Friedman, Frederick D.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Fred Friedman's practice focuses on complex civil litigation and criminal and regulatory investigations. Fred has prosecuted and defended civil claims involving intellectual property, copyright and trademark, securities fraud, unfair business practices, and other business torts. He also has handled the defense of consumer class actions. In the criminal and regulatory field, Fred has undertaken the defense of a wide range of cases, including environmental violations, campaign finance violations, illegal arms exports, customs violations, political corruption, money laundering, and the full spectrum of fraud cases, including securities fraud, federal program fraud, federal procurement fraud, and bank fraud. Fred also has defended numerous criminal tax cases and has consulted on internet gambling issues.

Fred's recent civil representations include his representation of a distributor of dietary supplements sued by customers in a putative class action. The trial court's order in that case, denying plaintiffs' motion to certify a class of all purchasers of the product, was upheld on appeal. Fred currently is representing a major paint manufacturer in the California lead paint litigation. In the criminal area, Fred was part of a team that represented a large foreign corporation accused of violating United States tax laws by not paying payroll taxes on millions of dollars of employee compensation. That case ended successfully when a small subsidiary of the client pled guilty to a single count not involving fraud, with a promise by the prosecutor not to charge any of the company's executives or employees.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Corporate Criminal Investigations
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Commercial Disputes
• Class Action Litigation

Representative Cases

• Business owner defends accusations of evading state sales taxes
• Client evades eviction for pet
• Consolidated Services favorably settles claims that City of Gardena and competitor attempted to terminate waste hauling rights
• Defense contractor defends accusations of submitting false certifications and obtains dismissal of charges , (2009)
• Five year permanent restraining order obtained on behalf of client
• International client obtains order for return of property seized in connection with Arizona's civil forfeiture suit under RICO statute , (2009)
• Lion Country Safari favorably settles breach of lease action against lessor
• Multinational manufacturing corporation employee acquitted after trial on charges of export violations , (2009)
• Neways defeats repeated efforts to obtain class certification in unfair competition and breach of contract case , (2009)
• Real estate developer defends federal criminal prosecution
• Refrigerant company resolves claims of improper reclamation of freon
• SSB Machinenbau defends against wrongful death and product liability litigation arising out of industrial machine accident
• Steel pipe importer defends criminal anti-dumping charges , (2009)
• Tax-exempt religious foundation cleared in campaign finance investigation
• Waste hauler obtains dismissal of securities fraud and corporate espionage charges
• Waste Management wins dismissal if putative class action alleging false statements in application for rate increases

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Debtor/Creditor, Federal, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Felonies, Franchising, Grand Jury Proceedings, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Secured Transactions, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Victims' Rights, Warranties, White Collar Crimes

Bar Admissions

• California
• New York

Education

• U of California - Berkeley
• Yale University

Published Works

• Intellectual Property Crimes, abtl Report, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 2007

Address

555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

Phones

1.213.243.2922 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.213.243.2539 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com