Highlights from over 20 years of experience.

After working with lead attorney Steven Thomas of the Los Angeles office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP for more than a year, The Focal Point played a major role in the verdict against accounting firm BDO Seidman in a gross negligence case brought by Portuguese bank Banco Espirito Santo. The jury awarded over $533 million to Banco Espirito—$170 million in compensation and $351.7 million in punitive damages.

A California jury and judge collectively awarded a $210 million judgment to Plaintiffs in this successful first-time class action suit for unpaid overtime.

After The Focal Point's clients prevailed in the first phase of trial, CalTrans agreed to settle for approximately 15 times more than it had originally offered.

A San Diego judge awarded Starbucks baristas over $100 million in a California class action suit against the retail coffee chain.

Several animations were used to show how and why a "false work" structure at a Fresno construction site collapsed and ultimately killed a worker at the site.

This is a securities fraud class action that included all persons who purchased Motorola common stock and five classes of registered Motorola debt securities during the period February 3, 2000, through May 14, 2001. Motorola agreed to pay $190 million to the Class (represented by The Focal Point's client).

The Focal Point's clients were awarded $22.5 million, believed to be the largest verdict ever in a case involving the Federal Fair Housing Act.

The Focal Point helped the County of Alameda avoid up to $30 million in damages when the Redwood Christian School claimed the County had violated the First Amendment by not allowing the multi-denominational Christian school to build a new campus in Castro Valley for 650 junior and senior high school students.

Residential Warranty Corp. was awarded $1,164,880 in damages for intentional misrepresentation, false promise, and concealment on the part of the Defendants who applied for a home warranty to cover vast construction defects on a home built by its company.

A Chicago jury found James Koenig, former CFO of Waste Management, Inc., liable for falsifying accounts while engaging in "massive financial fraud" totaling $1.7 billion between 1992 and 1997.

A Detroit jury found Ranko “Ron” Cucuz and William Shovers (former CEO and CFO, respectively, of Hayes Lemmerz, the world’s largest producer of steel and aluminum wheels) liable for securities fraud for falsifying accounts and failing to report approximately $18 million in expenses to inflate earnings.

The Focal Point was instrumental in securing a $53 million Plaintiff verdict—the largest in Nevada—resulting from a liquid propane tank explosion which killed a child and severely injured her family members.

The jury deliberated for less than an hour and The Focal Point's client was unanimously awarded $25 million in damages for several hundred visitors at the Reno-Hilton hotel who were exposed to a virus transmitted through food and beverages.

Blue Shield of California won an important victory after a 4-week jury trial in Southern California. The Plaintiff, a 40-year-old mother of two, accused Blue Shield of breach of contract and insurance bad faith related to her HMO coverage. In a clear defense verdict, the jury awarded the Plaintiff a mere $65.