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
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
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
The May 1, 2017 issue of the Daily Journal honored Jason H. Tokoro of Miller Barondess, LLP for joining the firm’s partnership. Jason joined Miller Barondess in 2014 and has been an integral part of the firm’s success. In December 2016, Jason won a $3.4 million jury verdict on behalf of his client, California Bank...Read More
By Emily Alpert Reyes, LA Times – April 21, 2016 – The city of Los Angeles will pay $750,000 to settle a civil lawsuit brought by a woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by a Los Angeles police officer in the back of his car while his partner acted as a lookout. The City...Read More
P-Wave Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of The Gores Group (a Los Angeles–based global private equity firm) sued for breach of a reseller agreement in international arbitration proceedings against two large telecommunication infrastructure companies and their parent company based in Lebanon. The Arbitrator issued a final award on March 22, 2016 awarding our client (P-Wave) over...Read More
The December 10, 2012 edition of the Daily Journal highlights Miller Barondess’ victory for their client, East West Bank, after a $50 million lender liability and fraud claim was brought against them by Cameron Pointe, LLC. The court sided with East West Bank, granting Miller Barondess’ summary judgment and awarding $1.1 million in attorneys’ fees.Read More
The June 18, 2012 edition of the Daily Journal article Bank Wins Arbitration Against Former LA Official recognizes Dan Miller’s success on two summary judgement motions on behalf of Cathay Bank, awarding the Bank $1.5 million, and summarily rejecting the plantiff’s multi-million dollar fraud claim against the Bank. The Bank was also awarded interest and...Read More
