With his career settlements and verdicts exceeding $625 million to date, Graham B. LippSmith has won a wide variety of cases in his first ten years of practice. From class actions to single plaintiff cases, Graham will take on the most powerful companies for his individual and business clients.
SAMPLING OF VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS
- Settlement, $548,734,348—nationwide class action on behalf of 12.5 million Farmers Exchange insureds who were charged excessive management fees
- Settlement, $17,040,000—aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and fraud class action in a Ponzi scheme
- Jury Verdict, $12,564,600—childhood sexual abuse by foster home
- Settlement, $6,000,000—childhood sexual abuse by foster home
- Settlement, $5,000,000—breach of attorney fee agreement
- Settlement, $4,250,000—childhood sexual abuse by foster home
- Jury Verdict, $3,531,200—childhood sexual abuse by foster home
- Settlement, $3,500,000—patent infringement
- Settlement, $3,100,000—breach of contract
- Settlement, $3,000,000—breach of contract/bad faith
- Settlement, $2,500,000—auto v. pedestrian
- Settlement, $1,500,000—patent infringement
- Settlement, $1,400,000—government van v. auto
- Settlement, $1,250,000—patent infringement
- Jury Verdict, $1,100,000—trademark infringement/Lanham Act violation
- Settlement, $1,050,000—pool defect/drowning
- Arbitration Award, $1,027,648—defamation and breach of contract
- Settlement, $750,000—copyright infringement
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Class Actions
- Intellectual Property
- Entertainment
- Business Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Insurance Bad Faith
BAR ADMISSIONS
- California
- Hawaii
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court District of Hawaii
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
EDUCATION
- Loyola Law School of Los Angeles
- Northwestern University
- Phillips Exeter Academy
CLASSES/SEMINARS
- CAALA New Lawyers Division Roundtable, Los Angeles, 2011
- Class Action Litigation Conference, Los Angeles, 2011
- Class Action Litigation Conference, Los Angeles, 2010
- Mastering the Deposition Workshop, Los Angeles, 2010
- Society of CPAs Economic Damages Section Meeting, Los Angeles, 2010
- Class Action Litigation Conference, Los Angeles, 2009
- Class Action Litigation Conference, San Francisco, 2009
- Mastering the Deposition Workshop, Los Angeles, 2009
- Class Action and UCL Conference, Costa Mesa, 2008
- Class Action and UCL Conference, Los Angeles, 2008
- State Bar Environmental Negotiations Competition Team Coach, Loyola Law School, 2006-Present
PUBLICATIONS
- Associate Editor, The Advocate, 2009
- "Qualified Immunity--Law Enforcement and Corrections' Officers Lethal Weapon Against Personal Injury and Civil Rights Claims for TASER Use", The Advocate, 2009
- "Top Ten Reasons Why You Could and Should Integrate Some Small Business Clients Into Your Practice,", The Advocate, 2006
- "A Constitutional Critique of Carnivore, Federal Law Enforcement's Newest Electronic Surveillance Strategy," 21 Loy. L.A. Ent. L. Rev. 481, 2001
HONORS AND AWARDS
- The Recorder and VerdictSearch, Number One on the "Top 10 Settlements For 2011"
- Daily Journal, "Top Twenty Under 40" at 31 years old
- Los Angeles Magazine, "Southern California Rising Star", 2004-Present
- California Lawyer magazine, "Attorney of the Year, Litigation", 2008
- Consumer Attorneys of California, "Consumer Lawyer of the Year" Finalist, 2008
- Consumer Attorneys of California "Consumer Lawyer of the Year" Finalist, 2007
- First Place Team, State Bar of California Student Environmental Negotiations Competition, 2002
- Chief Note & Comment Editor (2001-2002) and Staff (2000-2001), Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- American Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Consumer Attorneys of California
