About Us

In 1998, our Founder Scott M. Sanders’ firm became one of the first law firms in California to obtain a triple damage judgment based on California’s Sales Commission Protection Act. He has since litigated many notable cases and obtained settlements and judgments in a wide variety of industries, involving various Fortune 500 companies, including:

• $729,000 settlement against electrical manufacturer with foreign sourcing. Lawsuit was filed in the U.S. to “ground” the litigation in California Federal Court. Defendant settled within 90 days under the stress of litigating in the U.S. and potentially disrupting its sourcing.
• $1.75 million settlement within 6 months of filing suit, after wireless products manufacturer lost several Motions in an attempt to derail our case. Sales agency was wrongfully terminated due to manufacturer’s desire to save large commissions for sales “in the pipeline.” Defendant agreed to continue making commission payments, as if the contract had never been terminated, for 18 months.
• $900,000 settlement after hydraulics manufacturer settled out of Court 8 months after receiving our initial demand letter. The settlement was achieved by Mediation, an effective procedure to keep commission disputes from becoming lawsuits. The leverage we possessed was based on Arizona’s triple damage statute for sales reps.
• $4.565 million settlement when our client, a large sales agency, was reinstated after a bad faith termination (the sole purpose of the termination was for the defendant to avoid the payment of large commissions for sales “in the pipeline”).
• $749,000 judgment (including nominal award of attorney fees) against a large plastic injection molding manufacturers, based on California’s triple damage statute for sales reps.  Original commissions owed were only $150,000.
•  $333,000 settlement, with no lawsuit, after a nutritional products manufacturer breached its contract with our client but agreed to settle out of Court.
• $846,000 settlement for sales agency in the medical devices industry, plus further commissions earned under a reinstated contract that had been terminated.
• $100,000 settlement, with no lawsuit, after a U.S. based rep had his commission contract breached by a Mexican manufacturer. The leverage from the triple damage provision in the California sales rep statute was instrumental.
• $1.55 million settlement after filing suit against a premium housewares industry manufacturer, due to leverage from the threat of triple damages under California’s sales rep statute.
• $411,000 judgment after expedited lawsuit (due to default of defendant) resulted in microchip manufacturer having its bank account levied by the Judge to satisfy the judgment.
  
  Success Rate- We have a documented 98% success rate in favorably settling or obtaining judgments on behalf of sales reps and agencies in commission disputes throughout the U.S. (No guarantee of future success as each case is unique and presented on its own merits).