Ellis George partner Nathan J. Hochman scored another victory on behalf of his clients before the U.S. Tax Court on May 13, 2020, following a September 2019 trial before Judge Ronald Buch. Hochman represents Newport Capital Advisors and its related entities (“NCA”), who had been embroiled in a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over …
On May 11, 2020, Ellis George attorneys secured an early victory by freezing more than $3.7 million in assets allegedly held by a Russian oligarch accused of driving a California cannabis business into the ground. Ellis George client—former Green Beret Francis Racioppi Jr.—has alleged that defendants Dmitry Borisovich Bosov and Gary I. Shinder had wrongfully …
Chambers and Partners recently recognized Ellis George for its impressive group of white collar and government investigation attorneys, ranking the firm among the best litigation boutiques in California. After noting that Ellis George distinguishes itself in investigations, trials, arbitration and appeals, at both state and federal levels, Chambers gave special accolades to Ellis George partners …
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The Daily Journal—one of California’s preeminent legal publications—recently profiled Ellis George partner Keith Wesley and his recent promotion to managing partner of the firm. The paper described how the promotion was part of the firm’s “strategy to situation the litigation boutique for future generations.” (Click here for Daily Journal PDF article.) Wesley described the firm’s recent …
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Ellis George partners Eric George, Peter Ross, and Charles Avrith scored a victory in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for our client Brighton Collectibles against Lloyd’s of London. The Ninth Circuit overruled district Judge John F. Walter’s grant of summary judgment against Brighton. The Ninth Circuit held that Lloyd’s had a duty to defend …
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Ellis George filed a lawsuit on behalf of two federal detainees who were locked in a police van while suffering oppressive heat for several hours following their April 8th hearing at The Ronald Reagan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Santa Ana, CA. The detainees (Dongyuan Li, age 41 and Romaldo Marchan Delgado, age 56) …
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Ellis George represented dissident members of the Bel-Air Association (BAA) who believed that the incumbent officers and directors were not serving the needs of the community and were not challenging untrammeled development. However, those in control were entrenched through staggered board terms. The members seeking to obtain control of the BAA sought a special election, …
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Ellis George LLP obtained a significant victory for its client in the federal government’s first ever “birth tourism” criminal prosecution. Ellis George’s client, Dongyuan Li, had pleaded guilty to two criminal counts earlier this year based on her role in operating You Win USA, a company that assisted pregnant Chinese nationals in coming to the …
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Ellis George today filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ragnarok Game, the publisher of Rune II, against game developers Human Head Studios, Christopher Rhinehart, Ben Gokey, and Paul MacArthur. The complaint, filed in the Superior Court for the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, alleges that the defendants engaged in a fraudulent …
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On behalf of a class of approximately 4,000 medically fragile children in California, Ellis George LLP partner Richard Schwartz and co-counsel at Disability Rights California, the National Health Law Program, and the Western Center on Law & Poverty, obtained final approval for settlement of a class action lawsuit that will enable children and youth with …
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