Strategic counsel. Formidable advocacy. Results that matter.
ELPIS LAW represents businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, and individuals in complex litigation, business disputes, and cross-border matters. We appear in California state and federal courts and advise clients whose interests extend between the United States and Asia.
Trial-ready advocacy for business disputes, real estate conflicts, intellectual property matters, and sensitive family-law proceedings.
We counsel and represent clients in litigation, business and corporate matters, real estate disputes, and family law. Every engagement begins with a direct assessment of the legal issues, the client’s objectives, and the most effective path forward.
Civil Litigation 民事诉讼
Commercial disputes, fraud, tort claims, and other complex civil actions in California state and federal courts. We develop a focused litigation strategy for each matter, from the initial pleadings through trial and appeal.
Corporation Law and Compliance 公司法与合规
Business disputes and corporate counseling involving contracts, fraud, fiduciary duties, shareholder rights, trade secrets, unfair competition, governance, and regulatory compliance.
Real Estate Litigation 房地产诉讼
Real estate litigation involving ownership, title, construction defects, contracts, development, and unlicensed contractors, including quiet title actions and claims affecting valuable property interests.
Copyright and Trademark 知识产权
Trademark and copyright registration, enforcement, defense, and brand protection, including infringement disputes before courts and administrative tribunals.
Family Law and Related Areas 家事法律
Divorce, property division, marital agreements, and family formation matters, including prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, surrogacy, fertility, and assisted reproduction.
U.S. Legal Opinions and Cross-Border Capital Markets 跨境资本市场
U.S. legal opinions, due diligence, and regulatory advice for PRC-based companies, listed companies, and applicants pursuing China, Hong Kong, and other international capital-markets transactions.
When a dispute begins to affect the business itself.
We represent companies and their owners in contract and business tort claims, disputes among partners and shareholders, trade secret and unfair competition matters, commercial real estate disputes, executive-related claims, and the enforcement of judgments.
Each matter begins with an assessment of the governing law, the available evidence, the financial exposure, and what the client needs the outcome to accomplish. Matters are prepared on the assumption that they may be tried.
Insights on California law.
Short, practical publications from our attorneys on questions that arise in real disputes.
When AI Sounds Like a Lawyer: Hallucinated Cases, Sanctions, and the Limits of Artificial Intelligence in Litigation
Courts have sanctioned attorneys for citing cases that do not exist. Confident output is not legal judgment, and the lawyer signing the filing remains responsible…
Received a Website Privacy Demand Letter in California? What Businesses Should Know About CIPA, ECPA, Cookies and Tracking Pixels
A demand letter is not a finding of liability. What matters is which statute is asserted, what information was transmitted, when it occurred, and who received it.
California Passes SB 690: What Could Change for CIPA Website Claims?
The bill would remove the private right of action for section 638.51 pen register claims arising from websites and apps, and applies retroactively to some pending…
Christopher D. Lee, Esq.
Christopher D. Lee is a trial attorney with extensive experience handling complex business and civil litigation. He represents clients in high-stakes commercial and civil disputes in federal and California state courts, and is bilingual in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
He is joined by partner Sichen (Sarah) Wu, Esq., licensed in California and New York, whose practice focuses on family law, civil litigation, and cross-border matters.
Meet the Legal Team → View Representative Matters →Outcomes in matters that mattered to the client.
Judgment exceeding $7.2 million
A multi-year action involving construction defects, fraud, fraudulent transfer claims, numerous defendants, and two intervening bankruptcy petitions.
Precedential win over the owner of VOGUE
Defended an opposition to the EVOGUE mark on likelihood-of-confusion and dilution grounds. The mark registered.
Title quieted, judgment exceeding $2.2 million
Judgment resolving the title dispute in the client’s favor with related monetary relief.
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