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Theodore J. Pintar received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1984 where he studied Political Economies of Industrial Societies. Mr. Pintar received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Utah College of Law in 1987 where he was Note and Comment Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Law and the Journal of Energy Law and Policy. Formerly, Mr. Pintar was associated with the firm of McKenna Conner & Cuneo in Los Angeles, California, where he focused in commercial and government contracts defense litigation. Mr. Pintar is co-author of Assuring Corporate Compliance with Federal Contract Laws and Regulations, Corporate Criminal Liability Reporter, Vol. 2 (Spring 1988).
Mr. Pintar participated in the successful prosecution of numerous securities fraud class actions and derivative actions, including participation on the trial team in Knapp v. Gomez, No. 87-0067-H(M) (S.D. Cal.), which resulted in a plaintiff's verdict. Mr. Pintar also participated in the successful prosecution of numerous consumer class actions, including: (i) actions against major life insurance companies such as Manulife ($555 million settlement value) and Principal Life Insurance Company ($379 million settlement value); (ii) actions against major homeowners insurance companies such as Allstate ($50 million settlement) and Prudential Property and Casualty Co. ($7 million settlement); and (iii) an action against Columbia House ($55 million settlement value), a direct marketer of CDs and cassettes.
Most recently, Mr. Pintar was part of the litigation team in the AOL Time Warner state and federal court opt-out actions, which arose from the 2001 merger of American Online and Time Warner. These cases resulted in a global settlement of $618 million, entered into just weeks before the California state court trial was scheduled to begin.
Mr. Pintar is a member of the State Bar of California and the San Diego County Bar Association.
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