Shareholder

San Francisco

Direct: 415.227.0900

Office: (415) 227-0900

gzwang@buchalter.com

Bar Admissions

California

Overview

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Glenn P. Zwang represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation. His clients include real property owners, developers, major retailers, and others in a variety of areas including real estate, construction, intellectual property, insurance coverage, fiduciary duties and legal malpractice defense. He has won dozens of jury trials, court trials, arbitrations, and appeals over his 35+ year career. But he takes as much pride in settling his clients’ problems on favorable terms by bringing a practical, business-oriented perspective to every negotiation. To view representative cases, click “Representative Matters.”

Mr. Zwang is licensed to practice before all courts in California. He has also been admitted to practice pro hace vice before many state and federal courts in the United States.

  • Representing owner of two large apartment complexes, obtained $42 million settlement in construction defect litigation arising from water intrusion and structural defects.
  • Successfully defended commercial tenant against petition to vacate arbitration award in fair market rent arbitration, in which the proposed rent in parties’ competing appraisals differed by $500,000 per year.
  • Representing real property owner, obtained a jury verdict and Court of Appeal judgment rejecting high eight-figure claim by “No Wall on the Waterfront” developer after San Francisco voters rejected the developer’s luxury high-rise condominium project.
  • Representing national department store chain, prevailed at trial against shopping center owner seeking to invalidate co-tenancy rent provision.
  • Representing major supermarket chain, obtained reversal on appeal to obtain eight figure reduction in supermarket’s ground lease purchase option.
  • Representing minority shareholder in major Napa Valley wineries, obtained high eight-figure buy-out based on majority shareholders’ breach of fiduciary duties.
  • Representing owner of large mixed use residential apartment complex, successfully defended consumer class action seeking nine-figure damage award for construction defects.
  • Successfully defended institutional lender accused of wrongfully reneging on loan commitment to cause large housing development to fail.
  • Obtained mid-seven figure settlement for construction defects resulting in water intrusion in high-end home remodel.
  • Representing multi-national electronics manufacturer, obtained jury verdict exonerating client accused of causing chiller plant failure that damaged NASA’s supercomputers.
  • Obtained injunction freezing assets of corporate embezzler followed by collection of stolen funds.
  • Successfully defended corporate director accused of stealing trade secrets to start competing business.
  • Seven-figure settlement against corporate officers and directors for breach of fiduciary duty.
  • Representing internet service provider in post-trial proceedings, successfully vacated $15 million punitive damage award, leading to reasonable settlement.
  • Obtained seven figure settlement against insurer denying coverage for alleged director and officer malfeasance.

Admissions

  • California
  • All State and Federal Courts of California
  • United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1979
  • The University of California College of the Law, J.D., 1983

  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Class Actions
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Corporate Malfeasance
  • Lender Liability
  • Construction Litigation