Providing Business and Civil Litigation and Counseling
BOUTIQUE
LAW PRACTICE
PRACTICE
AREAS
We provide legal representation for a wide variety of civil disputes, including, but not limited, to the areas listed. Please contact us to schedule an initial consultation to see if we can help you with your particular matter.
BUSINESS AND COMPLEX COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
CONTRACT
LAW
CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES
HOA DISPUTES
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
REAL ESTATE DISPUTES AND LAND USE
INSURANCE COVERAGE AND BAD FAITH
TRADEMARK/TRADE DRESS INFRINGEMENT
VISION
Our firm provides top-notch litigation representation, as well as counseling and general legal advice, for a wide variety of business and other civil matters. As a small, boutique law firm, we provide our clients with the direct representation and personalized attention that their businesses deserve. We take a practical, economical, and strategic approach to achieving positive results. Our focus is on accomplishing the client’s goals with careful dedication and efficiency. We strive to reach business solutions to disputes whenever possible. When the need arises and our clients must prosecute or defend litigation, the firm fights for its clients zealously and aggressively. At Mountainside Law, you get the benefit of attorneys with outstanding academic credentials, a professional demeanor, and prior large law firm experience, without the rates typically charged by larger firms. Our clients receive the high-quality representation of large, national firms, but with the accessibility, client-focus, efficiency, and value of a boutique law firm.
ATTORNEYS
Alan Wechsler’s practice focuses on all aspects of business litigation and complex commercial litigation in state courts, federal courts, and private arbitration. Alan has experience with a wide range of civil matters, including commercial contract disputes, complex business litigation, real estate disputes, construction dispute litigation, employment advice and employment discrimination litigation, business torts, unfair competition, trademark/trade dress infringement litigation, trade secret misappropriation, fraud, insurance coverage and bad faith, employee stock agreement and earn-out agreement disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, and judgment enforcement.
Representative examples of Alan’s experience include the following:
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Represented the plaintiff in a trademark and trade dress infringement trial against a multi-billion dollar company that is the world's largest retailer in that product area. Obtained a jury verdict for the plaintiff on all claims, including actual and punitive damages, of more than $8.1 million. The jury verdict included a finding of willful infringement. In connection with a settlement shortly after the successful verdict, the plaintiff received $8.5 million from the defendant. The defendant also discontinued the sale of its products at issue in the case after the verdict.
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Represented a major home developer in case tried to verdict regarding parties’ respective obligations under option and construction agreements arising out of the financing and development of residential housing development.
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Obtained summary judgment for a bank in its action against a developer/borrower and guarantor relating to construction for a detached condominium project.
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Represented a billion-dollar, industry-leading software company in the negotiation and successful resolution of federal court litigation involving an earn-out agreement.
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Represented national provider of contract nursing and physician services in contract indemnity litigation with hospitals.
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Successfully negotiated resolution of claim for breach of stock purchase agreement in connection with sale of a technology company.
ALAN R. WECHSLER, ESQ.
FOUNDER
Licensed in Nevada and California
Alan graduated in 1997 from the University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and minors in Biology and Chemistry. Alan received his law degree in 2000 from the University of California, Davis School of Law (King Hall), where he was a member of the U.C. Davis Law Review. Alan recently served for 6 years on the Board of Directors for the U.C. Davis School of Law Alumni Association. Alan is admitted to practice in the state courts of California, the state courts of Nevada, and the U.S. District Courts for Nevada, and for the Eastern, Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of California. While in law school, Alan was a judicial extern for the Honorable Gregory G. Hollows, U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Alan is a member of the Tahoe Truckee Bar Association and the Washoe County Bar Association. Alan also is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Pet Network Humane Society, a pet shelter located in Incline Village, Nevada.
Alan is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys all that the Lake Tahoe area has to offer, particularly hiking, camping, skiing, and stand-up paddleboarding. Alan and his wife have two children and an energetic border collie mix.
CONTACT
Email: info@mountainsidelaw.com
Tel: 775.548.5020
Fax: 775.259.0553
Address:
940 Southwood Blvd., Suite 102
Incline Village, NV 89451
