ROBERT S. CHAPMAN

A Sampling of Robert Chapman's Cases:

• With Greg Barchie, obtained $2.5 million arbitration award in favor of our celebrity client against his product licensee, including holding the corporation’s owner personally liable under an alter-ego theory.
• After a 3-week trial, jury rendered $4 million verdict in favor of client, a tax lawyer, seeking recovery of outstanding fees.
• Negotiated multimillion dollar settlement against an insurance company in a bad faith action based upon the insurance company’s failure to defend clients.
• Obtained a defense award in an arbitration in favor of a law firm against its former client who sought the return of $750,000 in legal fees.

A Sampling of Robert Chapman's Cases:

• After trial for actual and punitive damages, $1.5 million judgment obtained in a defamation action for actor Rip Torn against Dennis Hopper arising out of statements made on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
• Represented George Harrison of the Beatles in a defamation action against the Globe tabloid resulting in a retraction, an apology, and a significant confidential monetary payment.
• Obtained $80 million jury verdict for Francis Ford Coppola against Warner Bros.
• Represented Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in a defamation action against The Sun tabloid concerning the movie Eyes Wide Shut resulting in a retraction, an apology, and a significant charitable payment.

A Sampling of Robert Chapman's Cases:

• With Greg Barchie, obtained a judgment after trial in favor of our landlord client in a $16 million commercial lease dispute against one of the largest supermarket chains in the United States.
• Obtained $5 million judgment after bench trial in a construction defect case involving one of the most iconic houses in Los Angeles.
• Negotiated multi-million dollar settlement in a construction defect case involving one of the largest residential estates in the country, the Spelling Manor.

A Sampling of Robert Chapman's Cases:

• Successfully defended numerous copyright infringement lawsuits, including cases concerning the motion pictures Pearl Harbor and Pirates of the Caribbean.
• In a copyright infringement case, defeated a request for a temporary restraining order seeking to prevent the distribution of a movie and obtained a dismissal of the case.
• In a trademark action, defeated a preliminary injunction motion seeking to prevent our client from using a disputed name on his commercial clothing stores throughout Southern California.
• In a theft of idea lawsuit, obtained a significant monetary settlement for our celebrity client who claimed her ideas were used, without permission, as the basis for a major motion picture.

A Sampling of Robert Chapman's Cases:

• Obtained $250 million jury verdict for the City of New York against ExxonMobil, in a clean water case involving the gasoline additive MTBE, that was upheld on appeal by the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Served as co-counsel with Baron & Budd, in obtaining an $80 million settlement on behalf of our client, the City of Bakersfield, in a water pollution case involving the fumigant TCP.

A Sampling of Robert Chapman's Cases:

• Drafted briefs and argued multiple matters before the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States.
• In the Hawaii Supreme Court, obtained a reversal of a trial court judgment on behalf of client, George Harrison of the Beatles, after successfully petitioning twice for re-hearings of the matter.
• Drafted briefs and argued multiple matters in the California Court of Appeal including, for example, obtaining a trial court reversal and order directing judgment in favor of client, Francis Ford Coppola, and obtaining affirmance of a defamation judgment in favor of client, Rip Torn.