Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani, LLP

RPNA helps clients to resolve complex regulatory challenges that safeguard business goals.

For almost three decades, RPNA has offered businesses a long and consistently successful track record of sound and practical legal counsel in the area of insurance and regulatory compliance law. The insurance sector, as well as the myriad of government and regulatory organizations that oversee this industry, often present intricate, complicated and unique challenges for commercial enterprises.

Our expertise ranges from routine filings, to navigating what can often be considered a complex regulatory maze across the state, to dispute resolution before administrative panels, forums and the plethora of government and insurance related agencies. When diplomacy does not create equitable resolution, our litigators are formidable advocates and the firm is known for a variety of precedent setting victories.

RPNA’s statewide presence, including in Sacramento, involves our lawyers providing both critical testimony and successful advocacy not only before the Department of Insurance, but also before the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on significant classification and other insurance matters. Our in the trenches advocacy and ongoing involvement in the insurance industry has made RPNA one of the preeminent firms in California, if not the country, specializing in and creating new law when representing employers in workers’ compensation premium, audit, classification, collateral and dividend disputes.

RPNA remains actively involved in insurance industry leadership and is regularly invited to participate in task forces and seminars throughout the state.

Employers are facing an increasing onslaught of wage and hour lawsuits with demands that can stretch into the millions of dollars for unpaid overtime.

Because many of these actions are brought as class action suits, the result can be devastating.  Whether an organization employs 5 or 5000+ employees, it is paramount that wage, hour and overtime liability is prevented before a major problem can ensue. As a premier wage and hour law firm, RPNA attorneys work tirelessly with clients to conduct wage and hour practice audits; meal, rest break and minimum wage evaluations; and job classification and exemption reviews as a precautionary claims avoidance measure.

RPNA has defended and, on very select occasions, prosecuted some of the largest wage and hour single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff , hybrid action and class action suits in the State of California.  Our attorneys have averted actions brought by private parties, as well as represented clients under investigation by the state and federal Departments of Labor.  Our impressive history with wage and hour suits-coupled with a laser focused, aggressive stance to problem solving-have made RPNA one of the go to firms in the state.

RPNA attorneys understand how to navigate the plaintiff friendly laws that have made wage and hour disputes a tremendous liability for employers. Our attorneys consistently negotiate, settle and defeat wage and hour claims in local, state and appellate courts.  With a keen focus on employers’ rights, our attorneys keep clients both prepared and informed so that time, resources, money and employee relations challenges are kept to a minimum.

Proper entity formation helps set up both large and small business owners and founders for success.

Understanding this process requires a skilled attorney with hands on business experience and individualized legal counsel.  The proper choice of an entity depends upon many different factors that can change or evolve over the life of a business.Because every start-up is unique, we work with clients to understand their individual goals and vision, as well as to select the appropriate structure by analyzing the benefits and drawbacks of each entity choice.  We work with entrepreneurs from a broad range of industries to understand their specific potential risks, capitalization requirements, and the possible tax ramifications of the various types of entity selection.  We have formed the broad spectrum of organizations, such as:

Sole Proprietorships

Partnerships

Limited Partnerships

Joint Ventures

S-Corporations

C-Corporations

Professional Corporations

Limited Liability Companies

Limited Liability Partnerships

Professional Limited Liability Companies

In addition to analyzing and selecting the most appropriate legal entity, we advise clients on issues pertaining to jurisdiction and organization, as well as work with our client’s accounting and tax advisors to make sure all issues are addressed and reflected in the entity selection.  Because we understand the complete life cycle of business, our attorneys help clients to succeed by avoiding pitfalls from the very beginning stages of an organization.

RPNA attorneys are acutely aware that sometimes the greatest victory transpires outside of the courtroom.

Finding a non-litigated solution requires not only the ability to listen and analyze a problem, but also creativity and persistence. Not all conflicts require traditional litigation and trial. On many occasions, effective negotiation can solve a problem before costly litigation ensues. Although RPNA offers one of the most successful litigation practices in California, our attorneys regularly negotiate solutions without resorting to the courts.

RPNA attorneys are skilled in representing clients in arbitration and before the variety of alternate dispute resolution (ADR) forums. The firm’s proven courtroom capabilities translate daily into exceptional arbitration and ADR results. We have advised clients on the spectrum of ADR techniques, a sampling of which includes mini and mock trials, second opinion oversight, and all manner of mediation and arbitration.

Our attorneys are well versed in the various procedural rules provided by the assortment of panels, forums and associations offering alternative dispute resolution options. These include organizations such as the American Arbitration Association, the Center for Public Resources, the International Chamber of Commerce, JAMS-Endispute and UNCITRAL, among others.

Because preventative action is optimal when actively seeking to avoid conflict, our attorneys work with clients to draft the full spectrum of ADR clauses. We have advised clients regarding and drafted ADR clauses for a diverse range of transactions, such as employment and management contracts, as well as for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, purchase/sale and third party agreements.