Shaun Edward Swiger

Mr. Swiger is a general commercial and intellectual property litigator. His intellectual property experience includes litigating patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters both for plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Swiger’s general commercial litigation experience includes litigating business contract disputes, corporate fraud and alter ego actions, as well as commercial unlawful detainer actions for both commercial landlord and tenants. In addition to commercial landlord tenant disputes Mr. Swiger has successfully defended tenants whom were facing wrongful eviction in violation of the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance.

Mr. Swiger received his J.D. from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 2004. He graduated magna cum laude from The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business where he received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 2001. Mr. Swiger’s special expertise in finance and accounting is particularly useful in damages analysis in intellectual property matters.

Prior to joining Kneafsey & Friend, LLP, Mr. Swiger was an associate at Marrone Robinson Frederick & Foster A.P.C., a Burbank, California law firm representing insurance companies and various corporations in defense of personal injury and property damage claims. While an associate at Marrone Robinson, Mr. Swiger successfully represented corporations such as Sony Pictures Studios, Columbia Pictures, and Safeway in obtaining dismissals of multiple actions filed against them.

• All state and federal courts in California.

• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association

• Successfully defended an unfair competition and trade secret action against one of the world’s largest independent distributor of inductive components.
• Successfully represented a small business in a FINRA arbitration involving a complicated hedging transaction used in the sale of the business to a publicly traded company.
• Successfully represented an inventor in enforcing and protecting his patent rights in obtaining a settlement and injunction against a counterfeiting competitor.
• Successfully represented a small businessman in recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlements from former clients who failed to pay for professional services.
• Successfully defended a residential tenant whose landlord sought eviction in violation of the Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance.
• Obtained dismissals of multiple premises liability cases on behalf of Sony Pictures Studios.
• Successfully defended a premises liability action for Universal Studios involving head and spine injuries requiring multiple surgeries.
• Successfully defended a negligence action arising out of auto accident. Case successfully resolved based on disproving vicarious liability and respondeat superior.
• Obtained summary judgment for Columbia Pictures in a premises liability action.
• Successfully dismissed product liability action on motion for terminating sanctions
• Obtained damages award and 20 year injunction against defendant in action for trade secret

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