Profile
A counselor to individuals, businesses, and institutional clients, Omar J. Yassin represents them in a wide range of complex litigation matters. These include unlawful and unfair competition, trade secret and intellectual property rights protection, product and premises liability, catastrophic injuries, and land use and real estate development.
He has obtained defense arbitration awards and jury verdicts involving breaches of contracts, products liability cases and unfair business practices claims.
Focused on SoCal Construction and Environmental Litigation
Omar has substantial experience in both the prosecution of claims and defense of litigation on behalf of clients throughout Southern California. This includes representing construction industry clients in both catastrophic personal injury and construction defect/product liability claims.
In addition, Omar is actively involved in the firm's toxic and environmental tort practice group and handles a variety of real estate-related claims.
Experience
Omar Yassin's representative matters include:
- Successfully defended clients in arbitration award related to alleged breaches of credit card servicing agreements totaling several hundred thousand dollars
- Favorable defense verdict for a foreign manufacturer in a multi-million dollar product liability lawsuit
- Successful defense of numerous property owners arising from allegations of unfair business practice lawsuits, housing discrimination, and business practices in violation of statutory rent control laws
- Obtained nominal settlement on behalf of contractor for claims originally totaling several million dollars for allegedly defective electrical installation work at high rise downtown Los Angeles office tower