Case Successes

Aug 25, 2018 Case Successes

BKLW wins record $280 million settlement in False Claims Act case

Through a negotiated settlement and a court order, whistleblower Beverly Brown has received a total relator share award of more than $78 million for her efforts in obtaining a $280 million False Claims Act settlement against...

Aug 24, 2018 Case Successes

BKLW settles claims against client for less than one percent of damages claimed

Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP recently settled all claims asserted against its client, J. Wayne Allen, in a long-running legal malpractice, fraud, and RICO case pending in the Orange County Superior Court.  The...

Aug 02, 2018 Case Successes

Ninth Circuit publishes opinion reversing conviction of BKLW partner’s client in criminal immigration case

The Ninth Circuit published a decision in favor of Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP Partner Whitney Z. Bernstein‘s client, reversing his federal conviction for illegally re-entering the United States after...

Jun 01, 2017 Case Successes

BKLW settles billion-dollar claims alleged against family members of investment adviser involved in Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme

Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP Partner Steven J. Katzman secured a global settlement agreement resolving all claims filed against the family members of Stanley Chais (“Chais”), an investment adviser who established...

May 31, 2016 Case Successes

California federal court affirms BKLW’s settlement providing $10 million claim for the FDIC-R

A federal district judge in Santa Ana, California affirmed the rulings of a bankruptcy court allowing the full amount of the $10 million claim of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, acting as Receiver for American...

Jun 30, 2015 Case Successes

BKLW scores a victory for James Harden by securing walkaway settlement in assault and battery case

Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP partners Thomas H. Bienert, Jr. and Tony Bisconti secured a complete victory in the lawsuit filed against their client, NBA All-Star James Harden, by a man claiming to have been...

Jun 16, 2015 Case Successes

BKLW obtains dismissal of five involuntary bankruptcy cases commenced against client’s companies

Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP attorneys Steven J. Katzman and Tony Bisconti secured a dismissal of five involuntary bankruptcy cases that had been commenced against their client’s companies.  BKLW represented David...

Jan 30, 2015 Case Successes

Michigan federal court grants BKLW’s motion to strike key defenses alleged against the FDIC-R

A federal district judge in Detroit, Michigan granted Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP’s motion to strike and struck several key affirmative defenses alleged against BKLW’s client, the Federal Deposit...

Sep 09, 2014 Case Successes

BKLW obtains dismissal of civil contempt proceedings seeking a sanction against client in excess of $40 million

Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP attorneys Thomas J. Bienert, Jr. and Tony Bisconti secured a dismissal of contempt proceedings initiated against their client Edwin Hunter (“Hunter”), the trusts and estate attorney...