KEVIN D. HUGHES


 Mr. Hughes is a trial lawyer with eighteen years of experience handling the complete range of business litigation, including breach of contract, fraud, real estate, corporate/partnership dissolution, trade secret misappropriation, copyright infringement, trademark and trade dress infringement, commercial lease disputes, product liability, entertainment disputes and employment matters.  His clients range from large, publicly held companies to emerging and mid-market businesses.

 He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1993, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Articles Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems.  He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1990 from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), graduating with honors.  Prior to joining Tisdale & Nicholson, Mr. Hughes was a litigator with Washington, D.C. –based Hogan & Hartson, and then in Los Angeles, with Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger.  He is licensed to practice law before all California state courts, the United States District Courts for the Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  He is a member of the California, District of Columbia and Maryland bars.

 Mr. Hughes has served as lead counsel in numerous trials and arbitrations, as well as appeals before the state and federal bench. 

  
 

     PARTNER

 

     EMail:   KHughes@T-NLaw.com

   

     Tel:  (310) 286-1260

     Fax:  (310) 286-2351

    

     2029 Century Park East, Suite 900

     Los Angeles, CA 90067

    

     PRACTICES

     Business Litigation

     Copyright Litigation

     Trademark Litigation

    

     EDUCATION

     Columbia Law School, 1993

     J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar

    

     University of Michigan, 1990

     B.A., with Honors

    

     ADMISSIONS

     California Bar

     Maryland Bar

     District of Columbia Bar

 

     PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

     Member,  L.A. Copyright Society

 

     Member, Executive Committee,

     Intellectual Property, Internet and

     New Media Section, Beverly Hills

     Bar Association

 

     PUBLICATIONS

 

" Screen Grabbing:  The marketplace, rather than the courthouse, may determine the ultimate winner in Web site infringement battles", Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, June 2010 (with David E. Rosen).  Click here to view article

 

     (Article reprinted in Spring 2010 ABA

      Intellectual Property Newsletter and

      October 2010 Computer & Internet

      Lawyer)

 

     SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

     Beverly Hills Bar Association, "Website

     Wars: IP Strategies to Protect Website

     'Look and Feel'", September 23, 2010

     (Moderator and Principal Speaker).

 

     CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

     President, Cheviot Hills Homeowners

     Association, 2005 - 2010

 

     West L.A. Community Plan Task

     Force, 2007 - 2008

 

     Coordinator, Century City Community

     Benefit Fund Advisory Board,

     2008 - 2009

Mr. Hughes brings to his practice a measure of experience as an author, having written a novel and six screenplays.

Representative Matters:

  • Obtained prejudgment attachment of $16 million in assets of regional bank on behalf of significant shareholder.  Attachment order was granted on emergency basis, just one day after motion was filed.

  • Brought in as new trial counsel six weeks before C.D. California jury trial to defend interactive media company in patent and trade secret litigation.  Secured patent ownership and settlement of trade secret claims.

  • Obtained substantial fraud, product liability and punitive damages verdict after month-long jury trial on behalf of veterinary penicillin manufacturer against the nation’s third-largest seller of microbiological supplies. 

  • Won Ninth Circuit reversal of lower court ruling that Marin County owned copyright in client’s widely-used government records retention schedules as a work-made-for-hire.                         Click here to view opinion.

  • Won summary judgment on behalf of shopping center owner in defense of billiards hall premises liability claim.

  • Obtained injunction against use of trade secrets, and attorney's fees award, on behalf of regional laser treatment chain.

  • Successful defense of writ of attachment proceeding brought by "Biggest Loser" reality show fitness guru and television production company against home entertainment company client.  Settled accounting and profit-sharing claims after two-week arbitration.

  • Successful copyright and trade dress suit on behalf of owner of website for popular online role-playing video game against competing site that had duplicated various creative elements as well as website's distinctive "look and feel".

  • Obtained Ninth Circuit ruling precluding prominent (but suspended) civil rights attorney from practice before C.D. California and obtained dismissal of underlying suit.

  • Represented telecom hardware re-seller in million-dollar embezzlement action against both its former bookkeeper and a national banking institution.  Recovered 92% of the stolen funds. 

  • Successfully defended Beverly Hills art dealer in an accounting dispute with co-venturer.  Lead counsel in three week bench trial. 

  •  Successful Labor Commission petition on behalf of nationally-syndicated radio morning show personality against his former manager. 

  •  Obtained favorable settlement for trendy Hollywood furniture boutique in unfair competition suit against co-owner. 

  • Obtained judgment (after bench trial) in favor of money transfer business against Latin American fraud syndicate.
     

  
 

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