Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Represented 70 investors who collectively lost nearly $100 million in the Aequitas Ponzi scheme. Obtained favorable settlements with third-party professionals in state court litigation and private arbitration, resulting in a gross recovery exceeding clients’ investment losses.
Counseled manufacturers of COVID-19 countermeasures on compliance with rapidly changing federal, state, and local regulations.
Reviewed and analyzed employee positions to determine exemption status with regard to overtime regulations provided in the Federal Labor Standards Act.
Wasco County Voter Registration Hearings. When Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers threatened to take over the government of Wasco County, Tom joined other Miller Nash lawyers in donating their time to take buses to The Dalles, Oregon, to hold voter qualification hearings for registered voters. Our efforts to protect the sanctity of the ballot box received national and international attention.
Representation of foreign investor in acquiring control of U.S. transportation company in compliance with Jones Act U.S. citizenship requirements.
Prepares Form 5500-series returns for filing and reviews Form 5500 returns prepared by service providers for welfare and retirement plans.
Assisted West Coast Bancorp in acquiring a community bank valued at $25 million in exchange for a combination of cash and SEC-registered stock.
Keystone v. Xerox, 152 Wn.2d 171 (2004); 378 F.3d 949 (9th Cir. 2004); 353 F.3d 1093 (9th Cir. 2003); 353 F.3d 1070 (9th Cir. 2003) (Real property, contract formation)
Represented directors of publicly traded company in shareholder derivative action alleging breaches of fiduciary duty. Obtained dismissal of all claims.