|
Arbitrated cases before the American Arbitration Association and other alternative dispute resolution services in jurisdictions including California, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Oklahoma
|
|
Concluded jury trial in California for a major automotive parts manufacturer during third day of trial by obtaining a voluntary dismissal with prejudice of all claims against client manufacturer and settlement by which plainitff was required to pay significant portion of client's trial expenses
|
|
Successfully mediated a larger commercial dispute between a manufacturer and supplier that resulted in a settlement saving the client approximately $8 million.
|
|
Successfully defended dealer claims against a manufacturer of water softeners and water purification systems by winning an arbitration and obtaining a federal court order in Minnesota vacating an adverse award previously issued on a separate similar arbitration that had been entered prior to the firm's involvement
|
|
Won a two-week high risk jury trial in Harford County, Maryland against nationally prominent plaintiff's firm
|
|
Obtained Temporary Restraining Order on behalf of Tier One Automotive Supplier from U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan from same judge who had just denied the same relief to General Motors one week earlier, and who began the contested injunction hearing by stating on the record that she views temporary restraining orders as extraordinarily relief and would almost certainly not grant a restraining order in a commercial matter such as that before her
|
|
Defeated "bet the company" and other high stakes emergency motions for Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctive Relief through expedited evidentiary hearings in state and federal courts in Michigan and Minnesota
|
|
Obtained summary judgment for the defendant in a $120 million environmental lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles
|
|
Provided counseling and training to in-house counsel on management of litigation portfolio of product liability and commercial cases throughout United States
|
|
Won a product liability case through "baseball" arbitration in Oklahoma in which the arbitrator conducted full evidentiary hearings and then selected award proposed by the firm's client verbatim and rejected the opponent's proposal
|