Practice Areas

Construction & Real Estate Disputes  

Tania Colderbank has extensive experience in Construction Defect Litigation, serving as a subject‑matter expert in disputes involving residential, commercial, and industrial properties. Her background includes mediating and resolving complex real estate and property disputes, construction delay claims, and highly technical matters involving design professionals. Tania regularly handles SB800 mediations, toxic tort construction claims, water intrusion, and related product liability and warranty claims. Her familiarity with general contractors, construction trades, architects, engineers, and the liabilities arising therefrom makes her especially effective in navigating multi-party construction conflicts where procedural precision and practical insight are essential.

• Construction Defect Litigation 
• Residential/ Commercial /Industrial
• Construction Contract Disputes
• Construction Delay Litigation
• Toxic Torts related to Construction Issues – Primarily Mold
• Mandatory CA SB 440 Mediations  
• SB800/Right to Repair Act Mediations
• Real Estate Non-Disclosure Matters 
• Professional negligence involving design professionals, architects, and engineers

Business & Commercial Disputes

Her experience has included a diverse 50/50 mix of plaintiff‑side and defense‑side business and commercial matters.

• Basic and complex contract disputes
• Complex big agricultural disputes
• Landlord/tenant matters (commercial and residential, including habitability claims) 

· Partnership disputes

• Technology‑Related Commercial Litigation

Civil Rights & High‑Exposure Litigation

With deep experience on both sides of the “v,” Tania is particularly suited to mediating 42 U.S.C. §1983 excessive force claims, civil rights actions, and cases involving sensitive allegations such as sexual abuse. These matters often involve heightened emotion, individuals in custody with retaliatory tendencies, high exposure, and complex agency or institutional dynamics. Tania’s balanced background allows her to help parties evaluate risk realistically while preserving dignity, accountability, and neutrality throughout the process.

• 42 U.S.C. §1983 Actions

              o Excessive Use of Force Claims Against Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers

              o Inmate Medical Treatment Lawsuits

              o Deliberate Indifference Claims

              o Prison Abuse Lawsuits

              o Search & Seizure cases

              o Wrongful arrests 

• Bivens Actions
• Civil Rights and Discrimination Actions
• Sexual Abuse
• Prisoner Abuse and Maltreatment Lawsuits

Personal Injury/Property Damage

Her PI/PD experience is broad, including damage to crops, neighbor‑property disputes involving runoff and drainage problems, and soil contamination from hazardous materials, along with bodily‑injury claims ranging from motor‑vehicle accidents to wrongful‑death cases. She has represented Fortune 500 companies, physicians, hospitals, law‑enforcement unions, and other companies and individuals in catastrophic‑injury, dog‑bite, and slip‑and‑fall actions.

• Catastrophic injury cases
• Wrongful death
• Government Tort Claims Act cases
• Premises liability
• Construction Injury / Construction Site Injury Case
• Product liability
• Dog bites/Animal attacks

Professional Negligence

Tania also litigated professional negligence cases, including defending legal malpractice and medical malpractice claims, and cases against engineers, architects, and other design professionals. She understands how attorneys, insurers, risk managers, and medical professionals evaluate exposure, and her dual‑sided experience allows her to speak the language of all stakeholders involved. This grounded understanding helps guide parties toward resolution in cases where credibility, documentation, and complex standards of care often shape outcomes. 

• Medical malpractice 
• Legal malpractice 
• Other professional negligence matters, including architects and engineers (see Construction section above).
   

Warranty/Beverly Song Act/Lemon Law

Colderbank ADR mediates matters including warranty claims, the Beverly Song Act including Lemon Law disputes with a practical, litigation‑informed approach. These matters often involve repeat players, compressed timelines, and statutory considerations that require efficiency and careful management.