Marco Quazzo

Marco has represented and continues to represent retail tenants throughout the United States in litigation with commercial landlords arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, and has obtained several favorable settlements for retail tenants in cases involving lease terminations and/or rent abatement

Marco defended the directors and officers of a mortgage bank against breach of fiduciary duty claims by shareholders who sought $30 million in damages

Marco represented a real estate investment trust in pursuing breach of contract and fraud claims against a property management company entrusted with managing and selling a shopping center portfolio of 60 properties

Marco successfully defended commercial property sellers against claims by a title insurance company for $3.3 million in damages by obtaining a dismissal before trial with the plaintiff recovering nothing.

Marco represented two real estate developers in an eight‑week jury trial in California Superior Court against clams of fraud and breach of contract

Marco represented a major automobile company in a $3 million dispute with two suppliers involving the shipment of hundreds of thousands of vehicles between California and Hawaii

Marco defended the selling shareholders of a high technology company against indemnity claims totaling $25 million asserted by the buyer after losses arose from patent infringement litigation that was pending at the time of sale

Marco represented the general partner of a family investment partnership against claims of breach of fiduciary duty and fraud asserted by 15 limited partners after the general partner adopted a diversified investment strategy

Marco defended a corporate officer against claims by dozens of investors for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud after the corporation filed bankruptcy

Marco secured summary judgment in U.S. District Court on behalf of an investment bank against a company which refused to pay a $2 million “success fee” after the company was acquired in a private equity transaction

Marco's client, a shipping company, prevailed at trial in U.S. District Court on all claims against a medical clinic in a dispute arising from the clinic’s negligent treatment of the company’s employee. SeaRiver Maritime, Inc. v. Industrial Medical Services, Inc., 983 F.Supp. 1287 (N.D. Cal. 1997)

Marco litigated claims against a real estate broker for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud on behalf of a commercial property developer

Marco litigated premises liability claims against a building owner and security company, and negligence claims against a gun manufacturer and retailer on behalf of a shooting victim at 101 California Street in San Francisco

Marco litigated claims for breach of contract, non-disclosure, fraud and construction defects on behalf of a property owner who incurred more than $1 million in water damage against the seller, developer and contractor for the property

Marco prosecuted inverse condemnation and negligence claims for property damage after a city-owned water main burst, causing a flood on an automobile dealer’s lot that damaged dozens of new vehicles

Marco secured a favorable settlement in a JAMS arbitration proceeding on behalf of the estate of a deceased shareholder of a closely held company that refused to repurchase his shares upon his death