Ross Todd
Ross Todd is the Editor/columnist for the Am Law Litigation Daily. He writes about litigation of all sorts. Previously, Ross was the Bureau Chief of The Recorder, ALM's California affiliate. Contact Ross at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Ross_Todd.
October 30, 2024 | Litigation Daily
A Case Study in How Susman Gets Associates Experience in BIG TrialsSusman Godfrey partner Jacob Buchdahl and associate Stephanie Spies discuss Spies' role handling three witnesses—including cross-examining a key fact witness–during an 11-day bench trial in August that yielded a $1.6 billion win for their client BML Properties.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
October 29, 2024 | The American Lawyer
David Boies: Elite Trial Lawyer By Design, Firm Founder 'By Accident and Necessity'"You've got to have a high tolerance for chaos," said Boies, an American Lawyer Lifetime Achievement honoree, of his chosen line of work.
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
October 29, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Talking Shop About Faegre Drinker's New Arizona Design Lab with Trial Partner David 'DJ' GrossGross, the author of "Design Thinking and Visual Advocacy for Lawyers" and an unabashed design enthusiast, gave Litigation Daily a FaceTime tour of the firm's new space where he's the lone lawyer.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
October 28, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Everytown Law Publishes Guide for Lawyers Bringing Civil Litigation Against the Gun IndustryThe gun safety advocacy group Everytown Law has grown to a team of 32, including 26 litigators. Today, they're publishing a 110-page manual aimed at helping others bring civil cases on behalf of gun violence survivors and victims targeting reckless and illegal conduct by firearm industry players.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
October 25, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: A $604.9M Trade Secrets Verdict With a Big Assist From a Juror QuestionMichael Ng and Daniel Zaheer of Kobre & Kim represented renewable fuels company Propel against Phillips 66 Co. alongside colleagues in a month-long trial in California state court. Ng argued at closings that a juror question elicited a "confession" from a Phillips executive admitting to liability and trade secret misappropriation.
By Ross Todd
9 minute read
October 25, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Another Stellar Crop of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-OutsA team at Susman Godfrey secured a $1.6 billion win for client BML Properties in a dispute with China Construction America Inc. over delays at the Baha Mar resort casino in the Bahamas.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
October 23, 2024 | Litigation Daily
How Kramer Levin's Patent Trial Team Approaches Teaching Tech to JuriesPaul Andre, Liza Kobialka and James Hannah of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, who have won three trials in the past 10 months, say trying to oversimplify technology for juries is a mistake.
By Ross Todd
6 minute read
October 22, 2024 | Litigation Daily
How Do You Get Experience Leading an MDL Without Experience Leading an MDL?Litigation Daily explores the chicken/egg question of how plaintiffs lawyers secure leadership appointments in multidistrict litigation with three Seeger Weiss lawyers: Parvin Aminolroaya, Jennifer Scullion and Shauna Itri.
By Ross Todd
11 minute read
October 21, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigation Leaders: Quinn Emanuel's Michael Carlinsky on Training Associates to Think and Act Like Trial Lawyers"Unlike full-service firms where a young associate has the option of trying different practices, junior lawyers (and senior lawyers) come to Quinn because they want to be the very best litigators—and want to learn from the best."
By Ross Todd
13 minute read
October 18, 2024 | Litigation Daily
Litigators of the Week: A Win for Homeless Veterans On the VA's West LA CampusAfter a month-long bench trial earlier this year, Roman Silberfeld and Tommy Du of Robins Kaplan and Mark Rosenbaum of Public Counsel secured a ruling voiding the Veterans Administration's leases of portions of the campus to private entities and requiring the construction of new housing for class members.
By Ross Todd
7 minute read
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