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Principal Benjamin Gluck was recently quoted in the Los Angeles Times in its continuing coverage of the government’s search and seizure of hundreds of safe deposit boxes from U.S. Private Vaults in Beverly Hills. Gluck currently represents a number of clients who had their property taken by federal agents during the raid in late ...
Bird Marella attorneys Benjamin Gluck and Ashley Bowman have filed for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against the United States for the unlawful search and seizure of their client’s property in violation of the client’s Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights. During the week of March 22, 2021, government agents executed a search warrant at U.S. ...
Principals Paul Chan, Benjamin Gluck, and Julia Cherlow achieved a significant victory for mobile virtual network provider TruConnect, the fourth largest and fastest growing wireless Lifeline company in the United States, in a federal False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The relators’ allegations threatened close to a half-billion dollars in ...
Bird Marella strongly condemns the recent instances of violence and discrimination against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. The rise of targeted attacks, especially on the most vulnerable members of our communities, is painful and completely unacceptable. These hateful actions must not only be addressed but eradicated through ...
Bird Marella has received six nominations for the 2021 US Benchmark Litigation Awards. Firm Nominations Los Angeles Firm of the Year California Trial Firm of the Year California Securities Firm of the Year California White-Collar Crime Firm of the Year Attorney Nominations California White-Collar Crime Litigator of the Year (Gary ...
Principals Mark Drooks, Joel Boxer and Sharon Mayer secured full dismissal of a legal malpractice claim worth over $100 million against their client, an Am Law 200 firm, in a case filed in the New York Supreme Court. The litigation arose from an unsuccessful acquisition of a company after the acquirer ...
Bird Marella attorneys Gary Lincenberg, Ariel Neuman, Shoshana Bannett, and Jimmy Threatt obtained a victory in the California Court of Appeal, which clears the way for demolition of real estate developer Mohamed Hadid’s Bel Air mansion. On March 4, 2021, the Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s order appointing a receiver and ordering the demolition of the ...
Bird Marella is proud to present our 2020 Year in Review. Join us as we look back on the successes, challenges, and defining moments of 2020.
Principal Ekwan Rhow and associate Kate Shin successfully opposed a writ petition filed in the California Court of Appeal, protecting their client’s right to pursue his claims in California notwithstanding the Delaware forum selection clauses contained in the multiple agreements between the parties. Both at the trial court and appellate ...
Principals Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk and Naeun Rim have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2021 “Minority Leaders of Influence: Attorneys” list. The special supplement acknowledges attorneys in Los Angeles County who have been impactful in the legal profession and display leadership with the highest professional and ethical ...
