Jeffery A. Gross

Attorney

Mr. Gross has handled a broad range of matters in both federal and state courts, including complex commercial disputes, insurance coverage disputes on behalf of policyholders, SEC investigations and enforcement actions, shareholder derivative actions, white-collar defense, internal investigations, intellectual property disputes, and class actions. Mr. Gross came to the firm after six years in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department of Proskauer Rose LLP. Earlier, Mr. Gross worked on antitrust enforcement at the Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition, in Washington, D.C.

Highlights of Mr. Gross' notable professional achievements include the following:

• Representing an investment bank in an arbitration concerning breach of fiduciary
  duty, breach of contract, trade secret, and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claims;

• Representing former officers of a pharmaceutical company in a shareholder derivative
  action alleging stock option backdating, insider trading and breach of fiduciary duties;

• Representing a telecommunication company in litigation arising from its acquisition of
  another telecommunication company;

• Representing defendants in a class action, SEC enforcement action, and USAO
  investigation concerning alleged fraud in connection with bond issues;

• Conducting an internal investigation on behalf of a special committee of the board of
  directors of a technology company into stock option granting, incentive compensation
  arrangements for European employees, and accounting issues related to acquisitions
  of European subsidiaries.

Phone:  +1.626.638.1758
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35 East Union Street, Suite C
Pasadena, California 91103

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BAR ADMISSIONS

• California, 2003

PRACTICES

• Complex Litigation

• Intellectual Property

• White Collar Defense

EDUCATION

• Northwestern University School of Law,
  J.D., 2003

• University of California, Los Angeles,
  B.A., summa cum laude, 1995

RECOGNITIONS

• Southern California "Rising Star" for 2009
  (top 2.5% of Southern California lawyers
  under 40)

PUBLICATIONS

• Co-Author: "SEC's Fiscal 2008 Focus on
  Hedge Funds," The Review of Securities &
  Commodities Regulation, Vol.42, No.3 (2009)