Mr. Dabbieri focuses on construction and real property litigation, as well as employment, creditors remedies and insolvency. He has advised clients in the negotiation of construction contracts, the perfection, enforcement, and defense of mechanics' liens and other construction disputes, and in various other real property matters, including purchase contracts, leases, easements, and other title issues. Mr. Dabbieri has tried a broad range of commercial lawsuits, including construction contract, lease, title, and other real property disputes, as well as breach of contract actions. As employment counsel, Mr. Dabbieri has advised employers on a wide range of matters, including discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination claims, wage and hour matters, and ADA compliance. He has drafted employment manuals and contracts, successfully defended wrongful termination actions and suits for unpaid wages, and represented clients before EEOC administrative proceedings and in mediation. In addition to his representation of creditors, Mr. Dabbieri has also represented debtors, debtors in possession, and Chapter 11 trustees. Before joining Sullivan Hill, Mr. Dabbieri was the managing shareholder at Hillyer & Irwin. Mr. Dabbieri has lectured on bankruptcy issues at continuing legal education seminars sponsored by the University of San Diego and UCLA Extension, and has been published in Turnarounds & Workouts. He is a member of the California and Indiana bars and a former member of the American Arbitration Association's panel of arbitrators. He also served in the United States Navy Judge Advocate General s Corps from 1976-1979, and was associate editor of the Indiana University Law Journal. |