STU WEBSTER ATTORNEY AT LAW
Kiwi lawyer turned California attorney. Sounds like the makings of a tv script if you throw in some ambiguous story lines, interesting twists or maybe a car chase through the canyons of the Hollywood Hills.
After 24 years as a partner in a firm in New Zealand, I decided to flip my script and re-write what would have become a boring passage into retirement. I can’t play golf, which apparently is unusual for a lawyer.
So I sat the Bar exam in California and started my own practice.
I’m an experienced attorney in the area of employment law, commercial litigation, business strategy, immigration, contract enforcement and dispute resolution including working as a professional mediator and arbitrator.
RECENT PROJECTS
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Obtained a Court Order requiring a US Pension Fund to release payment of a significant benefit entitlement to a Kiwi spouse in challenging circumstances
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Engaged by a major California grower/processor to undertake extensive law and motion practice, argument and general litigation projects
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Appointed as a New Zealand contract law expert in a California Superior Court intellectual property suit
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Represented, as lead counsel, one of four parties in the New Zealand Court of Appeal involving Maori trust lands worth $7 million and successfully retained and protected the land interests for the major beneficiaries
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Obtained a re-sealing of Probate in New Zealand for a US-based family to enable them to take title to a New Zealand waterfront property
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Worked on a $1.5 billion class action lawsuit involving a San Francisco-based oil company and a potential class comprising over 12,000 foreign claimants
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Successfully appealed a court decision against an education provider involving tripartite access rights to a correctional institution and created an important national precedent for the higher education sector
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Mitigated fines and penalties for an engineering company involved in a fatal workplace accident