Action by Teamsters representing the majority of an airline’s employees to prevent merger with another airline: obtained dismissal of the action despite language in the labor agreement expressly requiring the merged airline to assume all provisions of the Teamsters labor contract, thereby enabling the merger to go forward.

Handled a nine-month arbitration (still pending) involving complex issues of first impression related to procedures for medical staff peer review of physicians and the extent of a hospital’s duty with respect to equipment provided to members of its medical staff.

Action by more than 30 plaintiffs against approximately 20 chemical companies and their employer, a major defense contractor, alleging injuries from use of top-secret chemicals to construct the Stealth Fighter: obtained summary judgment on behalf of the employer despite highly publicized Congressional hearings highlighting the alleged serious injuries.

Action alleging repeated racial slurs and retaliation over many years by woman, an employee with 30-plus years of seniority, against an insurance company:  obtained summary judgment in a hotly contested matter wherein the demand had exceeded $3 million and interlocutory issues required appellate court determination.

Action for wrongful termination by a driver of a gasoline tanker against an oil company: obtained summary judgment despite the fact that the conduct for which he was terminated was off-duty conduct and the supervisor who terminated him had been criminally indicted.  The firm also obtained summary judgment against the same employee who sued a subsequent employer for wrongful termination.

Represented a renowned medical facility in action by a physician against the facility for fraud and violation of public policy alleging the hospital provided unclean instruments and other improprieties; 

Numerous arbitrations for clients with both union-represented and non-union represented employees, including arbitrations with the Airline Pilots Association and Teamsters, among others.

Action against a major defense contractor for constructive termination by an employee with 20-plus years of seniority who had been rendered paraplegic by a stroke allegedly resulting from his supervisor’s harassment of him: obtained summary judgment and dismissal of the action.

Action by two employees for age discrimination and retaliatory layoff against a major defense contractor: court sua sponte granted a motion for mistrial, resulting in a successful settlement for costs only while appeal was pending in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.

Action by a human resources employee against a public agency for national origin discrimination for alleged failure to promote: this matter was completely defensed after a lengthy trial; a defense motion for mistrial as to inappropriate judicial remarks made during a lengthy voir dire forced the plaintiff to abandon a jury trial and agree to a bench trial; the court granted a defense motion for attorneys’ fees.

Action for discriminatory and wrongful termination by an African-American employee with 20-plus years of seniority against a major defense contractor: summary judgment of the entire action was ultimately obtained in this matter after defendant demonstrated the employee engaged in drug deals on work premises, notwithstanding that a jury had previously exonerated the employee at a criminal trial for the same misconduct.

Whistleblower action by a pharmacist against a major medical facility alleging conspiracy to cover up pharmacist drug abuses by hospital employees: obtained summary judgment despite significant discrepancies in the hospital’s ensuing investigation.