Mr Brian J Schulman

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Weiss Brown PLLC
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Business litigation, arbitration,
  mediation: Represented board members of the Navajo Nation Oil
  Gas Company in defense of an attempt to usurp corporate control of the utility, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Defeated plaintiffs' TRO application that sought to transfer control of the utility from defendants to plaintiffs, which then led to plaintiffs' voluntarily dismissing their complaint.
  Obtained defense verdict in jury trial against multiple real estate syndicates brought by investors who alleged that they were defrauded in their investments totaling more than $2.8 million for the acquisition of apartment complexes in Tucson
  Phoenix.
  Obtained dismissal of misappropriation of trade secrets case brought against national retailer.
  Prevailed before Ninth Circuit in the reversal of District Court's vacatur of arbitration award in favor of national securities firm.
  Represented California public company that purchases
  manages charged-off consumer receivable portfolios in lawsuit against world's largest independent credit card issuer. Case resulted in multimillion-dollar settlement for client.
  Represent several restaurants
  other small businesses in contract
  business disputes.
  Securities litigation
  regulation: Obtained dismissal of securities fraud lawsuit brought by more than 100 shareholders who alleged that officers
  directors made material misrepresentations concerning the company's acquisition strategy, securities offerings,
  bankruptcy.
  Obtained dismissal of defamation lawsuit brought by former police officer against police chief related to alleged comments made in connection with the officer's termination.
  Financial services litigation
  regulation: Represented national bank in lower court dismissal of contract
  unjust enrichment claims brought by borrowers,
  prevailed on appeal.
  Represented a number of national
  regional banks in a variety of matters.
  Securities litigation
  regulation: Represented former officers, directors
  employees of Arizona religious foundation in connection with state
  federal litigation arising from accounting
  securities fraud charges against outside professionals. At the time the matter resulted in the largest not-for-profit bankruptcy in U.S. history.
  Personal injury defense: Obtained a defense verdict in jury trial against national moving company for negligence in personal injury case. Some of the above matters were h
  led by Mr. Schulman prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.