James L. FergusonJames L.Ferguson
Associate, Complex Litigation
James Ferguson is an associate in the Litigation Department of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's San Francisco office. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and corporate investigations. James has experience representing clients in state and federal court on a variety of issues, including securities litigation, breach of contract actions and real estate litigation. James also has both plaintiff-side and defense-side experience seeking temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, as well as emergency appeals stemming from such relief.
James helps coordinate the firm’s pro bono partnership with Sanctuary for Families and coaches high school students as part of the New York City Mentor Moot Court competition.
Successfully represented the owner of a luxury, oceanfront hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (CWI-GG RCFL Property Owner, LLC) in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in a property governance dispute about its Master Declaration. After a complete victory at the summary judgment stage, later affirmed in the Fourth District Court of Appeal, our team won a final judgment of $8 million in attorneys’ fees, litigation expenses, and costs.
In May 2020, secured a complete victory in defeating a preliminary injunction and lifting a TRO to allow our client to proceed with a UCC sale of pledged membership interests in connection with a defaulted mezzanine construction loan on a New York City project. The borrower sought injunctive relief on the basis that the sale was prohibited by Governor Cuomo''s Executive Orders in effect during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that it was commercially unreasonable to proceed with the sale while N.Y. remained in a state of disaster emergency.
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