The group has extensive
jury trial experience, having tried numerous cases to verdict in both state and
federal court, including several cases recognized by the Daily Journal as top defense verdicts in
California.
These include: United States v. Resendiz - Ponce, which presents the question whether the omission of an element from a
federal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture o
federal indictment can constitute harmless error (9th Circuit says no); Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., on whether a provider of pay phone services can sue a long distance carrier for alleged violations of the
Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v. California, a sentencing case involving whether whether California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture o
Federal Communications Commission's regulations concerning compensation for coinless pay phone calls (9th Circuit says yes); Cunningham v.
California, a sentencing case involving whether whether
California's Determinate Sentencing Law violates the 6th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution by permitting
California state court judges at sentencing to impose enhanced sentenced based on their determination of facts neither found by the
jury nor admitted by the defendant; and Carey v. Musladin, reviewing the 9th Circuit's decision to overturn a murder conviction of a defendant who claimed he was denied a fair
trial because the victim's relatives appeared in court wearing buttons with the deceased's picture on them.
He has extensive experience in bench and
jury trials, binding arbitrations, judicial references, mediations, and appellate work in state and
federal courts throughout
California.
He has over 30 years of experience in bench and
jury trials, binding arbitrations, judicial references, mediations, and appellate work in state and
federal courts in
California.
In addition, we represented Toshiba and several of its subsidiaries in a high - profile US
jury trial concerning the related criminal investigation and civil litigation, and defended Toshiba in securing dismissal of a securities class action in US
federal court in
California.
Apple told an eight - member
jury during opening statements in a high - profile
California federal damages
trial Tuesday that Samsung owes it more than $ 1 billion for infringing three of Apple's design patents covering iPhones, while Samsung pegged the number at just $ 28 million.