Elwood Lui - a B-1200 Brussels, Belgium Issues & Appeals Lawyer



Elwood Lui

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Elwood Lui
Firm:	Jones Day

Address:	Boulevard Brand Whitlocklaan 165 B-1200 Brussels 1050, Belgium

Phone:	1.213.243.2435 (Business Phone)
Fax:	1.213.243.2539 (Business Fax)
E-mail:	Contact Us (Business Email)
Web site:	http://www.jonesday.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Bar Admissions
Education	Published Works	Representative Cases

Lawyer Profile:

Elwood Lui represents clients in appeals and complex litigation in federal and state appellate and trial courts.

He is a former associate justice of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 3 and served as an associate justice, pro tempore, California Supreme Court. He also served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior and Municipal Courts. He was a California Deputy Attorney General. He is considered an authority on financial and accounting matters, is a CPA, and practiced with Deloitte & Touche.

Representative clients in recent matters include the State of California, Los Angeles County, Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the County of Los Angeles, Sempra Energy, Williams Power Company, Parker Hannifin Corporation, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Verizon Wireless, Federated Department Stores, and Pearle Vision, Inc.

Elwood has a lengthy record of public service. The California Supreme Court appointed him special master of the State Bar Disciplinary System. He was appointed as the settlement referee by a three-judge federal panel to attempt a settlement involving the California prison overcrowding litigation that has been pending for more than a decade. He served as a lawyer representative for the Central District of California to the Ninth Circuit, a past president of the California Judges Association, and was on the faculty for the Continuing Judicial Studies Program and California Judicial College. He was chair of the bipartisan Judicial Advisory Selection Committee for the Central District of California and currently serves on Senator Dianne Feinstein's Judicial Selection Committee for the Central District of California.

Current Employment Position(s):

Partner

Areas of Practice:

Issues & Appeals
Appellate Advocacy in the U.S. Supreme Court
Appellate Litigation in Other Federal & State Courts
Trial Litigation in Federal & State Courts
Construction

Bar Admissions:

California
District of Columbia

Education:

U of California - Los Angeles

Published Works:

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About a Public Employer's Ability to Modify Retiree Benefits but Were Too Afraid to Ask, 2008

Representative Cases:

Appointed by the Supreme Court as special master of the California State Bar Attorneys Discipline System (2009)
Appointed by the three judge federal panel as the Settlement Referee to attempt a negotiated resolution of the California Prison Overcrowding litigation
Bloomingdale's wins dismissal of wage and hour class action allegations
CalPERS defends action involving Proposition 162 and portfolio manager salaries
Cole National challenges California restrictions on business and financial relationships between opticians and optometrist or ophthalmologist (2009)
County of L.A. files petition for writ of administrative mandamus
County of Los Angeles defends against putative wage and hour class action (2009)
County of Los Angeles prevails in second round of challenges to local judicial benefits (2009)
County of Los Angeles successfully defends against class action involving independent contractors
Ecolab appeals state law issue in wage and hour class action
First American wins affirmance by Ninth Circuit of dismissal of RICO complaint (2009)
Goodrich prevails in case involving breach of contract and fraud stemming from stock purchase agreement (2009)
IBM wins defense verdict in San Jose workers' toxic tort litigation case
L.A. Unified School Dist. defends against attorneys' fees claim in teacher employment litigation
LA and other counties prevail against public employee claims for additional benefits
LA County appeals decision regarding a recalculation of pension benefits
LA County argues as amicus supporting Department of Rehabilitation challenge of WCAB interpretation of labor code regarding temporary disability benefits
LA County defends against claims challenging validity of agreement to administer LACERA pension plan
LA County prevails at trial and on appeal against series of federal suits seeking injunction to take away "local judicial benefits"
LA County prevails in appeal for indemnification for claims related to accidental oil pipeline puncture (2009)
LA County successfully defends judgment in Equal Pay class action
LA County supports City of Los Angeles in California Supreme Court amicus brief involving the Fair Employment & Housing Act
LA County wins defense judgment in pension plan class action
LA County wins summary judgment in Fire District funding case against the state of California
LA County wins summary judgment in multi-billion dollar False Claims Act case involving Medicaid funds
LA Unified School District wins new trial after jury verdict on teacher's sexual harassment action (2009)
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority obtains dismissal in meal and rest period class action suit (2008)
Los Angeles County MTA wins monumental California Supreme Court decision involving worker's compensation benefits
Los Angeles MTA achieves favorable settlement in contractor dispute (2009)
Los Angeles MTA defeats challenge by unsuccessful bidder to award $65 million construction management contract
Los Angeles MTA successfully litigates builder's risk insurance claim for partial collapse of subway tunnel and subsidence of Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles MTA successfully litigates through appeal its right to remove appointee to disputes review board for $162 million public works contract
Macy's West defends against putative wage and hour class action resulting in arbitration
Mattel settles voluntary toy recall litigation (2009)
Meserve, Mumper & Hughes wins dismissal of litigation alleging trustee misconduct
Parker Hannifin settles during appeal claims filed in wake of SilkAir crash (2009)
Partnership Placements obtains jury verdict against insurer that failed to pay cost of defending underlying litigation
San Bernadino County settles liability trial in inverse condemnation case
State of California successfully defends arbitration award of $88.5 million in attorneys fees
Williams Power successfully defends proceedings arising from improperly assessed utility user taxes (2009)

West Practice Categories:

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

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