Previous Law Firm Name

• Hill Schwartz Stenson, A Law Corporation, September 1, 1991

Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Business and Commercial Law
• Complex Litigation
• Securities Litigation
• Shareholder and Derivative Actions
• Trade Secrets Litigation

Honors and Awards

• Master, San Francisco Lawyers Club Inns of Court, 1998

Published Works

• "Civil RICO Against Fraudulent Enterprises,", Civil RICO Practice: Causes of Action, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991

Representative Cases

• Dew v. Appleberry, 23 Cal. 3d 630 (1979)
• Virden v. Graphics One, 623 F. Supp 1417 (C.D. Cal 1986)
• Gray v. First Winthrop Corp., 989 F. 2d 1564 (9th Cir. 1993)
• Granberry v. Islay Investments, 9 Ca. 4th 738 (1995)

West Practice Categories

Arbitration, Unfair Competition, Bad Faith Insurance, Business & Commercial Law, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Franchising, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Business Organizations, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Shareholders' Rights, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Criminal Fraud, RICO Act, Employment Law -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Debarment, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Bad Faith, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Trade Secrets, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Multidistrict Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, US Supreme Court, Legal Malpractice, Securities Law, Capital Markets, Commodities, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Regulation