MEMBERS OF FIRM
Allan Browne (Senior Partner) born Los Angeles, California; admitted to bar, 1964, California; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1960); University of Southern California (LL.B., 1963) Order of the Coif. Allan Browne is one of the leading trial lawyers in California and senior partner of Browne Woods & George, a firm specially dedicated to trial practice.
Allan has won judgments or settled multi-million dollar cases on a regular and frequent basis for the past 3 decades. His latest victory was a plaintiff's verdict for $25 million which was upheld on appeal.
A frequent lecturer and noted author, Allan has conducted more than 50 seminars for trial lawyers throughout California on procedural and substantive legal matters, and is the planner, editor and contributing author of "Competitive Business Practices" (1st and 2nd Edition) published by the Continuing Education of the Bar. Additionally, he is a frequent contributor to legal journals, having written more than 30 articles on various legal subjects. His most recent book, California Business Litigation (a two volume work) was published by CEB in 2003.
As founder and first President of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Allan is most proud of this accomplishment since the organization is now the largest business trial lawyers association in California. He has also served as Judge Pro Tem, and member of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Board of Governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
He credits success to his philosophy that (1) persistence prevails; (2) treat opposing counsel as brighter, harder working and more creative than yourself; and (3) take no prisoners during the litigation process!
Publications authored: "The 'Right' to an Attorney's Fee and Other Sanctions in Discovery Proceedings," 1 Journal of the Beverly Hills Bar Association (No. 1) 15; "Proving Up 'Good Cause' in Discovery Proceedings," 1 Journal of the Beverly Hills Bar Association (No. 4)7; The Bill of Particulars-A Neglected Discovery Aid," 3 Journal of the Beverly Hills Bar Association No. 8) 11; "Compelling Discovery and Obtaining Sanctions," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1973; "Advising Clients Regarding Liability For Unfair Competition," 48 California State Bar Journal No. 5, 542; "Effective Use of Covenants Not to Compete," 3 University of San Fernando Law Review, No. 2, 33; "Unfair Competition: Preventive Planning and Litigation," 1975, California Continuing Education of the Bar, "Compelling Discovery and Obtaining Sanctions," (Chapter 3), "Bill of Particulars," (Chapter 12) and "California Civil Discovery Practice," 1975, California Continuing Education of the Bar; "Guarding Against Unfair Competition and Business Piracy through Preventive Law" 51 Los Angeles Bar Journal, No. 4, 153; "Discovery Procedures in Federal Civil Practice," 1976, California Continuing Education of the Bar; "Actionable Unfair Competition: Prevention and Litigation," 12 Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, 169; "Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition" (Supplement), California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1978; "Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets-Problems and Remedies," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1978; "How to Win an Unfair Competition Lawsuit," 2 Los Angeles Lawyer 44, 1979; Supplement to Attorney's Guide to the Law of Competitive Business Practices; California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1982-2000; "Bad Faith After Moradi-Shalal," Vol. 11, No. 11, Los Angeles Lawyer 32, February, 1989; "Do's and Don'ts in Jury Selection," Vol. 11, No. 11, Los Angeles Lawyer 17, February, 1989. "The Delicate Art of Cross Examination," California Lawyer No. 4, April 1985. Planner, Editor and Contributing Author: Competitive Business Practices (Second Edition), California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1991; "Direct and Cross-Examination of Celebrity Witnesses," Vol. 16, No. 7, Los Angeles Lawyer, October 1993; "Are Business Torts an Endangered Species?" Los Angeles Lawyer, Vol. 32, No. 4 1996.
Professional Organizations: Assistant Editor - Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, 1969-1971. Judge Pro Tem, Beverly Hills Municipal Court, 1972-1976. President, 1973-1974 and Ex-Officio Member Board of Governors, 1975-1995, Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Delegate to State Bar Convention, Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1974-1979. Arbitrator per California Judicial Arbitration Statute, Chapter 743, 1978-1995. Arbitrator, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1978-1980. Member, Trial Practice Committee, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1974-1976. Member, California Counsel on Criminal Justice, California State Senate Subcommittee, 1981. Editor: Attorney's Guide to the Law of Competitive Business Practices; California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1981. Chairperson and Member of Los Angeles County Bar Committee to Study the Commission on Judicial Performance, 1981-1982. Director and Member of Planning Committee for Continuing Education of the Bar Institute on Competitive Business Practices, 1981-1982. Member, Telephonic Law and Motion Committee, ad hoc, Superior Court Judges and Bar Members Committee, 1982. Chairman, Institute for Competitive Business Practices, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1982. Referee, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1982. California Senate Appointees to the Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum Advisory Committee, 1988. Arbitrator, Los Angeles County Superior Court 1994-1996.
Specialization:
Mr. Browne has specialized in business litigation for more than 35 years and has tried more than 100 jury trials throughout the nation. Allan is an expert in high profile litigation and has handled a wide variety of cases including unfair competitive business practices, real estate, insurance bad faith, intellectual property, constitutional law, entertainment, legal malpractice, employer-employee litigation, and general commercial litigation. He represented the California State Senate for more than twenty years on a variety of matters including individual suits on behalf of various Senators as well as reapportionment litigation. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Chairperson and Member, Committee to Study the Commission on Judicial Performance, 1981-1982); Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Appellate Practice.
Michael Bowse (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, California and U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of California, Riverside (B.A., 1993); Boston University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996) Editor of Law Review. Mr. Bowse has extensive experience litigating complex antitrust, business and consumer fraud actions, both in the class-action and individual action context. His legal experience crosses several industries from the technology sector to the pharmaceutical industry to agricultural products, apparel and telecommunications.
Mr. Bowse's publications include The Rights of Plaintiffs and Defendants to Communicate with Potential Claimants Before Certification, ABA Winter 1999 Class Actions and Derivative Suits News Letter; Communications in the Class Context, ABA Section of Litigation Toronto Program, August 1988, and The Mandatory Class, ABA Section of Litigation, August 1997. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Contract Disputes; Unfair Competition; Antitrust; Securities; Employment; Class Actions.Email: Michael Bowse
Sylvia P. Lardiere (Partner) born Walnut Creek, California; admitted to bar, 1982, California; U.S. District Court, Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California, Berkeley (A.B., summa cum laude, 1979); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1982). Sylvia P. Lardiere is a partner in Browne Woods George LLP., Ms. Lardiere was admitted to practice in California in 1982. She is the co-author of Chapter 13, Unlawful Employment Practices, California Business Litigation (CEB). Specialization: Ms. Lardiere specializes in business litigation. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Sylvia P. Lardiere
Edward A. Woods (Managing Partner) born Los Angeles, California; admitted to bar, 1972, California, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1972). Mr. Woods was a Member of the UCLA Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif. As an undergraduate, he attended the University of California at Berkeley and UCLA. In 1968 and 1969 he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Libya, North Africa.
Mr. Woods is one of the founding partners of Browne Woods & George LLP. Mr. Woods has tried numerous complex commercial cases and entertainment industry matters in state and federal courts and in arbitration.
Specialization:
Mr. Woods has handled an extensive variety of cases, including employer-employee litigation, partnership and corporate disputes, entertainment litigation, legal malpractice, unfair competition, and general commercial and contract litigation. His practice includes the representation of manufacturers, retail establishments, entertainers, film production and distribution companies, lawyers and law firms, real estate developers and syndicators, and entrepreneurs. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Entertainment Litigation.
Eric M. George (Partner) born Los Angeles, California; admitted to bar, 1993, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of California. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., with honors, 1990); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., with honors, 1993). Eric M. George maintains a practice focused on complex, frequently high-profile business litigation matters.
He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in all aspects of state and federal civil proceedings, and in providing legal advice, in such areas as real estate, contracts, securities, intellectual property, real estate, federal Indian law, malpractice, civil rights and constitutional issues.
Eric has won judgments or settled multi-million dollar cases on a regular and frequent basis.
Eric has also served as Counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, from 1999 through 2000 and as Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary to Gov. Pete Wilson from 1997 through 1999.
Recently featured as one of California's Top 100 Attorneys of 2005, Eric has been profiled on various occasions. In addition, Eric is a co-author of the practice book Competitive Business Litigation, published by the California Continuing Education of the Bar, responsible for preparation of yearly updates to various chapters in its publication. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Contracts; Securities; Unfair Business Practices Disputes; Federal Indian Gaming Disputes.
Peter W. Ross (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1983, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Carleton College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); Stanford University (J.D., 1983) Phi Beta Kappa. Peter Ross is a partner in Browne Woods George LLP. Mr. Ross has tried in excess of 55 business cases, winning over 95% of them. In addition to obtaining a number of significant defense verdicts, he has won over $150 million for his clients on their affirmative claims. Verdicts include $56 million in Dahan v. L'Koral, Inc., Los Angeles Superior Court case No. BC 286 577, $30.5 million in OrthoTec v. Eurosurgical, United States District Court Case No. CV 03 8346, $10.8 million in Brighton Collectibles v. Marc Chantal, Inc., United States District Court Case No. 06 CV 1584 H, and $9 million in OrthoTec, LLC v. Eurosurgical, S.A., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC 276 958.
Mr. Ross regularly litigates in both state and federal court. He has successfully defended his verdicts on appeal and has procured several landmark appellate decisions, including Marketing West, Inc., v.Sanyo Fisher (USA) Corporation, 6 Cal.App.4th 603 (1992) and Weber, Lipshie & Co., v. Christian, 52 Cal.App.4th 645 (1997).
He is the co-author of the chapter on trade secrets in the Attorney's Guide to the Law of Competitive Business Practices (2d ed.), published by the California Continuing Education for the Bar. He has lectured on various subjects involving trademark protection and competitive business practices at seminars presented by the California Continuing Education of the Bar.
Specialization: Mr. Ross' practice covers the spectrum of business litigation, ranging from enforcement of copyrights, trademarks and trade dress, theft of trade secrets, unfair business practices, partnership disputes, advertising and first amendment issues, professional malpractice and employment issues to environmental problems. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Dahan v. L'Koral, Inc., Los Angeles Supeior Court Case No. BC 286 577, OrthoTec v. Eurosurgical, United Staes District Court Case No. CV 03 8346 Brighton Collectibles v. Marc Chantal, Inc., United States District Court Case No. 06CV 1584 OrthoTec, LLC v. Eurosurgical, S.A., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC 276 958 Marketing West, Inc. v. Sanyo Fisher (USA) Corporation, 6 Cal.App.4th 603(1992) Weber, Lipshie & Co. v. Christian, 52 Cal.App.4th 645 (1997).Email: Peter W. Ross
Benjamin D. Scheibe (Partner) born Washington, D.C.; admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.S, 1978) Order of the Coif; University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1981). Benjamin D. Scheibe helped found Browne Woods & George in 1985 and has been a partner in the firm for 20 years.
Ben's work with the firm has involved a wide range of clients, from "mom and pop" entrepreneurs to such high profile clients as the Carnation Company, Guess, Inc., Emerson Electric Company, the Worldwide Church of God, 99¢ Only Stores, Packard Bell, the California State Senate, and several individual State Senators, and has resulted in numerous published decisions, including Weber, Lipshie & Co. v. Christian, 52 Cal.App.4th 645, 60 Cal.Rptr.2d 677 (1997); Wilson v. Eu, 1 Cal.4th 707, 823 P.2d 545, 4 Cal.Rptr.2d 379) (1992); Wilson v. Eu, 54 Cal.3d 546, 817 P.2d 890, 286 Cal.Rptr. 625 (1991); and Watson v. California Fair Political Practices Commission, 217 Cal.App.3d 1059, 266 Cal.Rptr. 408 (1990). Ben recently teamed with Allan Browne to successfully try a three-month misappropriation of trade secrets case, ultimately obtaining a nearly $25 million judgment for our client.
Ben is the Chair of the Trade Secrets Standing Committee of the State Bar's Intellectual Property Section. He has served as both the Chair and Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on Intellectual Property, Tort and Insurance Practice Section. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and a member of the Board of Governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
Ben writes and speaks extensively on various business litigation-related issues, including questions of trade secrets, unfair competition, insurance coverage for business disputes, and the First Amendment. His publications (many of which are available below) include:
Project Coordinator and co-author of Chapters 3 ("Unfair Competition") and 4 ("Trade Secrets") of California Business Litigation, a two volume attorney's handbook written by members of the firm and published by California Continuing Education of the Bar:
· "Sworn to Secrecy," Vol. 18, No.3, Los Angeles Lawyer 40, 1995. · "The Constitutional Defense of Opinion." Vol. 14, No. 2, Los Angeles Lawyer 36, 1992. · "Inevitable Disclosure of Trade Secrets: A Competing View," Vol. 20, No. 4, New Matter 26. · "Competing Views Regarding the Inevitable Disclosure of Trade Secrets," Vol. 21, No. 1 New Matter 44 (co-authored with BW&G's Miles Feldman). · "Star Alarm," California Law Business, April 19, 1999. · "Whose Burden Is It Anyway? Court of Appeals Clarifies Burden Of Proof in Trade Secret Cases," October 2, 2003 Los Angeles Daily Journal 7. · "Pretrial Protection: DVC Case Limits the Ability to Safeguard Trade Secrets," January 31, 2002 Los Angeles Daily Journal 7. · "Longer Arm: Courts Have Jurisdiction if Internet Post Harms California Company," September 17, 2001 Los Angeles Daily Journal 7.
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
· September 2005: California State Bar Convention, "Intellectual Property Law Primer: Understanding the Fundamentals of IP Law." · May 2004: California State Bar Intellectual Property Section, Intellectual Property Litigation Issues for In-House Counsel, "IP Litigation Trials: What You Need to Know." · November 2003: California State Bar, Intellectual Property Institute, "Mock Court Hearings Reflecting Recent Developments in Trade Secret Law." · April 2003: Continuing Education of the Bar, "Unfair Business Practices: B&P Code ß17200 and Beyond."
ARTICLES BY BENJAMIN D. SCHEIBE
· Sworn to Secrecy - California Law Provided Careful Litigators the Means of Keeping Trade Secrets Confidential During Discovery · The Constitutional Defense of Opinion - The Impact of the Milkovich Decision · Court of Appeal Decision Bars "Non-Disclosure" Injunctions in Trade Secret Cases · Longer Arm: Courts Have Jurisdiction If Internet Post Harms California Companies · Star Alarm - Claims for Violation of the Right of Publicity, which have Gained Some Popularity in Recent Years, may be Covered under Standard Commercial General-liability Insurance Policies
Specialization:
Ben is a business litigator and trial attorney who concentrates his practice in the areas of business disputes, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, employment litigation, and intellectual property rights.
Lee A. Weiss (Partner) born Manhasset, New York; admitted to bar, 1992, New York; 2008, Texas. (Not admitted in California). Education: Emory University (B.A., 1988); George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., with honors, 1991). Mr. Weiss primarily concentrates his practice on representing aggrieved consumers and investors in large, complex class action litigation. His consumer class action experience spans a wide range of industries, including financial services, mortgage lending, electronics and art. His extensive securities fraud related litigation experience includes significant settlements for class members in cases against companies in a variety of industries.
Mr. Weiss also has an active commercial litigation practice that concentrates on representing individuals and institutions in complex commercial disputes.
Mr. Weiss has served on the faculty of the Trial Techniques program at Emory University Law School and has been a panelist at various programs discussing securities and class action issues. He is a co-author of Be Careful What You Wish For: The Unintended Effects of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, INT'L JOURNAL OF DISCLOSURE AND GOVERNANCE, Vol. 3, No. 2 (June 2006) and The Fiduciary Duties of a Public Pension Plan Trustee: From Monitoring Investments to Recovering Class Action Settlement Proceeds, Information Management Network's 2006 Indexing Almanac (2006).
Sonia Y. Lee (Partner) born Seoul, Korea; admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1992); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1997). Ms. Lee is the co-author of Chapter 7 (Unlawful Employment Practices) of the CEB business litigation treatise, California Business Litigation (CEB 2002), and is the author of the article "The Right to Counsel: In Light of Budget Cuts, Can the Orange County Office of the Public Defender Provide Effective Assistance of Counsel?" 29 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 1895 (1996). Ms. Lee is a member of the California State Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and Women's Law Association of Los Angeles. Ms. Lee is a Member of St. Thomas More Honor Society, 1996-1997 and Articles Editor for Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 1996-1997.
Specialization:
Ms. Lee's practice is focused on business litigation and trial, with experience in entertainment, unfair competition, trade secrets, sexual harassment, and copyright infringement. She has represented both individuals and businesses in diverse fields and professions. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; Loyola Law School Student Bar Association (Vice President, 1995-1997). Languages: Korean.
Marcy Railsback (Partner) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1978, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: San Diego State University (B.A., with high honors, 1974) Phi Kappa Phi; Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1978). Marcy Railsback is a partner in Browne Woods George LLP. Upon graduating from law school, Ms. Railsback started her practice as a litigation associate at Ervin, Cohen & Jessup and subsequently became a founding member of Browne Woods & George LLP.
Ms. Railsback is a member of the Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, and American Bar Associations, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and the State Bar of California. She primarily practices in the areas of business litigation, unfair competition, and defamation.
Ms. Railsback co-authored Chapter 2, "Availability of Preliminary Relief," California Business Litigation, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 2nd Edition. Ms. Railsback has played a key role in the successful litigation of various cases, including the following:
People v. Worldwide Church of God, 127 Cal.App.3d 547 (1981) (holding that the imposition of a receivership against a church was constitutionally infirm).
McNair v. Worldwide Church of God, 197 Cal.App.3d 363 (1987) (holding that in order to receive damages for defamatory remarks made during the course of a doctrinal explanation by a duly authorized minister of a church, plaintiff must show that the statements were made with constitutional malice).
Treiloff Tours & Travel v. Hawaiian Polynesian Tours (plaintiff awarded general and punitive damages in an unfair competition and defamation action).
Transamerica Roosevelt Industries, Inc. v. Jim Slemons Imports, Inc. (plaintiff awarded substantial damages in breach of contract action).
County of Nye, Nevada v. Advanced Health Systems, Inc. (plaintiff obtained favorable settlement in RICO action).
Chicago Title Insurance Company v. James Sollami (plaintiff obtained favorable settlement in action based on unfair competitive business practices).
Order of the Coif. Member of Thurston Society. Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Associate Research Editor of the Hastings Law Journal 1977-1978. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Robert B. Broadbelt (Partner) born Fontana, California; admitted to bar, 1984, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Central Districts of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., with honors, 1981); University of Southern California Law Center (J.D., 1984). He has represented both individuals and businesses in diverse fields and professions, as well as the California State Senate and individual State Senators in redistricting, voting rights, and other litigation.
Mr. Broadbelt was a key member of the trial team that won a $22 million judgment and permanent injunction in a misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition case for a client in the Mexican cheese industry. He also recently represented an Internet company that won a $9.8 million judgment and permanent injunction in a federal court trial involving claims of trade secret misappropriation and violations of federal and state laws prohibiting unauthorized access to computer data.
Mr. Broadbelt is a co-author of the book California Business Litigation (2002), published by the California Continuing Education of the Bar ("CEB"). In that book, Mr. Broadbelt wrote the chapter on "Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition on the Internet" and he co-authored the chapter on unfair competition. He has also served as a speaker on professional topics at continuing education programs for lawyers, including CEB programs on preparing business litigation cases for trial and unfair competition law.
Specialization:
Mr. Broadbelt has extensive experience in complex business litigation, specializing in unfair competition, trade secrets, Internet law, cyber piracy, computer hacking, theft of computer data, non-compete agreements, interference with business relations, defamation, libel, slander, trademark, intellectual property, and First Amendment and other constitutional issues. Reported Cases: Senate of State of California v. Mosbacher, 968 F.2d 974 (9th Cir. 1992); Bullfrog Films, Inc. v. Wick, 847 F.2d 502 (9th Cir. 1988); Wilson v. Eu, 1 Cal. 4th 707 (1992); Wilson v. Eu, 54 Cal. 3d. 546 (1991); Wilson v. Eu, 54 Cal. 3d 471 (1991); Watson v. California Fair Political Practices Comm'n, 217 Cal. App. 3d 1059 (1990); Forman v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., 32 Cal. App. 4th 998 (1995); H-CHH Assocs. v. Citizens for Representative Government, 193 Cal. App. 3d 1193 (1987). Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Unfair Competition; Trade Secrets; Defamation; Libel and Slander; First Amendment Law; Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Internet Litigation; Contracts; Business Law; False Advertising; Computer Hacking; Theft of Computer Data; Noncompete Agreements; Interference with Business Relations.
ASSOCIATES
Susan Kay Leader (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Northern, and Eastern Districts of California. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2001). Susan Leader is an associate in the firm's Commercial Litigation Department. She has experience in all aspects of litigation in both federal and state courts, including discovery, law and motion, trial and post-trial law and motion.
Specialization: General commercial and contract litigation; Intellectual property litigation; Antitrust and unfair competition. Member: Association of Business Trial Lawyers Community Involvement; Los Angeles Ballet Associates Board (Co-chair). Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Trial Practice; Litigation.
Ira G. Bibbero (Associate) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 2001, California; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Central Districts of California; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.S., 1983; M.S., Computer Engineering, 1985); University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 2001). Ira Bibbero is an associate of Browne Woods George LLP. Before joining Browne Woods George, Mr. Bibbero served as appellate court attorney for Justice Norman Epstein of the California Court of Appeal, 2001-2002. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Rebecca Tingey (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, New York; U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 2001); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: New York State Bar. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Consumer Fraud; Securities; Business Litigation.
Andrew Wilmar (Associate) born San Francisco, California, December 7, 1973; admitted to bar, 2004, New York. (Not admitted in California). Education: Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2001). Mr. Wilmar previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert L. Carter in the Southern District of New York.
Executive Editor, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 2000-2001. Finalist, Ames Moot Court. Best Oralist (Semi-Finals) Ames Moot Court. Member: New York State Bar. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Securities; Consumer Fraud; Business Litigation.
Keith J. Wesley (Associate) born Brecksville, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); George Washington University Law School (J.D., with high honors, 2003). Keith J. Wesley is an associate with Browne Woods George LLP. Before joining the firm, Mr. Wesley served as a law clerk for the Honorable Ferdinand F. Fernandez, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Order of the Coif. Senior Projects Editor, George Washington Law Review, 2002-2003. Practice Areas: Business Litigation.
Peter Shimamoto (Associate) born Berkeley, California, July 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, California; 1987, New York; U.S. District Court, Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Ninth Circuits. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., with high honors, 1982) Phi Beta Kappa; Harvard University (J.D., 1985). Peter's practice focuses on complex commercial civil litigation, with a particular emphasis on entertainment and intellectual property matters. He has extensive experience in all aspects of civil litigation in federal and state courts, from pre-filing through trial and appeal. Peter has worked in New York and Los Angeles, and has litigated cases involving some of the nation's leading motion picture studios, television networks, television production companies, and music companies.
Peter attended Harvard Law School, where he was an editor on the Harvard Law Review. After graduating from Harvard, he clerked for the Honorable Robert R. Merhige, Jr., in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Specialization:
Peter has litigated cases in a wide variety of areas on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, including entertainment, copyright, trademark, unfair competition, trade secrets, First Amendment, insurance, securities, product liability, antitrust, banking and employment. Member: New York State Bar Association; State Bar of California.