Lewis Brisbois Hit With Ex-Broker’s Breach of Contract Suit (1)

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP’s former exclusive broker alleges the law firm owes him $9 million for cutting their contract six years early.

California real estate broker Jonathan Larsen linked the unilateral breach of his contract in April to the departure of the firm’s founding partner and chairman Bob Lewis last year, as well as the firm’s subsequent change in management structure, in a Thursday complaint filed in California Superior Court, Los Angeles County.

Larsen’s lease renegotiations for the firm’s downtown Los Angeles headquarters, which incorporated the firm’s new remote work model, saved the firm about $10 million, the ...