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Douglas Sullivan is a partner who works out of FLK's San Francisco and Los Angeles Offices and who specializes in complex commercial litigation, including mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, entertainment, partnership disputes and dissolutions, construction, real estate, environmental, insurance and securities litigation.
Mr. Sullivan has significant trial experience in state and federal courts, having acted as lead counsel in approximately 15 trials.
Representative Matters
Represented companies in the telecommunications, computer, wood products and healthcare industries in connection with failed mergers and acquisitions, including: NorthPoint Communications Group, Inc. v. Verizon Communications, Inc. (San Francisco County Superior Court, 2002), in which our client recovered $175 million as part of a settlement; Coram Healthcare Corp. v. Caremark Int'l (San Francisco County Superior Court, 1997), in which our client recovered $165 million of the $310 million purchase price.
Represented companies in connection with intellectual property disputes, including: Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. v. Calix Networks, Inc. (District Court, Travis County, Texas, 2001), in which we obtained a defense verdict for Calix following a court trial in connection with alleged misappropriation of trade secrets by former employees; Alcatel v. Calix Networks, Inc. (Sonoma County Superior Court, 2001), in which Calix successfully defended against claims that approximately 40 former Alcatel employees misappropriated trade secrets in developing a competing telecommunications product; Phase Metrics v. Magnetic Recording Solutions, Inc. (U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal., 2000), in which our client, Phase Metrics, obtained a two year injunction preventing former employees and their new company from competing against Phase Metrics; Liquid Environmental Solutions of Texas v. U.S. Oil Recovery (Harris County, Texas, 2003), in which our client successfully pursued claims of misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of confidentiality agreements against former employees and their new company.
Represented law firms and lawyers in connection with firm break ups, lawyer departures and malpractice claims, including a two month trial in Hirsch Wallerstein, et al. v. Jackoway, Tyerman (Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2006), in which we obtained a decision in favor of entertainment lawyers who were sued by their former partners for more than $15 million.
Represented companies in real estate, construction and engineering disputes, including: Forest City v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America (Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1995), in which our client, Prudential, obtained a jury verdict following a three month trial of claims brought by Forest City in excess of $50 million for a failed real estate development stemming from environmental contamination; represented nationwide contractors, engineers and owners in connection with construction and engineering defects in commercial complexes, office buildings, power plants, manufacturing facilities, broadcast facilities, housing developments, and hotels.
Represented companies in pursuing and defending cost recovery actions related to environmental contamination, including United Airlines, Prudential Financial, Louisiana Pacific Corporation, The Deutsch Company, and others.
Represented companies in pursuing insurance coverage in connection with environmental, securities, errors and omissions, asbestos, and construction disputes, including: Deutsch Company v. Chubb (Los Angeles County Superior Court, 1993), in which our client obtained a jury verdict for bad faith against the insurance carrier relating to environmental coverage; Louisiana Pacific Corporation v. Hartford (Sacramento County Superior Court, 1998), in which our client successfully recovered millions of dollars of insurance coverage related to environmental claims; Advanced Fibre Communications v. National Union Fire Insurance (American Arbitration Association, 2004), in which our client, AFC, obtained a multi million dollar award for coverage for securities claims, including attorney's fees for bad faith; Per Se Technologies v. Underwriters at Lloyd's of London (Los Angeles County Superior Court, 2004), in which our client successfully pursued a multi million dollar recovery for errors and omissions related to medical billing and collection in the healthcare industry.
Publications
Author, "Techniques of Alternative Dispute Resolution," Contractor's Handbook of Business and Law, 1992.
Presentations
Lecturer, "Engineering Professional Responsibility," Stanford University Civil Engineering Department, 1996-1999, 2005-2006.
Lecturer, "Minimizing Liability of Construction Lenders," San Francisco Bar Association program, June, 1987.
Lecturer, "The Mechanics of Arbitration," California State Bar Association, 1989.
Panelist, "Ethics in Environmental Law," University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1985.
Education
University of Virginia, School of Law (J.D., 1979).
Indiana University (B.A. with distinction, 1975, Phi Beta Kappa).
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