Practice Areas - Trial and Appellate Practice
- Mass Torts
- Business Litigation
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- Intellectual Property
- International Litigation
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 310-277-5100
Fax: 310-277-5103
http://www.lanierlawfirm.com
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| University | University of Southern California, B.A., 1983 |
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| Law School | William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, J.D., 1987 |
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| Admitted | 1988, California, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California; 1990, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Claims Court; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and U.S. Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Central and Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits |
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| Memberships | Federal Bar Association (Former National Co-Chair, Appellate Practice Committee); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: International Practice; Litigation; Trial Practice Committee; Mass Tort Litigation Committee; International Litigation Committee; Class Action and Derivative Suite Committee; International Intellectual Property Rights Committee Steering Group; Liaison with the Judiciary Committee; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Leader Forum; ABA Joint Task Force on China Law); U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law; London Court of International Arbitration; World Intellectual Property Organization; Intellectual Property Owners; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; State Bar of California (Member, Litigation Section); American Association of Justice; International Bar Association; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; ICC International Court of Arbitration; United States Council for International Business (Member, Arbitration and ADR Committee). |
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| Born | Long Beach, California, October 12, 1960 |
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| Biography | Sole Practitioner of the Year, American Bar Association, 1998. Judicial Extern, Supreme Court of Hawaii, Honorable Yoshimi Hayashi (1986). University of California Schools of Law at Berkeley and Davis, Orientation in American Law Faculty (1991). United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Indigent Panel (1997-1999). Attorney Settlement Officer, United States District Court, Central District of California (2000-2004). Ninth Circuit Court Task Force on Racial Religious & Ethnic Fairness (1994-1996). U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Study Project (2010). World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration Panel (2003-2012). Author: "The Judicial Improvements Act: Historic Changes in Federal Civil Procedure Aimed at Improving Efficiency of Federal Courts and Reducing Uncertainty and Costs Associated with Federal Litigation," Haw. Bar Journal, Vol. XXIII, No. 1 (1991); "Recent Judicial and Statutory Changes Impacting the Maintenance of Securities Actions," 14 U.HI.L.Rev. 581 (1992); International Contingency Litigation, International Bar Assoc. (1999); "THE APPEAL OF BIG JURY VERDICTS: Jurors Are Sending A Warning To Corporations, But Large Awards Are Routinely Reduced," 23 L.A. Law. 68 (2000); "The Clash of International Arbitration and Sovereign Immunity," International Litigation, (IBA London, September 2011); "Current Issues in Multidistrict Litigation Bellwether Trials," Harris Martin (September 2011); "The Importance of Insurance Coverage for Class Actions," Los Angeles Daily Journal (October 2011); "Budget Cuts at the Courthouse Translate to Eroding Access to Justice," Los Angeles Daily Journal (October 2011).
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| Reported Cases | Anbe v. Kikuchi, 141 F.R.D. 498, 500 (D. Haw. 1992); United States v. Crowell, 12 F.3d 1109 (9th Cir. 1993); In re Silicone Gel Breast Implant Products Liability Litigation, 793 F.3Supp. 1098 (J.P.M.L. 1992); Wynn v. City of Los Angeles, 51 F.3d 284 (9th Cir. 1995); Chroma v. GTE, 111 F.3d 137 (9th Cir. 1997); In re Diet Drugs (Phentermine, Fenfluramine Dexfenfluramine) Prod. Liab. Litig., 990 F.Supp.2d 834 (J.P.M.L. 1998); In re Sulzer Hip Prostheses & Knee Prostheses Liab. Litig., 268 F.Supp.2d 907 (J.P.M.L. 2001); In re Baycol Prods. Liab. Litig., 180 F.Supp.2d 1378 (J.P.M.L. 2001); In re Jacoby & Meyers, WIPO Panel Decision, Case No. D2002-1046 (2003); In re Prempro Prods. Liab. Litig., 254 F.Supp.2d 1366 (J.P.M.L. 2003); In re Gadolinium Contrast Dyes Prods. Liab. Litig., 536 F.Supp.2d 1380 (J.P.M.L. 2008); In re Viaxx Marketing, Sales Practices and Prods. Liab. Litig., 360 F.Supp.2d 1352 (J.P.M.L. 2005); In re Ephedra Prods. Liab. Litig., 314 F.Supp.2d 1373 (J.P.M.L. 2004); In re Zyprexa Prods. Liab. Litig., 314 F.Supp.2d 1380 (J.P.M.L. 2004); In re Ortho Evra Prods. Liab. Litig., 422 F.Supp.2d 1379 (J.P.M.L. 2006); In re Avandia Mktg., Sales Practices & Prods. Liab. Litig., 528 F.Supp.2d 1339 (J.P.M.L. 2007); In re Medtronic, Inc. Implantable Defibrillator Pro. Liab. Litig., 408 F.Supp.2d 1351 (J.P.M.L. 2005); In re Guidant Defibrillators Prods. Liab. Litig., 398 F.Supp.2d 1371 (J.P.M.L. 2005); In re Oil Spill by the Rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, 731 F.Supp.2d 1352 (J.P.M.L. 2010); In re Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Mktg., Sales Practices, and Prods. Liab. Litig., 704 F.Supp.2d 1379 (J.P.M.L. 2010); In re DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., ASR Hip Implant Prods. Liab. Litig., 753 F.Supp.2d 1378 (J.P.M.L. 2010); In re DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Prods. Liab. Litig., 2011 WL 2132995 (J.P.M.L. 2011). |
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| ISLN | 903245744 |
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