# Skyline Business Law

> Skyline Business Law is a California business law firm based in Irvine, founded by Omar Sharif. The practice represents California entrepreneurs, family-owned businesses, and founders across Orange County, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, and San Diego — direct attorney access, no associate hand-offs, and a defensive approach designed to leave the client's business sounder, safer, and more secure.

## Practice areas

- [Legal Counsel for Business](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/business-counsel.html): Outside general counsel for California companies with multiple employees, locations, active deal flow, or continuous legal matters.
- [Business Disputes & Lawsuits](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/business-disputes.html): Resolution-focused representation for demand letters, collections, partnership disputes, and pre-litigation matters.
- [Contracts](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/contracts.html): Drafting, review, and negotiation of partnership, employment, lease, NDA, and 70+ other commercial agreements.
- [Business Sales and Acquisitions](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/selling-your-business.html): California business transactions for buyers and sellers — purchase agreements, due diligence, escrow, post-closing.
- [Trusts & Estate Planning](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/estate-planning.html): Living trusts, wills, advance directives, business succession, and estate-tax planning for California families and business owners.
- [ADA Defense](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/ada-defense.html): Defense of California businesses against ADA Title III and Unruh Civil Rights Act accessibility lawsuits in state and federal court.
- [Trademarks](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/trademarks.html): Federal trademark registration, brand-strength analysis, opposition/cancellation, and enforcement.
- [Employment Law Defense](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/employee-labor-claims.html): Employer-side defense for wage-and-hour claims, PAGA notices, meal-and-rest violations, misclassification, and compliance programs.

## Comprehensive guides

- [California PAGA — what employers actually need to know](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/paga.html): How PAGA penalties stack, the 2024 AB 2288 / SB 92 reforms, the cure window, the key cases (Iskanian, Viking River, Adolph, Ramirez, Quach), and a free exposure estimator.
- [California ADA Title III & Unruh Act website-accessibility defense](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/website-accessibility.html): When the ADA applies to a website, what WCAG actually is, what to do if served, the Robles / Cot'N Wash defense, verified federal default outcomes, and how these cases are defended.
- [California trust administration guide](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/trust-administration.html): Trustee duties, deadlines, beneficiary notice, distribution mechanics, and a funding walkthrough for new trusts and successor trustees.
- [Islamic estate planning under California law](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/islamic-inheritance.html): Faraid-compliant wills and trusts, the Quranic shares from Surat An-Nisa, an inheritance calculator, and Sharia-compatible distribution drafted under California law.
- [The 72-Hour ADA Demand Letter Response Playbook](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/ada-demand-letter-playbook.html): Hour-by-hour California playbook for the first 72 hours after an ADA Title III / Unruh demand letter or lawsuit arrives — what to preserve, who to notify, the response deadlines, and the Cot'N Wash threshold defense.
- [ADA Defense for California Restaurants](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/ada-defense-restaurants.html): Restaurant-specific ADA playbook — the landlord/tenant liability split, the recurring physical barriers, online-ordering and menu accessibility, CASp protections under Civ. Code §§ 55.54/55.56, and the plaintiffs' firms that target restaurants.
- [Buying or Selling a California Restaurant](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/business-sales-restaurants.html): The restaurant deal sequence — ABC liquor license transfer, CDTFA/EDD/FTB tax clearances, bulk sale notice, lease assignment and landlord consent, asset vs. equity structure, and restaurant-specific due diligence.
- [Free Business Health Check](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/health-check.html): A 10-question scan across formation, contracts, employment, IP, estate, disputes, and ADA. Returns a letter-grade report with the top three priorities.

## About the firm

- [About Skyline Business Law](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/about.html): Founding attorney Omar Sharif, the firm's approach to outside counsel, geographic reach.
- [How we work](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/how-we-work.html): What hiring Skyline looks like — first contact, engagement, active representation, closeout.
- [Contact](https://skylinebusinesslaw.com/contact.html): Schedule a complimentary 30-minute consultation. Phone (949) 287-6901, text (949) 400-9200, email info@skylinebusinesslaw.com.

## Local service-area pages

The firm is based in Irvine, California and serves clients across Southern California, with focused landing pages for: Irvine, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Tustin, Huntington Beach, Mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo, Lake Forest, Yorba Linda, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Burbank, Pomona, and Riverside.

## Important disclosure

The content on Skyline Business Law's website is general educational information about California law. It is not legal advice. Reading the site or contacting the firm does not create an attorney–client relationship. The right answer for any specific matter depends on facts unique to that matter; readers should consult a qualified California attorney before acting on any information presented.