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Disputes over land, title, boundaries, and the rights that run with property.

Partition actions, quiet title, boundary and encroachment disputes, easement and access rights, purchase-and-sale and nondisclosure disputes, title and escrow disputes, specific performance, and trespass and ejectment

Serious injury claims brought on behalf of the people who suffered them.

Automobile, motorcycle, and trucking collisions; premises liability and dangerous conditions; product-related injuries; traumatic brain and spinal injury; catastrophic and disfiguring injuries; wrongful death; and sexual abuse and assault claims.

Claims between employers and employees, from either side of the table.

Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; wrongful termination; wage-and-hour and misclassification; class and representative actions; and proceedings before state and federal employment agencies.

Reputational claims, and the early motions that decide most of them.

Libel and slander; trade libel and business disparagement; online and social-media defamation; defamation per se; anti-SLAPP motions; and pre-litigation demands and retractions.

Claims arising from products that fail and the injuries that follow.

Design, manufacturing, and failure-to-warn defects; consumer and household products; industrial and component-part failures; pharmaceutical and medical-device claims; product-related property damage; and mass tort and multi-claimant matters.

Craig Diamond serves as a private neutral in civil disputes throughout California.

Financial and physical abuse claims involving people over the age of sixty-five.

Financial abuse and undue influence; predatory sales and fraudulent investments; abuse by fiduciaries, family members, and caregivers; physical abuse and neglect in care facilities and at home; and claims under California's Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act.

Defect, delay, and payment disputes among owners, contractors, and design professionals.

Construction and design defects; residential, commercial, and multi-unit projects; component-part and materials claims; mechanic's liens, stop notices, and payment disputes; delay and disruption claims; and contract disputes among owners, contractors, and subcontractors.

Commercial disputes between businesses, partners, and the people who do business with them.

Breach of contract, including sales, supply, and development agreements; partnership, shareholder, and closely held company disputes; business fraud and misrepresentation; unfair competition and interference with contract or business; trade secrets; and insurance bad faith.