How Will the Recently Enacted Partition of Real Property Act Impact Partition Practice

Matthew Taylor is an Attorney and founder of the Law Offices of Matthew L. Taylor, where he maintains a broad civil litigation practice with a strong focus on court appointments as a receiver and partition referee. An experienced litigator and licensed California real estate broker, he oversees the sale of 30–50 properties each year in court-ordered transactions involving residential, commercial, industrial, and vacant land. Mr. Taylor is admitted to practice before an extensive range of state and federal courts, including the California Supreme Court, the United States Supreme Court, multiple federal appellate courts, and numerous trial courts. His professional background also includes service as a mediator, judge pro tem, special master, and superior court receiver, along with active involvement in organizations such as the California Receiver’s Forum and the Western San Bernardino County Bar Association, where he has served on the Board of Directors since 2008. In addition to handling business disputes, receiverships, and appeals, he is a published appellate attorney with notable decisions in both state and federal courts.

Curtis Holdsworth is Of Counsel at Bartko Pavia LLP and a member of the Litigation Practice group. 

Curtis began his professional career at the preeminent full service law firm of Greenberg Glusker. He later joined a boutique litigation firm formed by former Latham & Watkins and Morrison & Foerster partners, after which he founded his own business litigation and employment defense firm.

Throughout his career, Curtis has prosecuted and defended cases involving unfair business practices, fraud, breach of contract, alter-ego claims, business torts, trade secrets, partition claims, insurance coverage disputes, and bad faith claims on behalf of a variety of privately held and publicly traded companies. Curtis has first-chair trial experience in both state and federal courts involving a broad array of industries, including major banks, investment firms, retailers, medical device manufacturers, and auto auction companies.

Curtis approaches each matter with a unique level of energy and desire to win that he attributes to his experience as a world class athlete. He is also pragmatic and creative about problem solving, and does not lose sight of his client’s business goals even when engaged in contentious litigation matters.

Curtis is also the founder of Bot Mediation, Inc., the first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence mediator, making dispute resolution more accessible, efficient, and cost-effective.

Over the course of her 13 years of judicial service, Judge Feffer served in an unlimited jurisdiction civil independent calendar court for 6 years, a civil trial court for 3 years, and a family law court for 4 years. During that time, Judge Feffer presided over more than 75 civil jury trials, more than 500 civil bench trials, hundreds of evidentiary hearings, and numerous settlement conferences, with a diverse range of complex factual and legal issues. Judge Feffer has handled a wide array of cases, including employment litigation, professional liability, personal injury, elder abuse, products liability, business litigation and partnership disputes, real estate litigation, land use litigation, eminent domain, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, and entertainment cases.