Grabowski, Richard J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Richard Grabowski is Partner-in-Charge in Irvine, and his practice focuses on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on the defense of class actions. Richard has represented class action defendants in numerous state and federal courts. He also has extensive experience in trade secret, unfair competition, and licensing disputes.

Richard is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California. He is a member of the board of directors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and a member of the Federal Bar Association, and the Orange County Bar Association (Business Litigation Section).

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Product Response Team
• Class Action Litigation
• Commercial Disputes

Representative Cases

• Applied Medical Resources defends against trade secret theft claims and prevails in malicious prosecution trial
• Applied Medical Resources successfully pursues breach of licensing claims against Scion , (2009)
• Arch Wireless prevails in putative class action relating to national paging system outage
• Buy.com pursues tort/unfair business practices claims against Visa
• Cole National challenges California restrictions on business and financial relationships between opticians and optometrist or ophthalmologist , (2009)
• ConsumerInfo.com defeats class certification in a proposed Illinois class action involving Internet website marketing
• ConsumerInfo.com defends putative class action for violations of Credit Repair Organization Act , (2009)
• ConsumerInfo.com obtains summary judgment in Illinois consumer class action
• ConsumerInfo.com successfully settles nationwide class action in Northern District of California
• Dense-Pac Microsystems pursues patent infringement action relating to microchip stacking technology , (2009)
• Experian defends putative class action for false advertising and unfair business practices
• Experian obtains favorable settlement of claims for false advertisement
• Experian successfully defends class action for advertisement , (2009)
• Experian successfully defends putative class action alleging false advertising and unfair business practices
• Experian successfully defends putative class action for false advertising and unfair business practices
• Experian successfully pursues Lanham Act claims against LifeLock , (2010)
• Harman prevails in industrial process licensing dispute
• JBL defends against litigation claiming breach of nondisclosure agreement and theft of trade secrets , (2009)
• Texas Instruments prevails in patent infringement dispute with Tessera relating to certain packages for semiconductor devices
• Verizon Wireless successfully defends putative class action claiming unfair business practices and false advertising
• Westinghouse Electric prevails in trade secret and fraud action related to fiber optics

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Franchising, 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, Warranties

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Cal State - Long Beach
• U of California - Los Angeles

Published Works

• 2005 California Employment Law Legislative Update, 2005
• 2004 California Employment Law Legislative Update, 2004
• Strategies for Securing and Protecting Your Firm’s Domain Name, Leader’s Legal Tech Newsletter, 2000
• Cherry Picking, House Counsel, 1999
• On the Road, California Law Business, 1999
• The use of ADR in employment litigation, Orange County Business Journal, 1998

Address

3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 800
Irvine, CA 92612-4408

Phones

1.949.553.7514 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.949.553.7539 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com