Jeffrey H. Reeves
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Jeffrey H. Reeves
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T: (949) 451-3816
F: (949) 475-4658
Orange County Office
3161 Michelson Drive
Irvine, CA 92612-4412
USA
Jeffrey H. Reeves is Co-Partner-in-Charge in the Orange County office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm's Litigation, Securities, Media & Entertainment, and Class Action and Complex Litigation Practice Groups, handling complex commercial business disputes.
Hailing from Houston, Texas, he earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from Texas A&M University in 1988. Thereafter, he attended the University of Houston Law Center where in 1991 he graduated
cum laude
and served as Research Editor for the
Houston Law Review.
Since joining Gibson, Dunn in 1991, Mr. Reeves has handled all sorts of business litigation cases, including consumer and securities fraud class action cases, unfair competition, theft of trade secrets, auditing malpractice, accounting malpractice, Indian gaming, entertainment litigation and intellectual property matters. He has experience trying cases before juries in both federal and state courts involving a broad range of issues. Mr. Reeves is currently representing Grateful Dead Productions and a number of other rock and roll music icons as plaintiffs in federal court litigation asserting claims regarding the alleged unauthorized exploitation of artists' rights of publicity and other intellectual property rights.
Mr. Reeves is active in the community. He is a member of United Way's Tocqueville Society, serves on the Board of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Orange County, is President Emeritus of the Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County and secretary to the Board of the Orange County Youth Sports Foundation, which provides scholarships to deserving Orange County high school scholar athletes.
He is also active in a number of professional organizations. Mr. Reeves is past President of the Federal Bar Association of Orange County and is serving a three-year term on the Federal Bar Association's national Government Relations Committee in Washington D.C. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Orange County Chapter. Mr. Reeves serves on the firm's Diversity Committee.
Representative Cases
Grateful Dead Productions, Carlos Santana, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Raymond Manzarek, Robby Kreiger, John Densmore, et al. v. William E. Sagan, et al.
Representing plaintiff rock and roll industry artists in district court litigation under Lanham Act, Copyright Act, Anti-Bootlegging Act, asserting various intellectual property claims and claims related to artists' rights of publicity.
OnCure Medical Corp v. Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center.
Defending Mission Hospital against claims from tenant seeking to enjoin construction of new multi-million dollar medical tower in South Orange County designed to house state of the art linear accelerator, and bringing counter-claims for breaches of lease.
Simon v. Ashworth, Inc.
Defended company in consumer class action pending in the Central District of California alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Acts (FCRA) credit card receipt truncation requirements imposed by the enactment of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act. Successfully opposed class certification.
Cedar Fair v. Minntertainment Company arbitration.
Represented Cedar Fair in five-day arbitration against Respondent entities that control the Mall of America, after Respondents issued a termination notice purporting to terminate Cedar Fair as Manager of Camp Snoopy at the Mall. The judge ruled in Cedar Fair's favor, declaring it to be the prevailing party and awarding Cedar Fair a multimillion dollar termination fee, plus attorneys' fees and costs. Successfully defended award in appellate proceedings before both the Minnesota Court of Appeal and the Minnesota Supreme Court, resulting in an Order awarding nearly $1.0 million dollars in attorneys' fees (100% of amount requested) as prevailing party below and on appeal, court finding that "Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's fees are cheap by comparison to other lawyers."
Confidential plaintiff v. California pharmaceutical company.
Tried civil contempt case to verdict against former CEO of pharmaceutical company client, obtaining an award of the maximum fine permissible under the California statute in Superior Court in San Diego. The Court found the former CEO guilty on all 58 counts of contempt that were charged; not only was the maximum permissible fine imposed, but the Court also issued an order finding that all $1.3 million in attorneys' fees incurred by the Company in prosecuting the action were reasonable, and requiring the former CEO to pay those fees. Successfully defended the judgment by defeating petitions filed with the California Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court.
Brokovich v. St. Joseph Health Systems.
Part of successful effort to dismiss a highly-publicized lawsuit filed by activist Erin Brokovich against St. Joseph Health System alleging that St. Joseph had over billed Medicare. District Judge David Carter granted the defendant's motion to dismiss, saying Brokovich lacked standing to file the case.
KM Merchants v. Kook Soon Dang Brewery Co.
Represented Korean brewer of Bekseju wine in appeal from multi-million dollar trial court judgment finding existence of franchise relationship, violations of California franchise laws and theft of trade secrets. Mediated the matter before the Honorable John Zebrowski and reached favorable resolution.
HGK, et al. v. Williams Companies, Inc.
Defended company in class action involving claims brought under the Exchange Act and Securities Act alleging failure to disclose true nature of contingent liabilities.
Pacific Life Insurance Company v. Allianz of America.
Successfully represented PacLife in $30 million arbitration proceeding in New York against Allianz arising out of disputed put/call provision in contract regarding sale of PIMCO. Prevailed in Phase I of the arbitration, and the matter settled before Phase II was tried.
ProShot v. Optimal Recreation Solutions.
Represented holder/licensor of GPS patent in multi-day arbitration proceeding. Arbitrator found client's termination of exclusive license to be valid and found client to be prevailing party.
Don Fairley v. Fleetwood Enterprises.
Defended company in class action involving allegations of failure to warn against alleged R.V. braking defects.
Sunhaven v. Harry H. Arzouman.
Tried common law securities fraud jury trial before Hon. Alicemarie Stotler in Central District of California. Obtained verdict, judgment and punitive damages.
Ingram Micro v. BigStore.com.
Successfully defended Ingram Micro Inc. in antitrust and B&P Section 17200 litigation asserted by Chapter 11 debtor in O.C. Bankruptcy Court. Also defeated claims brought against Ingram Micro in O.C. Superior Court by two of the debtor's founders seeking more than $30 million in damages and instead secured multi-million dollar judgments against those founders.
Representative Publicly Held Clients
Allergan, Inc.
Avanir Pharmaceuticals
Anacomp Corporation
Ashworth, Inc.
Epicor Software, Inc.
I-Flow Corporation
Oakley, Inc.
PRACTICES
Litigation
Class Action
and Complex Litigation
Health Care
and Life Sciences
Media, Entertainment
and Technology
Securities Litigation
EDUCATION
University of Houston, 1991
Juris Doctor
Texas A&M University, 1988
Bachelor of Science
BAR ADMISSIONS
California