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Our Track Record Speaks for Itself.

City of Bell Counsel Are Former Prosecutors (National Law Journal)

Counsel representing former City of Bell Defendants are former federal prosecutors.
District Attorney Investigating Business Fees in Bell

Los Angeles County prosecutors are investigating Bell’s practice of arbitrarily requiring some business owners to pay thousands of dollars in fees, marking the seventh outside investigation into alleged wrongdoing at City Hall.
Robert Rizzo’s Lawyer Says No Laws Were Broken in Bell Scandal

As Rizzo’s preliminary hearing on 54 corruption charges began Thursday, February 23, 2012, James Spertus told Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Henry J. Hall that the question was “whether the core facts constitute a violation of the penal code.
Judge Tosses California’s Civil Suit Against Ex-Bell Leaders

L.A. County Superior Court Judge Ralph W. Dau rules that legislators cannot be sued for passing ordinances that award themselves high salaries. Last year, then-Attorney General Jerry Brown sued to recover funds from Bell officials whose salaries were among the highest in the nation.
Partner Matthew Umhofer Named Attorney of the Year

The California State Bar’s magazine lauded Matthew Umhofer for his work on a False Claims Act case in which an alleged whistleblower had claimed Planned Parenthood defrauded the federal government of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Judge Awards $307.5 Million to Terrorist Victim

Los Angeles litigators James W. Spertus and Ezra Landes secured the largest judgment ever for the grandson of Iranian General Gholam Oveissi who was gunned down by Iranian agents on the streets of Paris, France.
Reliance Medical Systems Files Suit Against Federal Government

The Firm filed a lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of Firm client Reliance Medical Systems, an innovative medical device design company specializing in spinal implants.
Fourteen Nuclear Missile Protesters Exonerated

In October 2012, secured the dismissal of all charges against prominent anti-war activists Daniel Ellsberg, Cindy Sheehan, Franciscan priest Louis Vitale, and 12 others charged with trespassing during a protest at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Appellate Victory: Rosenmann v. Strain

The Firm successfully represented a client involved in a breach of contract action in Los Angeles County Superior Court and then again prevailed in front of the Second Appellate District of California when the trial was challenged on appeal.

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