Senior Counsel
San Francisco, Ca, Us
I was Senior Counsel in the Commercial Litigation, Professional Liability and Intellectual Property practice groups at Gordon & Rees LLP, which has San Diego's second largest law office and ranks among America's 100 largest law firms according to the National Law Journal. At Gordon & Rees, I litigated a broad variety of civil matters, including cases involving the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, California's Unfair Competition Law, California and federal franchise laws, trademark, copyright, contract disputes, the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, products liability, the Automobile Sales Finance Act, and other forms of commercial litigation. I also litigated many contentious matters involving claims for defamation, including trade libel disputes between businesses.As a member of the Professional Liability group, I handled matters involving fraud and other civil actions against officers and directors of corporations in securities and corporate litigation. I also litigated cases involving claims against lawyers, real estate agents and brokers, homeowners association board members, financial advisors, insurance brokers, and other professionals.Some of my specific successes included:• Obtaining a dismissal of franchise law and fraud litigation against officers and directors of a national corporation. • Securing a complete dismissal of a breach of fiduciary duty and contract action against a prominent San Diego financial institution.• Winning summary judgment on behalf of a corporation's officers and directors in a defamation action seeking excess of $1 million in damages and on behalf of a corporation in a multi-million dollar product-liability and wrongful-death suit.