Biography

Brian began his legal career in the Los Angeles office of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP.  He then joined the leading international law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as an associate and was later promoted to special counsel.  During that time, Brian represented large, publicly-traded companies in high-stakes, complex litigation and regulatory matters.

Brian is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth, Ninth and Federal Circuits, the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California, and the District Courts of Arizona and the District of Columbia.

Brian has in the past worked extensively with Public Counsel’s Adoptions Project, finalizing numerous adoptions. He also represented a family in an administrative hearing against Los Angeles County regarding the County’s failure to properly pay adoption assistance, resulting in a substantial increase in the monthly payments and significant lump sum payment for past deficiencies. Brian was honored as the Adoptions Project’s Advocate of the Year for 2003. He has also participated, on a pro bono basis, in other family law and parental rights issues.  Finally, Brian was part of a team that litigated a significant prisoner’s rights litigation that resulted in a favorable outcome for deaf prisoners in the federal prison system.

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• Represented a patent owner and its subsidiaries in numerous patent and trademark enforcement actions pending in the Central District of California, Northern District of California, and Northern District of Georgia, obtaining settlements and licenses in excess of $30 million, including successfully defeating an appeal to the Federal Circuit.

• Successfully represented plaintiffs in a class action alleging fraud and unfair competition arising out of a scheme to sell alleged business franchises, obtaining significant financial settlements for the named class representatives.

• Represented a Fortune 100 company in a coordinated proceeding involving more than 25 nationwide and state class actions involving claims of fraud, violations of consumer protection statutes, and breaches of express and implied warranties arising out of the sale of polycarbonate baby bottles and products.

• Represented major investment banks in the Enron Securities class actions and University of California Regents, et al. v. AOL Time Warner Inc., et al, participating in all aspects of the defense of these actions.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Business Litigation

Employment

Intellectual Property

Antitrust / Unfair

Competition

False Advertising

ADMISSIONS

California

District of Columbia

Arizona (Inactive)

Minnesota (Inactive)

EDUCATION