Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Peter Davids' practice focuses on appellate litigation, and he has written winning briefs in a variety of practice areas before federal and California courts. Among his accomplishments, he has drafted:

• the briefs on which the Ninth Circuit reversed a jury verdict against a corporate defendant: Peake v. Chevron Shipping Co., 245 Fed. Appx. 680, 682 (9th Cir. 2007)

• the briefs that led the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California to grant summary judgment for the defendant in a $5 billion action under the federal False Claims Act: United States ex rel. Englund v. Los Angeles County, No. CIV. S-04-282 LKK, 2006 WL 3097941 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 31, 2006)

• a motion to compel that required the Department of State to turn over its criteria for classifying night vision equipment as munitions items: United States v. Night Vision Technology, Case No. CR 04-20095 RMW (N.D. Cal. 2005)

• an amicus brief on which the California Supreme Court relied in its decision in Brodie v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 40 Cal. 4th 1313, 1317 (2007)

• a successful petition for a writ of mandate in Federated Department Stores v. Superior Court (Ressler), Cal. Court of Appeal, 2d District, No. B194963 (2007) and

• a successful new trial motion and briefing after a subsequent trial in Ricketts v. McCormack, Los Angeles Superior Court, No. BC 318044 (2008).

Areas of Practice

• Issues & Appeals

Representative Cases

• Bush v. Cheaptickets, Inc., 425 F.3d 683 (9th Cir. 2005)

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

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Stanford University

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