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ANDREW M. WHITE, in over 30 years as a trial lawyer, has won jury and non-jury trials in a wide array of complicated business disputes. The General Counsel of one Fortune 100 client has publicly endorsed Mr. White as "a trial lawyer who actually tries cases." Mr. White's trial skills and pre-trial strategies have won huge verdicts, as well as business-saving settlements, for some of America's most recognized companies and individuals. The late Johnnie Cochran, a former adversary in the courtroom, acknowledged Mr. White in a Daily Journal profile as "one of the few trial lawyers who can win big cases from both the plaintiff and defense sides of the counsel table."
Mr. White’s courtroom victories range from protecting TV networks and film studios against copyright and trademark claims to winning 8-figure jury verdicts for real estate developers and a motion picture CEO; from prosecuting claims over multi-million dollar entertainment contracts to defending large corporations against treble-damage antitrust claims. Mr. White’s trial-court victories in just the last five (5) years include the following:
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In defense of one
of America’s leading news organizations, Mr. White won the dismissal of
a high-profile defamation lawsuit by a famous televangelist who
challenged a national news broadcast highlighting the extreme wealth he
has amassed (2008);
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Mr. White secured the
dismissal of a purported class action against a national brokerage firm
challenging the firm’s online promotions; that dismissal, based on a
novel application of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act,
was affirmed on appeal (2006);
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Representing a
major motion picture studio and a national TV network, Mr. White won a
multi-week trial disputing the allocation of the billions of dollars
generated by one of the most successful situation comedies in the
history of TV syndication (2007);
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Mr. White won a
motion to dismiss a multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit brought by a
controversial reality TV show cast member, who objected to cable news
reports that questioned her professional credentials (2007);
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Mr. White won two
trials on behalf of the trustees of one of the largest private trusts
headquartered in Los Angeles, defeating multi-million dollar claims
brought by the trust’s main beneficiary (2004 and 2005);
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Defending one of
America’s most famous actors and his production company, Mr. White won a
motion to dismiss a highly publicized employment discrimination claim
(2007);
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Mr. White defeated
novel theories of copyright infringement to win the dismissal of all
claims against two leading TV production companies, based on their
creation and production of a popular primetime television series (2006);
- Representing two major motion picture studios, along with an Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter, Mr. White secured the dismissal of both copyright and state-law claims over one of 2002’s most highly-regarded films (2005).
A number of Mr. White's trial court victories have been confirmed in
important appellate decisions, dating from 1982 through 2008. The legal
precedents that Mr. White has forged cover a wide range of
frequently-cited appellate decisions, including the following:
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Surfvivor Media v.
Survivor Productions,
406 F.3d 625 (9th Cir. 2005) (trademark - "reverse confusion")
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Sullivan v. CBS Corp.,
385 F.3d 772 (7th Cir. 2004) (trademark)
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CBS Broadcasting,
Inc. v. California Dept.of Soc. Serv., 91 Cal. App. 4th 892,110 Cal. Rptr. 889 (2001) (news
reporter access)
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Wilson v. Eu,
1 Cal. 4th 707, 4 Cal. Rptr. 2d 379 (1992) (election redistricting)
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Aisenson v. American
Broadcasting Co., Inc., 220 Cal. App. 3d 146, 269 Cal. Rptr. 379 (1990) (defamation and
privacy)
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Fine v. Barry &
Enright Productions,
731 F.2d 1394 (9th Cir. 1984) (antitrust)
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Worldvision
Enterprises, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Cos., Inc., 142 Cal. App. 3d 589, 191 Cal. Rptr. 148 (1983)
(business torts)
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Partee v. San Diego
Chargers Football Co.,
34 Cal. 3d 378, 194 Cal. Rptr. 367 (1983) (U.S. Constitutional law -
"Commerce Clause")
- Stein v. United Artists Corp., 691 F.2d 885 (9th Cir. 1982) (antitrust)
In addition to teaching civil procedure as an adjunct instructor at Loyola Law School, Mr. White has been a guest lecturer on copyright and trademark law at his alma mater, Stanford Law School. Mr. White is a frequent speaker before bar groups and continuing legal education seminars, and he has also authored a number of articles regarding First Amendment, trademark, copyright, and other commercial litigation issues, including the following:
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"More Reverse
Confusion Claims Move Forward," The National Law Journal (October
2005);
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"TKO? 'The Contender'
vs. 'The Next Great Champ,'" The National Law Journal (October
2004);
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"Candid Camcorder:
Legal Restrictions on Use of Surreptitiously Recorded Videos," ABA
Entertainment and Sports Lawyer (Winter 1992);
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"In Defense of Poetic
License: Why Created Quotations Deserve Constitutional Protection,"
Los Angeles Lawyer (April 1990);
- "Work Product Issues for Corporate Counsel," ALI-ABA Seminar for Corporate Counsel (November 1988).
In recognition of his decades of service to his clients, to the community, and to the bench and bar, Mr. White is currently named as one of America's most outstanding trial lawyers in the following publications: Top 100 Power Lawyers (Hollywood Reporter); Top 100 Super Lawyers in Southern California (Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine); Leading Lawyers in America (Lawdragon 3000); America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers USA), and Best Lawyers in America (bestlawyers.com). Mr. White was also honored recently by the Century City Bar Association of Los Angeles as the “Litigator of the Year.”
Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Mr. White received his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School. Mr. White received his B.A. degree cum laude from Yale University, where he majored in psychology and English. Mr. White and his wife Elisa, a child psychiatrist and pediatrician, have five children and actively support a number of academic, community and philanthropic organizations.
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