Litigation

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Sheppard Mullin's Litigation Practice involves all aspects of business and commercial litigation, including antitrust, creditors' rights, banking and financial institutions, construction, communications, general business, insurance, intellectual property, products liability, professional liability defense, real estate, environmental, securities, white collar criminal defense, and trust and estate litigation.

Our litigators represent clients in a broad spectrum of industries such as computers and information technology, financial services, aerospace, manufacturing, transportation, communications, pharmaceuticals, advertising, print and broadcast media, franchising, petroleum production and refining, real estate, insurance, construction, and food and beverage manufacturing, among others.

The attorneys in our Litigation Practice have substantial experience in a wide variety of vehicles for dispute resolution, including litigation, arbitration, and mediation.

Recognition

• Forty-One Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Ranked as Chambers’ Leading Lawyers, 2013
• Guylyn Cummins, Tracey Kennedy and Jill Pietrini Recognized as "Top Women Lawyers" by Daily Journal
• Benchmark Litigation 2013 Recognizes Sheppard Mullin's Litigation Practice
• Thirty-Four Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Ranked as Chambers' Leading Lawyers, 2012
• Partners Sascha Henry and Jill Pietrini Recognized as "Top Women Lawyers" by the Daily Journal
• Partner Sascha Henry Named Among The Recorder's 2011 "Attorneys of the Year"
• Sheppard Mullin Recognized Among Daily Journal's "Top Verdicts of 2011"
• Partner Sascha Henry Named to Daily Journal's "Top 20 Under 40"
• Benchmark Litigation 2012 Recognizes Sheppard Mullin's Litigation Practice
• Corporate Counsel Magazine Recognizes Sheppard Mullin as Fortune 500 "Go-To" Law Firm, 2012
• The American Lawyer Recognizes Sheppard Mullin Among Go-To Law Firms For Litigation, 2011
• Chambers & Partners Ranks Sheppard Mullin In 2011
• Thirty-Four Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Ranked as Chambers' Leading Lawyers, 2011
• Forty-Four Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Recognized as 'Southern California Super Lawyers 2011'
• Benchmark Litigation 2011 Recognizes Sheppard Mullin's Litigation Practice
• Fifty-seven Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Named 2011 "Best Lawyers in America"
• Twenty-Two Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Recognized as 'Northern California Super Lawyers 2010'
• Twenty-Eight Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Ranked as Chambers' Leading Lawyers, 2010
• Sheppard Mullin Partners Named "New York Super Lawyers 2009"
• Sheppard Mullin Ranked Among the Best Litigation Firms in California by Benchmark Litigation 2010
• Fifty-one Sheppard Mullin Partners Named 2010 "Best Lawyers in America"
• Legal 500 US 2009 Recognizes Sheppard Mullin Partners and Practice Groups Among The Best in the Country, 2009
• Twenty-One Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Named "San Diego Super Lawyers 2009"
• Sheppard Mullin Ranked Among the Best Litigation Firms by Benchmark Litigation 2009
• Forty-Seven Sheppard Mullin Attorneys Recognized as 'Southern California Super Lawyers 2009'
• Corporate Counsel Magazine Recognizes Sheppard Mullin As Fortune 500 "Go-To" Law Firm, 2009
• Corporate Counsel Magazine Recognizes Sheppard Mullin As Fortune 500 "Go-To" Law Firm, 2007
• American Lawyer Media Recognizes Sheppard Mullin As Financial Services Companies' "Go-To" Law Firm, 2007

Press Releases

• Partner Mike Heimbold Joins Sheppard Mullin Century City
• Sheppard Mullin Washington, D.C. Adds Three Partner Communications Practice
• Sheppard Mullin Continues its New York Expansion With Three Partners
• Business Trial Partner Rob Guite Joins Sheppard Mullin San Francisco
• Sheppard Mullin Chicago Adds Litigation Partners
• Corporate Restructuring & Litigation Partner Todd Padnos Brings Insurance and Bankruptcy Expertise to Sheppard Mullin San Francisco
• Sheppard Mullin Elects Seven Attorneys To Partnership
• Litigation Partner Jim McCarney Joins Sheppard Mullin New York
• Sheppard Mullin New York Wins Unfair Competition Case Against Rexall Sundown
• Litigation Partner Rob Friedman Joins Sheppard Mullin New York
• Litigation and Tax Quartet Join Sheppard Mullin San Francisco

Articles

• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Andre Cronthall
  April 10, 2013, Law360
• 10 Emerging Law Firm Leaders In California
  March 13, 2013, Daily Journal
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Olivier Theard
  March 7, 2013, Law360
• Personal Jurisdiction From E-Contacts Remains An Unpredictable Issue
  February 25, 2013, New York Law Journal
• Amgen Asks 9th Circ. To Undo Shareholder Class Cert.
  October 14, 2011, Law360
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Rob Friedman
  July 7, 2011, Law360
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Anna McLean
  July 6, 2011, Law360
• Class Action Waivers After The U.S. Supreme Court Decision In AT&T v. Concepcion
  Summer 2011, 18 Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report
• Constraints On Calif. Credit Card Class Actions
  June 23, 2011, Law360
• Top Attorneys 2010
  July 21, 2010, San Diego Daily Transcript
• Get The Most Out Of Your Attorneys
  Ips to minimizing expenses
  February 8, 2010, Daily Journal
• Top Verdicts of 2009 - Clearing the Way for Urban In-Fill
  Sacramento Citizens Concerned About the Railyards v. City of Sacramento; Downtown Plaza v. City of Sacramento
  February 3, 2010, Daily Journal
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Andre Cronthall
  Cronthall is a partner in Sheppard Mullin's business trial practice group, and is a leader of the firm's insurance practice group.
  July 29, 2009, Law360
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Polly Towill
  Ms. Towill is leader of the toxic torts and products liability team at Sheppard Mullin and has experience in litigating complex business issues.
  July 23, 2009, Law360
• Judgment Secured: Now What?
  ‘Koehler’ provides greater New York state access to banks for collection.
  July 20, 2009, New York Law Journal
• Top Attorneys 2009
  Partners Bob Gerber and John Tishler Named Top Attorneys 2009
  July 8, 2009, San Diego Daily Transcript
• Compound Solutions
  Changes in Chemical Regulations
  December 15, 2008, Los Angeles Daily Journal
• A Legal and Economic Justification for a Uniform Pole Attachment Rate, Part II
  The Industry Players React
  December 1, 2008, Pike and Fischer
• Top Women Litigators: Leaps of Faith
  May 10, 2007, Daily Journal
• Federal Litigators Face New Burdens in E-Data Discovery
  October 10, 2006
• In L.A., An Insurance Trial Can Take a Film Noir Turn
  October 10, 2006
• Delaware Decision in Disney Sets Forth Parameters for Duty of Good Faith
  September 25, 2006
• Courts Cling to Tradition on CAFA Removal Burden
  May 15, 2006
• 'Pound' Asserts a Strict Line in Successive Representations
  April 24, 2006
• Who Protects the Intellectual Property of your Business?
  April 10, 2006
• Courts Need to Constrain Fiduciary Duty to Narrow Class of Relationships
  April 6, 2006
• Forum Selection Clauses
  April 3, 2006
• Law is in Flux Over Internal Governance of Foreign Firms
  March 31, 2006
• Money Matters
  March 2, 2006
• Condo Hotel Explosion Raises New Issues
  November 28, 2005
• Supreme Court Gets Into Split Over Class-Action Arbitrations
  July 12, 2005
• Mocking Juries
  April 27, 2005
• Parry the Arbitrary
  April 27, 2005
• Case Tests Validity of Class Action Waiver in Arbitration
  April 15, 2005
• The Year 2004 In Review: Annual Construction Law Update
  April 1, 2005
• Unfair-Competition Law Reform May Encourage Class Actions
  August 25, 2004
• Consumer Protection Act Brings the Fight to Absentee Cybersquatters
  July 8, 2004
• Ninth Circuit Curtails Enforceability of Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements
  May 30, 2003
• Loosening the Ties That Bind
  February 6, 2003
• Sheppard Mullin Lands Entertainment Group
  January 27, 2003
• The Internet May Take You Places To Defend A Lawsuit, But Not To California
  January 6, 2003
• Commercial Landlords/Business Operators Beware: Legislature Quadruples Statutory Damage Award Available For Violations Of ADA
  February 15, 2002
• Recent California Decision Highlights Uncertainty of Internet Law
  September 24, 2001
• Read My Mind - The Perils of Surfing the Web at Work
  June 26, 2000
• New Protections That Shift The Balance Toward Companies
  May 30, 2000, California Lawyer
• Ten Tips To Reduce Your Legal Expenses
  May 15, 2000
• Keeping A Clean House
  March 18, 2000, In-House Counsel
• Antitrust Considerations In Establishing Medical Provider Networks
  December 13, 1999
• Getting A Fair Shake
  November 11, 1999
• The Microsoft Case - Exclusionary Innovention
  November 10, 1998
• Litigation in the Year 2000 and Beyond -- What Lies Ahead?
  June 10, 1998
• Competition Implications of the California Supreme Court Decision in ABC International Traders, Inc.
  February 27, 1997