Sacramento, CA
Appeals Lawyer at Sacramento, CA
Practice Areas: Appeals, Employment & Labor, Litigation
OUTCOME: The jury returned a complete defense verdict.
The plaintiff alleged my client of race discrimination and retaliation. The district court granted summary judgment on the discrimination claim, and I second-chaired the trial on the retaliation claim ... .
OUTCOME: The California Court of Appeal upheld the summary judgment in favor of my clients.
In Yolo County Superior Court Case Nos. CV001285 and CV0131, the trial court granted complete summary judgment in favor of my clients (an employer and six individual supervisors) against two plaintiffs ... who alleged at least seven claims under the California Fair Employment Act and common law.
OUTCOME: The Ninth Circuit remanded the matter to the district court to hold the hearing requested by my client.
The Ninth Circuit granted my client’s petition for a writ of mandamus.
OUTCOME: The district court granted summary adjudication to my clients on the 16 most serious claims, and denied plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees.
A participant in an ERISA plan accused my clients of at least 19 separate fiduciary breaches, including alleged self-dealing and plan mismanagement.
OUTCOME: The Court of Appeal published a decision directing the trial court to grant my client's anti-SLAPP motion.
The trial court denied my client's anti-SLAPP motion.
OUTCOME: The U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari that I prepared and thereafter overturned the Ninth Circuit's judgment.
A plaintiff accused my client of violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment in the well-known “Pledge of Allegiance” case. The Ninth Circuit agreed with the plaintiff, and the U.S. Supr ... eme Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari that I prepared.
OUTCOME: The Court of Appeal issued a published opinion reversing the summary judgment, and the California Supreme Court denied my opponent's petition for review.
The trial court entered summary judgment against my client.
OUTCOME: The jury returned a complete defense verdict.
Two plaintiffs (a professor at a medical school and his wife) accused my client of unlawful discrimination that allegedly disrupted their medical research. After the Ninth Circuit reversed a summary j ... udgment in favor of my client, I second-chaired the two-week trial, which was covered by the local media.