SAN DIEGO, Calif.—LiMandri & Jonna LLP is pleased to announce the resolution of an administrative appeal regarding whether the Free Sacred Trinity Church, a local Christian church, can obtain a California property tax exemption for its San Diego campus. Free Sacred Trinity Church is the “Mother Church” of a Christian denomination, founded in 1976, and presently consisting of two subsidiary “Mission” facilities based in San Diego, California and Austin, Texas. All nonprofits, including churches, are generally exempt from federal taxation under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3). But whether nonprofits and churches have to pay local property taxes is…

San Pasqual Academy Residents, Alumni & Staff Sue California for Trying to Shut it Down Attorneys at LiMandri & Jonna LLP Working to Save Highly Successful Foster Care Program View the Complaint here. Contact: Tom Ciesielka, 312.422.1333, tc@tcpr.net (August 3, 2021 – Escondido, CA) San Pasqual Academy stakeholders—residents, alumni, and staff—have sued the County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency and the California Department of Social Services for trying to unlawfully shut down the nationally preeminent boarding school for high-school foster youth. San Pasqual Academy is a highly successful foster care program in Escondido, California,…

Attorney Charles LiMandri has been honored as one of the “2021 Top 100 Lawyers in California” by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. The Daily Journal, a California legal-industry newspaper, recognizes lawyers for their performance of cutting-edge legal work. The “2021 Top 100 Lawyers in California” list is published each year by the editors of the Daily Journal to shine the spotlight on attorneys making an impact in the California legal profession and honor lawyers “whose legal work changed the law, an industry or society in the last year.” Daily Journal editors reviewed hundreds of submissions to produce…

Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Cases If You Lived at Camp Lejeune, You May Be Entitled to Significant Compensation On August 11, 2022, President Biden signed into law the “Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022” (CLJA). This legislation allows veterans, service members, and their families who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune to sue the federal government for a limited time and recover damages for injury and wrongful death due to toxic water contamination exposure. Individuals who resided, worked, or have been otherwise exposed (including in utero) to the water at Camp Lejeune for 30 days or more…

LiMandri & Jonna LLP is proud to announce that the Fourth Appellate District has upheld in full their win in favor of their clients A&B Market Plus, Inc. and others against the Neighborhood Market Association and its former President Mark Arabo. The Neighborhood Market Association is a trade association that lobbies on behalf of small grocery and convenience stores in Southern California and nationally. After two years of lengthy litigation, which included a five-week bench trial, in January 2018, A&B Market Plus and other member stores obtained a judgment in their favor finding that former President Mark…

LiMandri & Jonna Succeed on Summary Judgment in Plaintiff’s Case – Winning the Case and Avoiding the Entire Cost of Trial LiMandri & Jonna recently secured summary judgment for its client, a homeowners association in Pacific Beach (“the HOA”), in a case which the HOA brought to force a condominium owner to undo the unapproved portions of a remodel he undertook in his unit. THE DETAILS OF THE CASE The HOA governs all of the condominiums and penthouses in a high-rise in Pacific Beach. The HOA came to us after one condominium owner installed a second bathroom…

LiMandri & Jonna LLP obtained a complete dismissal of claims on behalf of clients in Neighborhood Market Association v. Arkan Somo, et al, Case No. 37-2017-00020544. The complaint, filed just over two months ago, asserted claims against our clients for violations of the California Corporations Code, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage. But, stripped to its core, the lawsuit focused on protected speech in the context of an election for board seats of a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation. The complaint was also admittedly being used to try to extract a…