Lee Linderman is focused on complex commercial litigation. Mr. Linderman has handled dispositive motion practice, discovery strategy, appellate briefing, and oral argument in both state and federal courts.
Prior to rejoining Hueston Hennigan, Mr. Linderman was a solo practitioner, as well as an attorney commissioner for the Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights, where he adjudicated complaints of discrimination on appeal from the Department of Civil Rights and lobbied UN representatives to adopt language relating to structural racism in Minneapolis.
While in law school, Mr. Linderman served as a senior content editor on the Southern California Law Review, a peer mentor, and a teaching assistant in criminal law, and was the recipient of the three-year David B. Sonosky Memorial Centennial Full-Tuition Scholarship.
Mr. Linderman was previously an associate at Hueston Hennigan and Irell & Manella.
Experience
Successfully obtained a dismissal with prejudice of $100 million False Claims Act Medicare fraud claims asserted against a prominent public university in California federal court.
Successfully obtained summary judgment on a malicious prosecution claim against Fortune 500 company Sempra Energy in California federal court, ending five years of litigation.
Successfully defended elderly pro bono client from eviction after the client’s daughter attempted to defraud her by selling her home to third parties in California state court.
Represented a tax fraud whistleblower against the IRS in U.S. Tax Court.
Drafted an opinion memorandum in support of potential amendments to the Copyright Act regarding orphaned works.
Drafted an amicus brief on behalf of Pipeline Safety Trust in support of the City of San Francisco’s appeal before the Ninth Circuit regarding whether the city could sue under the Pipeline Safety Act’s citizen suit provision.
Represented an executive at a prominent investment firm during the course of multiyear SEC investigation.
Represented a corporate officer at a mortgage company in SEC and DOJ investigations.
Represented T-Mobile as a plaintiff in a trade secrets misappropriation case against a major handset developer in Washington federal court.
Insights
- A Congressional Carve Out: the Necessity for Uniform Application of Professional Sports Leagues’ Performance Enhancing Drug Policies, 84 S. Cal. L. Rev. 751 (2011)