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Bird Marella is pleased to announce that one of its founding partners, former Senior District Judge A. Howard Matz, will rejoin the firm after a 15-year tenure on the United States District Court in the Central District of California. Matz press release.
Bird Marella attorneys Peter J. Shakow and Sandhya Ramadas were able to obtain a complete dismissal of a case against employees of Greenpeace successfully arguing that the government could not bring its case without introducing inadmissible hearsay evidence. The employees were charged with obstruction of a business.
A team of Bird Marella attorneys including principal Mitchell A. Kamin and associates Jessica C. Kornberg and Nilay U. Vora are assisting on an Eight Amendment matter.
Bird Marella attorneys Ekwan E. Rhow and David I. Hurwitz win motion to reconsider for client Samsung Telecommunications America LLC halting a putative class action over allegedly defective Galaxy S II phones. The judge referred the matter to arbitration reversing an earlier decision in January 2013.
Bird Marella founding Partner Dorothy Wolpert recently Co-Chaired the Annual Luncheon of the Inner City Law Center raising over $500,000 to assist in representing homeless veterans and tenants in slum housing (June 2013).
Mark T. Drooks successfully defended the Law Society of England and Wales against claims from two disbarred UK lawyers (front page Daily Journal May 20, 2013) Mireskandari v. Mayne, CV12-3861.
In his second jury win within 45 days, Bird Marella Partner Ekwan E. Rhow successfully defended a community hospital against charges of neglect and elder abuse.
Ekwan E. Rhow and Jessica C. Kornberg win $3MM+ jury verdict awarding compensatory and punitive damages in claim for theft of trade secrets and breach of fiduciary duty.
Nilay U. Vora, through the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, represented San Gabriel Councilman-Elect Chin Ho Liao in his successful bid to be seated on the City Council – Los Angeles Times (April 27, 2013).
Won Directed Defense Verdict for Developer in $10M Damage Claim Suit: We defended an Orange County real estate developer against tort and contract claims and alleged damages of $10 million relating to a $50 million development. We obtained a directed verdict after the close of the plaintiff’s case-in-chief.
