Complex Litigation Experience

Complex Litigation Experience

Represent a national bank in three mass actions brought by 700 German and Austrian citizens claiming securities fraud. Motion to dismiss granted in federal court; summary judgment granted in state court.
Represent a national bank in multi-million action brought by numerous union pension funds that claim the Bank conspired with former Arizona Governor Fife Symington to defraud them.
Represent a theatre group in action seeking $45 million on behalf of 90,000 putative class members for alleged violation of Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
Represent a national insurance group in class action relating to use of third-party software to review insured’s medical bills for reasonableness. Persuaded trial court to decertify class.
Represent the a State in putative class action brought on behalf of tens of thousands of state employees for allegedly improper change to retirement system. Dispositive motion pending.
Represent several major insurers in mass action brought by dozens of major corporations alleging overcharging in the Arizona workers compensation market.
Represented a law firm against claims that the law firm’s alleged malpractice caused damages of more than $75 million. Prevailed on motion for summary judgment and settled case on appeal for approximately $40,000.
Selected by Trustee of restaurant chain trust to investigate and litigate claims on the bankruptcy estate against numerous vendors, professional service firms and underwriters.
Represented a national airline in multi-million dollar action against software developer for claims arising out of defective software system.
Defended a telecommunications company in suit claiming theft of trade secrets allegedly valued at $500,000,000. Case settled with payment to our client of $125,000.
Defended an international engineering firm in an engineering malpractice suit brought by the City of Tucson in connection with a water treatment plant. The firm had designed the plant and administered the $100 million construction contract. The City sued, seeking $20 million in damages for alleged water leakage and concrete defects. The matter was mediated and successfully settled. We reported to Zurich, the E&O carrier for the client.
Defended a communication and electronics company in a contract case brought by a controls contractor who contracted with the client’s agent to construct a semiconductor FAB plant in Tianjin, China. The plaintiff sought damages in excess of $23 million. Our client asserted a counterclaim for $8 million due to the plaintiff’s breach of the contract. The case was pending in Federal Court in the Northern District of California and recently settled.