Employment Law Litigation

• Mediator, numerous large class actions involving alleged violation of wage and hour laws
• Mediator, numerous wrongful termination and sex harassment actions.
   

Securities Fraud Class Action Litigation

• Counsel or lead counsel on multiple cases defending officers and directors in securities fraud class actions.

Intellectual Property/Unfair Competition Litigation

• Lead appellate counsel representing a New York Stock Exchange Company in a malicious prosecution action arising out of wrongful patent infringement.
• Lead counsel defending a major supplier of generated electrical power in a breach of covenant not to compete action brought by a competitor.
• Lead counsel defending a medical product developer in a breach of development and license agreement action.
   

Minority Shareholder/ Corporate Dissolution Litigation

• Lead counsel representing faction owning one third interest in a large citrus packing house in San Joaquin Valley, in a minority squeeze out, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate dissolution matter.
• Lead counsel representing 50% owner of a Beverly Hills based capital management company in a dissolution matter
• Lead counsel representing a 50% partner in dissolution of Newport Beach based plastic surgery practice.
• Lead counsel representing minority partners in a dissociation action under the Revised Uniform Partnership Act, involving a 1,000 acre citrus farming partnership.
   

Breach of Contract/ Business Torts Litigation

• Lead Counsel representing a manufacturer of medical devices in a multimillion dollar breach of distributor agreement action.
• Co-counsel representing an Orange County medical industry entrepreneur in a breach of oral joint venture agreement case, resulting in an $8.5 million jury verdict.
• Lead counsel representing a software development company servicing the securities industry in a fraud action against arising in connection with the acquisition of the business.
• Lead Counsel defending general partner of real estate investment partnership in a multi-million dollar action for alleged breach of fiduciary duty.
   

Real Property Litigation

• Member of trial team representing a very large real estate development complany in a $500 million dissenting shareholder action, which is likely the largest real estate appraisal case ever tried in the United States.
• Lead counsel representing a limited partnership in a $20 million dollar secured real property action arising out of the sale of a 1500 acre parcel of land within the city limits of Los Angeles.
• Lead counsel representing a general partnership in a multi-million dollar action involving use of letters of credit in secured real property sales transaction.
• Lead counsel representing minority partners in a general partnership dissolution action under the Revised Uniform Partnership Act, where the underlying assets were 1,000 acres of citrus holdings in the San Joaquin Valley.
   

Environmental Law Litigation

• Mediator, large multi-party CEQA dispute involving Central California developers and governmental entities
• Lead counsel defending a refuge disposal company in a major CERCLA action. (Client's disposal activities accounted for about 50% of the volume of Operating Industries Inc., a superfund site, ranked 7th on the EPA list of priorities, which was the subject of the lawsuit.)
• Lead counsel representing a major construction company in a significant Water Quality Control Board dispute.