Telephone: (310) 295-0324
Not Just Legal Counsel. Precision Counsel.
Real Estate Litigation.
Business Litigation.
Trusted Counsel.
About Precision Counsel, APC
Joel G. Weinberg, Esq.
Joel brings more than 17 years of litigation experience, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of legal matters. He has successfully handled jury and bench trials and has litigated claims involving real estate disputes, business disputes, personal injury, and consumer protection. Joel’s practical, results-driven a
Joel brings more than 17 years of litigation experience, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of legal matters. He has successfully handled jury and bench trials and has litigated claims involving real estate disputes, business disputes, personal injury, and consumer protection. Joel’s practical, results-driven approach has helped clients navigate complex legal challenges and achieve favorable outcomes.
Prior to starting Precision Counsel, APC, Joel was a Senior Counsel with L&F Brown, P.C. (formerly Liu, Brown & Firoozmand, P.C.) where (on behalf of individuals and entities) he litigated all aspects of a civil practice focused on real estate and business litigation, including partnership disputes, lending disputes, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, title disputes.
Before L&F Brown, Joel was a Vice President, Trial Counsel, for Fidelity National Law Group (FNLG), where he focused on real estate for insured lenders / owners and the company as an in-house counsel for the Law Division of Fidelity National Title Group, Inc. and he litigated disputes as to ownership, easements / boundaries, lien priority, and other title defects.
Before FNLG, Joel was an Of Counsel at Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP (now Kabateck LLP) where he prosecuted cases for plaintiffs, including personal injury matters and consumer class actions.
Joel also litigated real estate and business matters at Freeman, Freeman & Smiley, LLP (now known as Saul Ewing LLP), including commercial landlord-tenant disputes, lending disputes, partnership disputes, and title disputes, and he also defended personal injury, premises liability, and products liability cases at Schaffer, Law, McNaughton & Chen.
In addition, Joel was named among the list of 2014 Southern California Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine.
Joel received a B.A. in History (with a Minor in Government) from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. He received a J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law (now known as Southwestern Law School) where he graduated Cum Laude and was a Lead Articles Editor of the Southwestern University Law Review.
During law school, Joel was a judicial extern to the Hon. Earl Johnson, Jr. of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, and to the Hon. Florence-Marie Cooper of the United States District Court, Central District of California.
In addition, during law school, Joel was a law clerk at plaintiff’s personal injury law firm.
Joel is admitted to practice law in the California state courts as well as the U.S. District Court (Central District of California, Northern District of California, Eastern District of California, and Southern District of California).
Joel is a member of the California Lawyers Association, the Urban Land Institute, the American Land Title Association, and the California Land Title Association.
Significant Accomplishments and Representative Matters:
Significant accomplishments and representative matters include (including at prior firms):
- Resolved dispute on behalf of minority shareholders (closely-held corporation) and minority members (related LLC) in litigation with claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, accounting, etc.;
- Resolved dispute on behalf of former LL
Significant accomplishments and representative matters include (including at prior firms):
- Resolved dispute on behalf of minority shareholders (closely-held corporation) and minority members (related LLC) in litigation with claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, accounting, etc.;
- Resolved dispute on behalf of former LLC member in litigation concerning breach of and fraud related to membership redemption agreement;
- Obtained $893,529.67 judgment in favor of lender against borrowers and related parties after they abandoned real estate renovation project and lost the property to foreclosure, with the judgment including recovery of (among other things) treble damages under Penal Code section 496(c) and attorney's fees and costs;
· Represent 50% shareholder (also one of two Directors) of Artificial Intelligence company against other business owner wherein other business owner set up competing business with claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, interference with contract, fraud, etc.;
- Represent widow of a business owner in dispute against other business owners wherein other business owners set up competing business with claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, accounting, etc.;
- Represent a joint venturer against other joint venturer regarding real estate investment for (among other things) contractual fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty concerning breach of amendment to Joint Venture agreement;
- Represent seller against buyer regarding $321,400.00 in unpaid computer goods;
- Represent private money lender (who acquired property after foreclosure of loan) against borrower's claims regarding default interest rate;
- Represent private money lender (who acquired property after foreclosure of loan) against title insurer's claim regarding an easement title insurer missed in title search;
- Represent homeowner concerning notice of default wrongfully recorded against title to his home - action removed to federal court;
- Represent buyer of online business after seller and its principals misrepresented the value of business and its assets, concealed material facts, and engaged in misappropriation of confidential information;
- Represent employer in defense of alleged pregnancy discrimination case;
- Represent employee in defense of claim by former employer of alleged unfair competition;
- Counsel company concerning misappropriation of its trade secrets;
- Obtained judgment in favor of lender’s assignee in title dispute regarding claims for quiet title, reformation, declaratory relief;
- Successfully represented commercial tenant in defense of breach of lease suit and prosecute cross-complaint for fraud, breach of contract, etc.;
-Represent and/or counsel clients regarding failures to disclose, misrepresentation, and/or concealment regarding purchase of property or of a business;
- Represented 50% shareholder (closely-held corporations) in litigation with claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, accounting, etc.;
- Represent property owners in boundary disputes;
- Represented property owner in action to recover monies paid to unlicensed contractor for defective construction work, and represented property owner in defense of federal declaratory action brought by unlicensed contractor's insurer;
- Obtained dismissal of an unlawful detainer action after Court sustained our demurrer to complaint;
- Represented family members regarding quiet title suit concerning real estate development project;
- Represented nominated executor and designated beneficiary regarding competing probate proceeding; obtain stipulated reversal in appeal for the client (Cal. 5th Appeal Dist. Case F088009);
- Counseled clients regarding issues related to insurance coverage, commercial leases, real property (multifamily, commercial) and personal property;
- Represented investors regarding real estate development project;
- Prepared Respondent’s Brief for title insurer in successful appeal (affirming trial court’s grant of summary judgment) (Cal. 2nd Appeal Dist. Case B324056);
- Assisted with proceeding for individual seeking relief regarding LLC with claims for breach of fiduciary duty, accounting, breach of implied covenant, involuntary dissolution, fraud, rescission, declaratory relief;
- Assisted with representation of property owners in real estate title dispute regarding claims for adverse
possession, quiet title, declaratory relief;
- Assisted with preparation of petition to compel arbitration regarding licensed securities brokerage.
- Obtained default judgments quieting title in favor of clients’ loans;
- Obtained a default judgment for declaratory relief establishing client’s lien priority;
- Defended homeowner in quiet title action brought by sibling who contested homeowner's ownership;
- Resolved a lien priority case wherein earlier-in-priority lienholder claimed it had not been paid;
- Represented homeowner wherein neighbor’s improvements encroached onto client’s property;
- Represented property owner in defense of unlawful detainer action and also prosecuted quiet title action on behalf of property owner wherein opposing party claimed it owned the property at issue;
- Represented owner of a fractional interest of property wherein opposing party claimed it was 100% owner of that property by an unrecorded deed;
- Represented property owner in action wherein opposing party denied an easement existed on its property;
- Represented note holder of loan wherein the deed transferring the property to the borrowers and deed of trust were not recorded;
- Represented property owner in defense of action brought by homeowners’ association which sought to
encumber property by CC&Rs recorded decades ago;
- Represented escrow company in an interpleader action regarding disputed escrow funds;
- Represented escrow company and employee in defense of action claiming escrow negligence.
- Obtained a defense victory on behalf of a bank on third day of a bench trial (at which second chair) on $450,000 fraud claim;
- Obtained a defense victory following a multi-day bench trial (at which second chair) on fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims seeking $3,600,000;
- Obtained a stipulated judgment for $64,000 on a fraud claim after opening statements at a bench trial;
- Obtained judgments pre-trial and after trial (affirmed on appeal) in self-service storage facility lien cases;
- Litigated a case including a multi-day unlawful detainer jury trial (at which second chair) against a large retailer;
- Litigated a case including multi-day bench trial (at which second chair) regarding real estate commercial development;
- Argued before the California Court of Appeal;
- Assisted in the successful defense against a putative class action;
- Favorably resolved (as part of a team) lawsuit involving an option to purchase property;
- Obtained injunctions on behalf of and cleared title for property owners.