https://www.rogerssmithlaw.com/home daily 1.0 2022-05-23 https://www.rogerssmithlaw.com/our-team daily 0.75 2022-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/56de2230-a5cc-4912-9ff2-9e77f0fce020/michael-c-rogers.jpg Our Team Michael C. Rogers, Esq. mrogers@rogerssmithlaw.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/47544311-75df-4e13-8cde-9caad6853b9c/robin-h-smith.jpg Our Team Robin H. Smith, Esq. rsmith@rogerssmithlaw.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/8b97f1fb-359e-4e15-8d0a-458a65be2455/Professional+Headshot+%28small%29.jpg Our Team Turner P. McDonald tmcdonald@rogerssmithlaw.com https://www.rogerssmithlaw.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2023-03-06 https://www.rogerssmithlaw.com/about daily 0.75 2022-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/1649567552659-MW7995P2TRVAAS055R9S/unsplash-image-p7d_knV8mVo.jpg About https://www.rogerssmithlaw.com/industries daily 0.75 2022-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/be7f4d4d-2781-469f-b639-a9bb40947b52/shutterstock_496460002.jpg Industries - AUTOMOTIVE. Assisting automobile dealership groups, single point dealerships, independent dealerships and affiliated businesses navigate legal issues involved in the industry. The automotive law attorneys at ROGERS SMITH are thoroughly immersed in the industry. Our breadth of experience includes representing and advising national and regional automotive dealership clients in matters including consumer actions and unfair competition claims, federal and state regulatory matters, commercial litigation and franchise disputes. We have also represented clients in the automotive industry in catastrophic personal injury claims and products and premises liability matters. As the industry continues to modernize and becomes more complex, we are driven by our desire and ability to aid clients in all facets of automotive law, with experience in manufacturer relations as well as supplier and vendor relations. We also bring our expertise and experience to automotive affiliated businesses including finance companies, flooring lenders, automobile service centers, and surety bonding companies. From business transactions including corporate, partnership and limited liability company formations, to employment law and intellectual property issues, our automotive law team has wide-ranging experience in all types of automotive related matters. Our work in the automotive industry also consists of developing and implementing protective measures for our clients, working to limit liability and ensure regulatory compliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/7ab04d0e-2a6d-482f-9023-f40f2fe3c8b8/18.jpg Industries - CLASSIC & EXOTIC VEHICLES. With extensive experience in automotive law already, we are immersed in the world of vintage and exotic automobiles. ROGERS SMITH’s attorneys are skilled in all areas for vintage and exotic vehicle sales including documenting provenance, disputes regarding VIN authenticity, and litigation between restoration facilities and their clients in concours restorations. Our experience includes disputes involving vintage Porsches, Ferraris, Mercedes-Benzes, Lamborghinis, and many other classic and collectable vehicles and motorcycles. We also represent vintage vehicle storage facilities, restoration facilities, collectors and vehicle enthusiasts, and are well versed in vehicle storage and mechanic’s lien laws. In particular, Michael Rogers’ is also a skilled mechanic himself having worked on and restored vintage vehicles since his youth, is a skilled motorcycle rider, and MotoGP and Formula 1 enthusiast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/8736b047-d9a6-4a15-b1a5-94accc1a7d74/shutterstock_528660739.jpg Industries - TRANSPORTATION. Helping clients maneuver through the inherent challenges and complexities tied to the transportation industry, including common carrier claims. Transportation and trucking help drive California’s economy, and our work ensures that our clients in this vital industry are well protected. Since ROGERS SMITH’s inception, we have been at the forefront of legal matters related to moving people and products, and thoroughly involved in all aspects of the industry. Our transportation lawyers work in trucking, heavy equipment, cargo, and commercial litigation of transportation claims. We’ve represented local and long-haul trucking companies and delivery services, crane companies, taxi companies, bus companies, shuttle and limousine services, other commercial vehicle companies, and different types of common carriers. We are a go-to law firm locally, regionally and nationally for all types of litigation related to transportation and trucking, and our knowledge of the intricacies of transportation and trucking law informs our ability to respond quickly when accidents occur in order to conduct scene investigations, driver interviews, preserve evidence (electronic and otherwise), ensure consistent document retention and production and evaluate options and opportunities. Our experience as transportation and trucking lawyers includes working with clients on catastrophic and wrongful death claims, broker and cargo claims, crane and rigging claims and local and interstate hauling. In addition, our transactional and litigation practice includes guiding clients through common carrier liability issues (including elevators and escalators), watercraft liability, roadway design, construction and maintenance, and dangerous conditions of streets and highways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/fe85b537-4baa-4a9e-a9ef-e5e0bf404849/shutterstock_1008782098.jpg Industries - CRAFT BEER. With over 150 craft breweries, San Diego is home to a booming craft beer industry. We work with clients on everyday business matters and industry-specific challenges related to manufacturing, distributing and serving craft beer. ROGERS SMITH’s attorneys are immersed in this fast-growing industry, helping brewers, breweries, alehouses, retailers, brew pubs and beer distributors with typical business practices and some of the legal complexities particular to the industry. In both a crowded marketplace and a fairly new industry, our considerable business experience contributes to our clients’ ongoing success, as we are able to guide them through business practices and challenges, such as setting up their company, negotiating a lease, or protecting their intellectual property. Our experience and knowledge of the craft beer business also includes manufacturer, supplier and vendor relations, product licensing and distribution, lease negotiations, financing, product liability and other general liability issues. In addition, our attorneys are able to advise in areas related to employment issues, breach of contract claims, real estate acquisition and land use as well as unfair business practices. While ROGERS SMITH attorneys work on a variety of transactional matters including business formation in this industry, our craft beer lawyers have also successfully represented clients in litigation related to trademark infringement, and employment and product liability claims. Not only do we work with many of California’s top breweries, but we also work closely with manufacturers, suppliers and all types of craft beer related companies. As California beer law continues to change, ROGERS SMITH continues to be a leader in this evolving industry. https://www.rogerssmithlaw.com/practice-areas daily 0.75 2022-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/7d3f919f-177b-4061-ac8b-d130c1548a76/shutterstock_741463573.jpg Practice Areas - EMPLOYMENT LAW. Counseling corporations large and small to ensure compliance with current labor laws and providing education and other support for all types of employment issues. In our employment law practice, we work hand-in-hand with companies large and small to put policies and practices in place that will mitigate risk and aid in avoiding employment disputes. Labor and employment law in California can be highly complex, and we assist employers by ensuring their in-house human resource team utilizes industry best practices that adhere to all current regulatory compliance standards. When disputes arise, we ably represent employers in court, however, our employment law practice goes beyond litigation. We work with employers to develop their employee handbooks and assist in crafting their company’s policies and procedures, ensuring they are in accordance with current state and federal labor and employment laws and regulations. Due to the breadth of expertise and experience of our firm’s employment lawyers, we are entrusted to counsel clients on employment agreements, independent contractor and separation agreements, as well as severance agreements. ROGERS SMITH’s employment law practice also includes working with clients on employee termination and addressing matters related to protecting proprietary information, trade secrets, and preventing unfair competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/1649561869132-9JR3JYEEZ4YQUF23RFUE/unsplash-image-OQMZwNd3ThU.jpg Practice Areas - BUSINESS LAW. We provide comprehensive business counsel, from business formation to dissolution, with vast experience on both sides of complex disputes. In our business law practice, we understand that our success is predicated on the success of our clients’ businesses. From drafting simple contracts to litigating highly complex disputes, ROGERS SMITH is trusted counsel in all aspects of business law. We have significant experience in working with all types of companies, ranging from sole proprietors and start-up companies to national and worldwide corporations, across both established and emerging industries. With a truly full-service business law practice, our wide scope of services includes helping companies with entity formation and dissolution, litigating and resolving business disputes and acquiring property and negotiating leases. We also assist clients in developing and enforcing a wide range of business contracts, including licensing agreements, distribution agreements, buy-sell agreements, non-disclosure agreements, confidentiality agreements, and trade secret protections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/1649562027109-2Q3PZ4HCG5FRBOCH8E90/unsplash-image-SLIFI67jv5k.jpg Practice Areas - COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY. As business transactional and trial lawyers, ROGERS SMITH has considerable commercial general liability experience, representing companies in court on both the plaintiff and the defense side of all types of matters. Much of the firm’s work in this sector is related to the hospitality industry, and our attorneys have worked with individual hotels and resorts as well as regional chains on litigation matters such as catastrophic personal injury, construction defect and water damage. Our thorough understanding of the hospitality industry in tandem with our knowledge of related California law allows us to protect our clients’ businesses through employee training and working directly with them to ensure guest safety. In this area of law, we have worked with owners and managers of restaurants and nightclubs, and our varied liability work in this area includes matters related to crowd control, assault and battery, false arrest and false imprisonment, and food product. In addition to hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and others in the hospitality industry, our experience includes significant work with companies that own, manage and operate sports stadiums, golf courses, shopping malls, theaters, casinos and spas. We have also handled claims related to facility operations with stores and retail chains, gas stations, parking lots and structures, and automobile dealerships. ROGERS SMITH’s commercial general liability practice also includes common carrier and bailee/bailor liability and failure to maintain lateral/subjacent support. Our counsel in all areas of general commercial liability has helped companies minimize their risk in many areas, and resolve disputes smoothly and efficiently whenever they arise, enabling our clients to continue to operate and manage their businesses as seamlessly as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62521ba83b865b309adbb209/1649562116603-FXLX8J5QBSLLI354DX6A/unsplash-image-hkJNx0EDbjE.jpg Practice Areas - PRODUCT LIABILITY. We defend companies in product liability lawsuits and work to protect our clients’ products against bodily injury and property damage claims. Product liability claims can be devastating to companies if they are not handled properly. We have a long history of successfully defending companies against product claims, working beside them to limit their liability exposure. We’ve represented a variety of companies throughout the state, serving as outside litigation counsel for regional manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers. Our team is able to assess and abate risk, and also adeptly defend against the personal injury and property damage claims that are often prevalent in product liability matters. Through ROGERS SMITH’s extensive work in the manufacturing and construction industries in particular, we have developed a particular understanding of crane design, manufacturing and liability, construction site equipment, and various other construction materials and components. Our product liability lawyers also have considerable experience defending claims related to elevator, escalator, and lifts located in high rise commercial, hotel and residential towers throughout California, and also have experience in matters related to heavy machinery and equipment, tools, scaffolding, and commercial tractors and trailers. In addition, we have represented companies in the consumer product space including manufacturers, distributors, and retail suppliers of cosmetics, food, clothing, household products, craft beer/beverages and leisure equipment. Our product liability practice also includes handling catastrophic personal injury claims, and while we have significant experience litigating matters in both state and federal trial and appellate courts, we work to resolve matters as expeditiously as possible, often relying on alternative dispute resolution. We aim to handle all product liability matters effectively and efficiently so that our clients can put their matter behind them and return to “business as usual.”