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John B. Sullivan

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Partner
Long & Levit LLP

San Francisco , CA

Phone: (415) 397-2222


Columns
Title Category Published
Lessons from the court for avoiding disqualification based on past representations Mar. 5, 2025
Recent guidance regarding attorneys' professional obligations related to appeals Mar. 6, 2024
New guidance regarding the role of legal assistants in law offices Ethics/Professional Responsibility Jul. 5, 2023
ETHICAL LESSONS FOR LITIGATORS FROM THE CALIFORNIA COURTS OF APPEAL Ethics/Professional Responsibility Mar. 1, 2023
Don’t jeopardize your fee Ethics/Professional Responsibility Feb. 15, 2023
What Obligations Does a Lawyer Owe to Someone the Lawyer Never Represented Ethics/Professional Responsibility Mar. 9, 2022
Insurance 101 for law firms Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility Mar. 27, 2020
Tips to avoid client disputes in 2016 Ethics/Professional Responsibility Jan. 6, 2016

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Optrics Inc. v. Grace R. Neibaron, Esq.; Neibaron Law; Cloud9 Discovery LLC; Kelly Hardy Twigger, Esq.; ESI Attorneys LLC; Herbert L. Terreri, Esq.; Law Offices of Herber L. Terreri APC, and Does 1-40, inclusive Attorneys Defendant Feb. 27, 2026
Alfred Zaklit and Jessy Zaklit, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Does 1 through 10, inclusive, and each of them Consumer Law Defendant Mar. 1, 2019
Marie Gaudin, individually, and on behalf of others similarly situated v. Saxon Mortgage Services Inc., and Does 1 through 100 Contracts Defendant Jan. 9, 2016
Gregory Young, Odetta Young, Edward Huyer, Connie Huyer, and Sue Ann Ross, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Wells Fargo & Co., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Torts Defendant Nov. 14, 2015
Peter Zeppeiro v. Green Tree Servicing LLC, Northwest Trustee Services Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Real Estate Defendant May 23, 2015
Baltazar Campos v. Greentree Mortgage Services Inc. Real Estate Defendant Oct. 25, 2014
Mary Lou D. Amidar, Conrado A. Amidar v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC Banking Defendant Jul. 12, 2014
Ronald Gengler, Cynthia Gengler v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Aurora Bank FSB Real Property Defendant Apr. 12, 2014
Spalding Laboratories Inc. v. Arizona Biological Control Inc. dba ARBICO Organics Consumer Law Defendant Aug. 23, 2008
Lanece J. Tharp v. Platinum Motor Group Inc. Consumer Law Defendant Oct. 7, 2006
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Expert / medical Oct. 8, 2002
Title Category Published
Lessons from the court for avoiding disqualification based on past representations Mar. 5, 2025
Recent guidance regarding attorneys' professional obligations related to appeals Mar. 6, 2024
New guidance regarding the role of legal assistants in law offices Ethics/Professional Responsibility Jul. 5, 2023
ETHICAL LESSONS FOR LITIGATORS FROM THE CALIFORNIA COURTS OF APPEAL Ethics/Professional Responsibility Mar. 1, 2023
Don’t jeopardize your fee Ethics/Professional Responsibility Feb. 15, 2023
What Obligations Does a Lawyer Owe to Someone the Lawyer Never Represented Ethics/Professional Responsibility Mar. 9, 2022
Insurance 101 for law firms Law Practice, Ethics/Professional Responsibility Mar. 27, 2020
Tips to avoid client disputes in 2016 Ethics/Professional Responsibility Jan. 6, 2016
Case Name Topic Role Published
Optrics Inc. v. Grace R. Neibaron, Esq.; Neibaron Law; Cloud9 Discovery LLC; Kelly Hardy Twigger, Esq.; ESI Attorneys LLC; Herbert L. Terreri, Esq.; Law Offices of Herber L. Terreri APC, and Does 1-40, inclusive Attorneys Defendant Feb. 27, 2026
Alfred Zaklit and Jessy Zaklit, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC and Does 1 through 10, inclusive, and each of them Consumer Law Defendant Mar. 1, 2019
Marie Gaudin, individually, and on behalf of others similarly situated v. Saxon Mortgage Services Inc., and Does 1 through 100 Contracts Defendant Jan. 9, 2016
Gregory Young, Odetta Young, Edward Huyer, Connie Huyer, and Sue Ann Ross, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Wells Fargo & Co., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Torts Defendant Nov. 14, 2015
Peter Zeppeiro v. Green Tree Servicing LLC, Northwest Trustee Services Inc., and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Real Estate Defendant May 23, 2015
Baltazar Campos v. Greentree Mortgage Services Inc. Real Estate Defendant Oct. 25, 2014
Mary Lou D. Amidar, Conrado A. Amidar v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC Banking Defendant Jul. 12, 2014
Ronald Gengler, Cynthia Gengler v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Aurora Bank FSB Real Property Defendant Apr. 12, 2014
Spalding Laboratories Inc. v. Arizona Biological Control Inc. dba ARBICO Organics Consumer Law Defendant Aug. 23, 2008
Lanece J. Tharp v. Platinum Motor Group Inc. Consumer Law Defendant Oct. 7, 2006
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) Expert / medical Oct. 8, 2002