Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 1991

Year Joined Organization: 1990

Lawyer Overview

Litigation partner, Sean Riley, grew up in Sydney, Australia. He received his Bachelor of Economics degree from Sydney University in 1978 and Bachelor of Laws degree from Sydney University in 1981.

Riley worked as an attorney in Sydney specializing in complex civil litigation from 1982 to 1985. After returning to the United States in 1985, Riley was admitted to the California State Bar in 1986 and joined Glaser Weil in March 1990. Riley became a partner with the Firm in 1991.

Riley's practice at the Firm focuses upon commercial litigation and the providing of legal advice in such areas as entertainment, securities, banking, insurance coverage and bad faith, employment, contracts, and real estate. He has successfully represented major clients in numerous high stakes cases, including Bank of America and MGM Mirage in insurance bad faith actions in federal court resulting in multi-million dollar settlements before trial; the Bankruptcy Creditor's Committee for Carolco in the successful arbitration of audit claims against Pioneer Electronics based upon the distribution in Japan of certain Carolco films (including "Terminator 2" and "Basic Instinct"); Marsu B.V. against a major entertainment company in a federal court action for fraud and breach of contract resulting in a $10.4 million trial verdict, plus attorneys fees and costs; Bob Barker in successful defense of employment litigation by former model Dian Parkinson; City National Bank in defense of major property lending litigation resulting in summary judgment and recovery of attorneys fees; and presently is counsel for certain former directors and officers of Global Crossing and Tenet in connection with the defense of securities class action and related litigation.

Riley resides in Manhattan Beach with his wife Lynda and three children.

Areas of Practice

• Bad Faith Insurance
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Securities Law

Representative Clients

• Global Crossing, Ltd.
• Global Crossing Officers, Gary Winnick and Lodwrick Cook
• EMT/Capitol Research
• Tenet Healthcare Corporation
• PMC, Inc.
• Morgan Creek Productions, Inc.
• MGM
• Bank of America
• Bankruptcy Creditor's Committee for Carolco
• Marsu BV

Representative Cases

• PMC, Inc., et al v. Neil Kadisha et al, 78 Cal. App. 4th 1368, 93 Cal. Rptr. 2d 663 (Cal.App. 4th 2000)
• Marsu, B.V. v. The Walt Disney Company, 185 F. 3d 932 (Cal.App. 9th 1999)
• Marlee M. Beyda v. Holden, 65 Cal. App. 4th 511, 76 Cal. Rptr. 2d 547 (Cal.App. 2nd 1998)

West Practice Categories

Bad Faith Insurance, Employment Law -- Employer, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Appeals, Securities Law

Bar Admissions

• California, 1986
• New South Wales, Australia, 1982

Past Employment Positions

• Harney and Moore, Los Angeles, Summer Clerk, 1981
• Harrington Foxx Dubrow & Canter, Litigation Attorney, 1985 - 1988
• McDermott, Will & Emery, Litigation Attorney, 1989 - 1990

Education

• University of Sydney School of Law, Sydney, Australia, 1981
  Bachelor of Laws
• Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1978
  Bachelor of Economics

Published Works

• Intercontinental Dictionary Series v. Australia National University, 93 Daily Journal Bar 8954

Address

10250 Constellation Boulevard
19th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Phones

(310) 282-6265

Faxes

310-556-2920

Emails

sriley@glaserweil.com

Websites

http://www.glaserweil.com