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Areas of Practice
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Professional Background
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Professional/Civic Activities
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Speaking Engagements
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Court Admissions
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Bar Admissions
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Education
Areas of Practice
Mr. Sweeney is a member of the Los Angeles office's Commercial Litigation group, where he focuses his practices on handling complex business disputes. Mr. Sweeney has handled individual and class action lawsuits involving claims of breach of contract, unfair business practices, unfair trade practices, consumer fraud, and breach of warranty. He has also handled employment lawsuits where claims of discrimination, wage-hour, wrongful termination and trade secrets are at issue. Mr. Sweeney also handles entertainment cases involving claims of idea misappropriation, invasion of privacy and breach of contract.
Mr. Sweeney’s recent engagements include the following:
- In 2010, handling four class action and government enforcement lawsuits, in subject areas ranging from consumer fraud to employment.
- In 2008, won appeal in the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, representing major telecommunications company accused of engaging in wrongful business conduct.
- In 2006, obtained dismissal of case filed against major entertainment company accused of misappropriating idea for television show.
- In 2005, served as lead-counsel defending entertainment conglomerate in a two-week discrimination trial in Los Angeles Superior Court in which jury rendered a defense verdict.
- In 2004, represented international electronic components manufacturer in consumer representative action (CA B&P Section 17200) alleging product defects and false advertising regarding warranties.
Professional Background
Between 1979 and 1981, Mr. Sweeney served as a White House fellow, where he worked for the White House chief of staff/assistant to the President for intergovernmental affairs. In 1999, Mr. Sweeney served as a volunteer prosecutor for the Los Angeles city attorney, criminal branch, where he handled misdemeanor jury trials. Mr. Sweeney was named a Southern California "Super Lawyer" by Los Angeles Magazine in 2006, 2007, and 2010, and a California "Super Lawyer" in the Corporate Counsel Edition in 2008.
Professional/Civic Activities
- American Law Institute
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Hollywood Wilshire YMCA, Board of Directors
- Public Counsel, Board of Directors
- Getty House Foundation, Board of Directors
Speaking Engagements
- Corporate Counsel Women of Color: Moderator, Managing Business Drivers (2007)
- Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter: Panelist, Multi-State Investigations: What They Are and What to Do When Your Company Is the Subject of One (2006)
- Minority Corporate Counsel Association: Panelist, Strategies for Aggressively Countering Multi-Plaintiff Lawsuits (2003)
- CEB: Panelist, Fundamentals of Employment Law (2001)
- CEB: Panelist, Utilizing Dispositive Motions (2001)
- CEB: Panelist, Civil Procedure Before Trial (1999)
Court Admissions
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit United States District Court for the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California United States District Court for the District of Columbia California state courts District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Bar Admissions
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Bar of California
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Bar of DC (Inactive)
Education
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J.D.,
Columbia University School of Law
(1975)
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B.S.,
University of Southern California
(1972)
(cum laude)
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