Partner
CurrentCommercial Litigation/Bankruptcy Represented rice farmers, mills and exporters in litigation involving contamination of United States long grain rice supplies with genetically modified rice variety developed by international chemical and agricultural company; court appointed member of Federal Court, Multi-District Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in litigation involving that contamination. Tried 4 bellwether trials for farmers in these proceedings, 3 of which tried to verdict. Represented former hedge fund executive in claims asserted between executive and the fund. Tried the case to verdict. Represented state agency in discrimination claims involving Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit allocation program. Tried case to court. Represented trustee in claims in accounting and related disputes brought by purported, but disputed, trust beneficiary Represented clients in litigation involving cutting edge electronic discovery issues. Represented realty owner in dispute over ownership of oil and gas mineral rights. Represented defendant in action for theft of proprietary information and breach of confidentiality agreement. Represented real estate investment partnerships in litigation with tenant. General representation of debtors and creditors, bankruptcy proceedings and avoidance adversary proceedings. Represented bankruptcy trustee in pursuit of equitable subordination claim against equity/debt holders.Securities Represented plaintiffs in obtaining $75 Million class action securities settlement relating to fraud in real estate limited partnership offerings. Represented investors in tax shelter, securities litigation against major brokerage firm and obtained $13 million settlement. Defended international investment banking firm in complex litigation involving fraud in securitized commercial mortgage transactions where claims exceeded $40,000,000.
