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well as complex business operations placed into receivership; successfully creating and implementing large scale receivership programs for cities and counties across the State; and drafting receivership standing orders and procedural guidelines for presiding judges and superior court administrative staff. Cases handled by our firm have included: 'packrat' and hoarder properties, disabled owners / occupants unable to comply with abatement orders, forced tenant and/or owner relocation, illegal construction or occupation, multi-unit/apartments, fire damaged properties, slumlord/deceased owner and/or trust owned properties, bank owned/abandoned properties and many more. The list of municipalities we represent in receiverslup litigation include: Vallejo; Vacaville; South Lake Tahoe; Anaheim; South Pasadena; Chowchilla, Santa Maria; Santa Rosa; Costa Mesa; Fullerton; Upland; La Habra; Buena Park; Sunnyvale; Los Altos; Alameda; Blythe; California City; Brea; Clearlake; Culver City; Eureka; Grand Ten -ace; Rolling Hills Estates; Hawthorne; Irvine; Los Angeles; Ridgecrest; Lakewood; Los Banos; Rancho Cucamonga; Santa Fe Springs; West Covina; Westminster; Whittier; and Willows. Other Types of Receivership Services Jones & Mayer has extensive experience monitoring and coordinating different types of receivership services both as counsel to public agencies as well as in the capacity of the court appointed receiver. Specific examples include: litigating and monitoring receiverships in various stages of bankruptcy; coordinating complex lien clearing, negotiations with federal and state taxing authorities over lien and title issues; supervising and coordinating receivership actions over properties in various foreclosure actions. Knowledge of the Court Appointer/ Receivership Program Proposed lead counsel routinely lectures across the State on matters related to receiverships including providing continuing education seminars for the League of California Cities, California State Bar, local city and county agencies as well as continuing judicial education. Furthermore, they have been published in the area of receiverships by many of these same agencies. California courts have specifically sought our assistance and direction in drafting receivership standing orders and procedural guidelines for presiding judges and superior court administrative staff. Ability to Successfully Petition Courts fur the Appointment of Receivers Jones & Mayer has had more health and safety receivers appointed than any other firm in the State. Since 2010, we have filed approximately 250 Receivership Petitions and have successfiilly had approximately 240 Receivership Petitions granted. The remaining 10 resolved themselves with compliance negating the need for a receiver. Additionally, the firm and proposed team have had unparalleled success in defending appointments and lower court decisions in various districts of the California Court of Appeal. Ability to Successfully Recover Costs, Fees, and Penalties Jones & Mayer prides its self on a reputation of promoting receiverships across the state as the future of code enforcement remedies that ensure a property/property owner pays for its own rehabilitation. We are the leader in implementing this remedy as we recover well over 98% of the attorney fees, costs and lien recovery for our clients. Our fee motions and awards are specifically drafted to ensure payment directly from the funds obtained by the receiver before the termination of the receivership. We have unparalleled experience in obtaining fee recovery from state courts and upholding fee recovery in appellate courts. To illustrate this point, since 2010, Jones and Mayer has sought and recovered over 2.5 million dollars in attorney fee awards for its receivership clients. 25H-19