Litigation

General Civil Litigation in Los Angeles, California

The law firm of Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro, LLP, in Los Angeles, California, represents individuals and businesses throughout California, the nation and the world in all types of civil litigation. The Firm includes many of the top trial lawyers in California and the United States. Senior partner Patricia Glaser is recognized as one of the top trial lawyers not only in Los Angeles, but also in California and the nation.

The Firm's attorneys are seasoned litigators who have tried and who regularly attract high profile cases. On a number of occasions, the Firm's trial lawyers have been successfully retained on the eve of trial. The Firm's litigators are tightly focused on obtaining successful results on a cost-effective basis, utilizing innovative strategies and aggressive advocacy to meet and exceed client expectations.

The Firm's litigation lawyers have had great success over the years, handling high-stakes, high-profile cases. Glaser Weil regularly represents companies, governmental entities and prominent individuals in courts throughout California and around the country.

• Among the high profile civil cases the Firm has handled are:
• obtaining a defense verdict in a billion dollar fraud action brought by the California Insurance Commissioner in connection with the failure of Executive Life Ins. Co.;
• obtaining a $9 million verdict against actress Kim Basinger;
• successfully defending the LAPD's elite Special Investigation Section in a series of civil rights actions in district court and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals;
• obtaining a verdict in favor of the defendants in a $300 million securities fraud action brought by the State of Virginia; and
• obtaining a $12 million judgment against Disney on behalf of a producer (whereupon Disney thereafter hired the Firm as its counsel).

In addition, the Firm has also represented politicians and municipalities such as the cities of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Riverside.

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