Fred A. Fenster resolves complex business disputes for a diverse cross-section of clients, ranging from multinational corporations to private individuals and such sports luminaries as Pete Rose, Pete Sampras, Keyshawn Johnson, Troy Polamalu, Lindsay Davenport and Lynn Swann.
Although litigation has been the cornerstone of Fred's practice, he also represents clients in arbitration, mediation and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Fred has successfully tried over 100 cases involving business contracts, unfair competition, trade disparagement, misappropriation of trade secrets and interference with advantageous business relationships. He also has significant expertise in business torts, fraud, partnership and corporate dissolutions, defamation, injunctive relief and various employment matters such as wrongful termination and non-competition covenants.
Fred is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Southern California and a Member of the Board of Editors of California Pretrial Practice & Forms which gives him a unique perspective on the law and timely insight on issues that may pivotally impact the manner in which a case should be handled from pretrial through trial.
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When Corporate Officers Are Personally Liable
April 1, 2012
Being an officer of a corporation can be the heady experience of a lifetime. On the upside is the opportunity to be a strategic thinker, a lauded visionary, the captain of a profitable venture and the recipient of compensation beyond one’s dreams. But there is a downside, and it can be equally dramatic. On a seemingly weekly basis, we see corporate officers handcuffed and policeescorted away, in full glare of the press. They are being charged with corruption and are the subjects of governmental investigations, shareholder lawsuits and the public’s unquenchable thirst for payback. And they are receiving harsh sentences and lengthy jail terms. The fears of corporate officers over personal liability for their actions are wellfounded.
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Pickup Styx
March 2, 2007
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Press Release
Greenberg Glusker Represents Technical Training Foundation in lawsuit against Sutter Health and California Pacific Medical Center Over Failure to Support Liver Research Repository
May 15, 2023
Media Mention
Court Rules In Favor Of Beverly Hills Unified School District, Overturns $23M Karen Christiansen Verdict
May 10, 2018 – Beverly Hills Courier
