation: Insight to the Myriad of Causes of Conflict Arising from the Drawings & Specifications, hosted by WPL Publishing. The webinar will consist of a 75-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer session. About the Speaker Marilyn Klinger [...]
On November 2, 2022 Ali Salamirad and Marilyn Klinger will be speaking at the webinar, Differing Site Conditions: The Big Game of Shifting Risk, hosted by WPL Publishing. The webinar will consist of a 75-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer session. About the Speakers Ali Salamirad concentrates his practice in [...]
SMTD Law is pleased to sponsor Commercial Surety Bond Agency’s (CSBA) 9th Annual Good to Great Conference: Winning the War for Workers on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 11 am to 1 pm PDT. The Event The conference will start out with the California Construction Market Outlook, which provides insights into [...]
Pearlman 2022: Building Relationships – Keeping Them Strong This year, SMTD Law LLP will be attending the upcoming Pearlman 2022 Conference on Wednesday, September 7 thru Saturday, September 10, 2022. SMTD attorneys Jeff Hook, Michael J. Timpane, Marilyn Klinger, Robert J. Berens and Ali Salamirad will be attending. Dynamic Panel [...]
SMTD LAW LLP is growing and we are seeking associate to partner level attorneys with experience in handling complex business, construction and/or surety litigation matters to join our team in our Irvine office. Our firm has grown into one of the most experienced and highly regarded group of construction, business, [...]
SMTD Law is honored to announce that we have, again, been recognized and named by Chambers and Partners as a United States California Construction Law firm. In addition, we congratulate three of SMTD’s partners, Marilyn Klinger, Jonathan J. Dunn, and Ali Salamirad, for their individual ranking by Chambers as preeminent [...]
SMTD Law celebrated 2021 with a holiday lunch. This year’s celebration was socially distanced and held via Zoom and included their annual ugly holiday sweater contest, cocktail/mocktail competition and white elephant gift exchange!Happy Holidays from SMTD Law LLP!
After a bankruptcy case is filed, a mechanic’s lien creditor must be careful to give a proper notice under the Bankruptcy Code or its lien will expire and be unenforceable. The Bankruptcy Code provides for a notice to be given in lieu of commencing a foreclosure action under state law. [...]
SMTD Law’s Jeff Hook obtained a Peremptory Writ of Mandate from the San Diego Superior Court reversing a decision on a Civil Wage and Penalty Assessment (“Assessment”) in favor of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (“DLSE”). The Court determined that the Contractor’s interpretation of a notice for landscape/irrigation work [...]
Join Strafford Publishing, October 7, 2021 for the CLE live webinar, including Q&A, Litigating Lost Productivity Claims in Construction: Developing Methodologies, ASCE Standards. This CLE course (1.5 credits) will guide construction counsel on best practices when pursuing and defending a lost productivity claim on a project. Mr. Salamirad will discuss [...]