Miller Barondess has achieved a significant victory on behalf of CriticalPoint Partners LLC (“CPP”), a prominent El Segundo-based investment bank and private equity firm, in a hard-fought trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition dispute. The Miller Barondess team includes Sasha Frid, Zachary Sarnoff, and Dominic Nunneri. (CriticalPoint Partners LLC v. Philippe Didisheim, et al., Case...Read More
Miller Barondess has secured a decisive victory for the County of Los Angeles in federal court, where U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner granted Judgment as a Matter of Law in a First Amendment lawsuit brought by Captain Benjamin Torres of the LASD Parks Bureau. Torres filed the lawsuit in May 2025 alleging that the...Read More
Miller Barondess has secured a decisive win for the County of Los Angeles in federal court, where U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner dismissed, without leave to amend, a high-profile civil rights lawsuit brought by plaintiff Parker Seitz. Read coverage in the L.A. Times. The Miller Barondess team includes Jason H. Tokoro, Jamil M. Aslam,...Read More
Miller Barondess has prevailed in a high-stakes, high-profile arbitration defending Mötley Crüe against claims brought by the band’s former guitarist Mick Mars. A petition is pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court to confirm the Final Arbitration Award of December 20, 2025. (Mötley Crüe, Inc. v. Mick Mars, Case No. 26STCP00393). The Miller Barondess team includes Sasha...Read More
Court dismisses all state claims and clears the way for Los Angeles County to recover attorneys’ fees Miller Barondess secured a significant victory on November 19, 2025, when Judge Gary D. Roberts granted the firm’s anti-SLAPP motion in former Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s state court case against the County of Los Angeles, dismissing all of Villanueva’s...Read More
Court dismisses all claims brought by Mayor’s former assistant following findings of misconduct and evidence spoliation Miller Barondess has successfully defended the City of Inglewood and Mayor James T. Butts, Jr. in a high-profile lawsuit brought by the Mayor’s former assistant, Melanie McDade-Dickens, who alleged harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination following her 2019 dismissal. Defendants...Read More
Judge rules that ex-probation chief’s wrongful termination and retaliation lawsuit was time-barred under state filing statutes Miller Barondess successfully defended the County of Los Angeles in a high-profile wrongful termination and retaliation lawsuit filed by former Chief Probation Officer Adolfo Gonzales. On October 29, 2025, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael J. Schultz granted...Read More
On August 19, 2025, a federal district court in Washington, D.C., dismissed a lawsuit filed by Soohyung Kim and his company, Standard General, arising from Standard General’s failed bid to acquire TEGNA, Inc., and its over 60 television stations. Miller Barondess partners Skip Miller and David Schecter secured a complete dismissal on First Amendment grounds...Read More
In a significant victory with broad implications for public entities across California, the Miller Barondess team—Mira Hashmall, Nadia Sarkis, Colin Rolfs, and Ellie Ruth—successfully defended the City of Inglewood in a high-profile case addressing whether elected public officials qualify as “employees” under California’s Labor Code whistleblower protection laws. On July 7, 2025, the California Supreme...Read More
An Orange County Superior Court jury has awarded $3.68 million to plaintiff Lindsay Knott (“Knott”), a former executive at Birdwell California! LLC (“Birdwell”), an iconic surfwear brand founded in 1961. Represented by the Miller Barondess team of Mira Hashmall, Wenfeng (Kevin) Su, and paralegal Ricky Reis, Knott won a unanimous verdict after a six-day jury trial before...Read More
