Languages

• Bulgarian
• Cantonese
• Chinese
• Farsi
• French
• Gujarati
• Hebrew
• Korean
• Mandarin
• Spanish
• Vietnamese

Areas of Practice

• Accounting & GAAP Issues
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• Antitrust Litigation
• Antitrust/Health Care
• Banking & Finance
• Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Buyouts
• Capital Markets
• Class Action Litigation
• Climate Change
• Commercial Disputes
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Distressed Company Litigation
• Energy
• Energy Renewables and Sustainable Development
• Environmental, Health & Safety
• Financial Services
• Fund Formation
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Government Regulation
• Health Care
• Intellectual Property
• International Arbitration
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Life Sciences
• M&A
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Prosecution
• Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Other Health Care Product Liability Litigati
• Pharmaceuticals
• Private Equity
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Product Response Team
• Real Estate
• SEC Investigations & Proceedings
• Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Securities Fraud Class Actions
• Shareholder Derivative Actions
• Trial Practice
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Published Works

• ALERT: California Appellate Court Holds that Meal Periods Must be Made Available to Employees; California Labor Commissioner Follows Suit, 2008
• Northern California, 2001

Representative Cases

• "Take Private" Acquisition of The Dwyer Group, Inc.
• $332 million acquisition by Hewlett-Packard Company
• Diagnostic Systems Corporation v. Symantec Corporation, Case No. SA-CV-06-1211 (C.D. Cal.) , (2009)
• In the Matter of Certain Flash Memory Controllers, Drives, Memory Cards, and Media Players, and Products Containing Same (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-619) , (2009)
• Aldina v. Penton Media, Inc. - U.S.D.C. S.D.N.Y.
• American Honda Motor Co., Inc. v. The Coast Distribution System, Inc., Civil Action No. 6-CV-04752 (N.D. Cal. 2006)
• ARSAM v. Salomon Brothers Inc, et al., No. 89-CV-593 - N.D. Ohio
• Cardiff Acquisitions, Inc. v. Hatch, 751 F.2d 906, 8th Cir. 1984
• County of Santa Clara v. Atlantic Richfield Corp., et al., Santa Clara County, CA Superior Court
• Danaher Corp. v. Acme-Cleveland Corp., No. C2-96-0247 - S.D. Ohio
• Drage v. Ameritrust Corp., 550 N.E.2d 948, 49 Ohio St. 3d 601, Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 1990
• Eli Lilly & Co. v. Aradigm Corp., 376 F.3d 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2004)
• Exxon Chemical Patents Inc. v. Lubrizol Corp., 77 F.3d 450 - Fed. Cir. 1996
• Feinstein v. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., 535 F. Supp. 545, S.D.N.Y. 1982
• Fleet Aerospace Corp. v. Holderman, 637 F. Supp. 742,S.D. Ohio, aff'd, 796 F.2d 135,6th Cir. 1986, vacated and remanded, 107 S. Ct. 1949,1987, remanded,_ F.2d _, Nos. 86-3533/3536,6th Cir., prior orders withdrawn and dismissed, No.C-2-86-556
• Gaia, et al. v. Hawkins, U.S.D.C. N.D.Cal.
• Gillig v. Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., 67 F.23d 586, 6th Cir. 1995
• Halye v. Lamson & Sessions Co., 752 F. Supp. 822-N.D. Ohio 1990, aff'd, 948 F.2d 1037 (6th Cir. 1991) Sinay v. Lamson & Sessions Co., 752 F. Supp. 828-N.D. Ohio 1990, aff'd, 948 F.2d 1037 (6th Cir. 1991)
• Hanna Mining Co. v. Norcen Energy Resources Ltd., 574 F. Supp. 1172, N.D. Ohio 1982
• In re Dell Inc. Securities Lit, No. 1:06-CV-726-SS (W.D. Tex, Austin Div)
• In re Edelbrock Corporation, U.S.D.C. C.D.Cal.
• In re Electronic Data Systems Corporation Securities Litigation, No. 6:03-CV-1512 (E.D. Tex.)
• In re Loewen Group Inc. Securities Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1100 - E.D. Pa.
• In re Nextel Communications Securities Litigation, No. 94-4213 - MTB, D.N.J.
• In re Nextel Partners, Bankruptcy D. Del
• In re Online Travel Industry Taxes and Fees Litigation
• In re Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Case No. 08-0403
• Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Falb and Gimbrone
• IronPort v. CipherTrust
• J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation v. American Greetings Corp., No. 1-95-CV-2411 - N.D. Ohio
• Kallus, et al. v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 145903 and 145978, Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 1984
• Kroczek v. Tamatani and Tezuka, Interference No. 105,168
• Kroczek v. Tamatani, Patent Interference No. 105,168 (Bd. Pat. App. & Intf.)
• Lawrence Bezirdjian, IRA v. O'Reilly, No. C07-01144 (Contra Costa County Superior Court)
• Leib v. Unocal Corporation, et al., and consolidated / related actions
• Lindblom, et al. v. Mtel, et al., U.S.D.C. Miss.
• Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc. v. Extreme Networks, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 6:08-cv-030 LED
• Newell Corp. v. Moore, Civil Action No. 88-247
• Nordic Naturals, Inc. v. J.R. Carlson Laboratories, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 3:07-cv-02385-PJH
• Novozymes A/S v. Genencor Int’l., Inc., Civil Action No. 05-160 (D. Del 2005)
• Oracle v. SAP AG, U.S. Dist. N. Cal. 07-cv-1658WJ
• Radol v. Thomas, 772 F.2d 244, cert. denied, 477 U.S. 903 (1986), aff'ming 556 F. Supp. 586
• Samsung Electronics v. ON Semiconductor, Civil Action No. 1:06-cv-00720 (D. Del. 2006); On Semiconductor v. Samsung Electronics, Civil Action No. 6:06-cv-00523 (E. D. Tex. 2006) , (2008)
• Schmidt v. Bridgestone - Firestone LLP, San Mateo County, CA Superior Court
• Smeyres v. General Motor Corp., 820 F.2d 782, 6th Cir. 1987
• Starkman v. Marathon Oil Co., 772 F.2d 231 - 6th Cir. 1985, cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1015 - 1986, reh. denied, 108 S. Ct. 1979 - 1988
• Texas MP3 Technologies, Ltd. v. SanDisk Corporation et al., Case No. 2:07-cv-00052-TJW (E.D. Tex. 2007)
• The Loewen Group Inc. v. Service Corporation International, Inc.
• Tolwin v. Hall, Sacramento County, CA Superior Court
• Tri-County Distributing Co., Inc. v. Canandaigua Wine Company, 68 Ohio St. 3d 123, 1993
• United Dominion Industries, Ltd. v. Commercial Intertech Corp., No. C2-96-0672 - S.D. Ohio
• Veere, Inc. v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 685 F. Supp. 1027, N.D. Ohio 1988
• Zoltar Satellite Systems v. LG Electronics (including Motorola, Inc.), Civil Action No. 5:06-cv-00044 (N.D. Cal.)
• Acquisition
• Acquisition by AOL
• Acquisition by Land O'Lakes, Inc.
• Acquisition by Sierra Wireless
• Acquisition by ValueClick
• Acquisition of Allegro Systems, Inc.
• Acquisition of Andiamo Systems, Inc.
• Acquisition of ATI Enterprises
• Acquisition of Atlantic Research Propulsion Business
• Acquisition of AuroraNetics, Inc.
• Acquisition of Business Objects S.A.
• Acquisition of California Ice
• Acquisition of Celarix, Inc.
• Acquisition of certain assets of Sony Ericsson's M2M communications business unit
• Acquisition of CompuCom by Platinum Equity
• Acquisition of Exinom Technologies
• Acquisition of G International
• Acquisition of GE Global eXchange Services
• Acquisition of Hammerhead Networks, Inc.
• Acquisition of Kuhlman Electric
• Acquisition of Mangrove Systems
• Acquisition of MARGI Systems
• Acquisition of Matrix Semiconductor
• Acquisition of Maverick Enterprises
• Acquisition of MaXware
• Acquisition of National Semiconductor's Advanced PC Business
• Acquisition of OutlookSoft
• Acquisition of Paradise Electric
• Acquisition of PowerLight Corporation
• Acquisition of Qualystem Technology
• Acquisition of S2 Systems
• Acquisition of Silicon Motion
• Acquisition of Systinet
• Acquisition of TefenSoft
• Acquisition of Triune
• Acquisition of ULi Electronics
• Acquisition of United Central Industrial Supply
• Acquisition of Xenova, plc.
• Acquisition of YASU Technologies
• Acquisition of Zilog , (2009)
• Adversary proceedings in bankruptcy
• Alliance with StorageTek
• American Hospice Acquisition
• Audit Committee Representations
• Bankruptcy Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout , (2009)
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout Diligence
• Clinical Trial Arbitration
• Connor Sports Flooring Acquisition
• Defense of multiple actions
• DRAM Litigation
• Drug Discovery and License Agreement
• Equity Offering
• Exchange Offer
• Expense recognition investigation
• Flight Incident
• Foreign Distribution
• Fund dispute
• Going Private
• Guilford merger
• Harmon AutoGlass Acquisition
• In Laidlaw Inc., U.S.D.C. D.S.C.
• In re Gliatech Securities Litigation, U.S.D.C. N.D. Ohio
• In re Morrison Knudsen Corporation Securities Litigation
• Incorporation of U.S. subsidiary and advice regarding U.S. business
• Incorporation of U.S. subsidiary and intellectual property advice.
• Initial Public Offering
• Initial Public Offering by Guidance Software, Inc.
• Initial Public Offering by Spice Communications
• Initial Public Offering of Monolithic Power Systems
• Intellectual Property Due Diligence
• Investment in Konarka Technologies , (2009)
• Issuance of $12 million of Series C Preferred Stock in a private placement to Sequoia Capital and Lehman Brothers Venture Partners
• Issuance of $30 million of common stock to NTT DoCoMo, H&Q Asia Pacific, Motorola, Sony and other investors.
• Issuance of common stock to seed investors and licensing and assignment of technology.
• Issuance of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
• Issuance of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
• Issuance of Shares by AdBrite, Inc.
• Issuance of Shares by Ambrx, Inc.
• Issuance of Shares by Ambrx, Inc.
• Issuance of Shares by Market Wire, Incorporated
• Issuance of Shares by MicroDisplay Corporation
• Issuance of Shares by Nanosolar, Inc.
• Issuance of Shares by Sensory Networks Incorporated
• Issuance of Shares by Symetrix Corporation
• Issuance of Shares by Voex, Inc.
• Issuance of Shares by xDX Inc.
• Joint Venture with Oak Technology
• Licensing of patented technology to Japanese customers.
• Macromolecular Drug and Vaccine Delivery System Patent Portfolios
• Management Buyout
• Merger with Elf Aquitaine
• Molecular Diagnostic Patent Portfolio
• Molecular Diagnostics Patent Portfolio
• Multidistrict litigation
• Nutraceutical Patent Portfolio
• Other Initial Public Offerings for Goldman Sachs
• Outside General Counsel
• Outside Securities Counsel
• Park View Federal Savings Bank, Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
• Patent Due Diligences
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Peninsula Habitat for Humanity , (2007)
• PIPE Transaction
• PIPE Transaction by Overland Storage, Inc.
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
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• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement by Apexone Microelectronics, Inc.
• Private Placement by Bang Networks, Inc.
• Private Placement by Bravo Technology
• Private Placement by Entegrity Solutions Corporation
• Private Placement by Informative
• Private Placement by LinkedIn, Ltd.
• Private Placement by LinkedIn, Ltd.
• Private Placement by MarketWire, Inc.
• Private Placement by Ophthonix Inc.
• Private Placement by StrongMail Systems
• Private Placement by StrongMail Systems, Inc
• Private Placement by Uniscape Incorporated
• Private Placement by Uniscape Incorporated
• Private Placement by Uniscape Incorporated
• Public Offering
• Public Offering by International DisplayWorks, Inc.
• Public Offering of Common Stock
• Public Offering of Common Stock
• Public Offering of Common Stock
• Public Offering of Senior Convertible Debentures
• Purchase of assets of Oak Technology, Inc.
• Recapitalization of SciQuest
• Registered Direct Offering
• Representation of Special Committee
• Represented E-Tek Dynamics in their $15 billion sale to JDS Uniphase
• Represented Healtheon in their $5 billion merger with WebMD
• Represented Sun Microsystems in their $500 million acquisition of Forte Software
• Revenue recognition review
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Convertible Subordinated Notes Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Notes Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Senior Notes Offering
• Rule 144A Contingent Convertible Subordinated Notes Offering
• Rule 144A Convertible Notes Offering
• Rule 144A Senior Subordinated Notes Offering
• Sale of Aerojet-General Electronic and Information Systems
• Sale of assets to Isuzu Commercial Truck of America and membership interest in joint venture with General Motors.
• Sale of certain assets and liabilities aquired from Atlantic Research Corporation
• Sale of DMAX
• Sale of Hands-On Mobile Korea
• Sale of In-Space Propulsion Business
• Sale of intellectual proSale of intellectual property assets in bankruptcy.perty assets in bankruptcy.
• Sale of Japanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility
• Sale of the Company
• Sale of Thumbspeed Inc.
• Sale of United Central Industrial Supply
• SEC Enforcement Action (Insider Trading)
• Securitization
• Series D-1 Financing
• Solvency Opinion in Marathon Ashland Petroleum Transaction
• Stem Cell and Biofabric Patent Portfolios
• Step-up Equity Financing by Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
• Strategic Alliances and Sale of Business
• Syndicated Secured Credit Facility
• Syvek® Patent portfolio
• Talvesta™ (talotrexin) Patent Portfolio
• Tender offer for Xenova
• Therapeutic Peptide Patent Portfolio
• Thomas & Betts acquisition
• U.S. investments and ringtone licensing.
• U.S. restructuring
• Viral Diagnostics Patent Portfolio
• Vitex Sale

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Alcoholic Beverages, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Apparel, Asbestos, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Capital Markets, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Closely Held Businesses, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Conveyancing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Deceptive Trade Practices, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Disability, Dissolution, Elder Law, Eminent Domain, Environmental Law, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Food & Drug Administration, Food & Drug Administration, Foreign Investment, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Franchising, Government Agencies & Programs, Hazardous Waste, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, Housing & Urban Development, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Arbitration, International Banking, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Joint Ventures, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Law Enforcement Agencies, Lemon Law, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Litigation & Appeals, Loan Workouts, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Medicare & Medicaid, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Nursing Home, Partnerships, Patent Litigation, Patents, Permits, Pharmaceutical Products, Private Placements, Products Liability Law, Public Finance, Public Offerings, Real Estate Law, Recreational Products, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, RICO Act, Savings & Thrifts, Secured Transactions, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, Shareholders' Rights, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, Solid Waste, State & Local Agencies, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Taxation Law, Technology Licensing, Title Insurance, Tobacco, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Transactions, Unfair Competition, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Venture Capital, Veterans' Affairs, Warranties, Water Pollution, Welfare, Wetlands & Wild Lands