James Patrick Clark

James Patrick Clark represents clients in Los Angeles, California across the following areas of law. Each area links to other verified attorneys with the same focus.

• Appellate

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• Class Action

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• Criminal Defense

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• Entertainment

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• General

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• Government

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• IP

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• Litigation

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• Trusts

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• White Collar

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• AV Preeminent

• of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. For each of the last four years, he has been named by Chambers USA as one of Leading Lawyers in California in the Litigation: General Commercial category. Mr

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• · Defended General Electric Commercial Finance through a multi-week, eight-figure fraud and conspiracy trial in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California

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• · Serves as lead trial counsel for KPMG LLP in numerous alleged tax shelter/fraud actions currently pending in California and Nevada, all of which have been, or will be, set for trial in 2009 or 2010

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• · Successfully defended one of Los Angeles' largest law firms in a seven-week judicial arbitration (in which approximately $50 million dollars in damages was sought)

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• · Served as the senior litigation partner representing the Janus Capital Group in the mutual fund industry investigation, involving investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Attorney General's Office, the Colorado Attorney Gen

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• · Served as lead counsel for Hilton Hotels in the 4.5 million class member "Energy Surcharge Litigation"

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• · Served as lead counsel for the lead defendant in five consolidated "Section 17200" nation-wide class actions in California state courts for the home mortgage industry ("California Foreclosure Industry class actions")

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• · Obtained a jury verdict, after a three-week trial, in favor of actor Jack Klugman, in the first "celebrity palimony case" to be won at trial

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• · Served as lead trial and co-lead appellate counsel (along with the California Attorney General's Office) in California Democratic Party, et al. v. Californians for an Open Primary, the defense of "Proposition 198," the California Open Primary Initiative

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• affirmed, 169 F.3d 646 Ninth Circuit 1998, reversed, 530 U.S. 567, 147 L. Ed. 2d 502, 120 S. Ct. 2402, (2000)

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• · Served as lead counsel for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. and United Artists in Garrison v. Warner Bros., a purported nation-wide class-action involving the net profit accounting practices of all of the major Hollywood studios

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• · Argued and obtained a favorable ruling for Artemis S.A. from the Ninth Circuit in 2008, reducing the Plaintiff's total recovery in the litigation referred to above to zero

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• · Argued and won a separate appeal involving a related claim against Artemis S.A. in the California Supreme Court in 2006. Mr. Clark is Co-Editor of the two-volume Desk Edition of von Kalinowski's Antitrust Laws and Trade Regulation, and currently serves

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• New York State Bar Association

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• What areas of law does James Patrick Clark practice?

  James Patrick Clark focuses on Appellate, Class Action, Criminal Defense, Entertainment, and General.

• Where is James Patrick Clark located?

  James Patrick Clark primarily serves clients in Los Angeles, California, with an office at 2029 Century Park East.

• How experienced is James Patrick Clark?

  James Patrick Clark has 52 years of legal practice, having been licensed since 1974.

• Is James Patrick Clark a verified attorney?

  James Patrick Clark's profile is listed but has not yet been claimed by the attorney. Verification status is pending.

• How can I schedule a consultation with James Patrick Clark?

  You can book a consultation through LawyersListed directly from this page. Initial outreach can also be made by phone at 424-483-5012.