Tisdale & Nicholson, LLP

2029 Century Park East, Suite 900

Los Angeles, California 90067

Telephone (310) 286-1260

Facsimile (310) 286-2351

KEVIN D. HUGHES

Mr. Hughes is a trial lawyer and business litigator with expertise in copyright, pharmaceutical industry disputes, and embezzlement recovery. His clients range from large, publicly held entertainment and pharmaceutical companies to biotech start-ups and midmarket 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 Chadbourne & Parke and 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, as well as appeals before the state and federal bench.

Mr. Hughes brings to his litigation practice a measure of creativity, having authored a novel, six feature-length screenplays and four TV sitcom scripts.

Representative Matters:

¨ 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.

¨ After a month-long jury trial in May 2007, obtained substantial verdict for fraud, product liability and punitive damages on behalf of veterinary penicillin manufacturer against the nation’s third-largest seller of microbiological supplies, for selling “sterile powder” that was in fact highly-contaminated without disclosing that the process used to sterilize the powder had never been tested.

¨ Obtained Ninth Circuit ruling barring a prominent civil rights attorney from practice before C.D. California and ultimately 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. Obtained emergency ex parte writ of attachment on multiple properties owned by bookkeeper, with no prior notice to bookkeeper that either the lawsuit or the writ application had been filed.

¨ Successfully defended Beverly Hills art dealer in an accounting dispute with co-venturer. 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.

Civic Organizations:

President, Cheviot Hills Homeowners Association, 2005-Present.

West L.A. Community Plan Task Force, 2007-Present

Coordinator, Century City Community Benefit Fund Advisory Board, 2008-Present

Publications:

"Avoid Bargains: Skimping on Bookkeeping Today Could Cost Thousands Down the Road",

Los Angeles Daily Journal (Extra), April 11, 2005.

"Road Warriors" L.A. Should Not Become a City of 'Disastrous, Short-Sighted Traffic Fixes',

Los Angeles Business Journal, Commentary, January 14, 2008 ,

Rebuttal by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

E-mail: KHughes@T-NLaw.com