Notable Results
A track record of trial victories and significant recoveries
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
$11.7M
Aerospace settlement (2011)
$1.2M
Verna Harrah Estate recovery (2012)
25+
Years of trial experience
1
Published Court of Appeal opinion
Verna Harrah Estate — $1.2 Million Recovery
In September 2012, Mr. Santiago successfully recovered $1.2 million from the Verna Harrah Estate (widow of casino magnate Bill Harrah), despite contentions by the family lawyers that his client was an excluded heiress under California law.
Aerospace Parts Distribution — $11.7 Million Settlement
Mr. Santiago served as co-lead counsel in a multi-million dollar aerospace parts distribution suit concerning rights to sell commercial and military jet parts. When the aerospace company refused to make any settlement offer, Mr. Santiago proceeded to arbitration. After prevailing in the liability phase before a three-judge Arbitration panel (3-0), the matter was resolved for $11.7 million — one of the largest non-confidential settlements on an individual matter for the year 2011 in the state of California.
Chatard v. Oveross (2009) 179 Cal.App.4th 1098
Mr. Santiago prevailed over a trustee who had taken family estate assets and used them as her own, despite the fact that her siblings were entitled to their fair share. He was victorious at trial and convinced the court that the trustee should be punished and forced to pay damages and penalties from her own distributive share. When the rogue trustee appealed, the arguments ended up in the California Court of Appeal, which resoundingly affirmed Mr. Santiago's victory in a unanimous published opinion. The court held that the share of a trustee-beneficiary who breached her fiduciary duty could be reached by other beneficiaries to satisfy damages — despite the existence of a spendthrift clause in the trust.
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