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Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite

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Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite - California

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What the Team is Known For

Bird Marella is a specialist litigation boutique that undertakes high-profile cases for clients in industries such as media and entertainment, technology and manufacturing. The team offers significant expertise in commercial matters, with strengths in disputes involving issues such as IP and antitrust. The law firm is particularly noted for its stable of talented trial lawyers, with in-depth experience of state and federal courts in California and nationwide.

Work Highlights

  • Bird Marella successfully defended JM Eagle in a qui tam litigation and a parallel class action with total damages claimed at over $1 billion.

Strengths

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The firm is stacked with experienced litigators.

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Not only are they proficient at general litigation, but also have knowledge in various specialty and niche practices.

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Bird Marella can do everything, whether its litigating, negotiating or motions. That's a big deal to me.

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They definitely approach issues from both a business and legal standpoint, which I can appreciate as in-house counsel.

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Notable Practitioners

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Ekwan E. Rhow
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Ekwan E. Rhow
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Band 1
Ekwan Rhow is frequently engaged by large corporates, midsize businesses and individual clients to handle significant litigation work, with his expert trial skills considered a significant asset.

Ekwan has that rare balance of business and legal acumen, he is willing to look at issues from all angles and strategies.

He is one of the top trial lawyers in the western United States.

There's nothing he can't do.

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Mark T. Drooks
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Mark T. Drooks
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Mark Drooks offers specialist knowledge in the field of legal malpractice in addition to experience in varied commercial disputes.

He is calm, measured, smart, strategic, savvy and insightful.

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Paul S Chan
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Paul S Chan
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Paul Chan is the managing partner of Bird Marella. He has over 25 years of experience defending large corporate clients on a wide variety of commercial disputes, including class actions, securities and intellectual property litigation. He is often engaged by clients for representation both in California and across the United States.

He provides a very high level of strategic, practical advice. He is constantly thinking two or three steps ahead.

He has exceptional judgment and great analytical skills.

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Timothy B Yoo
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Timothy B Yoo
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Up and Coming

Timothy Yoo specializes in IP litigation and commercial disputes in the technology sector. He is co-chair of the firm's Korea practice group.

He is an excellent litigator, is very smart and has good judgment.

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Ekwan E. Rhow
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Mark T. Drooks
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Mark T. Drooks
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Paul S Chan
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Paul S Chan
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Timothy B Yoo
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Timothy B Yoo
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