Results
No matter what side we’re on—plaintiff or defense—we win:
February 2025: obtained summary judgment and full dismissal of claims on behalf of national music corporation in royalty rights dispute (Los Angeles County Superior Court).
January 2025: recovered over $2.7 million in seized funds in forfeiture proceedings against the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Missouri (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri).
December 2024: obtained $1 million catastrophic injury settlement (confidential).
December 2024: obtained dismissal on demurrer without leave to amend for data and technology company in lawsuit alleging breach of contract and fraud (Los Angeles County Superior Court).
November 2024: negotiated favorable settlement on behalf of multiple defendants in qui tam California False Claims Act suit brought by State Farm Insurance and numerous other insurers in complex first-impression lawsuit (Orange County Superior Court).
September 2024: obtained summary judgment for consulting firm in highly publicized lawsuit alleging sexual battery and emotional distress claims (Los Angeles County Superior Court).
August 2024: defeated bid to dismiss proposed class action lawsuit brought under California’s Automatic Renewal Law (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California).
August 2024: prevailed in restraining order proceeding involving rights to celebrity-involved social media accounts (San Luis Obispo County Superior Court).
August 2024: obtained dismissal of federal wire fraud, identity theft, and tax fraud charges against company founder in highly publicized birth tourism fraud prosecution, and also the dismissal of the company defendant (U.S. District Court for the Central District of California).
August 2024: obtained complete defense verdict for Mexico-based records production company in lawsuit over alleged unpaid commissions (Cal. Lab. Commission).
July 2024: obtained favorable six-figure settlement for global defense contracting firm in legal malpractice action (U.S. District Court for the Central District of California).
July 2024: obtained complete dismissal of federal illegal alien transportation charges (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California).
June 2024: obtained complete dismissal of criminal charges following entry of court order granting motion to vacate plea (Tulare County Superior Court).
June 2024: obtained favorable settlement for skin care company in fraud and overbilling lawsuit (San Francisco County Superior Court).
March 2024: obtained complete dismissal for tax advisory company in putative TCPA class action (U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado).
March 2024: obtained complete dismissal of all criminal charges brought against property developer for various alleged municipal code violations (Los Angeles County Superior Court).
January 2024: obtained high six-figure award following arbitration against insurer (tried before Judicate West panel).
January 2024: obtained $500,000 settlement in litigation over a catastrophic injury at a Los Angeles-based shopping mall (Los Angeles County Superior Court).
January 2024: obtained dismissal without leave to amend in a deceptive pricing class action alleging mislabeling of THC potency (Santa Clara County Superior Court).
December 2023: obtained six-figure settlement for global welding company in breach of contract dispute against international conglomerate (confidential).
September 2023: $1.8 million classwide settlement on behalf of 122 FBI Supervisory Investigative Specialists (U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C.).
September 2023: obtained high six-figure individual settlement on behalf of homeowners alleging exposure to benzene (Contra Costa County Superior Court).
August 2023: settled a putative TCPA class action after intensely-fought litigation. Secured favorable nuisance settlement on individual basis (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida).
August 2023: obtained dismissal in putative TCPA class action (U.S. District Court for the Central District of California).
July 2023: as plaintiff’s counsel, obtained court-approved consent judgment in Cal. Proposition 65 case involving toxic exposures to Cocamide DEA (Los Angeles County Superior Court).
May 2023: obtained reversal in the California Court of Appeal of negligence claims against a private contractor retained by the California Public Utilities Commission (“PUC”) to administer a PUC program for providing free telephone services to low-income households (Cal. Ct. App., 1st Dist.).
May 2023: obtained favorable nuisance value settlement for aviation company in Cal. Proposition 65 case alleging exposures to Diisononyl phthalate (Alameda County Superior Court).
March 2023: obtained civil judgment under California Penal Code section 496 for treble damages and attorneys’ fees against company that induced a fraudulent sale of a vessel (Orange County Superior Court).
January 2023: obtained more than $300,000 settlement for aggrieved employee in wrongful termination case (Los Angeles County Superior Court).
December 2022: settled a putative TCPA class action after intensely-fought litigation. Secured favorable settlement on individual basis (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois).
October 2022: obtained first (and only) court-approved consent judgment in Cal. Proposition 65 case involving toxic exposures to Phenazopyridine Hydrochloride (Los Angeles County Superior Court).
June 2022: obtained $15 million settlement, as plaintiff’s counsel, in TCPA class action (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida).
June 2022: on the eve of trial, obtained high six-figure settlement on behalf of minority shareholder in intensely-fought derivative claims litigation (Los Angeles County Superior Court).
June 2022: obtained summary judgment for California-based telecommunications company in federal qui tam employment case (U.S. District Court for the Central District of California).
February 2022: obtained six-figure verdict on behalf of a global sourcing, supply chain, and logistics company in a fraud and breach of contract trial (U.S. District Court for the Central District of California).
September 2021: successfully dismissed an appeal from an order denying a motion for $273,484.56 in attorneys’ fees under Cal. Civil Code section 3426.4 (providing for attorneys’ fees for the bad faith prosecution of a trade secret misappropriation claim) (Cal. Ct. App., 2nd Dist.).
July 2021: defeated class certification for a company accused of violating the federal RICO statute (18 U.S.C. §§ 1961–1968) in the highly publicized Outlaw Laboratory litigation (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California).
April 2021: successfully reversed a judgment of dismissal in a case that alleged a muscle building compound contains a chemical known to cause cancer (Androstenedione) without the warning required by Cal. Proposition 65 appearing on the packaging (Cal. Ct. App., 2nd Dist.).
December 2019: prevailed in complex appeal involving the misapplication of California Probate Code section 6402.5, a statute that provides the circumstances under which the portion of the decedent’s estate attributable to a decedent’s predeceased spouse may be distributed to certain relatives of the predeceased spouse (Cal. Ct. App., 2nd Dist.; handled by Mr. Cole prior to forming KJC Law Group, A.P.C.).
November 2018: complete defense verdict following month-long jury trial for major financial institution in multi-year breach of fiduciary duty litigation brought by foreign billionaires who sought $88 million (Los Angeles County Superior Court; handled by Mr. Cole prior to forming KJC Law Group, A.P.C.).
May 2018: award of $537 million and assets valued in excess of $1 billion in favor of a client on alter ego claims in a dispute involving a global family-owned energy company (Harris County, Texas District Court; handled by Mr. Cole prior to forming KJC Law Group, A.P.C.).