Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Yen Nguyen Hope is an associate in the Litigation Group of Gilchrist & Rutter. Ms. Nguyen's practice focuses on business and real estate related disputes. She has represented financial institutions, private equity funds, developers and major corporations in a wide range of matters, including joint venture and partnership disputes, real property disputes, fraud claims, breach of contract claims, securities class action litigation, and insurance coverage disputes.

Ms. Nguyen received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor for Harvard Asia Quarterly. Ms. Nguyen graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles, earning her B.A. in English with a specialization in Business Administration.

Representative Experience:

• General Business: Assisted in the representation of clients in breach of contract actions, actions related to breach of promissory notes, breach of fiduciary duty actions, and general business disputes.
• Real Estate / Public Entities: Assisted in the representation of claims for damages and injunctive relief against municipality for breach of lease and breach of contract; assisted clients in seeking writ relief against public entities.
• Real Estate / Commercial & Residential: Assisted in litigating actions involving lease actions, questions of title, easements and boundary disputes, unlawful detainer actions, and actions involving the Subdivision Map Act. Assisted in the defense and/or prosecution of breach of contract actions involving leasehold disputes, claims involving the acquisition of real estate, and claims of construction defect with respect to commercial properties. Assisted in bringing actions for the appointment of a receiver and actions for accounting.
• Insurance: Assisted in the representation of a real estate investment trust in an insurance coverage dispute over an underlying securities class action case.
• Tort: Assisted in the representation of clients in business tort issues, including intentional interference with economic advantage, negligence, and inducement of breach of contract.
• Securities : Assisted in the representation of a real estate investment trust in defending against claims brought by its shareholders following a merger.

Areas of Practice

• Business
• Litigation
• Real Estate
• Disputes

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• California, 2004
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

• California Bar Association (Member)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member)

Education

• Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004
  J.D.
  
  Law Journal: Harvard Asia Quarterly, Editor
• University of California, Los Angeles, California, 2000
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Major: English
  Major: Business Administration

Published Works

• "The New Unfair Competition Rules", (Co-Author), California Lawyer, Feb, 2005

Address

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1299 Ocean Blvd.. Suite 900
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Phones

310-393-4000

Faxes

310-394-4700

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http://www.gilchristrutter.com