In 1996, after a decade of bad will between a landowner and our client--the
operator of a Berkeley landmark, the Hotel
Shattuck--this major commercial real estate dispute went to trial before
a jury...twice. The Jelinek law firm won both
verdicts, in what Judge Demetrios Agretelis of the Alameda County Superior
Court stated was "an exhaustively prepared,
vigorous, indeed combative trial."
Our client was awarded $468,820 in fees; an additional $181,657 for
our client will be determined at a later date.