Employment Law

Larry’s experience includes defending small to large, domestic and foreign-based employers in single, multi-party and class actions matters involving wage and hour, wrongful termination, unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment claims in state and federal courts and arbitral forums. He also has extensive experience in advising employers, including Korean and Chinese-owned enterprises, on employment practices involving wage and hour issues, employment policies and practices, employee training, and issues involving trade secrets, confidentiality and protection of intellectual property.

International Arbitration & International Law Issues

Larry’s international experience includes being embedded within the legal department of a Korean shipbuilder where he advised, managed and coordinated foreign legal matters, including litigation matters in various arbitral forums and contractual matters involving international parties and foreign law.

Intellectual Property

Larry’s intellectual property experience includes counseling and assisting clients in perfecting their trademarks and other intellectual property in the United States and abroad. Such counseling also involves developing market entry and distribution strategies across various platforms. For example, he has provided counsel to foreign franchisors, foreign nutraceutical manufacturers and distributors, and start-up beauty, skincare brands and medical equipment brands. Additionally, he has represented clients in patent litigation relating to mobile communications, cellular telephone systems, and digital audio and/or video players. Larry has also defended trademark infringement claims, breach of patent and licensing agreements, false advertising claims and claims of misappropriation of trade secrets.

Product Liability Litigation

Larry’s experience also includes representing foreign OEM automobile manufacturers and distributors, as well as automobile suppliers in product liability actions, involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death. He has successfully defended defect allegations in roof strength, safety restraints, air bag systems, interior padding, fuel systems, vehicle stability, seat-back strength, window glazing, tire defects and numerous other areas related to vehicle crashworthiness. His products liability experience also includes defending industrial chemical manufacturers against cancer, serious disease, and wrongful death claims.

Law and Community Associations

Larry serves as Chairman on the Board of Governors for the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont-McKenna College. He is the former Co-Chair of the International Law Practice Area Committee of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF), as well as the past President of the International Law Section of the Orange County Bar Association. He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel.

As a former small college All-American baseball player, Larry is an avid baseball fan. He and his wife are intrepid travelers, seeking out new experiences and cuisine. Larry was raised in a military family which allows him to be comfortable in new environments, is conversant in Mandarin Chinese, and says that “he has just enough knowledge of other languages to get him into trouble; never out of trouble.”