Representative Cases

Byron H. Done maintains a legal practice involving areas such as trust and probate litigation, estate planning, federal income and estate taxation, formation and governance of non-profit organizations, foreign sovereign immunity, international anti-money-laundering regulation, and other commercial matters in state and federal courts, including appeals.

Representative Cases include:

  • Alperin v. Vatican Bank (N.D. Cal. 1999)
  • Linda Evans v. Woman’s Workout & Weight Loss Centers, Inc. (Cal. Super. Ct. 1999)
  • Zivkovich v. Vatican Bank (N.D. Cal. 2000)
  • Dale v. Colagiovanni (S.D. Miss. 2001)
  • Placer Ranch, Inc. v. W. Placer Waste Mgmt. Auth. (Cal. 3d Dist. Ct. App. 2003)
  • Salas v. Hilltop Fin. Mortg., Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2006)
  • Maganallez v. Hilltop Lending Corp., 505 F. Supp. 2d 594 (N.D. Cal. 2007)
  • Hernandez v. Hilltop Fin. Mortg., Inc., 622 F. Supp. 2d 842 (N.D. Cal. 2007)
  • Yates v. Gordo Taqueria, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2010)
  • Doe v. Holy See (E.D. La. 2013)
  • McCarthy v. Fuller, 714 F.3d 971 (7th Cir. 2013)