David A. Robinson

David A. Robinson's representative defense victories include multiple judgments for a corporate hospital conglomerate wrongfully accused of orchestrating a false arrest, libel, and other purported acts of intentional wrongdoing; a unanimous jury verdict in favor of an NYSE-traded silicon chip manufacturer in a multi-million dollar products liability action; a jury verdict exonerating a law firm sued for alleged suppression of free speech rights; a judgment rejecting breach of contract, unfair competition, and other tort claims against an association of emergency room physicians; a defense arbitration award following a 43-day evidentiary hearing, dismissing claims of accounting manipulation and fraud against sellers of vertically-aligned manufacturing businesses; a judgment exonerating an entertainment industry client of fraud, conversion, and unfair business practice charges; a judgment exonerating a nationwide manufacturer of freight trailers in a multi-party wrongful death/products liability action; the dismissal of numerous misrepresentation and breach of warranty claims against sellers of various hotel, shopping center, and apartment properties; numerous defense judgments against executive wrongful discharge claims; a defense judgment following a four-part trial involving embezzlement through a “Ponzi” scheme of hundreds of millions of dollars spread across dozens of sham entities and offshore accounts; and multiple judgments invalidating competitor trademarks. David’s representative plaintiff victories include multiple judgments quieting title and expunging competing ownership claims to commercial, retail and residential property in both California and Colorado; a jury verdict against a real estate attorney for fraud and malpractice; a judgment validating millions of dollars’ worth of disputed preferred corporate stock; a judgment extinguishing disputed easement/right-of-way claims across beach front property; a judgment for fraud and breach of warranties against the seller of an interstate freight shipping business; a judgment for fraud against preserving trade secret information belonging to several ECG clients; the seller of a franchised hotel property near Disneyland; multiple judgments and permanent injunctions enforcing the rights of corporate shareholders, directors, and elected governmental officials and to inspect documents, compel special elections and force the resignation of senior corporate managers; a settlement, reached mid-way through trial, awarding the client 100% of a disputed multi-million dollar California lottery prize; a stipulated judgment, entered after the commencement of trial, reforming and enforcing an NYSE commercial lender’s recorded security interest in a complex of commercial properties; a settlement awarding the client exclusive title to multiple patents issued in the United States and China; and a settlement establishing a shipyard’s right to a 35-year sublease extension. David also has extensive experience successfully representing clients in prosecuting and defending shareholder derivative actions, particularly those involving shareholder voting rights, stock buyouts, mergers, acquisitions, corporate control issues, and the appointment of provisional corporate directors.