Successfully represented Aimco, a publicly-traded apartment REIT, in nationwide litigation alleging business torts against Airbnb. After jury selection in the first trial, Airbnb settled all litigation on terms allowing Aimco to control short-term rental activity consistent with its contract and property rights.

Won a complete defense jury verdict for Whirlpool as co-trial counsel in a $66 million certified class action trial in Ohio involving allegedly "moldy" washing machines.

Successfully defended a major medical billing services provider in a $70 million breach-of-contract and business torts case, achieving a settlement for less than 8% of the claimed damages.

Tried a PAGA claim before a jury after the court denied certification of a Rule 23 employee class. Following the cross-examination of plaintiffs, the case settled on the third day of trial.

Successfully defended a leading telecommunications company in an MDL involving 18 consumer, securities, and derivative class actions, as well as mass arbitrations filed by opt outs, that challenged the company’s marketing and sales practices.

Recovered more than $10 million for a privately-held oil and gas exploration company in a series of suits and arbitrations against non-operating working interest owners for failure to pay drilling promotes.

Won a multimillion-dollar arbitration award for an energy company, recovering more than 15 times the last settlement offer made before trial.

Successfully defended a privately held oil company in mass tort litigation arising from the deadly 2013 Lac-Mégantic train derailment in Quebec. Following resolution of the underlying claims, represented the client as a policyholder in recovering insurance proceeds that covered most of its contributions to the global settlement fund.

Represented General Electric Co. in an international arbitration hearing that resulted in a settlement, after the hearing concluded, for more than 90% of our client’s claim.

Defended the leading, privately-held healthcare software company in a series of employee arbitrations following successful motion to compel arbitration.

Successfully represented a ski resort owner in class action brought by owners of condominium-hotel units seeking money damages and declaratory relief regarding vacation rental management.

Successfully represented publicly-traded apartment REITs in landlord-tenant class actions involving a wide array of antitrust and consumer claims.

Successfully defended a health insurer in an employment class action alleging hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid overtime wages and statutory penalties.

Won final approval of class settlement and vacatur of a $15 million attorneys' fee award from the Ninth Circuit in a consumer class action for Whirlpool.

Defeated class certification for Electrolux in a consolidated putative class action in Illinois involving millions of the company's dishwashers.

Defeated class certification for Whirlpool in a bellwether case alleging false advertising of innovative self-cleaning ovens.

Won a motion to dismiss with prejudice a putative class action in federal court in California. The plaintiff alleged violations of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and California's Rosenthal Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.

Obtained dismissal of class action allegations and 15 of 17 claims against Whirlpool in an environmental toxic tort case. Plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their remaining claims after the court's ruling.

Successfully negotiated an early class settlement for Pilot Flying J as national resolution counsel in diesel rebate litigation.

Successfully defended a large Colorado automobile dealer in a consumer class action in which the plaintiffs alleged violations of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act and sought hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The trial court denied class certification, and the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed that order on appeal, and the Colorado and U.S. Supreme Courts denied certiorari.

Successfully defended a Colorado software company in a securities class action in which the client asked WTO to replace an international law firm as lead trial counsel 90 days before trial.

Successfully represented an oil and gas exploration company in a suit to compel specific performance of a lease purchase agreement that a counter-party breached during the pandemic.

Successfully represented an oil and gas exploration company to recover damages from a non-operating working interest owner for failure to pay its share of well drilling and completion costs during the pandemic.

Successfully represented an oilfield services company in a series of noncompete and trade secret matters against its large, multinational competitors.

Successfully represented General Electric Co. in a contract and professional negligence dispute against a utility company involving a series of power outages in Billings, Montana.

Won a reversal and a new trial on the punitive damages phase of a product liability case originally tried by another firm. Persuaded the second jury to award only one-third of the amount awarded in the initial trial.

Successfully tried to verdict a pro bono case in which our clients proved that Colorado's electronic voting systems had not been tested and certified in accordance with the law. The case led to major changes in Colorado election law.

Successfully defended the Vancouver Canucks NHL organization in a lawsuit brought by Colorado Avalanche player Steven Moore as a result of severe injuries he sustained during a hockey game. Obtained dismissal of the lawsuit on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens, and also obtained a six-figure award of attorney's fees and costs in favor of the Canucks organization and against Mr. Moore.