PRINCIPALS
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John W. Cotton
Partner
Direct Dial: 213/312-1336
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Partner - Cotton & Gundzik LLP since 2001
Managing Partner - (Los Angeles) LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP from 1995 to 2000; partner from 1991 to 2001
Partner - Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance) from 1985 to 1991
Government Service - United States Securities & Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement (Senior Trial Attorney 1975-1978); United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Enforcement (Deputy Director 1980-1985).
Mr. Cotton is experienced in all phases of civil litigation, including trials, arbitrations and appeals before the federal and state courts of California, and other federal jurisdictions.
He represents clients chiefly in the financial services industries, including banks, insurance companies, securities and commodity futures broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investment companies. Mr. Cotton has substantial experience in cases involving insider trading, accounting fraud, sales and advertising misrepresentation, consumer fraud (class action defense), stock and commodity price manipulation, minority shareholder freeze-outs, partnership disputes and accounting, and various other claims involving complex finance and accounting issues.
EDUCATION
B.A. University of Santa Clara, 1969
J.D. University of California, Hastings College of Law, 1972
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
California 1972
District of Columbia 1975 (presently inactive)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Graduate
National Institute of Trial Advocacy
(Advance Program 1981)
Member
Futures Industry Association, Law and Compliance Division
(1987 to Present)
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
(1988 to Present)
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Aaron C. Gundzik
Partner
Direct Dial: 213/312-1335
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Partner - Cotton & Gundzik LLP since 2001
Partner - LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae L.L.P from 1997 to 2001
Associate - LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae L.L.P from 1987 to 1997
Mr. Gundzik is experienced in all phases of civil litigation, including bench and jury trials, arbitrations and appeals before federal and state courts throughout California and in other states.
His practice is devoted to complex business litigation, including disputes concerning intellectual property, technology and the internet, franchises, insurance coverage, environmental contamination, consumer rights, employment and construction.
Mr. Gundzik has represented clients in the manufacturing, entertainment, insurance, franchising, education, energy and financial service industries.
Mr. Gundzik has served on the California State Bar's Franchise Law and Cyber Law committees and was involved in reviewing and recommending legislation and in providing education to other California attorneys on these topics.
EDUCATION
B.S. University of Colorado, 1984
J.D. University of Southern California, 1987
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
California 1987
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Member
California State Bar Franchise Law Committee - 2001 to 2004
ABA Forum on Franchising
California State Bar Committee on Cyberlaw - 2001 to 2004
Lecturer
California State Bar Business Law Section
Franchise Litigation - January 2001 - Berkeley, California
Franchise Litigation - September 2001 - Anaheim, California
Author
CGL Coverage for Intellectual Property Claims, International Insurance Law Review, September 1998.
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Robert B. Ericson
Of Counsel
Direct Dial: 213/312-1339
email: rericson@cgllp.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Of Counsel - Cotton & Gundzik LLP, 2008 - present
Partner - Bingham McCutchen, 2003 -2008. Member of the Broker-Dealer Practice Group and the Litigation Area.
Shareholder - Keesal, Young & Logan, 1996 - 2003
Associate - Keesal, Young & Logan, 1992 -1996
Associate - Hennigan & Mercer, 1984 - 1992
Mr. Ericson is a business litigator and trial attorney with over 20 years of experience. He has tried cases in federal court and has tried over 30 binding arbitrations to award. Mr. Ericson's experience includes all procedural stages of litigation, from preliminary injunctions and prejudgment remedies through trial. He has also represented his clients in both state and federal appellate courts. Mr. Ericson strives to combine his litigation and trial experience with an understanding of his clients' business needs to chart an appropriate strategy and resolution for each case he handles.
His practice covers a broad range of the litigation issues faced by businesses and includes cases involving breach of contract, fraud and misrepresentation, the California and federal securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty, the Uniform Commercial Code, unfair competition and business torts.
Mr. Ericson has extensive experience representing broker-dealers and their employees in litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations. He has in-depth understanding of sales practices, supervision and compliance, broker-dealer operations and the products and services sold by broker-dealers. He has defended broker-dealers in hundreds of arbitrations before FINRA (formerly the NASD and NYSE) and in state and federal court. Mr. Ericson is a member of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Compliance and Legal Division and the National Society of Compliance Professionals.
EDUCATION
B.A. Stanford University, 1980
J.D. UCLA School of Law, 1984
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
California 1984
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