Russ August & Kabat lawyers Jules L. Kabat and Michael S. Brophy won an appeal to the California Court of Appeal, obtaining an opinion strongly affirming their $14 million plus Los Angeles Superior Court judgment for the firm’s client. The case involved fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract regarding a development project in Malibu.

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Russ August & Kabat is proud of its 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers: Larry Russ, Richard August, Jules Kabat, David Gabor and Marc Fenster.

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Russ August & Kabat is proud of Jules L. Kabat, who was featured in the Daily Journal’s Special Supplement Section: Top Plaintiff Verdicts of 2009. Jules was recognized for obtaining one of the “Top 5 Arbitration Awards” for his work on Oxford Street Properties LLC’s case, in which he prevailed in a year and a half long arbitration on his clients’ claims of fraud, economic duress, rescission, breach of fiduciary duty and other claims, obtaining $29.1 million, including $10 million in punitive damages. Read more.

Russ August & Kabat attorney and founding partner Larry C. Russ was invited to speak on a panel for USC’s Captains of the Fashion Industry Lecture Series titled “How to Set Up and Start an Apparel Fashion Company.”

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Russ August & Kabat attorneys Michael S. Brophy and Robert Gookin successfuly represented Avra Douglas, Larry Dressler and Mike Medavoy, the discharged co-executors of the (closed) Estate of Marlon Brando, in a State of California Court of Appeal. The unanimous Court of Appeal affirmed the probate court’s dismissal of plaintiff Deborah Brando’s (nee Presley) petition seeking to probate an earlier version of Marlon Brando’s will and to reverse all of the probate orders relating to the closed Estate of Marlon Brando. Read more.

Russ August & Kabat Attorneys Marc A. Fenster, Irene Y. Lee and Michael S. Brophy Named 2009 Southern California Rising Stars. Read more.