John E. Bowerbank
Partner and Shareholder
Professional Highlights
Mr. Bowerbank has prevailed as lead trial counsel in jury trials and bench trials. Select examples include:
- a judgment valued in excess of $7,000,000 on behalf of a client involved in a real estate development project.
- a complete defense judgment for a publicly traded company in Orange County sued by a European company in a breach of contract and fraud case alleging failure to pay royalties under a license agreement.
- pre-judgment remedies for clients, including writs of attachment involving secured/unsecured collections and motions for preliminary injunction involving trademarks, unfair competition and trade secrets.
- dismissals of lawsuits against his clients through aggressive dispositive motions at early stages in litigation, such as prevailing on a motion to dismiss a $6,900,000 breach of contract claim brought by a general contractor against a developer client.
- an order striking an entire cross-complaint arising from an Anti-SLAAP motion that Mr. Bowerbank filed for his client after the Court of Appeal granted his appeal.
- settlements on behalf of plaintiff clients for several million dollars.
Mr. Bowerbank has also been selected to the Southern California Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers magazine from 2009-2014. Mr. Bowerbank has been given the highest possible AVVO.com rating.