David Anthony Degroot

Practice Details

• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Mr. DeGroot has represented clients in a number of high-value disputes. Some of his recent matters include: Successfully settling a dispute involving font software, where the client's licensee had underpaid royalties by millions of dollars. Multi-million dollar settlement achieved early in litigation, reducing risk
  cost for an international client
  Vindicating a client's ownership in patents by defeating an opponent's claim to a right of first refusal to purchase the patents. Claim had been brought in bankruptcy court but was stayed in favor of proceedings in another forum, where arguments developed by his team led court to grant summary judgment in client's favor
  Negotiating resolution of property tax fraud allegations made by San Francisco tax authorities against apartment investment trust. Mr. DeGroot convinced authorities to ab
  on fraud claim
  Defending large institutional client in toxic tort matter involving the Queen Mary . Coordinated team efforts on two cases brought to the firm six weeks before trial
  helped negotiate fair settlements of high-risk claims
  Serving as main outside litigation counsel for publicly-listed real estate investment trust, h
  ling toxic tort, insurance coverage,
  contract matters
  Representing an insurer in connection with a coverage dispute involving 30-year old policies. After taking matter over from another firm, Mr. DeGroot developed new, key evidence from third parties that allowed his client to shift $5 million in potential liability to another carrier
  that led the court to grant summary judgment rejecting claim for $10 million of coverage for a two-week policy extension
  Obtaining a summary judgment in a declaratory relief action in federal court preventing a client's former adversary in a securities litigation from reviving counterclaims in a distant forum where a co-party had suffered a multi-million dollar adverse judgment
  Assisted in obtaining a favorable jury verdict allowing client to keep seven-figure insurance benefits in the face of an insurer's fraud allegations. After judgment, Mr. DeGroot drafted an appellate brief that resulted in the Court of Appeal's affirming the jury verdict
  vacating an arbitration award due to an arbitrator's undisclosed conflicts. This result led to his client's receiving an additional monetary settlement from its insurer
  On behalf of the trustee of a bankrupt art gallery, successfully settling the claims of the gallery's largest creditor valued at over $2 million
  
  
  Preparing a dozen briefs in state
  federal appellate courts
  arguing two cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.