With over 20 years of experience in general civil and business litigation, Ms. Lutzker brings a unique combination of skills to all her clients. Ms. Lutzker represents individuals and businesses from a variety of sectors including technology, real estate, publishing, insurance, manufacturing, retail and wholesale businesses, transportation, and health care.

Ms. Lutzker’s litigation clients benefit from her extensive experience in all aspects of litigation, pre-litigation, litigation, trial, and the appellate process. Her knowledge of business comes in handy when the disputes involve corporate transactions. In addition to her experience in all phases of transactional work, including new business ventures, capital transactions, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and buy-sell agreements, Ms. Lutzker’s corporate clients benefit from her knowledge of how to avoid potential lawsuits as well as her skill in successfully litigating matters such as unfair competition claims, breach of fiduciary duty claims, fraud actions, real estate disputes, contract disputes, quiet title actions, construction claims, and wrongful termination suits.

Litigation experience includes:

• Obtaining a permanent restraining order against a company for misappropriating another’s trade name,
• Establishing through summary judgment that a client had not stolen trade secrets
• Obtaining a jury verdict of $3.3 million for fraud,
• Securing a defense verdict in a sexual harassment lawsuit at the close of the plaintiff’s case, and
• Preventing an unconstitutional initiative from being placed on an election ballot litigation experience.

Corporate expertise includes:

• Formation of new business ventures
• Capital transactions
• Mergers Acquisitions
• Divestitures
• Buy-sell agreements

Academic Credentials

• J.D., with Distinction, Stanford University
• B.A., Highest Distinction, Pennsylvania State University
  Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Affiliations

• San Mateo County Bar Association, Former Board Director
• State Bar of California
• State Bar of California Conference of Delegates- San Mateo County Delegation

Civic Affiliations

• San Mateo Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, Executive Committee Member
• San Mateo County Legal Aid Society, Member and Former Vice President
• And Justice for All Committee, Co-Chair
• San Mateo County Historical Association, Former Board Director

Publications

• Assignment of Inventions: Time is of The Essence, The Law Works, Co-Author, May 1994