Joel Deutsch's practice, spanning over 20 years has a dual emphasis: real estate and land use litigation (including disputes over land use entitlements, development agreements, inverse condemnation, eminent domain, environmental litigation, lease disputes, and other real property related disputes) and intellectual property litigation, including trademark, copyright, and patent litigation. Joel also has extensive trial experience in federal and state courts.

Representative Experience:

• Successfully represented numerous major corporate landowners in development entitlement disputes, which have resulted in court decisions and settlements granting development rights worth over several hundred million dollars
• Represented major hotel owners and other developers in successful construction defect litigation with millions of dollars in recoveries
• Successfully represented numerous landowners in eminent domain cases resulting in substantial recoveries against condemning agencies
• Represents numerous mining and construction companies in land use and entitlement issues before state and local public agencies
• Represents numerous major corporate entities against intellectual property claims, including trademark, copyright, and patent defense work in federal courts across the United States
• Extensive experience in enforcement of trademarks and copyrights against infringers of those rights