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Andrew A. August co-founded the firm in 1990 (formerly Bayer & August LLP). For 20 years, Mr. August has focused his practice on complex business and real estate litigation, and trial and appellate practice in California state and federal court, as well as arbitration tribunals.
Experience
Mr. August has litigated and taken to trial and arbitration a wide variety of commercial and real estate related disputes. His real estate litigation practice has included representations of municipalities, developers, property owners, landlords, tenants, contractors and design professionals. Substantive matters have included environmental, land use, commercial landlord-tenant, partnership disputes, real property tax assessment appeals and construction defect litigation (including class actions).
Mr. August’s commercial litigation practice has included class actions, contract disputes, partnership dissolutions, trade secret litigation, wrongful termination and insurance coverage on behalf of policyholders. Over the past 10 years, he has represented numerous plaintiffs and defendants in cases brought under California’s Unfair Competition and False Advertising Laws (California Business and Professions Code sections 17200 et seq. and 17500 et seq.).
Mr. August has been lead counsel in numerous jury trials and court trials over his 20 year career. Mr. August’s trial skills were recently recognized by the State Bar of California Litigation Section: He was invited to give plaintiff’s opening statement in the 2003 annual two day State Bar Trial Symposium "Champions of the Courtroom The Masters in Action." Mr. August also has substantial appellate experience and has been counsel of record in more than 35 appellate matters (both writs and appeals) in federal or state court.
Reported Decisions
Syufy Enterprises v. City of Oakland [pdf]
(2002) 104 Cal. App. 4th 869, Petition for Review Denied (March 19, 2003).
Fricke-Parks Press, Inc. v. Fang [pdf]
(2001) 149 F.Supp.2d 1175 (N.D. Cal.)
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco v. County of Los Angeles [pdf]
2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 32537 (9th Cir. 2000)
Gaetani v. Goss-Golden West Sheet Metal Profit Sharing Plan [pdf]
(2000) 84 Cal. App. 4th 1118
Keimer v. Buena Vista Books, Inc. [pdf]
(1999) 75 Cal. App. 4th 1220; Review Denied at 2000 Cal. LEXIS 1740
City & County of San Francisco v. Assessment Appeals Bd.
122 F.3d 1274 (9th Cir. 1997)
Morison v. Rand McNally & Co. [pdf]
1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13575 (N.D. Ca. 1997)
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation v. Gemini Management [pdf]
921 F.2d 241 (9th Cir. 1990)
Published Articles and Press Coverage
Do the Right Thing [pdf]
The Recorder, Unfair Competition Supplement, February 2003
Environmental Cleanup: Wine World v. Beverage Source [pdf]
Cal Law, December 1999
The Williams Act After RICO: Has The Balance Been Tipped In Favor of Incumbent Management?
(35 Hastings Law Journal 53) with Professor William C. Tyson of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.
Title Insurance Contributor to the Quarterly Report on Current Developments in Real Estate Law (1989-1993)
Produced by the ABA section on Real Property, Probate & Trust Law, Committee on Decisions.
Recent Speaking Engagements
Speaker, California CPA Education Foundation, Litigation Services Conference [7 MB pdf]
Los Angeles, September 2004
Co-Chair, California CPA Education Foundation, Advanced Business Litigation Institute [pdf]
Palm Springs, May 2003
State Bar Education Foundation, Champions of the Courtroom: Masters in Action [pdf] (Opening Statement)
Santa Monica, April 2003
Letter from Judge Jeffrey Miller [pdf]
Letter from Judge Raymond Kim [pdf]
Mealey’s California Section 17200 Conference
Pasadena, December 2002
The Class Action Litigation Summit
Washington, D.C., June 2002
California CPA Education Foundation, Advanced Business Litigation Institute
Monterey, May 2002
California CPA Education Foundation, Litigation Services Conference: The Good, The Bad, The Opportunity
San Francisco, November 2001
California CPA Education Foundation, Economic Damages and Business Valuation Advanced Issues Conference
Palm Springs, May 2001
California CPA Education Foundation, Advanced Fraud and Economic Damages Conferences
Palm Springs, May 2000
Education
Mr. August graduated from the University of Colorado in 1980 and received his law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1983. He clerked for Judges Stuart R. Pollak and Roy L. Wonder of the San Francisco Superior Court, when each presided in the law and motion department.
Admissions
Mr. August is admitted to practice before all of the U.S. District Courts in California as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has substantial trial and appellate experience and has arbitrated and mediated numerous other matters.
Memberships and Affiliations
Mr. August is a member of the American Bar Association (Litigation and Real Property sections), the California State Bar Association (Litigation and Real Property sections), the San Francisco Bar Association, and the Marin County Bar Association |
