Mr. Phan serves local, regional, and national clients in a broad range of complex civil litigation. His areas of practice include matters involving general business litigation, securities, labor and employment, professional malpractice, probate, trusts, SEC investigations and proceedings, intellectual property disputes, and high stakes tort litigation, including class actions. His peers in the Southern California community have repeatedly voted Mr. Phan a "Super Lawyer", as published in Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine.

Mr. Phan's representative cases include:

• In 2013, Mr. Phan successfully defended a $129 million lawsuit filed by Eli Broad against Glorya Kaufman.
• In 2013, Mr. Phan successfully defended an owner of property on the Westside in a trial brought by a ground lessee seeking millions in damages for alleged fraud and breach of lease.
• Mr. Phan successfully defended a New York hedge fund and its general partners in a $50 million securities lawsuit filed by over two dozen of the wealthiest individual investors in the country.
• Mr. Phan won a $96 million judgment after a two month jury trial in a medical malpractice case against a Glendale hospital and its medical staff. The editors of the Los Angeles Daily Journal named it the #1 Jury Trial Verdict for 2007.
• Obtained a $9.5 million settlement on behalf of beneficiaries of a trust who sued trustees for breach of fiduciary duty.
• Mr. Phan has represented numerous public companies and high net worth individuals in connection with SEC investigations and proceedings involving allegations of insider trading and stock manipulation.
• Successfully defended a California investment group in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by its former Chief Financial Officer.
• Successfully defended a public company sued for breach of a multi-million dollar contract in a proceeding before the National Association of Securities Dealers.
• As co-lead trial counsel in an insurance coverage dispute arising out of damage to a commercial building from the Northridge earthquake, Mr. Phan obtained a $7.1 million jury verdict against several insurance companies.
• Obtained a $9.2 million judgment on behalf of a public company client in a fraud action against its former Chief Executive Officer.
• Obtained an eight-figure settlement on behalf of an owner of 157 acres of land in Carson, CA in an environmental case against ARCO, Shell Oil Company, UNOCAL, Shell Chemical Company, among others.
• As part of a team of lawyers, Mr. Phan helped to obtain the release of former nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee. Lee, a U.S. citizen born in Taiwan, was accused of spying for China and charged with 59 counts of mishandling classified information.
• Mr. Phan has successfully defended numerous publicly traded companies in complex commercial arbitrations involving allegations of breach of contract.

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• Represented a whistleblower employed in the nuclear industry in a high-stakes matter before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The outcome, a significant win for her client, was widely publicized and discussed in the nuclear community nationwide. Ms. Borrelli leveraged the victory into a very favorable settlement for the client in a companion federal lawsuit. The complaint in the case is now used as a template in a popular treatise.
• Achieved a favorable settlement for a group of high-earning television producers of a popular TV program employed by a major network who contended they had not been paid appropriately for years.
• Successfully defended a labor leader sued for defamation over a film he made exposing mistreatment of immigrant workers, winning the case on the eve of handled, resulting in a further published decision in the case.
• Served as general counsel for a major labor union and its various regional councils and locals nationwide on legal matters around the country, including litigation in state and federal courts, charges before the NLRB, and labor grievance proceedings.
• Achieved significant victories as key member of a team handling over 50 coordinated products liability suits, in which the plaintiffs she assisted had been injured by a defective product.
• Defended major hedge fund and its general partners, in a suit in New York state court brought by over 40 former limited partner investors and “high net worth” individuals, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for breaches of contract and fiduciary duty, fraud, and purportedly unreasonable investments decisions made by hedge fund manager following collapse of the fund, ultimately obtaining a settlement very favorable for her clients.
• Lead attorney defending a publicly-traded company constituting the largest online network of content, entertainment, and community sites on the web, in a large-scale shareholder derivative suit spearheaded by the Company’s ousted former CEO, which challenged among other things the propriety of a financing transaction entered into by the company.
• Advised global banking and investment firm as to whether it could be held liable for “employee raiding” and theft of trade secrets for hiring top executives and key employees of a major competitor.
• Represented Fortune 500 Company in case of actuarial malpractice and fraud against benefits advisor for providing erroneous advice and making false representations in connection with ERISA employee benefits plans that were acquired in a merger.
• Key member of team which successfully defended major publicly-traded Company constituting global leader in broadband internet products in a high-stakes, high-profile patent case, in which a competitor accused the Company of infringing its core modem technology; a favorable settlement was negotiated for the Company on the eve of trial.
• Part of a team that represented institution which was chief inventor and owner of comprehensive patents in the field of recombinant DNA technology in breach of contract and fiduciary duty suit against its collaborator and licensee, for concealing millions of dollars of royalties owed for genetically-engineered pharmaceutical products.
• Represented a Fortune 500 toy manufacturer in ongoing IP litigation matters to enforce and defend its extensive portfolio of copyrights and trademarks.

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