“I’ve won trials by focusing on a simple, compelling, fact-based theme—not a patchwork of theories but one overarching truth.
Represent Starbucks Corporation, The J.M. Smucker Company, The Kraft Heinz Company, Nestlé USA, Inc., Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc., and 50 other coffee companies against a Proposition 65 bounty hunter. The complaint claims that these companies—and the retailers who sell their products—are required under Prop 65 to provide cancer warnings on coffee based on the chemical acrylamide, which is created when coffee beans are roasted. MoFo secured a summary judgement in August 2020, effectively ending a 10-year litigation battle involving 46 days of trial in a phased trial.
Represent California Natural Products in industry-wide action involving arsenic claims related to California mines.
Represented client in international commercial arbitrations involving semiconductor fabrication facilities in Japan.
Represented the Lummi Nation against the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe in a dispute over fishing rights. A Ninth Circuit panel ruled that the Lummi Nation’s right to take fish under a treaty executed in the 1850s includes disputed waters near Seattle, reversing a lower court’s award of a quick win to the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.
Represented our client in multiple class actions involving the terms “natural” and “organic” on Hain’s personal care products, such as shampoos and soaps.