Michael S. Brophy

Practice Details

• Languages
  English
• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Withers Bergman LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Transactions

  Representative Transactions: Trust & Estate Litigation; Represented an individual trustee in a bench trial obtaining a complete and decisive verdict in favor of the fiduciary.; Represented the co-trustees of the living trust of a deceased celebrity in defeating fraud claims in arbitration.; Represented the co-executors of the estate of a deceased celebrity in defeating employment and contract claims.; Represented trust-owned partnership in successfully retrieving misappropriated residual funds.; Represented charity in a challenge to a charitable trust, successfully resolving the matter in mediation.; Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment; Represented importer of book lights in defeating a request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction regarding claims of trade dress infringement regarding product design.; Represented a major chemical manufacturer in resolving a trade secret dispute with a former independent contractor.; Counseled major television studio regarding risk management in non-scripted programming.; Represented foreign entertainment client in successfully resolving a film finance dispute with a production company.; Represented a well-known music group in a trial with their former attorneys.; Represented an advertising agency in a dispute with a rock music group regarding a commercial.; Commercial Disputes; Obtained and enforced a default judgment for a major auction house in an art fraud matter, seizing known California assets.; Counseled major talent agency regarding employment and contract related issues.; Represented members of a limited liability company in the fashion industry defeating breach of fiduciary duty claims at trial.; Represented family business in real estate dispute, prevailing before the California Court of Appeal.