January, 2005 – Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, Division Two: Nanette M. Beaumont, Esq. and Lynn E. Hall, Esq. successfully defend against the appeal of a subcontractor on a public works construction case.  The case involved the appeal of a subcontractor against Ms. Beaumont’s client, the bonding company of a general contractor.  The appeal stemmed from three motions brought in the Los Angeles Superior Court, West Judicial District: a Motion for Attorneys Fees and Costs brought by counsel for the subcontractor, as well as a Motion to Compel Arbitration and a Motion to Dismiss brought by Ms. Beaumont.  Ms. Beaumont prevailed on each motion and the subcontractor appealed the same.  The Appellate Court affirmed the rulings of the trial court and held, “A claim that an arbitrator erred in determining the prevailing party is nothing more than an attack on the ‘arbitrator’s reasoning’ or, at best, an assertion of ‘an error of law apparent on the face of the award.’  [Citation.]”  (Pierotti v. Torian (2000) 81 Cal. App.4th 17, 24).  Such attacks are not permissible.  (Ibid.)”

JULY, 2003 – Los Angeles Superior Court: Nanette M. Beaumont, Esq. and Gregory G. Brown, Esq. win a three week trial in Norwalk Superior Court. The result was a six figure jury verdict, in addition to punitive damages and attorneys’ fees. Ms. Beaumont represented a well known paving contractor in Southern California, involving a breach of contract and conversion action against a commercial real estate lessee. The defendant had taken property from Ms. Beaumont’s clients and had extensively damaged industrial real estate owned by the plaintiff. The case was successfully prosecuted, resulting in a recovery of $300,000.00.