- Board of County Commissioners of San Juan County v. Liberty Group, 965 F.2d 879(10th Cir. 1992), cert denied, 506 U.S. 918 (1992). Represented defendants, a brokerage company that specialized in the sale of government securities to institutions and its officers and employers, in a RICO and securities fraud suit brought by plaintiff who lost a substantial amount in its investments. The federal district court dismissed the RICO claim and the Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal and reversed the jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff for securities fraud for an improper jury instruction.
- Filed suit for a substantial investor whose business was in Taiwan against a national brokerage company. Client spent several months at a time in Taiwan for his business and while he was away in Taiwan, the account representative sold his large conservative portfolio and bought futures which lost the entire value in the account. The defendants settled for repayment of the investor in full plus attorneys' fees.
- Obtained summary judgment in federal court in a case in which a government law enforcement employee claimed that suspension with pay during an investigation of complaints violated his rights under the federal civil rights statutes, in particular 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
- Represented foreign government entities in a suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act resulting in dismissal of the major claim as lacking jurisdiction under the FISA.
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