Green LLP

Illustrative Professional Experience

In recent years Todd has:

• Defended a large restaurant chain in a wage and hour class action, successfully opposing plaintiffs' motion for class certification and then settling the remaining claims on favorable terms.
• Represented a publicly-traded computer component manufacturer in a false advertising and unfair competition case against its largest competitor.
• Obtained a defense verdict at trial and award of attorneys' fees in favor of his client, a publicly-traded company, in a complex, seven figure commercial lease dispute.
• Obtained a reversal on appeal of adverse judgment resulting in new judgment in favor of his client, a real estate investment trust, in complex commercial lease dispute.
• Obtained a complete defense verdict in a two-week jury trial involving claims against Todd's client, a publicly traded company, for fraudulent transfer, conversion, conspiracy, and intentional interference with economic advantage.
• Obtained a plaintiff's verdict in a federal court jury trial involving claims by Todd's client against a competitor for intentional interference with contract.
• Successfully opposed a motion for class certification in a putative class action against a developer of time-share resorts.
• Obtained a dismissal and an award of costs for a publicly-traded company that had been charged by a competitor with unfair business practices and misappropriation of trade secrets.
• Obtained a dismissal and waiver of claims in favor of a re-insurer who had been charged with interference with contract arising out of a coverage dispute between a chain of hospitals and its insurer.
• Settled on favorable terms a claim against Todd's client, a real estate developer, for premises liability arising out of a drive-by shooting.
• Settled on favorable terms a dispute between a capital markets advisor and a commercial real estate developer.
• Settled on favorable terms a contractual dispute between a publicly-traded manufacturer of ophthalmic surgical equipment and a supplier.

Representative Clients

• Abbott Medical Optics
• NextWave Broadband
• RSI Home Products
• Corinthian Colleges
• MSC Software
• Vornado Realty Trust
• The Irvine Company
• QLogic Corporation

Professional Organizations

Orange County Bar Association, Business Litigation section
Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Orange County chapter
Federal Bar Association, Orange County chapter

Awards and Honors

Selected as a Super Lawyer in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in a survey of peers conducted by Super Lawyers Magazine

Selected as a Southern California Rising Star in 2004 in a survey of peers conducted by Super Lawyers Magazine

Published Opinions

• Medina v. Downey Savings and Loan Association, 2005 WL 906507 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. 2005)
• Ashton Optical Imports, Inc. v. Incite International, Inc., 266 F. Supp. 2d 1027 (D. Neb. 2003)
• Patel v. Southern California Water Co., 119 Cal. Rptr. 2d 119 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. 2002)
• In re World War II Era Japanese Forced Labor Litigation, 114 F. Supp. 2d 939 (N.D. Cal. 2002)
• In re Eichorn, 81 Cal. Rptr. 2d 535 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. 1998)
• Simon v. Value Behavioral Health Inc., 955 F. Supp. 93 (C.D. Cal. 1997)

Articles

• Perjury! The Proof is in the Proof (of Service), Orange County Lawyer, March 2014 [view]
• Originalism and its Discontents, Orange County Lawyer, September 2005 [view]
• Fraud Without Reliance: The Randi W. Exception, Orange County Lawyer, August 2005 [view]
• Contractual Waivers of the Right to Trial by Jury, Orange County Lawyer, June 2004 [view]
• Contract Interpretation and the Parol Evidence Rule, Orange County Lawyer, May 2004 [view]
• Fraud is a Funny Thing, Orange County Lawyer, April 2004 [view]