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November 24, 2021
John Bowerbank prevails in arbitration over disputed settlement agreement.
In a highly contentious dispute spanning several years, John Bowerbank negotiated a favorable settlement agreement during a mediation with Hon. Gail Andler, a former Orange County Superior Court judge who now works for JAMS ADR services.
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October 11, 2021
Attorneys John E. Bowerbank And Hugo A. Lopez Obtain A Dismissal Of A Lawsuit Involving A Dispute Over 9,000 Acres Of Land
The Plaintiff buyers tried to forum shop by filing their lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District in San Diego even though the subject dispute related solely to land deals for 9,000 acres in South Dakota.
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October 1, 2021
Partners John Bowerbank and Laura Noroski have been named as distinguished Super Lawyers on Southern California’s 2021 Super Lawyers List by Super Lawyers Magazine. Mr. Bowerbank has been named as a distinguished Super Lawyer for the past 5 consecutive years.
March 8, 2018
GRBB Tackles Employee Fraud and Racketeering in the Cosmetic Industry
Cosmetics industry manufacturing giant, HCT Packaging, Inc. (“HCT”), chose Garcia Rainey Blank & Bowerbank (“GRBB”) to handle a high-stakes international litigation matter against three of its former executives.
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February 3, 2016
Partners Jeff Blank and Laura Noroski obtained a major victory on behalf of the City of Long Beach in a case involving cutting edge constitutional issues concerning the City of Long Beach's ban on medical marijuana collectives.
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Partner John Bowerbank Obtains A Complete Defense Trial Victory In Contentious Dispute Between Adjacent Landowners

August 15, 2015

Garcia Rainey Blank & Bowerbank LLP successfully defended a Newport Beach landowner who had been sued for an alleged violation of an adjacent landowner’s property rights. Among other things, the adjacent landowner sought lost profits and an injunction, which, if granted, would have jeopardized the client’s business and interfered with her right to enjoy the benefits of her property.

After a bench trial and a zealous closing argument by John Bowerbank, Orange County Superior Court Judge Michael S. McCartin immediately ruled in favor of Mr. Bowerbank’s client and awarded no relief to the petitioner.