Roland Tellis - Los Angeles, CA
Baron & Budd, P.C.
1999 Avenue of the StarsSuite 3450
Los Angeles, CA 90067 http://baronandbudd.com
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Roland Tellis Overview
Roland Tellis' practice focuses on complex litigation involving environmental cases, class actions, securities matters, entertainment cases, real estate and partnership disputes. Roland has represented clients in numerous jury trials, including several high profile, multi-million dollar business disputes.
In the financial sector, Roland represented an investment adviser and broker dealer against class action allegations of securities fraud. Roland also represented an international investment fund in litigation against foreign currency traders who perpetrated a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme. In the business sector, Roland represented a former Microsoft director and general manager against allegations of trade secret misappropriation, conversion and other alleged misconduct. In the environmental area, Roland represented the world's largest producer of genetically engineered vegetable seeds in its prosecution of a misappropriation of trade secrets claim against company scientists. In the real estate area, Roland represented the owner of a commercial real estate portfolio valued at $1 billion in a lawsuit claiming millions due under an alleged oral partnership agreement. In the entertainment area, Roland successfully defeated an action by a union president and three board members against the Screen Actors' Guild and 41 other members of its national board.
Roland serves on the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference.
In 2005, Roland received commendation from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for his assistance in the successful prosecution of a $120 million securities Ponzi scheme. He was recognized by Law & Politics Magazine and Los Angeles Magazine as a "Rising Star" from 2004-2007 and a "Super Lawyer" from 2008-2011.
Roland earned a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1996 and a B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1992.
Frequent Case Types
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Practice Areas
- Complex Litigation
- Environmental Cases
- Class Actions
- Securities Matters
- Entertainment Cases
- Real Estate
- Partnership Disputes
Current Employment Position(s)
- Shareholder
Bar Admissions
- California, 1996
Other Affiliations
- Century City Bar Association (Member)
- California State Bar (Member)
- American Bar Association
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Board of Governors)
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California,
1996
J.D.
Law Review: Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Member - University of California, Los Angeles, California,
1992
B.S.
Past Positions
- Hon. Vincent P. Zurzolo, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, Judicial Extern
Classes and Seminars
- "Taking and Defending Depositions", Program Chair and Faculty, Practicing Law Institute, 2009 - 2010
Honors
- Super Lawyers, Southern California Rising Star, 2004 - 2007
- Super Lawyers, Southern California, 2008 - 2011
- Certificate of Commendation, U.S. Department of Justice, 2005
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