Law Firm Overview

Experienced California Litigation Law Firm

Michael P. Ring & Associates is a successful law firm serving the nation from law offices in Santa Barbara, California. We practice law the old fashioned way; by putting the client first. Our attorneys and support staff understand the importance of staying in frequent communication with our clients, and we are always willing to provide up-to-the-minute information on the status of our clients' legal matters.

We have the experience and resources to take on almost any type of litigation, against any opponent. In the past, our attorneys have taken on large multi-national corporations, including Chevron, Computer Associates, General Motors, and Merrill Lynch. Though it is difficult to divide our work into categories, a partial list of the types of cases we take would be:

• Employment law
• Wrongful discharge
• Construction law
• Real estate
• Personal injury
• Business litigation
• Business contracts and formation
• Securities fraud and other securities law matters
• Elder abuse

Our lawyers offer clients quality legal representation based on more than 50 combined years of practice investigating and preparing cases to be tried in all venues. We have appeared before tribunals in state and federal trial courts, arbitration panels and before administrative law judges including the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the Pacific Stock Exchange (PSE), and various other exchanges.

We have represented our clients not only in trial courts, but have presented briefs and argued their cases to the appellate courts within the state of California and within the federal court system. Some of our published decisions are listed below.

Taylorv. Lockheed Martin Corp., 113 Cal. App. 4th 380 (2 nd App. Dist. 2003)

Visueta v. General Motors Corp., 234 Cal. App. 3 rd 1609 (2 nd App. Dist. 1991)

In re Price, 871 F.2d 97 (9 th Cir. 1989)

Because of our past results, we have achieved a reputation that has lead us to take many cases from other lawyers who have started a matter only to find the case a little more complicated or difficult than usual. Our clients have been on both sides of the issues, as we have found ourselves representing not only employees from many industries, but also both small and large companies in everything from drafting buy-sell agreements and to wrongful discharge litigation and other employment law matters.

Areas of Practice

• Contracts
• Business Organizations
• Sexual Harassment
• Construction Law
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Elder Law
• Nursing Home
• Labor Law
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Real Estate Law
• Workers' Compensation Law

Representative Clients

• Chubb Insurance Group
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation
• Machinery Wholesalers, Inc.
• Madera Concepts
• Mercantile Trust, National Property & Casualty Insurance
• Pacific Catering
• Pacific Leisure
• Pub Brewing Company
• Radio Santa Barbara
• Rehau, Inc.

References

• Wells Fargo Bank

West Practice Categories

Contracts, Business Organizations, Sexual Harassment, Construction Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Elder Law, Nursing Home, Labor Law, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Real Estate Law, Workers' Compensation Law