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:
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.
