Recent Recoveries*
- $30,000,000.00 Settlements for 113 victims of a defective pharmaceutical.
- $1,200,000.00 Serious injuries to pedestrian struck by drunk driver.
- $1,185,250.00 Death of a minor involved in a Personal Watercraft (“Jet Ski”) collision.
- $1,065,000.00 Serious injuries sustained in head-on collision.
- $875,000.00 Serious injuries sustained by minor passenger in automobile collision.
- $650,000.00 Death of driver in rear-end collision trucking accident.
- $532,000.00 Death of minor involved in trucking collision.
- $550,000.00 Injuries sustained in trucking accident.
- $495,000.00 Injuries sustained in trucking accident.
- $400,000.00 Injuries sustained in trucking accident.
- $250,000.00 Injuries sustained in robbery at apartment complex with inadequate security.
- $186,000.00 Insurance company breach of contract.
- $182,000.00 Insurance coverage and Bad Faith settlement on a Texas Homeowner’s policy.
- $150,000.00 Insurance coverage and Bad Faith settlement on a Texas Homeowner’s policy.
- $95,000.00 Insurance coverage and Bad Faith settlement on a Texas Homeowner’s policy.
- $150,000.00 Injuries sustained in trucking accident.
- $150,000.00 Settlement to sexual harassment victim.
- $125,000.00 Injuries sustained as passenger in medical transport vehicle.
- $125,000.00 Constitutional violations by city government.
- $115,000.00 Medical malpractice in failure to diagnosis cardiac failure.
- $110,000.00 Injuries sustained due to faulty department store escalator.
- $100,000.00 Injuries sustained in collision with livestock on highway.
- $100,000.00 Injuries due to food poisoning.
- $100,000.00 Settlement to two sexual harassment victims.
- $100,000.00 Collision with train at unsafe crossing.
- $95,000.00 Slip and fall of mentally handicapped victim on unsafe premises.
EXPERIENCE
Complex Commercial Litigation
- Representation of one of the nation’s largest natural resources and energy providers on business interference and fraud claims.
- Representation of multi-national industrial conglomerate in environmental contamination insurance coverage and consequential damage litigations.
- Represented a national gaming company in litigation regarding securities fraud and breach of fiduciary duties.
- Representation of defrauded investors in securities violations and fraud claims against syndicates of failed global satellite system company.
- Representation of global construction and hospitality corporation on breach of fiduciary duty, breach of non-compete agreement and territorial encroachment claims.
- Prosecution of state and federal antitrust claims on behalf of national hotelier.
- Defense and prosecution of fraud and securities violations claims for multinational corporations, partnerships and individuals.
- Prosecution of constitutional and statutory violation claims against states and municipalities on behalf of national builder for refusal to issue building permits.
Intellectual Property Litigation
- Prosecution of patent infringement and cancellation claims based on file-wrapper fraud.
- Defense of trade secret misappropriation claims against large semiconductor manufacturer.
- Defense of information technology producer in several litigations alleging warranty, performance and suitability claims.
- Representation of software company in contested litigation involving software defects, breach of warranty, and breach of contract issues.
- Representation of manufacturer in prosecution of trade dress and counterfeiting claims.
- Representation of large electrical component manufacturer in defense of software copyright infringement claims.
- Successful prosecution and defense of trademark opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board.
- Representation of scientists and medical devise manufacturer against misappropriators of trade secrets with claimed damages in excess of $350,000,000, resulting in substantial damages judgment and recovery of technology valued in excess of $1,000,000,000.
- Representation of software, technology and internet-based companies, consumer good manufacturers, and literature and music publishers in connection with trademark, copyright and trade secret claims.
- Prosecution and defense of trademark infringement and dilution and Lanham Act claims on behalf of numerous international corporations, upstart companies and individual entrepreneurs.
- Representation of a major U.S. research university and its licensee in an international misappropriation of trade secrets litigation against a Japanese conglomerate.
General Commercial Litigation
- Represented one of the largest suppliers of consumer package goods to supermarkets in commercial real estate litigation.
- Defense and prosecution of manufacturers, property owners, retailers and various commercial interests in products liability, premises liabilities, catastrophic injury and tortious conduct claims in courts throughout the United States.
- Representation of commercial property owners and management companies in commercial real estate disputes, evictions, lockouts, exercise of rights pursuant to lien and lease enforcement actions.
- Prosecution and defense of fraudulent inducement, breach of contract, tortious interference and estoppel claims resulting from failed business transactions and ventures by corporations, partnerships and individuals.
- Defense of construction companies in damage claims arising from bid-rigging allegations, resulting in dismissal of claims and settlements for small amounts.
- Prosecution of defaulted upon commercial credit contracts for equipment, personal services and fleet vehicles.
- Representation of shareholders in breach of fiduciary duty claims.
- Prosecution of shareholder derivative actions, resulting in removal of shareholders, sale of assets and recovery of attorney’s fees and costs of suit.
- Prosecution and defense of businesses of all sizes in commercial and consumer lines collection matters, receivership proceedings.
- Assisted numerous creditors in obtaining prejudgment replevins, non-judicial foreclosures, writs of execution, replevins and garnishments.
- Represented national telecommunication companies in nationwide litigation.
Bankruptcy and Bankruptcy Litigation
- Representation of numerous secured creditors, debtors-in-possession and Trustees in connection with contested stay relief litigation, reorganization plan issues, receivership proceedings and discharge proceedings.
- Representation of Trustee in prosecution of securities related claims against investors and syndicates in one of the nation’s largest and longest running Ponzi schemes.
- Representation of institutional lender in involuntary bankruptcy proceedings against hotelier, resulting in successful prosecution of case, stay relief and foreclosure of secured interests.
- Representation of lenders, corporate borrowers and individual project developers in workouts, debtor in possession financing arrangements and various pre-bankruptcy planning procedures.
- Representation of secured and judgment creditors in various conversion, dismissal and confirmation proceedings.
Indian Law
- Representation of secured lenders, contractors, manufacturers and various corporate and individual interests in federal, state and tribal court litigations throughout the United States concerning credit arrangements, tribal sovereignty, taxation issues, Indian country jurisdiction disputes, among many other claims and issues.
- Representation of the nation’s largest tribal land construction companies in defense litigation and regulatory compliance with environmental and natural resource issues.
- Representation of gaming operation vendors in connection with state gaming compact litigation, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims and grand jury proceedings.
- Negotiation and drafting of various vendor contracts for tribal gaming corporations, third party vendors and state governments.
- Representation of various hotel and resort development interests in tribal economic development projects.
- Representation of international construction conglomerate in litigation and regulatory compliance with the Navajo Preference Act and related employment and labor relations issues.
- Representation of tribal interests in matters concerning tribal code development and implementation of tribal court procedures.
- Representation of one of the world’s largest natural resource refiners in a lawsuit brought by tribal government concerning various contractual, natural resource and fiduciary duty claims.
* Results are case specific and only representative of recent experience of the firm. Any figures are not to be construed as a guarantee or promise of the value of your case or in any way an indication of future results on your or any other case.