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Bird Marella attorneys Paul Chan and Thomas Freeman prevailed on appeal on behalf of the former owner of a General Motors dealership who was sued by the purchaser of his business. The dealership’s new owner sued for damages after assuming day-to-day management of the business claiming that it failed because of ...
Bird Marella attorneys Ekwan Rhow, Marc Masters, and Tom Freeman secured a long-awaited $92 million settlement in one of the country’s largest and most high-profile class action suits against social media giant TikTok in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. On October 1, 2021, U.S. District ...
In September 2019, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office brought charges against SWCA Environmental Consultants and one of its biologists, along with two other companies. The District Attorney alleged that their involvement in the routine removal of an inactive bird’s nest in connection with a large-scale solar power project in Antelope Valley ...
Bird Marella is honored to be named among the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2021 list of Most Admired Law Firms. The publication recognized the organization as one of the top law firms to work for in Los Angeles. It also noted that Bird Marella is a standout in creating a ...
In an abrupt end to a trial expected to last three months, Bird Marella won a mistrial in the highly-publicized Backpage.com federal jury trial. On September 14, 2021, U.S. District Judge Brnovich granted the defense motion that the prosecutors had presented irrelevant and inflammatory testimony in violation of her prior ...
For the third consecutive year, principal Gary Lincenberg has been recognized among the Top 100 Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal. Each year, the publication profiles a selective list of the top attorneys in the state who have made extraordinary contributions to the law and society. The publication highlights Lincenberg’s busy ...
On September 10, 2021, Bird Marella principals Paul Chan and Sharon Mayer obtained a complete dismissal in arbitration of a legal malpractice case against a national law firm. The claimant had alleged that the firm had a conflict of interest and was negligent in representing him in an underlying action involving his ownership of a national restaurant franchise. The underlying action settled at mediation with ...
Former Bird Marella principal, The Honorable Hernán D. Vera, is named among President Joe Biden’s seventh round of judicial nominees for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. During his five years at the firm, Judge Vera led a successful class action and complex civil litigation practice before being appointed to the ...
Bird Marella prevailed in the highly-publicized trial against real estate developer Mohamed Hadid regarding the hillside mansion in Bel Air he illegally constructed. After years of hard-fought litigation, Bird Marella obtained orders to fully demolish the home (after first securing partial demolition), won a multimillion-dollar award in damages at trial, and defeated Hadid’s ...
In the inaugural listing of “Legal Visionaries” by the L.A. Times Business of Law Magazine, Bird Marella principals Paul Chan and Benjamin Gluck have been included among a shortlist of successful litigators. The magazine acknowledges in-house counsel honorees, business leaders, and law firm attorneys “who have demonstrated noteworthy success and accomplishments ...
