Eminent Domain Cases

• Counsel for a Florida-based real estate development company in an eminent domain action brought by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to acquire a portion of the company's large San Jose-area shopping mall for a light-rail station. Eventually, Mr. Collins arranged a $6.5 million settlement.

• Counsel for the owners of a vacant parcel of commercial land in downtown Oceanside whose land was being taken in eminent domain by a redevelopment agency for construction of a retail/movie theater complex. After a week of trial, the case settled for $1.25 million.

• Counsel for the Domengoni Family against the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) in a complex eminent domain and inverse condemnation case that resulted in a jury verdict of $43,200,000.

Please click on a category below to learn more about our practice areas and read about cases we have worked on.

• Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation
• Earth movement—Landslide, Soil Subsidence, and Flood
• Construction Defects
• Clean Water Act
• Water Rights
• CEQA
• Redevelopment
• Property Insurance
• Toxic Torts
• Real Estate Fraud
• Contract and Lease Disputes
• Restrictive Covenants/Common Interest Developments
• Protecting Property Rights