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.
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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