The September 20, 2017 issue of the Daily Journal honored Skip Miller, Managing Partner of Miller Barondess, on their list of “Top 100 Lawyers in California.” This highly-selective list includes the leading lawyers in California who have the most impact in the legal industry. Skip takes pride in personally training all of the firm’s attorneys:...Read More
The Firm recently defended East West Bank against a sophisticated commercial real estate developer seeking more than $50 million in damages. The borrower received a multi-million dollar construction loan from the Bank to develop the infrastructure of his property. When the project failed midway through construction, the borrower sued the Bank, alleging, among other things,...Read More
By Andy Serbe, Daily Journal Staff Writer, Wednesday, August 9, 2017 – Los Angeles – A state appellate court reversed two probate court decisions that disqualified Miller Barondess LLP from handling a case concerning a dispute over the line of succession for a $300 million trust established by the founder of Herbalife Inc. and barred...Read More
We obtained summary judgment in favor of the County of Los Angeles and the individual Board of Supervisors in a high-profile taxpayer lawsuit that received extensive media coverage. The lawsuit alleged that the County’s top elected officials wasted millions of taxpayer dollars and violated the Brown Act in connection with the County’s budgeting process. The plaintiff’s complaint...Read More
By Renee Flannery, Daily Journal – February 10, 2017 – A former chief campus counsel at UC Riverside won a $2.5 million verdict when a Riverside County Superior Court jury found she was wrongfully terminated for reporting gender discrimination at the school. Michele Coyle, who worked as UC Riverside chief counsel from 2006 to 2012,...Read More
The Firm successfully represented East West Bank in a lender liability case where the Bank faced significant exposure. In the midst of the most recent recession, East West Bank was seeking to raise capital and was out on a road show, while at the same time it was being sued for upwards of $20 million...Read More
By Skylar Dubelko/Daily Journal Staff Writer, Thursday, August 10, 2017 – At Los Angeles litigation boutique Miller Barondess LLP, younger partners are trying cases and winning. “Lawyers here get a higher level of legal experience at a younger age and that allows them to excel and grow their skills and career much faster,” said partner...Read More
The Firm represented real estate developer SunCal in a breach of contract case involving the sale of 628 acres of land. We were faced with the difficult task of representing a real estate developer in Riverside County right in the middle of the recession, and we were asking for millions of dollars in lost profits. ...Read More
FOX11 News Report – LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Hours after a Superior Court judge declined to block the re-start of natural gas injections at the Aliso Canyon storage facility in Porter Ranch, a state appeals court did so late on Friday, temporarily halting any effort to resume operations at the site of the largest methane leak...Read More
By James F. Peltz, Contact Reporter (May 23, 2017, 4:25 PM) | Los Angeles Times – An Orange County jury awarded $256.5 million to a former Southern California car dealer who alleged that Nissan’s financing arm forced him out of business as car sales plunged during the 2008-09 recession, the dealer’s lawyers announced Tuesday. The...Read More
