Graham B. LippSmith
Graham B. LippSmith has won a wide variety of cases. From PI (personal injury) to IP (intellectual property), Graham will enthusiastically take on the most powerful Fortune 500 companies, insurance companies, manufacturers, financial institutions, employers and major Hollywood studios to achieve justice for his individual and business clients.
VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS
Settlement, $17,040,000 aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and fraud class action
Gonzales v. Lloyds TSB Bank
Verdict, $12,564,600 childhood sexual abuse by foster home
Jones/Lineberg/Price v. Masonic Homes of California
Settlement, $6,000,000 - childhood sexual abuse by foster home
Confidential
Settlement, $4,250,000 - childhood sexual abuse by foster home
Confidential
Verdict, $3,531,200 childhood sexual abuse by foster home
Deutsch/McDermott v. Masonic Homes of California
Settlement, $1,050,000 pool defect/drowning
Alejandre v. Harding
Arbitration Award, $1,027,648 defamation and breach of contract
Schmidt v. Credit Suisse First Boston Corp
Settlement, $3,000,000 breach of contract/bad faith
Threshold Entertainment, Inc. v. Gulf Ins. Co.
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury
- Business Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Entertainment
- Insurance Bad Faith
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
- J.D. - 2002
- Northwestern University
- B.A. - 1999
- Phillips Exeter Academy
Published Works
- "Qualified Immunity--Law Enforcement and Corrections' Officers Lethal Weapon Against Personal Injury and Civil Rights Claims for TASER Use", The Advocate, 2009
- Associate Editor, The Advocate, 2009
- "Top Ten Reasons Why You Could and Should Integrate Some Small Business Clients Into Your Practice,", The Advocate, March, 2006
- "A Constitutional Critique of Carnivore, Federal Law Enforcement's Newest Electronic Surveillance Strategy,", 21 Loy. L.A. Ent. L. Rev. 481, 2001
Classes/Seminars
- Speaker "Class Action Litigation Conference", Los Angeles, 2009
- Speaker "Class Action and UCL Conference", Costa Mesa, 2008
- Speaker, "Class Action and UCL Conference,", UCLA, 2008
- Coach, State Bar Environmental Negotiations Competition Team, Loyola Law School
Honors and Awards
- Consumer Attorneys of California, "Consumer Lawyer of the Year" Finalist, 2008
- California Lawyer magazine, "Attorney of the Year, Litigation", 2008
- Daily Journal, "Top Twenty Under 40" at 31 years old
- Consumer Attorneys of California "Consumer Lawyer of the Year" Finalist, 2007
- Los Angeles Magazine, "Southern California Rising Star", 2004 - Present
- First Place Team, State Bar of California Student Environmental Negotiations Competition, 2002
- Editor and Staff, Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review, 2000 - 2002
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- American Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Consumer Attorneys of California
