Vaska offers these agencies and lawmakers a true bipartisan spirit and a commitment to giving expert legal advice that they can trust. His opponent, King County Councilman Rob McKenna is bright, but he is more partisan and would not be as effective in this area. McKenna also has fewer years of legal practice than Vaska and his latest job is one of politician, not attorney. That may be why some of his goals for the office are more legislative in nature than one would expect or want. Finally, Vaska offers those who will work under his charge solid leadership, a calming demeanor and many years of varied legal expertise. He also comes with ideas for updating the attorney general's office to reflect law firm models in which lawyers specialize, rather than generalize. Vaska was a partner at Foster Pepper & Shefelman in Seattle until leaving his job in May to become a candidate for attorney general. He has practiced law for 19 years and has done his private sector job well enough to be recognized consistently in legal circles as a respected lawyer. He also comes with an impressive endorsement from former Gov. Dan Evans, who remains one of the state's most influential leaders and has the respect of Republicans and Democrats alike. Evans said in a recent fund-raising letter for Vaska, "Mike gives me hope that no matter how busy we are or how complex the world becomes, the notion of doing public good survives." We buy that line. We've met and researched Vaska and think he is in this race for all the right reasons. And better than having good motivations, Vaska has stellar skills to lead the state's largest law firm. Voters in the Republican primary shouldn't pass up this candidate.
Indeed, The Brualdi Law Firm, PC's successes have become so legion that it has developed a reputation as the law firm that clients and even Courts turn to when other lawyers have failed to achieve successful outcomes or have not been able to optimize their clients' interests. Most recently this happened in the case of litigation brought by shareholders of Pan Pacific Retail Properties Inc., a $4.0 billion real estate investment trust incorporated in Maryland and headquartered in San Diego, California. The San Diego based law firms of Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, LLP ("Lerach") and Robbins Umeda & Fink LLP ("Robbins") represented a class of Pan Pacific shareholders in San Diego County and negotiated a proposed settlement that did not provide for any financial benefit for the class. The Superior Court for San Diego County had preliminarily approved the settlement and ordered that notice be sent to class members. However, upon learning that The Brualdi Law Firm, PC, a law firm with whose reputation it was apparently well-familiar, had filed a similar case on behalf of Pan Pacific shareholders in Baltimore County, Maryland, the San Diego Superior Court promptly revoked its preliminary approval of the settlement negotiated by the Lerach and Robbins firms and made clear that it did not want to in anyway stand in the way of The Brualdi Law Firm, PC's prosecution of the case in Maryland. To view a transcript of its decision revoking preliminary approval of the Lerach/Robbins' settlement click here. Undoubtedly aware of The Brualdi Law Firm, PC's litigation prowess, the defendants in short order agreed to a settlement of the case that provided an additional $9.6 million cash benefit to shareholders - a benefit the Lerach and Robbins firms had been unable to obtain. To view a copy of the Pan Pacific Stipulation of Settlement, and Court Order approving it click here. Nor is the Pan Pacific case the only matter in which Courts have determined that shareholders would be best served by being represented by The Brualdi Law Firm, PC. In this regard, several years prior to the Pan Pacific matter, The Brualdi Law Firm, PC prosecuted a shareholder derivative action on behalf of The Bank of New York Company in the Supreme Court for New York County, New York. A parallel action was brought by what was then the nation's largest and preeminent plaintiffs' securities law firm, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Presiding Judge in the case pending in the United States District Court, who was well familiar with The Brualdi Law Firm, PC from a previous case, apparently concluded that shareholders would be better served by being represented by The Brualdi Law Firm, PC and dismissed the case pending before him so that the case prosecuted by The Brualdi Law Firm, PC in the Supreme Court could proceed without the distraction that the parallel case presented. To view a copy of its opinion click here. The Brualdi Law Firm, PC then went on to negotiate a settlement that provided for a $26.5 million cash recovery as well as numerous corporate governance changes. To view a copy of the Stipulation of Settlement and Court Order approving it click here. This was apparently the largest cash recovery ever obtained in a "stand alone" derivative case.
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Ellen was born in Mount Prospect and attended St. Raymond's Grammar School. She graduated from Prospect High School and majored in nursing at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Ellen passed her nursing boards and earned a Masters Degree in Nursing at Northern Illinois University while working at Evanston Hospital. Ellen worked at Evanston Hospital as a registered nurse, level III, specializing in endocrinology, gastroenterology and oncology. She developed and presented in-service lectures involving patient care and treatment. During her graduate studies, she was a critical care/administrative intern at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics and also provided in-service training. Ellen continued working at Evanston Hospital until she began work as a nurse paralegal at the law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson in 1984. Ellen graduated from Loyola University Law School in 1988 and passed the Illinois Bar exam that summer. While in law school she worked at Corboy & Demetrio, followed by a summer associate position at Williams & Montgomery. Ellen was the recipient of two American Jurisprudence Awards, in Torts and in Law, Science, Medicine and Technology, and was a legal extern for the Honorable James Moran of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Ellen worked as an associate at Williams and Montgomery from 1988 to 1990. Ellen then worked in Tokyo, Japan as a foreign legal advisor at Logan, Takashima & Nemoto, one of Japan's leading law firms. Ellen worked on matters involving Fortune 500, multi-national and Japanese companies in matters concerning transfer pricing, antitrust, joint ventures and admiralty. Ellen married Thomas Flannigan in August, 1988. Thomas is also a Chicago attorney who serves as her campaign manager and biggest supporter. Since 1994, she has worked at a firm now known as Mora, Baugh Waitzman & Unger, where she has handled a wide variety of civil litigation matters. Ellen's practice has focused on medical malpractice, medical antitrust litigation, product and premises liability and related insurance defense matters, as well as securities litigation. She has represented physicians and other medical personnel, broker-dealers, insurance agents and healthcare providers for various insurance companies including the Illinois State Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange (ISMIE). Ellen and Thomas co-authored the first book written about Tokyo's Museums: Tokyo Museums, A Complete Guide (Tuttle 1993). Ellen has also drafted "AIDS - The Legal Challenge of the 80s" presented at the American Bar Association's 1986 convention and "Illinois Civil Discovery Rules" for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) in 1987. Ellen and Thomas founded the Chicago chapter of the Traveler's Century Club, an organization for individuals who have visited more than 100 countries. Her hobbies include cooking, decorating and gardening. She is the mother of two children, Erin, born in May, 2002, and Megan, born in August, 2003. Financial contributions will not be accepted, but will be returned with a letter of thanks. The campaign will be paid for with funds earned by Ellen and her husband, Thomas. However, contributions of time will be eagerly accepted. We need help sending out a campaign mailing, posting yard signs and other activities. If you would like to help please email us at tom@ellenlflannigan.com.
Bolognese & Associates, LLC is a law firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm specializes in complex class action litigation, primarily such litigation arising under the antitrust laws of the United States. The practice of Bolognese & Associates has as its primary focus, the representation of businesses and individuals who have been the victims of price-fixing, unfair trade practices or other anticompetitive conduct as well as those who have been the victims of violations of the securities laws. The firm serves as counsel for major managed health care plans in individual, non-class action antitrust cases involving health care providers and others in several courts nationally. The firm has also served as plaintiffs' counsel in a number of important, high profile antitrust class action lawsuits that were filed in the wake of federal criminal price-fixing prosecutions and administrative actions brought primarily by the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. These actions have resulted in the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of individuals and businesses who were victimized by anti-competitive conduct.
Kobre & Kim LLP offers its expertise to clients in forfeiture actions in both state and federal courts, as well as in administrative forfeiture proceedings before various government agencies. The firm can assist clients in protecting and recovering ownership, lienholder, or other interests in property seized by government entities. The firm's attorneys can handle civil or criminal forfeiture matters from the initial filing of claims through the ultimate disposition of the forfeiture matter, whether through settlement, trial, restoration proceedings, or the filing of a petition for remission or mitigation. Our firm's attorneys have significant experience as lead counsel in high-profile, complex forfeiture matters. We have litigated cases involving the tracing and/or forfeiture of a wide range of assets located all over the world, including an estate and surrounding lands located in the Dominican Republic; bank and brokerage accounts in Liechtenstein, the Philippines, British Virgin Islands, the Channel Islands, the Cayman Islands, Thailand, Germany, Nigeria, Belgium, Lebanon, and South Korea; luxury cars; rare coins; executive stock option and pension plans; hotels; warehouses filled with counterfeit Nintendo game consoles; precious gems and jewelry; expensive musical instruments; and valuable paintings and lithographs, to name a few. The firm's attorneys have also taught a widely publicized seminar on asset forfeiture laws that is available through major Continuing Legal Education providers. Representative cases include: Criminal prosecution and related asset forfeiture proceedings involving more than $70 million embezzled by an executive at a Swiss financial institution, and use of stolen funds to purchase and improve The Castle at Tarrytown, a hotel located in New York. Criminal asset forfeiture and restoration proceedings and remission and mitigation proceedings before the Department of Justice involving more than $30 million at issue and numerous potential owner, owner-victim, and nonowner-victim claimants. International civil and criminal asset forfeiture proceedings of more than $16 million involving Canada, the British Virgin Islands, and the United States, which were intertwined with related criminal prosecutions, SEC civil actions, and Canadian regulatory proceedings in connection with an $80 million stock manipulation scheme. Civil asset forfeiture proceedings and international investigations conducted in connection with disputed ownership claims over a famous rare "Double Eagle" coin issued by the United States Mint, eventually auctioned at Sotheby's for approximately $7 million. International civil asset forfeiture proceedings of more than $5 million involving financial institutions and bank accounts in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and related criminal investigations and prosecutions for money laundering and wire fraud. Remission litigation planning in connection with approximately $30 million in contested funds allegedly stolen from a major company by the former Chief Executive Officer.
Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP specializes in the practice of intellectual property law, which encompasses patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition and related antitrust law. The members of the firm have experience in variety of technologies including the chemical, mechanical and electrical arts. Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP maintains an office in the historic Huntington Building in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The firm also maintains offices in suburban Willoughby, Ohio and North Olmsted, Ohio. The firm has developed relationships with patent and trademark agents and attorneys in many countries throughout the world in order to secure and enforce the intellectual property rights of its clients worldwide.
Musgrave & Theis LLP is a boutique law firm focused on complex corporate litigation involving antitrust, trade secrets, copyright, telecommunications, employment, professional malpractice, shareholder disputes and contract matters. The firm is a partnership of Larry Theis, Bobbee Musgrave, Steve Perfrement, Tracy Ashmore, Paul Lopach, and Roy Hoffinger supported by four talented associate attorneys and an expert staff. They serve clients ranging from members of the Fortune 500 with international reach to small companies throughout the West. Beginning over twenty years ago, Ms. Musgrave and Mr. Theis had a Denver-based boutique litigation practice emphasizing antitrust and trade regulation. In 1997, Ms. Musgrave and Mr. Theis, with Mr. Perfrement, merged their very successful small law firm with Perkins Coie LLP, an international firm headquartered in Seattle, and opened Perkins Coie,s Denver office. Ms. Ashmore joined them in 1998. Under their leadership, the Perkins Coie Denver office grew from four to more than thirty attorneys by the end of 2003, creating a highly effective legal team capable of delivering real and efficient solutions for their clients, complex legal needs. In the Spring of 2004, the four partners of Musgrave & Theis decided they could better serve their clients by creating a firm that combined the sophistication of their big-firm experience with the more agile, creative and focused capabilities of a small firm. The firm strives to streamline the cases it litigates with an eye at all times towards trial, steering clear of litigation tactics that raise client costs without moving the case in the direction of a successful result at trial. At the same time the firm attempts to minimize the impact of out of pocket costs on its clients, for example not charging for electronic research. We would be pleased to have the opportunity to provide a detailed proposal to handle your litigation matter. Please do not hesitate to ask us for references from the many clients for whom we have tried complex cases or litigated matters to favorable settlements.
Harwood Feffer LLP is a firm that specializes in complex, multi-party litigation with an emphasis on securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, and securities arbitrations. The Firm also handles more general complex commercial litigation involving allegations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and negligence, as well as litigation involving consumer fraud, anti-competitive conduct, and other commercial claims. The Firm is dedicated to prosecuting socially useful actions in the most efficient manner and with the highest level of professional competence. The structure of the Firm allows us a far greater degree of independence, flexibility, and satisfaction than a large firm environment, without sacrificing the quality of representation necessary to successfully litigate complex actions throughout the country. The Firm maintains an excellent reputation -- among both the plaintiffs' and defense bars. Our adversaries and co-counsel know that we will go to trial, if necessary, to achieve a satisfactory result for our clients. Harwood Feffer has been acknowledged by courts and by its peers to be one of the leaders in the plaintiffs' derivative and securities class action bar. In this regard, we have developed new law in the areas of tender offers, fiduciary duty of corporate insiders to public shareholders in mergers and takeovers, and general principles of required disclosure to shareholders in public companies and to institutional lenders. As a result, the Firm has been designated as lead or co-lead counsel, liaison counsel, special counsel, or a member of executive and steering committees in numerous complex cases and other actions involving shareholder rights and corporate governance. In the vast majority of such actions, the Firm's skill and expertise has led to the recovery of substantial monetary and equitable benefits for investors, stockholders, corporations, and partnerships. By way of example, the following litigated actions, in which the Firm served in a leadership capacity, were all brought to highly successful conclusions: 1) In re First Capital Holdings Corporation Financial Products Securities Litigation, MDL 901 (C.D.Cal.) (restoration of over $1 billion in insurance policies and benefits); 2) In re JWP INC. Securities Litigation, (S.D.N.Y.) (creation of settlement fund in excess of $37 million); 3) In re Prudential Bache Energy Income Partnerships Securities Litigation, MDL 880 (E.D.La.) (creation of settlement fund in excess of $90 million); 4) Katz, et al., v. Hay, (S.D.N.Y.) (creation of a $9.5 million settlement fund for purchasers of various securities of the LTV Corporation prior to its bankruptcy filing); 5) Sidney Morse, et al. v. Abbott Laboratories, et al., (N.D.Ill.) (creation of a $14.1 million settlement fund following a jury verdict for plaintiffs); and 6) Bush v. FDI Group, et al., (Fla. Circuit Ct.) (Partial settlement of a class and derivative action on behalf of investors in the Prime Plus Realty Limited Partnership in exchange for defendants' creation of a settlement fund of over $17 million).
Alioto & Alioto LLP is an antitrust, intellectual property and business litigation firm located in Northern California. Alioto & Alioto's clients are small to medium-sized businesses including listed, public companies. We work on either a contingency or time and materials basis. Where required, Alioto & Alioto has associated other attorney specialists to work under its direct supervision to aid in the prosecution or defense of our client's case. Such association is always done with prior client guidance and approval.
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Founded in January 2006, Heim, Payne & Chorush L.L.P. specializes exclusively in intellectual property litigation and antitrust lawsuits involving intellectual property. Mr. Heim and Mr. Payne have been named in H Texas Magazine's "Best Lawyers in Houston" edition, and each of the Partners in the Firm has been named a Super Lawyer or a Rising Star by Texas Monthly magazine. The firm's Partners have previously worked together for several years on patent and antitrust cases at a predecessor firm that have resulted in the resolution of several nationally publicized cases. The Firm takes pride in its ability to partner with other attorneys and firms to bring the best possible trial team together for the benefit of the client. The firm represents plaintiffs and defendants nationwide in patent and antitrust litigation in a broad range of technologies including microprocessors, computer architecture, memory control systems, cellular telephone systems, data transmission systems, Internet radio, database caching software, on-line gaming systems, computer controlled lighting, pharmaceuticals, drilling and other downhole systems, and natural gas conversion systems. Our attorneys have a wide variety of technical backgrounds and our expertise lets us handle all facets of intellectual property litigation. Our legal teams handle every aspect of the most complicated patent disputes for some of the largest energy and technology firms. In addition, we often represent individuals and smaller companies against behemoths of industry. We prefer to share the risks and rewards with our clients, thereby aligning our interests with our clients to produce a more synergistic relationship. We devote most of our time to litigation under fee agreements that link our fees to the results we achieve. We have developed fee arrangements with clients that range from partial contingent fees that reduce our hourly rates for a stake in the outcome, to full contingent arrangements where we receive no hourly fees. On the defense side, we are open to using reverse contingent fee arrangements where the amount we save our clients determines our compensation. We have found that our experience in handling contingent fee cases enables us to more efficiently manage hourly work. We treat every case as a representative model of our abilities and integrity. That is why so many clients and co-counsel contact us when they have a new case. Our best sources of referral are from the clients we have represented and the co-counsel with whom we have worked on prior cases. We hope that someday you will give us an opportunity to serve you with your IP Litigation needs.
Competition is the lifeblood of a free market economy and THE MOGIN LAW FIRM, P.C. We are specialists in the competition law, representing a select clientele in antitrust, unfair competition, consumer protection, false advertising, investment, complex litigation and class action cases. Our expertise is frequently sought and relied upon by other law firms. We have successfully represented entrepreneurs, innovators, small and mid-sized businesses, consumers and professionals in some of the largest and most cutting-edge competition law class actions in state and federal courts throughout California and the United States. We often serve as lead or liaison counsel and on Steering and Executive committees charged with overall responsibilitiy to organize and direct complex federal Multi-District Litigation and California Judicial Council Coordination Proceedings. THE MOGIN LAW FIRM, P.C. is led by prominent litigator, DANIEL J. MOGIN, who has over 25 years of experience and hundreds of class actions to his credit. Dan Mogin is also an Adjunct Professor of antitrust law at the University of San Diego, chaired the California State Bar Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section and was Editor-in-Chief and an author of the treatise California Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law (Third).
Based in Los Angeles, California, Blecher & Collins is recognized as one of the premier antitrust and complex litigation law firms in the country. Founded in 1971, our firm excels in handling complex business and commercial litigation. Led by Maxwell Blecher, one of the nation's preeminent litigators, we have successfully represented small, medium-sized and major companies across a broad spectrum of industries. Our lawyers are seasoned professionals with sterling academic credentials and diverse backgrounds. We operate as a team in the type of open atmosphere that promotes progressive thinking and creative problem-solving. Blecher & Collins is known for undertaking cutting-edge cases with far-reaching implications, and the results we have achieved speak for themselves. When facing a major legal crisis, businesses need the advantage of a sophisticated legal team encompassing the experience and knowledge that we offer.
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The law firm of Vaughan & Murphy is dedicated to providing solid legal counsel to our clients throughout the Southeast United States in antitrust law, employment law and commercial litigation. Our Georgia business litigation lawyers offer 75 years of combined experience and thorough, results-oriented representation in criminal defense and civil litigation. We handle all types of business litigation, with extensive experience in antitrust matters: Antitrust criminal defense Antitrust civil litigation White collar crimes Private antitrust claims Employment agreements Employment discrimination claims Contract disputes Partnership disputes and dissolutions Based in Atlanta, the litigation and business attorneys of Vaughan & Murphy represent corporate clients, executives and employees throughout Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee. Contact them today to discuss your business litigation issue.
RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP is located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Since the firm's origin in the 1880's, Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP has specialized in the practice of intellectual property law including patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition and related antitrust law. The firm handles trials and appeals in these areas and represents clients before all Courts as well as the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, and the International Trade Commission.
Audet & Partners represents individuals, governmental entities, small businesses and institutional shareholders in product liability, tort, negligence, consumer, construction defect, investment fraud, securities, insider trading, antitrust, environmental, whistle blower, aviation and employment cases. In recognition of their outstanding abilities and commitment to the legal profession over the years, the firm and its members have served as Court-appointed Plaintiffs' Counsel in dozens of federal and state cases throughout the United States. Click here for a copy of our firm resume (PDF format).
Pomerantz has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Central District of California, against Netlist Inc. ("Netlist" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NLST) and certain officers, on behalf of purchasers of the common stock, who purchased or otherwise acquired common stock pursuant or traceable to the Company's November 30, 2006 Initial Public Offering (the "IPO" or the "Offering") through April 16, 2007, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The complaint alleges violations of Section 11, 12 (a) (2), and 15of the Securities Exchange Act. Netlist is headquartered in Irvine, California. The Company is a designer and manufacturer of high performance memory subsystems, which are sold to original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") in the server, high performance computing and communications markets. The Complaint alleges that , in connection with the Company's IPO, defendants failed to disclose or indicate that, among other things, (1) the Company's growth and operational strategies were materially flawed; (2) the Company was already experiencing the effects of an oversaturated memory chip market, and that demand for the Company's products had deteriorated substantially; (3) the Company's products were not unique or well positioned in the market; (4) the Company encouraged its largest customers to order and maintain excess inventory so that the Company would appear financially stable and (5) due to these excessive inventory levels, the Company's profit margins were quickly eroding in the memory chip market. In particular, on November 30, 2006 the Company conducted a successful IPO, raising $43.70 million by selling 6.25 million shares of stock to the public for $7.00 per share. Pursuant to the IPO, Company insiders, were eligible to sell up to 937,500 shares of Company stock, of which they initially planned to sell 812,500 shares, or 86 percent of the available allotment. At the time of the IPO, the insiders sold all 937,500 shares, for gross proceeds of over $6.5 million. On April 16, 2007 the Company disclosed that its operating income would be dramatically lower due to an oversupplied dynamic random access memory market, which in turn affected the Company's pricing and gross margins on its products. Additionally, the Company revealed that it had experienced a lower than expected demand from its largest customers for its high-end products, due to excess inventory concerns, which had also significantly reduced demand for the Company's products. As a result of this news, shares of the Company's stock declined more than 28 percent, or $1.68 per share. If you are a shareholder who purchased the securities of Netlist during the Class Period, you have until July 27, 2007 to ask the Court to appoint you as lead plaintiff for the class. Lead plaintiffs must meet certain legal requirements. Shareholders outside the United States may join the action, regardless of where they live or which exchange was used to purchase the securities. If you wish to review a copy of the Complaint, to discuss this action, or have any questions, please contact Teresa L. Webb (tlwebb@pomlaw.com) or Carolyn S. Moskowitz (csmoskowitz@pomlaw.com) of the Pomerantz Firm at 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll free. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address and telephone number.
Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling provides portfolio monitoring and asset protection services to institutional investors such as public pension plans, union pension funds, and private investors. Our services include monitoring the portfolios of institutional investors with respect to their potential exposure from corporate fraud or wrongdoing, as well as reviewing class action settlements for potential recoveries. Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling consults with a number of institutional investors on various matters and, where appropriate, will provide representation in shareholder or class action litigation. Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling is committed to providing quality, responsive and effective service to all investors to protect their rights as shareholders. If you would like further information concerning our portfolio monitoring services, please contact us.
Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder LLP is one of the country's leading law firms in high-stakes intellectual property litigation and strategic product counseling. The firm's clients include Amgen, Sun Microsystems, QUALCOMM, Symantec, SAP, and Angiotech. The firm has earned an outstanding reputation by helping the worlds leading innovators achieve maximum commercial return through successfully protecting and enforcing their legal rights.
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