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BIG CASES. BIG WINS.
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Jury Awards $21.4M Over Misused Funds
On July 10, 2024, a federal jury in the Central District of California returned a $21.4 million civil verdict in favor of minority shareholders, represented by Umhofer, Mitchell & King LLP, in a complex shareholder suit.
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Homelessness: A $4 Billion Win
In March of 2020, we filed a federal lawsuit against the City and County of Los Angeles, calling out their failure to address the expanding crisis of homelessness. At the time, three or more people were dying on the streets of LA per day.
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Taking on Fraud at a Financial Institution
A financial advisor working for a massive institution stole millions from an 80-year-old widow and her daughters. Despite public assurances, the institution failed to catch its scheme as money flowed out of the victims’ accounts.
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Vindicating a Whistleblower
Cleve Pell worked for the Montebello School District for 50 years. He began as a teacher but rose to eventually become Chief Financial Officer for the district—one of the largest in the Los Angeles area.
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Fighting for Planned Parenthood
For nearly two decades, we’ve been defending Planned Parenthood against legal assaults. We got started in 2005, when anti-choice lawyers brought a federal case against every Planned Parenthood affiliate in California.
THE LAWYERS AT THIS FIRM HAVE
Worked on behalf of employees of major companies like Tesla and Snapchat in high-profile cases
Protected women’s rights organizations against legal attacks and violence
Assisted victims in seeking criminal charges for fraud, embezzlement and other crimes
Filed first-of-a-kind federal cases
Tried and won multi-million dollar cases in federal and state court and arbitrations
Saved businesses from more than $750,000,000 in liability
Represented C-suite leaders in criminal and internal investigations
Secured billions of dollars in funding to solve homelessness
After we secured a landmark $3 billion deal to address the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles, this is what the judge said:
“The [objection to] $1.8 million [in fees] is outrageous … That is a low figure for the service you’ve performed, and I’ll put that on the record. ”