Experience

 

• Burke & Associates

• Kinsella Boesch Fujikawa & Towle (prestigious boutique litigation firm)

• Morrison & Foerster (top 10 international law firm)

• United States Courts, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and US District Court (CD Cal)

• RAND Corporation (nationally known think tank) 

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Education

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• UCLA School of Law

  • UCLA Law Review (prestigious journal of scholarly legal articles)

  • Roscoe Pound Moot Court Honors Society (oral argument competition)

  • Teaching Assistant, Legal Writing and Research

  • Research Assistant (Prof. Steven Shiffrin, Constitutional law)

  • Greenberg Scholar

 

Relevant Litigation

• Tried numerous cases for State Farm Insurance in nation's largest employment discrimination class actions

• Defended Northrop Grumman in dispute with the Royal Canadian Air Force

• Handled extensive nationwide litigation involving Girls Gone Wild

• Managed employment and consumer class actions to favorable outcomes

• Represented international cosmetics company in antitrust action  

• Negotiated white collar plea agreements with the US Department of Justice

• Handled law firm dissolutions and partnership disputes for numerous Los Angeles law firms

• Represented child actor in suit against his parents for mismanagement of assets

• Represented bondholders in Charles Keating/Lincoln Savings & Loan securities fraud cases

• Represented commercial art dealers in greymarket copyright disputes

• Prevailed in constitutional cases challenging tax law changes and imposing limits on punitive damages 

• Represent broad range of clients in employment, unfair competition and commercial litigation matters 

• Represent media broadcasters and corporate entities in free speech, court access and defamation cases

 

Business Matters 

• Negotiate supply chain agreements, vendor agreements and distribution agreements

• Negotiated acquisition terms of media company

• Conduct due diligence for corporate acquisitions for clients and Private Equity firms 

• Negotiate real estate acquisitions and commercial lease agreements

• Advise medical professionals and surgical centers (represented the plastic surgeons on ABC's "Extreme Makeover")

• Represented equity partners in large marina resort development

• Represented hotel operator in real estate acquisitions 

• Negotiated with World Bank for financing of hotel and living compound for NGO aid workers in Haiti

• Negotiated technology transfer licenses with Sandia and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories   

• Represented solar power companies in acquisition of utility level solar power projects 

• Represent entertainment production companies in corporate and content acquisition matters 

 

General Counsel Experience 

• General Counsel for companies in food manufacturing and distribution, entertainment production and media, health and beauty products, and real estate development 

• Outside general counsel for entertainment content producer, defense industry technology licensing, media companies, alternative energy production, biotechnology and real estate development