Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Obtained order protecting shareholders by placing deadlocked cannabis company into receivership.
Successful defense of $5.4 million securities claims arising from tenant-in-common investments.
Favorably resolved multiparty litigation involving claims of securities fraud and breaches of fiduciary duty by directors and officers.
Successfully defended brokerage firm against claims arising from sale of high yield bonds. Panel denied the claims in their entirety.
Resolved dispute among business owners through buy out and valuation of co-owner's ownership interest.
Obtained order placing cannabis company into receivership. (Ongoing).
Successfully resolved claims against nonprofit board members accused of defamation, misappropriation of funds, and improper removal of board member.
Represented company and directors in shareholder class action arising out of merger. Azar v. Blount Int’l, Inc., No. 3:16-CV-0483-SI, 2019 WL 7372658, at *1 (D Or Dec. 31, 2019).
Successful defense of securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and suitability claims arising from the sale of emerging market securities in bet-the-company arbitration. FINRA panel denied claimants’ claims and request for compensatory damages for more than $940,000 in their entirety.