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Roman Silberfeld
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
2049 Century Park East
Suite 3400
Los Angeles, CA 90067
310-552-0130 (firm)
310-229-5800 (fax)
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Experience

Trial and appellate experience in complex civil litigation including business and high technology matters, product liability, professional negligence and mass tort litigation, with particular emphasis upon multi-state, multi-party, and class action litigation.
Represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation.

Outside Experience

Court Appointed Positions

Lead counsel, In Re Chocolate Antitrust Litigation, MDL 1935, pending in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Lead Counsel in nationwide Gammagard blood products litigation (1996 - 2001). Litigation involved claims against a health care company for contaminated blood products resulting in the contraction of Hepatitis C.
Chair, plaintiff’s steering committee, California coordinated breast-implant litigation (1992-1997)
Chair, Diethylstilbestrol Litigation Group (1980-1996)
Lead Counsel, New York State Diethylstilbestrol Trials (1996)
Lead counsel in Los Angeles County Asbestos Litigation (1982 - 1992)

Selected Results*

Lead trial counsel representing Celador International, Ltd.in Celador International, Ltd. v. The Walt Disney Company, a dispute over profits from the highly successful television show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" A federal jury awarded Celador, the creator of the show, $270 million in damages after finding that Disney's subsidiaries, ABC Television, Buena Vista Television, and Valleycrest Productions had breached their profit sharing contract with Celador and their duty to deal fairly and in good faith with Celador. On September 27, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California awarded $50 million in prejudgment interest to Celador, bringing the total to $320 million in damages.
Lead counsel, In Re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation. Direct and indirect purchasers of chocolate products brought suit for price fixing conspiracy against 4 major chocolate makers.
DiMassa v. Medtronic AVE: Trade secret litigation concerning the Bonneau stent which was the platform for the AVE business. The case was in jury selection when it settled, employing a creative settlement model. The case was then arbitrated to a JAMS judge in San Francisco.
Counsel in a breach of contract and antitrust dispute between a medical device manufacturer and a start-up regarding a medical technology.
Roberts v. Best Buy: Represented Best Buy in a certified California class action involving overtime pay for managers.
Ride and Show v. MTS: Represented MTS, a manufacturer of amusement park rides. Ride and Show holds a patent for the control of the seat movements of a typical amusement park ride. The rides involved in the case were called "Men in Black" and "Cat in the Hat". After discovery and a Markman hearing, the court issued its claim construction which directly tracked our arguments. Obtained a dismissal with prejudice from the action, with no money paid.
Advanced Bionics v. Medtronic: An employment and trade secrets case that established the principle, in the California Supreme Court, that non-compete agreements are enforceable in California not withstanding a statutory bar on such agreements.
Lead defense counsel in a number of Best Buy matters. The cases range from deceptive trade practice claims to real estate disputes involving leased property.
Represents several patent holders of business method patents in litigation against the significant companies in the real estate industry.
Class Counsel, In Re Structured Settlement Litigation (2001-2004). Involved claims of negligence, fraud and breach of contract against banks and brokerage firms arising from annuities, structured settlements, and long-term payouts of settlement proceeds.
Holloway v. Best Buy: Representing Best Buy in a purported national class action alleging gender and race discrimination in hiring, pay and promotion.

* Past results are reported to provide the reader with an indication of the type of litigation in which we practice and does not and should not be construed to create an expectation of result in any other case as all cases are dependent upon their own unique fact situation and applicable law.

Recognition

Named a "Power Lawyer" by The Hollywood Reporter (2011)**
Selected as a "Winning Litigator," The National Law Journal (2011)**
Named one of the "California Attorneys of the Year" for Entertainment Law, California Lawyer (2011)**
"Excellence in Advocacy Award," Beverly Hills Bar Association (2011)**
Named one of the "Who's Who in L.A. Law," Los Angeles Business Journal (2010)**
Named one of the "Top 100 Lawyers in California," Los Angeles Daily Journal (2010, 2011)**
"Distinguished Alumnus Award," Loyola Law School (2010)
Named "Litigator of the Week," by The AmLaw Litigation Daily (July 8, 2010)**
Listed in "500 Leading Lawyers in America" Lawdragon (2010, 2011)**
Listed in "Who's Who Legal: California" for Products Liability (2007) **
Named a "500 Leading Lawyers in America Finalist," Lawdragon (2007)**
Named a “Southern California Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers Magazine (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008. 2009, 2010, 2011)**
"Trial Lawyer of the Year," Loyola Law School (1999)**

**Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.

Memberships

Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Civil Jury Instructions
Commission for Impartial Courts, Task Force on Judicial Selection and Retention Committee
American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Consumer Attorneys of California
International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fellow and Member of Board of Directors

Civic Associations

Public Counsel, Board Member, Officer, Past Chair
Friends of Fawnskin, Founder and Chair
San Bernardino National Forest Association, Board Member, Officer, Chair
Loyola Law School, Board of Overseers

Bar Admissions

Education

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D. (1974), Associate Editor of the Law Review
UCLA, with honors

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