Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
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.
Structure license relationships for expansion in nontraditional locations.
Handled successful inter partes patent re-examination resulting in loss of patent rights for client competitor.
Represented investment advisory firm and broker in defending claims in FINRA arbitration involving variable annuities. Secured favorable settlement on the eve of arbitration hearing.
Advise on the conversion of unbranded business units to franchised locations.
Defense of claims related to wastewater treatment facility. (Pacific Crest v. Town of Cathlamet)
Successful defense of university on appeal—including handling the oral argument—regarding claims for failure to accommodate and disability discrimination under federal law and breach of contract and estoppel under state law brought by former graduate student.