J.D., New York University School of Law
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
J.D., New York University School of Law
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
California
Amnon is a trial lawyer. He has achieved significant victories for plaintiffs and defendants in jury trials, bench trials, and binding arbitrations. He has recovered more than $500 million for plaintiffs and helped his defense clients avoid substantial liability. In 2017, Amnon won a $256 million jury verdict in Orange County Superior Court against Nissan, one of the Top 10 verdicts in the country. In 2019, he won a $16 million jury verdict against Toyota. In 2023, he secured a nine-figure settlement after a six-week jury trial when a juror question during deliberations telegraphed a victory (and an impending second phase on punitive damages) for his plaintiff client.
Amnon’s defense victories at trial are equally impressive, including a unanimous jury verdict for a commercial bank, which was selected as a Top 10 defense verdict in California, and wins in binding arbitrations before retired judges. In defense of a commercial landlord-tenant case for Prime Healthcare, he successfully argued that, despite his client’s failure to provide plaintiff the requisite notice and opportunity to cure, plaintiff had not proven its damages. After a six-week bench trial, the court agreed with Amnon, rejecting plaintiff’s multi-million-dollar expert damages report and awarding only $5,000 in nominal damages. He also successfully defended D.A.R.E. America when it was sued by its largest franchisee in binding arbitration. D.A.R.E. America prevailed, and as a result, the franchisee is no longer part of the D.A.R.E. America family. Amnon has also prevailed at various stages of litigation in defense of trade secret misappropriation, breach of fiduciary duty, and violation of non-competition/non-solicitation cases.
In 2018, the Daily Journal recognized Amnon among the “Top 40 Under 40” attorneys in the State of California. The Los Angeles Business Journal has selected him among the Leaders of Influence: Litigators and Trial Attorneys 2020–2021, 2023-2024.
Amnon’s litigation experience includes a variety of matters in different industries, including financial services, technology, real estate, consumer products, automotive, government, and insurance. He has represented developers, landlords and tenants, franchisors and franchisees, lenders and borrowers, employers and executives, private equity and their portfolio companies, governmental agencies, receivers and trustees, technology companies, and institutional policyholders.
Prior to joining Miller Barondess, Amnon worked in the litigation department at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s Los Angeles office. He graduated from the New York University School of Law and received his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley.
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