Litigation Services Phoenix Litigation Attorneys

Don Bivens is a renowned and trusted trial lawyer. He is rated by his peers as a Best Lawyer across five separate categories of complex litigation: (1) Financial and Banking Litigation (three times “Lawyer of the Year”); (2) Bet-The-Company Litigation; (3) Intellectual Property Litigation; (4) Securities Litigation; and (5) Commercial Litigation. Don is a former Chair of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association. He currently Chair the ABA’s Center for Innovation. He is a former President of the Arizona State Bar. Don’s experience spans federal and state courts across the country.

Representative cases include:

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- Defending a Big 4 accounting firm against $25 million in claims for accounting and auditing malpractice.
- Representing a global chemical company in prosecuting and defending claims for patent infringement
- Prosecuting over $100 million in claims by a County against multiple medical providers for illegal reimbursement schemes, including Medicare, and ACHCCS reimbursement criteria.
- Prosecuting a failure to diagnose breast cancer claim against a leading national hospital and clinic, and prosecuting multiple medical malpractice cases for substandard surgeries.
- Prosecuting a $20 million trade secret claim against an international semiconductor and MOSFET manufacturer.
- Prosecuting and defending complex software and hardware contracts and licensing agreements.
- Defending a $20 million claim for trade secret misappropriation over complex electronic control systems for generators used in oil-field fracking
- Prosecuting and defending claims of architectural and construction malpractice in theaters, schools, hotels, resorts, parking structures and homebuilding.
- Defending claims of environmental contamination and remediation.
- Defending officers and directors of a national public restaurant franchise company against allegations of securities fraud.
- Defending a global medical manufacturer against products liability claims for implanted devices.
- Defending claims of legal malpractice in municipal bond transactions.
- Investigating allegations of illegal stock option trading by executives in a national pharmaceutical company.
- Investigating claims of illegal drug sales in the work force of a global engineering and manufacturing firm.
- Representing a global aerospace executive against claims of trade secret misappropriation his former company’s trade secrets.
- Representing a whistleblower with over $100 million in claims against a global bank for illegal banking practices.
- Representing a large recycling facility against a municipality for a $50 million breach of contract.
- Prosecuting and defending claims for personal injuries and wrongful death in plane crashes, vehicular and marine accidents.
- Representing naturalized citizens against the federal government in proceedings to strip their U.S citizenship.
- Representing physicians in hospital privileges disputes across multiple specialties, including antitrust issues.
- Representing Trustees and Personal Representative in significant Trust & Estate Disputes and claims of breach of fiduciary duties.
- Representing employees and companies in disputes over restrictive covenants.
- Prosecution of claims for abuse of process and malicious prosecution
- Prosecution of Section 1983 claims against governmental entities.
- Representing employers and employees in cases of wrongful termination and whistleblowing cases.
- Representing the Chinese community in Phoenix to preserve the Chinese Cultural Center.

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