• The sellers of the Lässig Group on the sale of all shares in Lässig Holding to the private equity company Arcus Capital
• The sellers of Arges on the sale to Novanta

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John participates in the negotiation and documentation of International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreements as well as collateral agreements. He also assists insurance companies, hedge funds and other clients in the documentation of structured finance transactions and synthetic investments using derivatives.

In addition, John is a member of the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

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• Represented private equity sponsors and their medical practice management organization portfolio companies in acquisition financings, leveraged dividend recapitalizations and refinancings ranging from $11 million to more than $250 million
• Represented a public company in a call spread option hedge transaction in connection with a convertible notes issuance

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Tim’s practice includes:

• Advising on design and drafting of estate planning documents, including wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts (including charitable trusts), family limited partnerships, shareholder agreements, and intra-family sale agreements
• Pre-liquidity event tax planning, including leveraged sales of interests in private companies to dynasty trusts, transfers to grantor retained annuity trusts, and pre- and post-sale charitable planning
• Advising on investment diversification, asset protection, and corporate and family governance issues, including the reorganization of private companies to improve the tax efficiency of those organizations
• Counseling on the formation and administration of a variety of tax-exempt and charitable entities
• Transfer situs of trusts to more favorable jurisdictions to take advantage of tax efficiencies and modernized trust laws, and advise clients with respect to state fiduciary income tax issues
• Structuring and implementing judicial and non-judicial modifications of irrevocable trusts
• Advising on the structuring and formation of private trust companies in various jurisdictions
• Preparing and reviewing estate and gift tax returns, including complex reporting and valuation issues, and negotiate settlements with the IRS on audited estate and gift tax returns
• Advising on litigation disputes between trustees and beneficiaries and in contested trust and tax matters, and consult with fiduciaries in probate and trust administration

Tim is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC”), and Tim frequently writes and speaks on a variety of tax and estate planning subjects.

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• Planned giving committee member, Ravinia Festival
• School board and finance committee member, Saints Faith, Hope & Charity Parish

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Gary works particularly closely with the following:

• Investor-owned and nonprofit health care systems
• Large multi-specialty and single-specialty physician organizations
• Ambulatory surgery centers
• Radiation therapy centers
• Dialysis facilities
• Diagnostic imaging centers
• Medical supply vendors
• Third-party payors, including accountable care organizations (ACOs), coordinated care organizations (CCOs), health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and preferred provider organizations (PPOs)

Gary advises clients on the structuring and development of hospital-affiliated physician organizations, including medical foundations, co-management arrangements, ancillary joint ventures, purchases and sales involving outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy. He also counsels management service organizations, practice management companies, integrated provider networks and related coordinated care arrangements.

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• Served as lead transaction counsel in connection with the acquisition of three radiation therapy centers for $20 million
• Served as lead transaction counsel in representing a for-profit dialysis provider in its development of eight dialysis center joint ventures with physicians

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• America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
• The Ambulatory M&A Advisor, Top Healthcare Transactions Lawyers, Leading Lawyer, 2017
• Legal Media Group, Guide to the Leading US Healthcare Lawyers
• Southern California Super Lawyer, 2009, and 2012 to 2022
• Top Rated Lawyers in Health Care, 2013 to 2015
• Nightingale’s Healthcare News, named one of 10 Outstanding Hospital Lawyers, 2009
• Corporate Intl Magazine, Global Award recipient of Healthcare Law – Attorney of the Year in California, 2014 to 2015

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Jon also represents companies and individuals in connection with civil and criminal government investigations, including investigations by the US Department of Justice, the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and local law enforcement agencies.

Jon previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable A. Andrew Hauk, Senior Judge and Chief Judge Emeritus, of the US District Court for the Central District of California. He also previously worked for the Honorable Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong of the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Jon currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the USC Gould School of Law. He teaches a course on appellate and courtroom advocacy.

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• Trial counsel for the defendant in connection with a trade secret misappropriation action that was successfully compelled to arbitration; on the day before trial, the plaintiff capitulated and the matter was successfully resolved for the Firm’s client (US District Court for the Northern District of California, US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, JAMS Arbitration (2019-2022))
• Trial counsel and lead appellate counsel for the defendant, a leading maker of office headsets, in a $600 million+ antitrust action between direct competitors; the jury deliberated for barely an hour before returning a complete defense verdict in favor of his client (US District Court for the District of Delaware (2017); Third Circuit Court of Appeals (2018-2019); US District Court for the District of Delaware (2019-2020))
• Trial counsel for the defendant, a smartphone manufacturer, in a patent infringement action involving wireless mobile phone technology and network infrastructure patents in which the court found four out of the five patents-in-suit invalid or not infringed on summary judgment; the matter proceeded to trial on the remaining patent and after less than a day of deliberations the jury returned a complete defense verdict in favor of the Firm’s client (US District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2015-2016))
• Trial counsel for plaintiff, a manufacturer of application delivery controllers, in a highly contentious patent infringement action between direct competitors; after a trial lasting nearly a month, the jury found in favor of the Firm’s client, rejected defendant’s claims of invalidity and found the defendant liable for willful infringement; an injunction was entered against the defendant (US District Court for the Northern District of California (2015-2016))
• Trial counsel for a fabless chip designer in a trade secret misappropriation, patent inventorship, trademark and breach of contract action involving dual in-line memory modules; after less than two days of deliberations, the jury returned a complete defense verdict in favor of the Firm’s client on all eight trade secret claims, the two breach of contract claims and the patent inventorship claim, and awarded plaintiff a mere $2 in nominal damages on the two trademark claims (US District Court for the Northern District of California (2015))
• Trial counsel for a smartphone manufacturer in a patent infringement action involving wireless mobile phone technology; after deliberating for less than four hours, the jury returned a complete defense verdict in favor of the Firm’s client on both patent infringement and invalidity (US District Court for the Middle District of Florida (2014))
• Trial counsel on behalf of a smartphone manufacturer in a patent infringement action filed by a Mauritian non-practicing entity that claimed to have lawful ownership of the patents-in-suit through a trust set up by a major Taiwanese technology company; the Firm’s client contended that all of the patents-in-suit were not infringed and that the plaintiff had no standing to proceed with the lawsuit under US and Taiwanese trust laws; during the third week of trial, just before closing arguments, the plaintiff dismissed the case in its entirety and the matter was successfully resolved for the Firm’s client (US District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2012-2013))
• Trial counsel for a major automotive parts distributor in connection with a felony criminal complaint asserting alleged willful violations of OSHA regulations; after a preliminary hearing spanning multiple weeks, which included testimony from nearly a dozen fact and expert witnesses, all criminal charges against the Firm’s client were dismissed in their entirety in what was the first known court-ordered dismissal of criminal OSHA charges at the preliminary hearing stage by a judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court (California Superior Court, Los Angeles County (2012))
• Trial counsel for a major hospital system in a qui tam action involving 19 separate allegations of Medicare fraud and abuse, as well as claims of unlawful retaliation; shortly before trial, the matter was resolved with the dismissal of all claims and a confidential settlement solely related to the non-fraud based retaliation claims (US District Court for the District of Idaho (2010-2011))
• Trial counsel for a major marketing and distribution company in a successfully decertified class action case involving allegations of consumer fraud and violations of the California labor code; in the third week of trial, during Jon’s cross-examination of one of the lead plaintiffs, the 15 named plaintiffs dismissed their case in its entirety and received no award of damages (California Superior Court, Riverside County (2009))
• Trial counsel for the co-founder of a NASDAQ-traded broadband communications company on matters filed in federal and state courts involving alleged misdated stock options; after years of litigation in connection with the largest restatement issued to date relating to misdated options, Jon helped secure the historic dismissal of federal criminal charges (immediately after his client testified in a related criminal trial), the subsequent dismissal of a related SEC action and the successful resolution of related class action and shareholder derivative matters (US District Court for the Central District of California (2006-2011))
• Trial counsel on behalf of a NASDAQ company on a high-profile matter involving alleged breaches of founding partnership agreements and related employment contracts; after a trial lasting more than two months, the jury returned a complete defense verdict in favor of his client (California Superior Court, Los Angeles County (2000))

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• Winner of U.C. Berkeley’s James Patterson McBaine Moot Court Competition (former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia presiding), 1996

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